Description
It generates between bedrock and the surface in nearly every biome. Stone requires a wooden pickaxe or better to be mined; using anything else drops nothing. When mined with a Silk Touch pickaxe, stone drops itself; otherwise it drops cobblestone. Stone is the base material for crafting tools and weapons stronger than wood: stone pickaxe, stone axe, stone sword, and the smithing chain. Smelted further, stone becomes smooth stone — a popular building material — and can be cut into stone bricks, slabs, and stairs at a stonecutter.