Stone Bricks

Stone bricks and the variants cracked stone bricks, mossy stone bricks, and chiseled stone bricks are materials found in structures such as strongholds, igloo basements, jungle temples, ocean ruins, ruined portals, and trail ruins.

Smooth stone bricks are a fifth variant exclusive to Bedrock Edition, visually identical to regular stone bricks, which cannot be found naturally and are only accessible via commands.

Obtaining[]

Stone bricks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Stone Bricks
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2

Infested blocks[]

Stone bricks, mossy stone bricks, cracked stone bricks and chiseled stone bricks can also be obtained by mining their respective infested blocks with Silk Touch.

Crafting[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Stone Bricks	Stone	4
Mossy Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks + Vines
Mossy Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks + Moss Block
Chiseled Stone Bricks	Stone Brick Slab

Stonecutting[]

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe	Description
Stone Bricks or Chiseled Stone Bricks	Stone
Chiseled Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks		‌[Java Edition only][1]

Smelting[]

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Cracked Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks + Any fuel	0.1

Trading[]

Apprentice-level stone mason villagers sell 4 chiseled stone bricks for one emerald as part of their trades.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Apprentice-level stone mason villagers have a 25% (¹⁄₄) chance to sell 4 chiseled stone bricks for one emerald as part of their trades.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Natural generation[]

Regular stone bricks, as well as occasional cracked and mossy stone bricks, generate as part of strongholds, making up most of the walls, ceilings, and floors. They and chiseled stone bricks can also generate as part of ocean ruins and ruined portals. Igloo basements are lined with stone bricks. In addition, three chiseled stone bricks generate as part of each jungle temple. Stone bricks and mossy stone bricks can also spawn in trail ruins.

Chest loot[]

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Stone Bricks	Village	Mason's chest	1	37.7%
Bedrock Edition
Stone Bricks	Village	Mason's chest	1	37.7%

Usage[]

As stone bricks offer no real advantage over stone or cobblestone, their main use is for decoration.

Crafting ingredient[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Lodestone	Chiseled Stone Bricks + Netherite Ingot
Stone Brick Slab or Mossy Stone Brick Slab	Stone Bricks or Mossy Stone Bricks	66
Stone Brick Stairs or Mossy Stone Brick Stairs	Stone Bricks or Mossy Stone Bricks	44
Stone Brick Wall or Mossy Stone Brick Wall	Stone Bricks or Mossy Stone Bricks	66

Stonecutting[]

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe	Description
Stone Brick Slab or Stone Brick Stairs or Stone Brick Wall	Stone Bricks	2
Chiseled Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks		‌[Java Edition only][1]
Mossy Stone Brick Slab or Mossy Stone Brick Stairs or Mossy Stone Brick Wall	Mossy Stone Bricks	2

Note Blocks[]

All types of stone bricks can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Silverfish[]

Silverfish have the ability to enter and hide in any variant of stone bricks, creating an infested block of the corresponding type.

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
Stone Bricks	stone_bricks	Block & Item	stone_bricks	stone_bricks	block.minecraft.stone_bricks
Cracked Stone Bricks	cracked_stone_bricks	Block & Item	stone_bricks	stone_bricks	block.minecraft.cracked_stone_bricks
Mossy Stone Bricks	mossy_stone_bricks	Block & Item	stone_bricks	stone_bricks	block.minecraft.mossy_stone_bricks
Chiseled Stone Bricks	chiseled_stone_bricks	Block & Item	stone_bricks	stone_bricks	block.minecraft.chiseled_stone_bricks

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Stone Bricks	stonebrick	98	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.stonebrick.default.name tile.stonebrick.cracked.name tile.stonebrick.mossy.name tile.stonebrick.chiseled.name tile.stonebrick.smooth.name

Block states[]

Bedrock Edition

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
stone_brick_type	0x1 0x2 0x4	default	default	0	Stone Bricks
			mossy	1	Mossy Stone Bricks
			cracked	2	Cracked Stone Bricks
			chiseled	3	Chiseled Stone Bricks
			smooth	4	Smooth Stone Bricks (same texture as regular ones)

History[]

