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Textile armor, aka “the gamebeson”, when properly made could stop arrow strikes with al the padding. Granted, it had to be thick, but it could do it. Of course, you really wanna wear it under mail or something so you A: have something to cushion the blows with and B: have a little more armor on top. But it was fairly effective for what it was, and even knights used them. Really everyone used them, like, if they didn’t work, they wouldn’t be so dang common

Leather is a bit trickier. Cuir Bouilli or boiled leather was a thing, and when properly made, was surprisingly effective. Of course, it can be brittle and doesn’t withstand time well, but it can be made hard enough to like function as legitimate armor. With enough layers, you could stop arrows and swords and what not.

Stone is incredibly impractical and heavy, and was only really ever used for ceremonial stuff. And even then their like small stone scales laced together O_o