Minecraft
How to Craft a Grindstone in Minecraft
To craft a grindstone in Minecraft you need two sticks, one stone slab, and two wooden planks. On the Crafting Table put stick, slab, stick across the top and a plank on each side of the middle row, and one grindstone comes out. Below are the items, the recipe, and where those pieces come from.
| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
 Stick |
2 | Put two Wooden Planks in a vertical pair in the inventory grid. One pair makes four sticks. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
 Stone Slab |
1 | Craft on a Crafting Table: three stone across one row. Six stone slabs come out. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
 Wooden Planks |
2 | Punch or axe a log, then convert the log to planks in the 2×2 inventory grid. Oak, birch, spruce and the rest all count. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
Grindstone specs
- Difficulty
- Early game
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Armorers in villages also keep one.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table: stick, stone slab, stick on top, then a plank on each side of the middle row.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:grindstone - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 6
- Material
- Stone
- Diggable
- Yes
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:grindstone 1
| Item | Time to break |
|---|---|
| Golden Pickaxe | 0.25s |
| Netherite Pickaxe | 0.33s |
| Diamond Pickaxe | 0.38s |
| Iron Pickaxe | 0.5s |
| Stone Pickaxe | 0.75s |
| Wooden Pickaxe | 1.5s |
| Hand | 15s · No |
Ingredient specs
Wooden Planks
Early game- Where to get it
- Punch or axe a log, then convert the log to planks in the 2×2 inventory grid. Oak, birch, spruce and the rest all count.
- Where it lives
- Overworld trees. Any wood biome.
- Item ID
minecraft:oak_planks- Legacy item ID
minecraft:planks- Numerical ID
5- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 2
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
Stick
Early game- Where to get it
- Put two Wooden Planks in a vertical pair in the inventory grid. One pair makes four sticks.
- Where it lives
- Crafted anywhere you have planks. Also dropped by witches and found in some chests.
- Item ID
minecraft:stick- Numerical ID
280- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Oak Log
Early game- Where to get it
- Punch or axe an oak tree. Any overworld log type also converts to its matching planks.
- Where it lives
- Oak trees in forests, plains, and villages in the Overworld.
- Item ID
minecraft:oak_log- Legacy item ID
minecraft:log- Numerical ID
17- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 2
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
Stone
Early game- Where to get it
- Smelt cobblestone in a furnace, or mine stone with Silk Touch.
- Where it lives
- Overworld after a furnace, or silk-touched stone in caves.
- Item ID
minecraft:stone- Numerical ID
1- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 1.5
- Blast resistance
- 6
- Material
- Stone
- Diggable
- Yes
- Furnace time
- 10 s
Stone Slab
Early game- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table: three stone across one row. Six stone slabs come out.
- Where it lives
- Crafted from stone. Also in villages and some strongholds.
- Item ID
minecraft:stone_slab- Legacy item ID
minecraft:stone_slab- Numerical ID
44- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 6
- Material
- Stone
- Diggable
- Yes
How to craft these materials
Stone Slab
StoneStoneStoneStone Slab ×6Wooden Planks
Oak LogWooden Planks ×4Shapeless: the slots can sit anywhere on the grid.
Two sticks, a slab, two planks
Stack two sticks from a pair of planks in the inventory 2×2, then keep two. Three stone in a row on the table make six stone slabs; this recipe uses one. Two matching planks sit on the sides. Punch a log if the wood pile is short.
Stick, slab, stick
Open the Crafting Table. Top row: stick, stone slab, stick. Middle row: plank, empty, plank. The bottom stays empty. One grindstone appears on the right; take it. The 2×2 inventory cannot hold this width.
Two slots, some XP back
Place it. Drop two damaged copies of the same tool to merge durability, or one enchanted piece to strip the extra enchantments. Curses stay on the item. Some experience comes back. A pickaxe breaks the block. Armorers in villages already keep one.
