Fully automatic 1.0+ Easy
Requires redstone
Automatic stone farm (stone generator)
Output ~300 stone/h
Dimensions 5x3x4
Build time 10-15 minutes
Difficulty ** Easy
About this farm
A stone farm produces stone, not cobblestone, because it relies on the fact that lava flowing onto a water source block creates stone. That's an important difference: you need stone for stone bricks, smooth stone and many decorative blocks. The automatic version uses observers to detect each new stone block and pistons to push it out. A more advanced version uses a TNT duper to destroy the stone in bulk. A stone generator is more valuable than a cobblestone generator, because stone has more decorative and crafting uses. Smooth stone (stone smelted in a furnace) is what you need for armor stands and smooth stone slabs.
Key features
- Stone (not cobblestone!), which has more uses
- Stone bricks: a classic building material
- Smooth stone for armor stands and slabs
- Lava onto a water source = stone
- Compact build
Required materials
+ Lava bucket (1)
+ Water bucket (1)
+ Pistons (2)
+ Observers (2)
+ Hoppers (4)
+ Chests (2)
+ Redstone dust (8)
Tips and tricks
- The lava has to flow onto the water source block: the other way around gives you cobblestone.
- Stone → stone bricks (4 stone = 4 stone bricks), a beautiful building material.
- Stone → smooth stone (in a furnace) → smooth stone slab.
- A piston pushes the new stone along: an observer detects it and activates the piston.
- A pickaxe with Silk Touch mines stone as stone (not cobblestone).
Technical specifications
| Name | Automatic stone farm (stone generator) |
| Category | Fully automatic |
| Output | ~300 stone/h |
| Dimensions | 5x3x4 |
| Version | 1.0+ |
| Build time | 10-15 minutes |
| Difficulty | Easy (2/5) |
| Redstone | Required |
Related tags
stone stone bricks smooth stone generator
