I recently found out that cobble and other blocks in the game have a cap to how many count towards the island level... for some blocks this makes sense for how much they make a difference to your island level, however COBBLE should not have this cap for it is the block that everyone can get and therefore is the block that everyone uses to expand their island. For this is have cap is restricting us (players) from reaching certain island levels meaning we cannot complete challenges... I would suggest that you remove at least the cobble cap. If possible also remove other block caps that are easily obtained and make minor difference to the island level. Thank you for reading I hope you at least take my suggestion into consideration.
I think the reason cobble gets nerfed is because otherwise players could just make humongous cobble walls and towers using lava and water.