Stone
| Stone | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Resource |
| Location | Rocks; Carpenter's Shop; Fishing; Desert Festival; Artifact Spot; Stonefish Fish Pond; Pet dog |
| Sell Price | 2g |
Stone is the most basic building block in the valley, and almost every farm runs short of it at some point. Breaking rocks with a pickaxe gives a few pieces at a time, while boulders and bombs give much more. Robin needs it for barns, coops, silos and wells, and the crafting menu uses it for paths, fences, machines and the Furnace itself. The Construction Bundle in the Crafts Room asks for a full stack. A single piece sells for almost nothing, so its true worth lies in what it builds.
The in-game description reads: A common material with many uses in crafting and building.
Location
Plain rocks are the everyday supply. Each rock breaks into a small handful of Stone. The Mines are packed with rocks on every floor. Large boulders drop ten pieces each, so they are the best targets once the pickaxe is strong enough to break them.
One well-known method uses the first floor of The Mines. Entering the floor, smashing only the boulders and silver rocks, then leaving and coming back repeats the floor with fresh rocks. Working through the first ten floors and breaking only boulders gives the same result with fewer trips.
Bombs speed things up even more. A bomb shatters every rock in its blast, and the pieces drop straight onto the floor as Stone. The Cherry Bomb needs Copper Ore and Coal, the regular Bomb needs Iron Ore and Coal, and the Mega Bomb needs Gold Ore with both essences. A few well-placed bombs can collect a whole stack in seconds.
The Quarry is a good place to spend bombs. It opens once the Crafts Room bundles are done and the bridge east of the Adventurer's Guild is repaired. Rocks there spawn close together and refill every day. Ore and gem nodes appear among them as well.
Robin sells Stone at the Carpenter's Shop when time is short. Her price jumps sharply after the first year, so buying a stockpile early is cheaper. Fishing in the fountain just west of the Community Center also turns up Stone now and then.
Uses
Buildings take the most. Robin's Coop and Barn both need Stone along with Wood and gold, and each upgrade to a bigger version needs more. The Silo, the Well and the Slime Hutch also need it. The Slime Hutch is the hungriest of all, asking for several stacks.
The crafting menu uses Stone everywhere. The Furnace that Clint teaches needs Stone and Copper Ore, and it is the first machine most farms build. Preserves Jars, Cheese Presses, the Mayonnaise Machine and the Recycling Machine all take a share. Mining level 2 unlocks the Staircase, which turns a full stack of Stone into an instant trip one floor down. A pile of Staircases lets a deep dive skip the floors that hold nothing worth mining.
Paths and decor need small amounts. Gravel Path, Cobblestone Path and Stepping Stone Path each take a single piece, while the Stone Fence lasts far longer than a wooden one. Basic Retaining Soil and Quality Retaining Soil keep crops watered overnight, and both use Stone.
The Construction Bundle in the Crafts Room needs a full stack of Stone, two stacks of Wood and some Hardwood. Its reward is the Charcoal Kiln.
Crafting Stone with the other materials below makes these items.
| Item | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Retaining Soil | 
|
Stone (2) |
| Big Stone Chest | 
|
Stone (250) |
| Bone Mill | 
|
Bone Fragment (10), Clay (3), Stone (20) |
| Campfire | 
|
Stone (10), Wood (10), Fiber (10) |
| Cheese Press | 
|
Wood (45), Stone (45), Hardwood (10), Copper Bar (1) |
| Crystalarium | 
|
Stone (99), Gold Bar (5), Iridium Bar (2), Battery Pack (1) |
| Deluxe Retaining Soil | 
|
Stone (5), Fiber (3), Clay (1) |
| Drum Block | 
|
Stone (10), Copper Ore (2), Fiber (20) |
| Furnace | 
|
Stone (25), Copper Ore (20) |
| Garden Pot | 
|
Clay (1), Stone (10), Refined Quartz (1) |
| Geode Crusher | 
|
Gold Bar (2), Stone (50), Diamond (1) |
| Heavy Furnace | 
|
Furnace (2), Iron Bar (3), Stone (50) |
| Marble Brazier | 
|
Marble (1), Aquamarine (1), Stone (100) |
| Mayonnaise Machine | 
|
Wood (15), Stone (15), Earth Crystal (1), Copper Bar (1) |
| Preserves Jar | 
|
Wood (50), Stone (40), Coal (8) |
| Quality Retaining Soil | 
|
Stone (3), Clay (1) |
| Recycling Machine | 
|
Wood (25), Stone (25), Iron Bar (1) |
| Staircase | 
|
Stone (99) |
| Statue Of Blessings | 
|
Sap (999), Fiber (999), Stone (999), Moss (333) |
| Stone Brazier | 
|
Stone (10), Coal (1), Fiber (5) |
| Stone Chest | 
|
Stone (50) |
| Stone Fence | 
|
Stone (2) |
| Stone Sign | 
|
Stone (25) |
| Tree Fertilizer | 
|
Fiber (5), Stone (5) |
| Warp Totem: Mountains | 
|
Hardwood (1), Iron Bar (1), Stone (25) |
| Wicked Statue | 
|
Stone (25), Coal (5) |
Notes
Robin sometimes posts "Robin's Resource Rush" on the Special Orders board. The order asks for a thousand pieces of Stone or Wood within a week. Finishing it earns gold and the Stone Chest recipe. The harvested Stone stays in the farmer's inventory afterwards.
Stone makes a bad gift, and villagers react poorly to it.
All Resources
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bat Wing | 
|
15g |
| Battery Pack | 
|
500g |
| Bone Fragment | 
|
12g |
| Broken CD | 
|
0g |
| Broken Glasses | 
|
0g |
| Bug Meat | 
|
8g |
| Cave Jelly | 
|
180g |
| Cinder Shard | 
|
50g |
| Clay | 
|
20g |
| Coal | 
|
15g |
| Copper Bar | 
|
- |
| Copper Ore | 
|
5g |
| Driftwood | 
|
0g |
| Fiber | 
|
1g |
| Gold Bar | 
|
- |
| Gold Ore | 
|
25g |
| Green Algae | 
|
15g |
| Hardwood | 
|
15g |
| Iridium Bar | 
|
- |
| Iridium Ore | 
|
100g |
| Iron Bar | 
|
- |
| Iron Ore | 
|
10g |
| Joja Cola | 
|
25g |
| Monster Loot | - | - |
| Moss | 
|
5g |
| Radioactive Bar | 
|
- |
| Radioactive Ore | 
|
300g |
| Refined Quartz | 
|
50g |
| Rice | 
|
100g |
| River Jelly | 
|
125g |
| Rotten Plant | 
|
0g |
| Sea Jelly | 
|
200g |
| Soggy Newspaper | 
|
0g |
| Solar Essence | 
|
40g |
| Stone | 
|
2g |
| Sugar | 
|
50g |
| Trash | - | - |
| Trash (item) | 
|
0g |
| Treasure Chest | 
|
5000g |
| Vinegar | 
|
100g |
| Void Essence | 
|
50g |
| Wheat Flour | 
|
50g |
| White Algae | 
|
25g |
| Wood | 
|
2g |