Stone

Stone
Type:	Block, natural
Mine with:	Pickaxe
Drops:	Cobblestone Itself (with Silk Touch)
Stackable:	Yes, 64
Flammable:	No
Physics:	None
Backdrop:	Yes
Found naturally:	Yes
Renewable:	Yes
Identifier:	stone

Stone is one of the most common blocks in the game. It makes up most of the Overworld.

Obtaining

When mined with a pickaxe with Silk Touch enchantment will make the stone to drop itself, if mined with an unenchanted pickaxe, stone drops cobblestone. To obtain stone from cobblestone, it must be smelt in the furnace.

Breaking time: Stone
Tool	Default
Time	8s	1s	0.6s	0.28s	0.04s	0.04s

Natural generation

In the Overworld, stone generates only a couple of blocks below the surface in most biomes. It then carries on until the bottom of the world. Stone can be replaces by caves, ores, gravel veins, dungeons, the J block, and the bedrock borders spawned at the edges of the world.

Smelting

Stone can be made by smelting cobblestone in the furnace. Since cobblestone is a renewable resource, stone therefore is renewable too.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Recipe	Description
Stone Stairs	Six Stone	4	Place six stone blocks in a stair-shaped form
Stone Slab	Three Stone	6	Place three stone blocks occupying a full row
Pressure Plate	Two Stone		Place two stones, one on the side of the other
Stone Brick	Four Stone		Place four stones in a 2x2 shape
Button	Two Stone		Place two stones, one on top of the other
Stone Backdrop	One Stone		Place a Stone anywhere on the crafting grid

Stone Backdrop

Stone Backdrop
Type:	Backdrop, block
Mine with:	Backdrop
Drops:	Itself
Stackable:	Yes, 64
Flammable:	No
Physics:	None
Found naturally:	No
Renewable:	Yes
Identifier:	backdrop_stone

A backdrop version of the Stone block can be obtained by placing the stone itself anywhere on the crafting grid. Backdrop blocks have no collision and are slightly darker than the original block. These type of blocks also occupy the space for any other foreground block too, so its only purpose is for decorating empty (or air-filled) space. To remove it, it must be replaced by another block by putting anything else in the same place or mined while holding another backdrop block.

Placing the stone backdrop block into the crafting grid will give the original stone block back.

Backdrop blocks can be mined only while holding another backdrop. It takes 1.2 seconds to mine the block.

Breaking time: Stone Backdrop
Tool	Default
Time	1.2s

History

Stone was added before the first released version of Mine Blocks.

Version	Date	Changes
First 30 days	Day 12	Cobblestone can be smelted into stone
1.19.0	Nov 19, 2011	Updated stone texture
1.25	May 11, 2013	Added 11 stairs and 11 half slabs Stone, cobblestone, brick, nether brick, stone brick, planks, iron, gold, diamond, obsidian, and bedrock
1.26.5	Jul 03, 2014	Coal Ore, Odd Rock Ore, and Stone now work with Silk-touch
1.29.0	Sep 27, 2019	Changed item name and identifier "Rock Backdrop" to "Stone Backdrop"

Gallery

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  An example of a cave, replacing stone with air

See Also

• Dirt
• Cobblestone
• Stone Brick