| Rarity tier | Common |
|---|---|
| Renewable | Yes |
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance | 6 |
| Hardness | 1.5 |
| Luminous | No |
| Transparent | No |
| Flammable | No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Map color | 11 STONE |
| Note block instrument | Bass Drum |
| Sulfur cube archetype | Slow Bouncy |
Stone is a block found underground in the Overworld or on the surface of mountains.
Obtaining
Natural generation
Stone makes up the majority of the solid blocks generated in the Overworld above Y=0. From Y=8 downward, 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. There is approximately 11,520 stone per chunk.
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 generates inside trial chambers with cobwebs on top next to trial spawners, indicating that the spawner is a spider or cave spider spawner. Stone can also generate in abandoned camps in dappled forests and meadows.
Stone also makes up most of the blocks on the void start platform in Superflat worlds created with the Void preset.
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition and Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Mason's chest | 1 | 37.7%{ "item": "Stone", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.3771328842719901, "structure": "Village", "container": "Mason's chest" }
| ||
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.
Breaking
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.
- incorrect tool, drops nothing
- correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
- correct tool, drops the block itself
- italicized can be instant mined
- ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.
Smelting
Stone can be smelted from cobblestone.
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Cobblestone + Any fuel |
Usage
Silverfish
Silverfish can enter and hide in stone, creating an infested block.
Smelting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Smooth Stone | Stone + Any fuel |
Crafting ingredient
Stonecutting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Stone Slab or Stone Stairs or Stone Bricks or Stone Brick Slab or Stone Brick Stairs or Stone Brick Wall or Chiseled Stone Bricks or Cobblestone or Cobblestone Slab or Cobblestone Stairs or Cobblestone Wall |
Stone |
Trading
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | Price multiplier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | |||||||
| 100% | 100% | 20 × | 16 | 10 | 0.05 | |||
Brewing ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Brewing recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Mundane Potion | Stone + Water Bottle |
|
| Potion of Infestation | Stone + Awkward Potion |
Sounds
stone sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed[until: JE 26.4] | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
stone sound type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8–1.0 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | place | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8–1.0 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | subtitles | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | subtitles | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Walking on the block | step | subtitles | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump | subtitles | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | subtitles | 0.22 | 1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
stone | Block & Item | base_stone_overworlddripstone_replaceable_blockslush_ground_replaceablemoss_replaceablemineable/pickaxestone_ore_replaceables |
block |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
stone | stone / 0 | 1 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile |
Videos
History
Before Minecraft
| February 9, 2009 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Development
| August 30, 2018 | |||||||
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Java Edition
| Java Edition pre-Classic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave game tech test | |||||||
| 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 original texture is recycled for cobblestone, with a lower contrast. | |||||||
| Java Edition Classic | |||||||
| 0.0.19a | |||||||
| 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST | Creeper explosions no longer destroy stone or stone-like blocks. | ||||||
| Mining stone now drops cobblestone. | |||||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||||
| 0.31 | 20100124-2119 | Stone now generates in starting house chests. | |||||
| 20100129-1447 | Stone no longer generates in starting house chests. | ||||||
| 20100201-2227 | A pickaxe is now required to mine stone. | ||||||
| 20100202 | Stone can once again be mined with anything. | ||||||
| 20100213 | Stone now generates in starting houses. | ||||||
| 20100219 | A pickaxe is once again required to mine stone. | ||||||
| 20100223 | Cobblestone is now smeltable into normal stone. | ||||||
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||||
| 20100227-1414 | Due to the removal of starting houses, stone no longer generates in them. | ||||||
| 20100316 | Mining stone now drops cobblestone once again but when the player breaks a pickaxe, it does not. | ||||||
| 20100617-1531 | As cobblestone can be generated using water and lava, stone has become renewable. | ||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| v1.0.5_01 | Stone now drops cobblestone if the player's pickaxe breaks when mining it. | ||||||
| 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 | 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. | |||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | Stone can now be obtained by mining it with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch. | ||||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 | |||||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34b | Stone buttons are now crafted with only one stone. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| Stone can now be used to craft hoppers. | |||||||
| 13w02a | Stone is no longer used to craft hoppers. | ||||||
| 1.8 | 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. | |||||
| 15w43a | Stone now generates in igloo basements. | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| Stone can now be smelted into smooth stone. | |||||||
| Stone is now used to craft stone slabs and stairs. | |||||||
| 18w44a | |||||||
| 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. | |||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Stone now generates in trail ruins. | |||||
| 1.20.3 Experiment | 23w45a | Stone can now generate in trial chambers. | |||||
| 1.20.5 Experiment | 24w13a | Stone is now used as brewing ingredient for the potion of infestation after combining it with an awkward potion. | |||||
| 26.1 | snap8 | Stone can now be used in the stonecutter to produce cobblestone and its variants. | |||||
| 26.2 | snap1 | Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb stone, providing the regular (football) effect to the mob. | |||||
| snap6 | Added the slow bouncy archetype to sulfur cubes, which is applied when sulfur cubes absorb stone blocks. | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demo | |||||||
| v0.2.0 | |||||||
| v0.3.0 | Stone can now be used to craft stone slabs. | ||||||
| v0.4.0 | Stone can now be used to craft stone bricks. | ||||||
| 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. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.0 | Stone can now be smelted into smooth stone. | |||||
| Stone is now used to craft stone slabs and stairs. | |||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 1.21.0 Experiment | Preview 1.21.0.20 | Stone is now used as brewing ingredient for the potion of infestation after combining it with an awkward potion. | |||||
| 26.10 | Preview 26.10.24 | Stone can now be used in the stonecutter to produce cobblestone and its variants. | |||||
| 26.20 Experiment | Preview 26.20.23 | Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb stone, providing the football/regular effect to the mob. | |||||
| 26.30 | Preview 26.30.20 | Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay. | |||||
| Preview 26.30.27 | Stone's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy. | ||||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| TU3 | |||||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | Stone can now be used to craft redstone comparators. | ||
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Stone now generates in igloo basements. | |
| 1.88 | Stone can now be smelted into smooth stone. | ||||||
| Stone is now used to craft stone slabs and stairs. | |||||||
| 1.90 | |||||||
| 1.91 | Stone can now be used to craft stonecutters. | ||||||
| Stone is now bought by villagers of the new mason profession. | |||||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
Data history
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14w06a | Stone now uses the newly-implemented model json file models/block/cube.json; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14w10a | Stone with numerical metadata variants 7 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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:
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| 14w26a | Stone with metadata values 7 through 15 have now been completely removed from the game. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The different block states for the stone ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
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| Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.20.50 | Preview 1.20.50.20 | The different block states for the stone ID have now been split up into their own IDs. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Stone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
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Stone naturally generated in the side of a cliff -
Stone naturally generated in a side of a circular cavern -
Stone naturally generated on the side of a cave -
The various variants of stone -
Stone as compared with smooth stone and double smooth stone slabs
In other media
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Artwork of stone used for Block of the Week -
Stone as it appeared in the 2022 Mob Vote Event -
Stone as it appeared in Minecraft 4k -
Stone as it appeared in Minecraft Earth -
Stone as it appeared in A Minecraft Movie -
Stone in the Plastic Texture Pack -
Stone as it appears in Minecraft Legends
References
- ↑ "Cave game tech test" – (Archive) Nizzotch on YouTube, May 13, 2009
External links
- "Block of the Week: Stone" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, May 4, 2018.








