Stone

Stone is a block found underground in the Overworld or on the surface of mountains.

Obtaining

Stone can be mined using a pickaxe, in which case it drops cobblestone. When mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. If a stone is mined with a Silk Touch enchanted pickaxe, it drops itself.

Block	Stone
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation

Stone makes up the majority of the solid blocks generated in the Overworld above y=0. From y=8 downwards, stone gradually transitions into deepslate, until it is completely replaced by deepslate at and below y=0.

When chunks generate, stone can be found under 1-5 layers of grass blocks, dirt, gravel, clay, coarse dirt, podzol, mycelium, sand, sandstone, red sand, red sandstone, or terracotta, depending on the biome.

When the world is generating new chunks, some stone is replaced with ore features of other blocks. They may also be revealed on the side of small hills.

Stone also generates in igloo basements, some Overworld ruined portals, and in trail ruins.

Stone also makes up most of the blocks on the void start platform, in Superflat worlds created with the Void biome preset.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Stone	Village	Mason's chest	1	37.7%
Bedrock Edition
Stone	Village	Mason's chest	1	37.7%

Post-generation

Stone can also be made by lava flowing on top of water blocks (both flowing and source). The water is replaced by stone.

Smelting

Stone can be smelted from cobblestone.

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Cobblestone + Any fuel	0.1

Usage

Silverfish

Silverfish can enter and hide in stone, creating an infested block.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Smooth Stone	Stone + Any fuel	0.1

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Redstone Comparator	Redstone Torch + Nether Quartz + Stone
Redstone Repeater	Redstone Torch + Redstone Dust + Stone
Stone Button	Stone
Stone Pressure Plate	Stone
Stone Bricks	Stone	4
Stone Slab	Stone	6
Stone Stairs	Stone	4
Stonecutter	Iron Ingot + Stone		Can use stone only, no variants.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
Stonecutter	Iron Ingot + Stone		Can use stone and its three other variants interchangeably.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Stone	22

Trading

Apprentice-level stone mason villagers offer to buy 20 stone for an emerald.

Note Blocks

Stone can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.stone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	0.37	0.5
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	0.4	1.0
Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	0.3	1.0
Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	0.12	1.0
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Stone	`stone`	Block & Item	`base_stone_overworld` `dripstone_replaceable_blocks` `lush_ground_replaceable` `moss_replaceable` `mineable/pickaxe` `stone_ore_replaceables`	`block.minecraft.stone`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Stone	`stone`	`1`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.stone.stone.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

Block states

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
stone_type	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4`	`stone`	`stone`	`0`	Stone
			`granite`	`1`	Granite
			`granite_smooth`	`2`	Polished Granite
			`diorite`	`3`	Diorite
			`diorite_smooth`	`4`	Polished Diorite
			`andesite`	`5`	Andesite
			`andesite_smooth`	`6`	Polished Andesite

History

Java Edition pre-Classic
rd-131655					Added stone.
					Stone, along with grass, is one of the first two blocks in Minecraft.^[1] This can be seen by its position in `terrain.png` and numeric block ID of 1.
					The texture of stone is from one of Notch's previous games, RubyDung.
rd-20090515					The texture of stone has been changed.
rd-20090515					The old texture used for stone is recycled and modified for use by cobblestone.
Java Edition Classic
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Creeper explosions no longer destroy stone or stone-like blocks.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Mining stone now drops cobblestone.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100201-2			A pickaxe is now required to mine stone.
0.31		20100202			Stone can also be mined by hands other than the pickaxe.
20100219					A pickaxe is now required to mine stone once again.
20100223					Cobblestone is now smeltable into normal stone.
Java Edition Infdev
20100227-1					Mining stone no longer drops cobblestone due to a glitch relating to all entities.
20100316					Mining stone now drops cobblestone once again but when the player breaks a pickaxe, it does not.
20100617-2					As cobblestone can be generated using water and lava, stone has become a renewable resource.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					Stone can now be used to craft stone pressure plates (3 stone in slab fashion) and stone buttons (2 stone in the stick shape).
v1.0.4					The logo has been changed by replacing cobblestone into stone.
v1.0.5_01					The bug has been fixed when the player could break the pickaxe, it dropped nothing.
Java Edition Beta
1.3					The stone slab recipe now uses 3 stone instead of cobblestone.
					The stone pressure plate recipe now requires 2 stone instead of 3.
					Stone can now be used to craft redstone repeaters.
1.8		Pre-release			Changed lighting.
1.8		Pre-release			Stone can now be crafted into stone bricks.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Stone can now be made by having lava flow on top of water. In previous versions, the lava would replace the water and continue falling.
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			The texture of stone has been changed slightly.
1.4.2		12w34b			Stone buttons are now crafted with only one stone.
1.4.2		12w38a			Stone blocks have been given new sounds for being walked on and mined.
1.5		13w01a			Stone can now be used to craft redstone comparators.
		13w01a			Stone can now be used to craft hoppers.
		13w02a			Stone is no longer used to craft hoppers.
		14w27b			Stone textures are now randomly mirrored and rotated 180 degrees, making large areas of stone look less uniform.
1.9		15w37a			Stone now generates in the newly added void start platforms.
1.9		15w43a			Stone now generates in igloo basements.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of stone has been changed.
		18w43a			Stone can now be smelted into smooth stone.
		18w44a			The texture of stone has been changed, once again.
		18w49a			Stone can now be found in chests in village mason houses.
		19w04a			Stone can now be used to craft stonecutters.
		19w11a			Stone is now bought by villagers of the new mason profession.
1.16		20w16a			Stone now generates in some Overworld ruined portals.
1.17		21w11a			Changed lighting. Now it matches Bedrock Edition since v0.10.0 build 1.
1.18		21w39a			The default brightness has been changed from "Moody" to 50. Now it matches Bedrock Edition since alpha 1.1.0.8.
1.20		23w12a			Stone now generate in trail ruins.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release					Added stone.
v0.2.0					The texture of stone has been changed.
v0.3.0					Stone can now be used to craft stone slabs.
v0.3.3					Changed lighting.
v0.4.0					Stone can now be used to craft stone bricks.
v0.9.0		build 1			Changed lighting.
v0.9.0		build 6			Changed lighting. Now it matches Java Edition since rd-20090515.
v0.10.0		build 1			Changed lighting. It's slightly different from v0.9.0 build 1.
v0.12.1		build 1			Stone can now be obtained using pickaxes with the Silk Touch enchantment.
v0.13.0		build 1			Stone can now be used to craft stone buttons and pressure plates.
v0.14.0		build 1			Stone can now be used to craft redstone repeaters and redstone comparators.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.8			The default brightness has been changed from 0 to 50.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Stone can now be smelted into smooth stone.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Stone is now used to craft stone slabs and stairs.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of stone has been changed.
					Stone can now be used to craft grindstones and stonecutters.
					Stone mason villagers now buy 20-26 stone as part of their second tier trades.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Stone can now be found in village mason chests.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Trading has been changed, apprentice-level stone mason villagers now buy 20 stone as part of their trades.
1.17.0		beta 1.17.0.52			Stone is no longer used to repair stone tools and weapons on an anvil.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	^[verify] Added stone.
		1.90			The texture of stone has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.0.0					Added stone.

Data history

Java Edition

1.8 14w02a The newly-implemented granite, andesite and diorite, as well as the polished versions for each, use stone's ID and are distinguished using metadata.

14w10a Stone with numerical metadata variants 7 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model rather than appearing identical to stone.

14w25a

Stone and its variants are now defined via block states rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of stone were as follows: