Crafting
How to Make Grindstone in Minecraft
Craft a Grindstone from 2 Sticks, 1 Stone Slab, and 2 Wooden Planks. It repairs tools and strips enchantments back into a little XP.
You'll need
- 2× Stick
- 1× Stone Slab
- 2× Wooden Planks
Station / tools
- Crafting Table
Yields: 1 Grindstone
Step by step
- 1
Arrange the recipe
Top row: Stick, Stone Slab, Stick. Middle row: Plank, empty, Plank. Leave the bottom row empty.
- 2
Use it
Combine two of the same item to repair it, or place a single enchanted item to remove its enchantments and recover some XP.
Tips
- Grindstone repairs don't add the 'prior work' penalty that an Anvil does, so it's cheaper for combining two damaged tools.
- Placing a Grindstone in a village turns an unemployed villager into a Weaponsmith.
FAQ
What does a Grindstone do?
It repairs two matching items into one and strips enchantments off gear, refunding a small amount of XP (curses stay).
Related
- Grindstone block page — ID, properties, and the /give command.
- Grindstone crafting recipe — the visual crafting grid.
- All how-to guides