Cobblestone

Cobblestone is a common block, obtained from mining stone. It is mainly used for crafting or as a building block.

Obtaining[]

Cobblestone can be mined using a pickaxe, in which case it drops itself. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. Its hardness is greater than stone so it requires more time to break, especially with anything other than a pickaxe.

Block	Cobblestone
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25

Cobblestone is dropped by stone when mined without Silk Touch, and also by infested cobblestone when mined with Silk Touch.

Natural generation[]

Cobblestone occurs naturally in monster rooms, jungle pyramids, pillager outposts, ocean ruins, strongholds, plains, taiga and snowy plains villages, woodland mansions, and trail ruins.

In Java Edition, a single block of cobblestone always generates at the coordinates of (8, -61, 8) at the center of the void start platform, in Superflat worlds created with the Void biome preset.

Post-generation (how cobblestone is renewable)[]

When water and flowing lava come into contact, the flowing lava is replaced by cobblestone. However, if the lava flows on top of the water from above, stone is created instead. Non-flowing lava (a lava source block) turns into obsidian upon contact with water, thus the requirement of flowing lava.

Usage[]

Cobblestone can be used as basic building block, as it is blast resistant and extremely common.

Silverfish[]

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

Smelting ingredient[]

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Stone	Cobblestone + Any fuel	0.1

Crafting ingredient[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Andesite	Diorite + Cobblestone	2
Brewing Stand	Blaze Rod + Cobblestone		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template or Sentry Armor Trim Smithing Template or Vex Armor Trim Smithing Template	Diamond + Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template or Sentry Armor Trim Smithing Template or Vex Armor Trim Smithing Template + Cobblestone	222
Cobblestone Slab	Cobblestone	6
Cobblestone Stairs	Cobblestone	4
Cobblestone Wall	Cobblestone	6
Diorite	Cobblestone + Nether Quartz	2
Dispenser	Cobblestone + Bow + Redstone Dust		The bow can be of any durability. Enchantments on the bow do not affect the resulting dispenser.
Dropper	Cobblestone + Redstone Dust
Furnace	Cobblestone		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Lever	Stick + Cobblestone
Mossy Cobblestone	Cobblestone + Moss Block
Mossy Cobblestone	Cobblestone + Vines
Observer	Cobblestone + Redstone Dust + Nether Quartz
Piston	Any Planks + Cobblestone + Iron Ingot + Redstone Dust
Stone Axe	Cobblestone + Stick		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Stone Hoe	Cobblestone + Stick		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Stone Pickaxe	Cobblestone + Stick		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Stone Shovel	Cobblestone + Stick		Can use any variant of cobblestone
Stone Sword	Cobblestone + Stick		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.

Stonecutting[]

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Cobblestone	2

Repairing[]

Cobblestone is one of the repair items for the stone tier and thus can be used to repair the following items in an anvil:

• Stone Sword
• Stone Pickaxe
• Stone Axe
• Stone Shovel
• Stone Hoe

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

Sound	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

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	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	Item tags	Translation key
Cobblestone	cobblestone	Block & Item	mineable/pickaxe	stone_crafting_materials stone_tool_materials	block.minecraft.cobblestone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Item tags (JE)	Translation key
Cobblestone	cobblestone	4	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	minecraft:stone_crafting_materials minecraft:stone_tool_materials	tile.cobblestone.name

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
		Hot Topic	Construct a furnace out of eight cobblestone blocks.	Pick up a furnace from a crafting table output.	15G	Bronze
		Dispense with This	Construct a Dispenser.	—	20G	Bronze
		Chestful of Cobblestone	Mine 1,728 Cobblestone and place it in a chest.	A player must mine 1,728 cobblestone and place 1,728 cobblestone, or 27 stacks, in a chest. The cobblestone placed in the chest does not have to be the same cobblestone that was mined.	20G	Bronze

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Stone Age	Mine Stone with your new Pickaxe	Minecraft	Have one of these 3 stones in the #stone_tool_materials item tag: Cobblestone Blackstone Cobbled Deepslate in your inventory.	story/mine_stone

History[]

