Solid Stone Mining tricks?

[Pyxishroom]

Does anyone have any tricks to make mining full stone blocks more efficient? I feel like my method of punching out a square grid and going down to the next block level to clear underneath just gives way too many cobbles. I'm trying to build a house with a solid stone flooring while in the bronze age so getting this as efficient as possible would help a ton!

[Calmest_of_lakes]

ngl, this is something I throw in the towel for and install a mod to do. for whatever reason, the devs want to make collecting stone blocks as tedious as possible. 

the dev of my mod of choice cant work on mods for the forseeable future, so he recommended this: https://mods.vintagestory.at/stonequarystandalonerepack

[EnbyKaiju]

I either do the mining down grid if I'm on a flat space, or I dig out parallel tunnels 4 blocks high (imagine minecraft strip mining), then I go from the top down on the blocks in the middle in a chessboard pattern. It's especially good for when you're in deep caves or in rock layers that aren't particularly thick like phyllite or kimberlite.

Is it the most efficient? No, but you get a solid result and it's super easy to light up.

[KahvozeinsFang]

This is the mod I use. https://mods.vintagestory.at/ndlchiselpicks

 

Its completely replaced stone quarry for me. Its just a pickaxe that, when used drops the full block. It also has a mode for gathering ashlar blocks as well. Cheap, simple and easy. Can't recommend it enough.