Make an Infinite Cobblestone Generator in Minecraft

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Have you ever wanted an infinite source of cobblestone? Well read on, and this guide will show you how to make an infinite cobblestone generator, using pistons or without.

Steps

Simple Pistonless Cobblestone Generator

  1. Dig a hole 2 blocks long and 1 block wide.
  2. Dig a second hole, one block away from your first hole, 1 block long and 1 block wide.
  3. In the first hole, dig down one more block in the space next to the second hole.
  4. Place water in the upper level of the first hole.
    • The water should flow down into the trough of the hole.
  5. Create a mining area between the two holes.
    • Right under the block that you'll destroy and start mining from, dig a hole 2 blocks long and 1 block wide. Situate yourself in the mining area.
  6. Place 1 lava in the second hole.
  7. Use a Pickaxe to mine the block between the water and the lava, waiting for cobblestone to form.
    • Use a pickaxe to collect the cobblestone in order to mine it. A new cobblestone should pop up shortly after you mine it.

Medium-Effort Pistonless Cobblestone Generator

  1. Make two 4-block high pillars one block away from each other.
  2. Put a square around the top of the pillars.
  3. Dig a 2-block wide hole.
    • Leave the end of the hole two blocks down from the left side of the pillar.
  4. Put a water source on the left-most side of the hole.
  5. Dig three holes leading down from the middle of the pillar structure.
  6. Put a lava source in the middle of the square you made at the top of the pillars.
  7. Destroy the block in the middle of the water- and lava flows.
    • Start farming your cobblestone.

Cobblestone Generator with Piston

  1. Dig a hole, two blocks down and two blocks wide.
    • Place a sticky piston with a glass on top of it in the hole.
  2. Create containers for the lava and water, but don't place them just yet.
    • The lava goes on the side closer to the piston and glass, and the water goes on the other side. the hole allows the water to flow horizontally at the flowing lava, creating cobblestone.
  3. Next, we'll set up a redstone contraption to detect when a block of cobblestone is formed.
    • Add a redstone torch and a repeater to one side and throw some redstone dust on the ground on the other. Don't actually place the cobblestone, it was just for demonstration purposes.
  4. Now, to get the piston to push.
    • Where the redstone wire is, dig down one block towards the water, then down away from the pistons, and then to the side one towards the lava.
  5. Now place the water first, then the lava.
    • The generator will work, but just push the blocks up. Then, add another piston to push them sideways to make them easier to mine, or even to add another row of pistons to make a self-repairing wall!
  6. Add a repeater to the block on the lava container that's right next to the first redstone wire we put down.
    • The repeater has to be on the first tick setting. Then, add the two blocks as seen in the picture and wire them up and throw the piston on there.
  7. Now, to stop keep it from doing this, add a detector that tells when the piston that is pushing sideways can't push any more blocks.
    • From the block that has the redstone torch on it, place 9 redstone on the ground going away from the lava. then place a block and put redstone on it. Put another redstone torch on the ground next to that block underneath where the cobblestone is pushed. This will turn off our first redstone torch and stop the generator. Also, if you do this you don't have to reset it. When neither of the pistons can push the new cobblestone, it is left there and the circuit stays on until you break the block next to the lava. With this you can just mine the cobblestone and it keeps going.
  8. Finally, adding an on/off switch.
    • Go to the block that our first redstone torch is on, and put a switch on the back of it. When the switch is off, the generator will run, and when you turn the switch on, the generator will stop.
  9. Mine to your heart's content.

Tips

  • You should do this around your spawn point in case of an accident, unless you are using an infinite health hack or are using diamond armor in decent condition.
  • Make sure that cobblestone appears replacing the block.
  • It's not a great idea to put the generator in your house even if it's well protected. It only takes one incorrect move to end up with your house being covered in lava.

Warnings

  • Be careful around the lava.
  • You need to be fast to put a block when you put a lava
  • An activated TNT can spawn so be careful!

Things You'll Need

  • Some building material. Cobblestone is recommended
  • A water source
  • A lava source
  • A shovel (Optional)
  • A pickaxe

Additional Necessities If Using Pistons

  • Redstone dust, torches and repeaters
  • Pistons, sticky pistons and glass

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