How do you get Stone in Minecraft?

Stone is crafted from Cobblestone at a Furnace, in a single step. It also comes from mining, and Stone from smelting, not just the recipe above.

How long does Stone take to break?

Two figures cover Stone: 1.5 to mine, 6 to blow it up. Because the numbers differ on Stone, one of the two routes into it is always quicker. Speed on Stone comes from a pickaxe, but the drop comes either way. Java 26.2 carries Stone at the values above, which is where it gets them.

Where do you find Stone in chests?

Stone is chest loot in one place and one only: village mason chests (about 38%). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.

How many Stone can you stack?

64 Cobblestone is what 64 Stone costs, so filling a single slot is 64 smelts. A shulker box of Stone comes to 1,728, over 27 slots. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

When was Stone added to Minecraft?

Stone was added in the early Alpha development period.

What is Stone used for?

Stone is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Redstone Comparator, Redstone Comparator, Redstone Repeater, Redstone Repeater, Smooth Stone, Stone Bricks, Stone Button, Stone Pressure Plate, Stone Slab, and Stonecutter.

Utility BlocksCraftable

Stone

The primary rock block that makes up most of the Overworld underground, dropping cobblestone unless mined with Silk Touch. It is also obtained by smelting cobblestone.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Stone at a glance

Utility Blocks holds Stone: a block out of mining and smelting. Stack Stone 64 high: 576 across a hotbar, 1728 in a shulker box, and 3456 in a double chest.

Keep Stone around: 10 recipes here call for it, which makes it worth a slot in the storage room rather than something you gather per project. Breaking Stone works against a hardness of 1.5. Explosions work against a resistance of 6. Speed on Stone comes from a pickaxe, but the drop comes either way. Generated chests only ever hold Stone in one place: village mason chests (about 38%). It sits between Stained Glass Pane and Stone Brick Slab in Utility Blocks, number 307 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Furnace
Cobblestone
Stone
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Stone has the grid for Stone

Used to craft

Stone is an ingredient in 10 other recipes across 2 categories, 6 of them in Redstone, Redstone Comparator first and Stonecutter last. Every name in the list has a page of its own, grid included, with Stone in it.

How to obtain

Mining
Smelting

Cooking

Heat is all Stone asks for: Cobblestone goes in a furnace and comes back out. Give it 10 seconds per Stone in the furnace. Experience comes with it: 0.1 a piece, 6.4 for the 64 in a slot.

Notes

Mining without Silk Touch yields Cobblestone; smelting cobblestone or Silk Touch yields Stone itself.

Frequently asked questions about Stone

How do you get Stone in Minecraft?
Stone is crafted from Cobblestone at a Furnace, in a single step. It also comes from mining, and Stone from smelting, not just the recipe above.
How long does Stone take to break?
Two figures cover Stone: 1.5 to mine, 6 to blow it up. Because the numbers differ on Stone, one of the two routes into it is always quicker. Speed on Stone comes from a pickaxe, but the drop comes either way. Java 26.2 carries Stone at the values above, which is where it gets them.
How do you cook Stone?
Heat is all Stone asks for: Cobblestone goes in a furnace and comes back out. Give it 10 seconds per Stone in the furnace. Experience comes with it: 0.1 a piece, 6.4 for the 64 in a slot.
Where do you find Stone in chests?
Stone is chest loot in one place and one only: village mason chests (about 38%). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.
How many Stone can you stack?
64 Cobblestone is what 64 Stone costs, so filling a single slot is 64 smelts. A shulker box of Stone comes to 1,728, over 27 slots. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.
When was Stone added to Minecraft?
Stone was added in the early Alpha development period.
What is Stone used for?
Stone is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Redstone Comparator, Redstone Comparator, Redstone Repeater, Redstone Repeater, Smooth Stone, Stone Bricks, Stone Button, Stone Pressure Plate, Stone Slab, and Stonecutter.

Building with it

Stone is what the overworld is mostly made of, and a plain pickaxe turns it into cobblestone unless Silk Touch is involved. Smelting cobblestone gives it back, which is why furnace rows in big builds spend most of their time turning rubble into building material.

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