Java Edition pre-Classic
rd-20090515					Added cobblestone, using a modified version of the previous texture of stone.
mc-161607					Cobblestone is now referred to as "stacked rocks".
Java Edition Classic
May 17, 2009					Showed the first logo of the game with the title Minecraft made out of cobblestone in the post on The Word of Notch. Never used anywhere else.
May 18-22, 2009					Added logo to minecraft.net homepage.
0.0.14a					The texture of cobblestone has been changed.
0.0.19a					Cobblestone has been removed from the hotbar due to a lack of room.
0.0.20a					Cobblestone has been re-added to the hotbar and inventory.
0.24 SURVIVAL_TEST					Cobblestone now drops itself when broken.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Cobblestone now drops from mining stone.
0.28					Cobblestone now drops from mining obsidian.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100129			Cobblestone is now used to craft stone swords, axes, pickaxes and shovels.
		20100130			Cobblestone is now used to craft stone slabs.
		20100131			Added logo to game.
					The logo itself is resized version of one on minecraft.net.
20100206					Cobblestone is now used to craft stone hoes.
20100219					Cobblestone is now used to craft furnaces.
20100223					Cobblestone can now be smelted into smooth stone.
Java Edition Infdev
20100617-2					Cobblestone is now created when flowing water collides with flowing lava, making it renewable.
20100618					Cobblestone no longer drops from mining obsidian.
20100625-2					Cobblestone can now be found in dungeons.
20100629					Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone stairs.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					Cobblestone is now used to craft levers.
Java Edition Beta
1.2					Cobblestone is now used to craft dispensers.
1.3					Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone slabs.
					Cobblestone is no longer used to craft stone slabs.
1.7					The texture of cobblestone has been changed.
					Cobblestone is now used to craft pistons.
1.8		Pre-release			Cobblestone now naturally generates in villages and strongholds.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Cobblestone is now used to craft brewing stands.
1.3.1		12w22a			Cobblestone now naturally generates in jungle temples.
1.4.2		12w34a			Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone walls.
1.5		13w03a			Cobblestone is now used to craft droppers.
1.8		14w02a			Cobblestone is now used to craft diorite and andesite.
		14w03a			Cobblestone now generates under gravel village roads, preventing them from collapsing into caves.
		14w04a			A crafting recipe for moss stone, using cobblestone, has been added.
1.9		15w37a			Cobblestone now generate in the newly added void start platforms.
1.11		16w39a			Cobblestone now generates in woodland mansions.
					Cobblestone is now used to craft observers.
September 4, 2017					Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updated cobblestone texture.
September 18, 2017					Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updated cobblestone texture.
December 14, 2017					Released Texture Update Beta resource pack version 1.0 with the updated texture of cobblestone.
1.13		18w09a			Cobblestone now generates in underwater ruins.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of cobblestone has been changed.
		18w47a			Cobblestone now generates in pillager outposts.
		November 26, 2018			Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updated cobblestone texture.
		November 29, 2018			Jasper Boerstra tweets an image from the boat texturing process. The new (probably experimental) cobblestone texture can be seen on the background.
		18w50a			The texture of cobblestone has been changed.
1.20 (Experimental)		23w04a			Cobblestone can now be used to craft coast armor trim, sentry armor trim, and vex armor trim.
1.20		23w12a			Cobblestone now generates in trail ruins.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release					Added cobblestone.
v0.2.0					The texture of cobblestone has been changed.
v0.3.0					Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone stairs and slabs.
v0.3.2					Cobblestone is now used to craft furnaces.
					Cobblestone can now be smelted.
v0.4.0					Cobblestone is now used to craft stone hoes.
v0.6.0					Cobblestone is now used to craft the stonecutter.
v0.8.0		build 1			Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone walls.
v0.9.0		build 1			Cobblestone now naturally spawns in dungeons, strongholds and villages.
v0.9.5					A crafting recipe for moss stone, using cobblestone, has been added.
v0.12.1		build 1			Cobblestone is now used to craft brewing stands.
					Cobblestone no longer makes nether reactors.
					Cobblestone now gives experience when smelted.
v0.13.0		build 1			Cobblestone is now used to craft levers.
					Cobblestone is no longer used to craft stonecutters.
v0.15.0		build 1			Cobblestone can now be used to craft pistons and observers.
					Added zombie villages and some parts of cobblestone have been replaced with "moss stone".
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Cobblestone now generates in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Cobblestone and moss stone now generate in underwater ruins.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.2			Cobblestone can now be used to craft smithing tables.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of cobblestone has been changed.
					Cobblestone now generates in pillager outposts.
Next Major Update (Experimental)		beta 1.19.80.21			Cobblestone can now be used to craft coast armor trim, sentry armor trim, and vex armor trim.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added cobblestone.
TU3					The texture of cobblestone has been changed.
					Cobblestone is now used to craft pistons.
TU5					Cobblestone now generates in villages and strongholds.
TU7					Cobblestone is now used to craft brewing stands.
TU14		1.04			Cobblestone now generates in jungle temples.
					Cobblestone is now used to craft cobblestone walls.
TU19	CU7	1.17			Cobblestone is now used to craft droppers.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		A crafting recipe for moss stone, using cobblestone, has been added.
					Cobblestone is now used to craft andesite and diorite.
TU54	CU44	1.38	Patch 24	1.0.4	Cobblestone now generates in woodland mansions.
					Cobblestone is now used to craft observers.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Cobblestone now generates in underwater ruins.
		1.90			The texture of cobblestone has been changed.
		1.91			Cobblestone is now used to craft smithing tables.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added cobblestone.
1.9.19					Cobblestone now generates in woodland mansions.

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  Comparison of all released textures of cobblestone, as well as the original texture of stone.

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  Comparison of all released and unreleased textures of cobblestone in the Texture Update.

Data history[]

Java Edition
1.8		14w11b			Cobblestone with numerical metadata variants 1 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model rather than appearing identical to cobblestone.
		14w26a			Block metadata has been completely removed from this snapshot onwards with the introduction of block states. As this block never used block metadata at all prior to this version, fifteen unused, inaccessible metadata variants of it have been completely removed from the game: DV Description 0 Cobblestone 1-15 Inaccessible "boring" variants of cobblestone
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, cobblestone's numeral ID was 4.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Cobblestone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery[]

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  A lava spring flowing onto a river, thus naturally generating cobblestone.

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  A room mainly made of cobblestone.

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  The ground of this shelter has been replaced with mossy cobblestone from a monster room, for aesthetic purposes.

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  Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone found inside of a jungle temple.

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  Example of a building made with cobblestone, this one being a church in a village.

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  Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone as seen in a village and a pillager outpost from the Java Edition panorama background.

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  Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone as viewed in a beachside pillager outpost.

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  A simple cobblestone farm using lava and water.

References[]

External Links[]

• Block of the Week: Cobblestone – Minecraft.net on May 18, 2018