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009					Notch shows interest in adding stone bricks, with multiple colors.
Java Edition Beta
1.7					The file en_US.lang contained a reference to this block as tile.stonebricksmooth.name=Stone Bricks, giving the first confirmation of their name.
1.8		Pre-release			Added stone bricks - regular, cracked, and mossy.
					All stone bricks occur naturally in strongholds.
					The different bricks are all called stone bricks in-game.
					The regular stone bricks can be crafted into stone brick slabs and stairs.
		Pre-release 2			Cracked and mossy stone bricks now drop themselves when mined.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			The mining time of stone bricks is now greatly reduced, parallel to that of stone, and is now tier dependent.
1.2.1		1.2			Added chiseled stone bricks, which are currently unnamed.
1.3.1		12w18a			The variants of stone bricks now have all received unique tooltips.
					The unnamed chiseled stone bricks are now called Detailed Stone Bricks. Before this update, they were commonly referred to as Circle Stone Bricks.
		12w19a			Detailed Stone Bricks have been renamed to Chiseled Stone Bricks.
		12w22a			Chiseled stone bricks now naturally generate in jungle temples. There are only 3 chiseled stone bricks per temple. This is the only way of obtaining them in survival mode.
1.8		14w02a			Crafting recipes have been added for mossy stone bricks and chiseled stone bricks.
		14w10a			Stone bricks with numerical metadata variants 4 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model rather than appearing identical to stone bricks.
		June 20, 2014			TheMogMiner tweeted about a smelting recipe for cracked stone bricks.
		14w25a			Cracked stone bricks can now be obtained by smelting stone bricks.
					Stone bricks and its variants are now defined via block states rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of stone bricks were as follows: DV Description 0 Stone Bricks 1 Mossy Stone Bricks 2 Cracked Stone Bricks 3 Chiseled Stone Bricks 4-15 Inaccessible "boring" variants of stone bricks
		14w26a			Stone bricks with metadata values 4 through 15 have been completely removed from the game.
1.9		15w43a			Stone bricks now generate within igloo basements, along with their cracked, mossy and chiseled variants.
		15w43b			Igloos now have fewer cracked stone bricks.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the stonebrick ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 98.
		18w09a			Stone bricks and its 3 variants now generate in underwater ruins.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of all stone bricks have been changed.
		18w47a			The textures of all stone bricks have been changed to look more smooth.
		18w49a			Stone bricks can now be found in chests in village mason houses.
		19w11a			Chiseled stone bricks are now sold by villagers of the new mason profession.
1.16		20w13a			Chiseled stone bricks can now be used to craft lodestones.
		20w16a			Stone bricks and its 3 variants, as well as their slabs and stairs, can now spawn as part of a ruined portal.
1.17		21w11a			Moss blocks with stone bricks can now be used to craft mossy stone bricks.
1.20		23w12a			Stone bricks and cracked stone bricks now generate in trail ruins.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.4.0					Added stone bricks.
					Chiseled stone bricks are now available and are fully functional, obtainable only through editing.
v0.5.0					Regular stone bricks are now available in the creative inventory.
v0.6.0					Stone bricks are now used to craft stone brick stairs and slabs.
					Mossy and cracked stone bricks are now available in the creative inventory.
v0.9.0		build 1			Regular, mossy and cracked stone bricks now naturally generate in strongholds.
					Chiseled stone bricks have been added to the creative inventory.
v0.11.0		build 1			Crafting recipes have been added for mossy stone bricks and chiseled stone bricks.
					Cracked stone bricks can now be obtained by smelting stone bricks.
v0.15.0		build 1			Chiseled stone bricks now naturally generate in jungle temples. There are only 3 chiseled stone bricks per temple.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Stone bricks now generate within igloo basements, along with their cracked, mossy and chiseled variants.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Stone bricks and its 3 variants now generate in underwater ruins.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Mossy stone bricks can now be used to craft mossy stone brick stairs, slabs and walls.
					Stone bricks can now be used to craft stone brick walls.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Chiseled stone bricks can now be obtained via trading with stone mason villagers for 1-2 emeralds.
					The textures of all stone bricks have been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Stone bricks can now be found in village mason chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Chiseled stone bricks sold by stone mason villagers now cost only one emerald.
1.12.0		beta 1.12.0.3			The chance of stone mason villagers to sell chiseled stone bricks has now been reduced from 100% to 25%.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Chiseled stone bricks can now be used to craft lodestones.
					Stone bricks and its 3 variants, as well as their slabs and stairs, can now spawn as part of a ruined portal.
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.52			Stone bricks and Moss Block can now be used to craft Mossy Stone Bricks.
Legacy Console Edition
TU5	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added stone bricks.
TU12				1.0.1	Added chiseled stone bricks.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Crafting recipes have been added for mossy stone bricks and cracked stone bricks.
					Cracked stone bricks can now be obtained by smelting stone bricks.
		1.90			The textures of all stone bricks have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added stone bricks.

Issues[]

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

Trivia[]

• When smelting cobblestone blocks, the cracked form of stone, they turn into stone without cracks. Yet, when smelting stone bricks without cracks, they turn into a cracked variant.
• On Bedrock Edition, there is an unused data value for stone bricks called smooth stone bricks, it can be obtained through commands but is unobtainable in survival mode or through the creative inventory.

Gallery[]

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  First view of the stone bricks that Jeb posted.

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  First view of the stone bricks that Notch posted.

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  Naturally occurring stone bricks - regular, cracked, and mossy - in a stronghold.

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  An image from Beta 1.8 Pre-release.

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  Chiseled stone bricks, as revealed in the 1.2 pre-release.

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  Helm's Deep built from stone bricks by Jeb.

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  A castle built from stone bricks by Jeb.

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  A castle built from stone bricks by Jeb.

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  Stone bricks being smelted into cracked stone bricks.

See also[]

• Infested Block

References[]