Stone Button

Stone Button

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	JE: No BE: Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	0 NONE
Note block instrument	JE: Default (Harp) BE: Bass Drum

A stone button is a variant of the button, a non-solid block that produces a temporary redstone signal when pressed by a player or when hit by a wind charge.

Obtaining

Breaking

A stone button is most easily broken with a pickaxe. It drops itself as an item when broken using any tool.

Block	Stone Button
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Wooden	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Stone	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Copper	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Iron	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Diamond	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Netherite	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Golden	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• 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

A button is removed and drops as an item if:

• its attachment block is moved, removed, or destroyed.
• water or lava flows into its space.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• a piston tries to push it or moves a block into its space.

Natural generation

Stone buttons are naturally generated in strongholds, next to iron doors. There is one on each side.

Stone buttons also generate in desert villages, in armorer houses attached to granite, as well as in trial chambers next to dispensers.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stone

Usage

Placement

Buttons can be placed by using it on a surface.

They can be attached to the side, bottom and top of any full opaque block.

If placed on the top or bottom of a block, the button can face any direction.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

It can also be attached to the top of a fence in Bedrock Edition.

More information about placement on transparent blocks can be found at Opacity/Placement.

Redstone power

A button can be used as a monostable redstone power source (it automatically deactivates shortly after being activated).

Buttons are usually in an inactive state, but can be temporarily activated by players. A stone button is activated by a player using it or when hit by a wind charge. Mobs cannot activate buttons directly.

When activated, a stone button remains active for 1 second (10 redstone ticks; 20 game ticks).

While active, a button:

• powers any adjacent redstone dust to power level 15, including beneath the button
• powers any adjacent redstone comparators or redstone repeaters facing away from the button to power level 15
• strongly powers its attachment block to power level 15
• activates any adjacent mechanism components, including above or below, such as pistons, redstone lamps, etc.

When a button changes state it provides a redstone update to all redstone components adjacent to itself (including above and below), and to all redstone components adjacent to its attachment block.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	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​[until: JE 26.4]	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
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.stone	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.37	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Stone Button	stone_button	Block & Item	buttons	buttons	block.minecraft.stone_button

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Stone Button	stone_button	77	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.stone_button.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1							Added buttons, which can be placed on the sides of blocks.
							This was the recipe used at the time: Recipe
Unknown
?							Pressing buttons now displays a standard hand animation.
Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Dropped button items no longer appear abnormally large.
							Buttons now generate next to iron doors in strongholds.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5				The texture of stone has been changed, which changes the edges of unpressed buttons.
1.4.2			12w34b				The crafting recipe for buttons has been changed. Recipe
			12w37a				The redstone signal duration of the button has been changed from 9 to 12 redstone ticks.
1.8			14w04a				Buttons are now able to be placed on the top and bottom of blocks, and can currently only face north.
			14w10a				The models of buttons have been changed.
1.9			15w46a				Mobs no longer spawn on buttons.
			16w02a				Buttons are broken more easily with pickaxes.
1.13			17w47a				Buttons can no longer be placed on top of pistons.
							Buttons can now be placed in all 4 rotations on the top and bottom of a block.
							Renamed "Button" to "Stone Button".
1.14			18w43a				The textures of stone buttons has been changed.
			18w44a				The texture of stone buttons has been changed, once again.
1.20			23w14a				UV texture map of stone button has been changed, the front texture of stone button is no longer mirrored up and down.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Stone buttons now generate in trial chambers.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.13.0			build 1				Added buttons.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			1.2.20.1				The stone button has been renamed to "Stone Button".
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of buttons have been changed.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Stone buttons now generate in trial chambers.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Stone buttons no longer require a pickaxe to drop themselves and are faster to mine with any improper tool.
26.30			Preview 26.30.25				Stone buttons now generate in strongholds.

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	Added stone buttons.
TU5							Stone buttons now generate next to iron doors in strongholds.
TU9							The crafting recipe for stone buttons has been changed.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Buttons are now able to be placed on the top and bottom of blocks.
			1.90				The textures of stone buttons has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added buttons.

• 
  First image of a button on a ceiling.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Stone Button" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.