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Royalty-Free Rock & Stone Sound Effects
100k+ free sound effects, growing every day. Rock and stone sound effects: boulders crashing, rockslides tumbling downhill, rubble and brick debris clattering, cinder blocks dropping, gravel shovelled and dumped from a wheelbarrow, stones scraping, a stone crypt lid sliding and a cave collapsing. Use them for adventure and dungeon games, construction footage, disaster scenes and heavy impacts. For fine sand and dirt, see sand & dirt; for earthquakes and avalanches, try natural disasters. Free account: 10 MP3s a month for your own channels, with credit. Paid plans: unlimited MP3 and WAV, client work and ads, no credit.
Describe the sound you need and get 2 free versions in about 10 seconds.
Make a rock sound with AI
Describe the size of the rocks, how they move and what they land on: a boulder rolling down a hillside, gravel tipped from a bucket, a stone slab dragged across a temple floor.
- boulder rolling down a rocky hill
- stone door grinding open in a tomb
- pebbles skittering across a stone floor
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How to use rock and stone sound effects in a video
Split the impact from the debris
A boulder landing is a heavy thud followed by stones scattering. Put the thud on the frame of contact and let the scatter play out after it, trimmed to how much debris you can see. If it needs more weight, add low end to the thud, not to the scatter.
Start the rockslide early
A rockslide is a growing rumble, a run of tumbling stones and a final settle. Start the sound before the first rock is in frame so it warns the viewer, then add single boulder impacts where large rocks hit the ground, and let the loose stones clatter on after the picture stops moving.
Use stone scrapes for hidden doors
Slow stone scraping and the crypt lid sliding are the sound of secret passages and tomb lids. Match the grind to the movement of the slab, start and stop it with the motion, and add a dark reverb so it sounds like a closed chamber rather than open ground.
Rock and stone sound effects: questions
How do I make a cave collapse sound?
Start with the cave collapse file and cut it to the picture, with a low rumble a moment before the first rocks fall. Finish with loose stones falling and clattering, quieter, as the dust settles. A long reverb tail keeps the whole thing inside the cave.
Which rock sounds suit construction footage?
Cinder blocks dropping, brick debris clattering, a concrete barrier landing on dirt, and gravel shoveled or dumped from a wheelbarrow. Keep them level with the machinery and a step behind any voice. Drills, saws and jackhammers are under tools.
Where are sand and earthquake sounds?
Fine sand and dirt, poured or dug, are under sand and dirt, and earthquakes and avalanches are under natural disasters. This page is for stone from pebble size up, from rocks shaken in a bag to a full rockslide down a slope.
License
Every sound effect in this library is free to listen to. Downloading needs a free Sonilo account. A free account downloads 10 sound effects a month in MP3 for videos and posts on your own social channels, monetized channels included, as long as you credit “Sound effects by Sonilo” with a link to the sound’s page. Paid plans download as many as you need in MP3 and WAV, add client projects, paid ads and other commercial work, and need no credit; on Pro and above you can also get a license certificate for any sound effect here. No royalties, and Sonilo does not register library sound effects with YouTube Content ID. Use the files only as part of your own work. You may not sell, share or give away the files on their own, bundle them into sound, sample or music packs, or upload them to other stock or library sites.
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Sounds in this library are contributed by Sonilo users or generated by Sonilo’s own AI models, and are provided as is, without warranty. See section 6.4 of our Terms of Service.
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Find a transition, a precise impact or a background atmosphere. Preview sounds before downloading, then take the MP3 for a compact file, or the WAV on a paid plan for your editing workflow.
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This collection brings together 5,070 generated sound effects, organized by category and duration. Latest catalog addition: . Search by source, action or texture to narrow your choices.
For video, games and podcasts
Use short sounds for cuts, interface feedback and game actions. Layer longer textures under a scene or spoken segment, and adjust their level in your editor. Check the library license for the files you download.
Need something more specific?
Describe the material, action, setting and timing you want. Your search can become the starting prompt for a custom sound. Try AI sound effects with free account credits.
Working with a video?
Explore Sonilo’s text and video sound effects workflows when your scene needs more than a library clip. Explore sound effects generation.
Generating from an agent or your own code?
Connect Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT to your account through the Sonilo MCP server and ask for a sound effect in the conversation, or drive the same models from a terminal with the CLI. Prefer code? The developer API exposes them as REST endpoints, metered in the credits your plan already includes.
Sound effects FAQ
Can I use these downloads in commercial projects?
Yes, within what your plan covers. A free Sonilo account downloads 10 sound effects a month as MP3 for videos and posts on your own social channels, monetized channels included, as long as you credit “Sound effects by Sonilo” with a link to the sound’s page. Paid plans download without a monthly limit in MP3 and WAV, need no credit, and also cover commercial projects beyond your own channels, such as client work, paid ads, apps, websites and games. Sonilo does not register library sound effects with YouTube Content ID. On Pro and above you can get a license certificate for any file here. Audio you generate in your account follows your plan’s terms instead.
Do I need an account to preview or download a sound?
Listening needs no account. To download, sign in or create a free Sonilo account: it takes 10 sound effects a month as MP3, and paid plans download without a limit in MP3 and WAV. Creating new audio with the AI generator also needs an account.
What is the difference between MP3 and WAV?
MP3 is a compressed file that is convenient for quick previews and smaller projects. WAV is uncompressed and useful when you will edit, layer or process the sound. Every account downloads the MP3; the WAV comes with paid plans.
What if I cannot find the sound I need?
Describe the sound in the search box. If there are no matches, choose the AI generation option to bring that description into Sonilo’s sound effects generator. New accounts receive free credits; generation uses credits, and available exports and usage rights depend on your plan.
How is this different from a traditional sound library?
You can start with a ready-to-download sound or use your description to create a new one in the same product. Sonilo also offers video-to-sound-effects workflows, so you can move from finding a sound to making audio for a particular scene.
Can I share or embed a sound?
Each sound has a permanent detail-page link. Use Share to copy that link, or Embed to copy an HTML audio player with a link back to the sound. Your website editor must allow HTML audio; pasting a URL alone does not automatically embed it.
Can I make sound effects for an uploaded video or through an API?
Sonilo supports video-driven sound effects as well as text descriptions. Open the sound effects product page for the available workflows, or use the developer documentation for API integration. Account generation and API usage follow their own credit and licensing terms.
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