Editing Stone Block

{{distinguish|Hard Block|Rock Block}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:PM Stone Block Render.png|100px]]<br>A stone block as seen in ''Paper Mario''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
'''Stone Blocks''' (also formatted as '''stone blocks''') are gray [[block]]s that appear in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. Stone Blocks appear in various locations, blocking [[Mario]]'s way. They most abundantly appear in [[Dry Dry Ruins (Paper Mario)|Dry Dry Ruins]], as these blocks cannot be pushed, smashed by the regular [[Hammer]], or destroyed by other means. They can be broken only after Mario obtains a [[Super Hammer]] from Dry Dry Ruins. Stone Blocks sometimes, albeit rarely, contain enemies, such as a [[Stone Chomp]].

In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', an [[Ultra Hammer]] is required to break Stone Blocks. However, the Ultra Hammer appears late in the game, and it is needed to smash only a handful of Stone Blocks. Additionally, '''Big Stone Blocks''' appear, and they require the [[Ultra Hammer (move)|Ultra Hammer]] move to destroy.

In ''[[Wario Land 4]]'', stone blocks<ref>{{cite|author=Wessel, Craig|title=''[[Warioland 4 (book)|Warioland 4]]''|page=68|language=en-us|publisher=[[Scholastic]]|isbn=0-439-36711-5}}</ref> are often used as walls and obstacles. They can be destroyed by any attack, and they occasionally conceal [[Diamond]]s or paths.

''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]'' uses stone blocks as its predecessor did. Breaking them is required by some [[level]]s' [[List of Wario Land: Shake It! missions|missions]].

==Profiles==
===''Paper Mario''===
*'''[[Tattle]]s'''
**"''Your Hammer isn’t strong enough to break this block. You might be able to break it with a more powerful Hammer.''" (without Super or Ultra Hammer)
***"''Your Hammer can shatter this block. Break it down, Mario!''" (with Super or Ultra Hammer)

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (GameCube)===
*'''Tattles'''
**"''You can't break this block with your current hammer. You may need to get a more powerful hammer to break it.''" (without Ultra Hammer)
**"''You can break this with an Ultra Hammer.''" (small stone block, with Ultra Hammer)
**"''You can break this block by spinning with a hammer.''" (big stone block, with Ultra Hammer)

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)===
*'''Tattles'''
**"''This is a Stone Block. It looks too sturdy to break with your current hammer. You may need to get a more powerful hammer to break it.''" (small, without Ultra Hammer)
**"''This is a Stone Block. You can break it with your hammer.''" (small, with Ultra Hammer)
**"''This is a Big Stone Block. It looks too sturdy to break with your current hammer. You may need to get a more powerful hammer to break it.''" (big, without Ultra Hammer)
**"''This is a Big Stone Block. You can break it by spinning with your hammer.''" (big, with Ultra Hammer)

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Ttyd stoneblock.png|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
Giantstoneblock.png|A large variant of the stone block
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ストーンブロック<ref>{{cite|language=en|url=themushroomkingdom.net/pm_j-e.shtml|title=''Paper Mario'': From Japanese to English|date=June 17, 2013|publisher=The Mushroom Kingdom|accessdate=July 6, 2024}}</ref>
|JpnR=Sutōn Burokku
|JpnM=Stone Block
|Ita=Blocco di pietra
|ItaM=Stone block
}}

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