Here’s how to make a grindstone in Minecraft, plus some extra context in the style you asked for.

How to Make a Grindstone (Minecraft)

Quick Scoop

A grindstone in Minecraft is crafted with a simple recipe:

  • 2 sticks
  • 1 stone slab
  • 2 wooden planks

Placed in a crafting table in a specific pattern, it gives you a block that repairs gear and removes enchantments (refunding some XP).

Exact Grindstone Recipe

Ingredients you need

  • 2 sticks
  • 1 stone slab (normal stone, not cobblestone)
  • 2 wooden planks (any wood type)

Crafting grid pattern (3×3)

In your crafting table:

  • Top row: Stick – Stone Slab – Stick
  • Middle row: Wooden Plank – (empty) – Wooden Plank
  • Bottom row: (empty) – (empty) – (empty)

In words:

  1. Open the crafting table.
  2. Put:
    • 1 stick in the top-left slot.
    • 1 stone slab in the top-middle slot.
    • 1 stick in the top-right slot.
  3. Put:
    • 1 wooden plank in the middle-left slot.
    • 1 wooden plank in the middle-right slot.
  4. Take the grindstone from the result box into your inventory.

How to Get the Ingredients (Step‑by‑Step)

1. Getting wooden planks and sticks

  1. Punch or chop any tree to collect logs.
  2. Open your inventory crafting (2×2) or a crafting table:
    • Place logs in any slot → becomes wooden planks (1 log → 4 planks).
  3. Craft sticks:
    • Place 2 wooden planks vertically (one above the other) → 4 sticks.

2. Getting a stone slab

  1. Mine cobblestone with a pickaxe.
  2. Smelt cobblestone in a furnace → stone.
  3. Open the crafting table:
    • Place 3 stone blocks in a horizontal row → 6 stone slabs.
  4. Take 1 stone slab for your grindstone recipe.

What the Grindstone Does

Once crafted, place it down and right‑click (or tap/press interact) to use it. A grindstone can:

  • Repair items
    • Combine two damaged tools/armor of the same type to make one with higher durability.
  • Disenchant items
    • Place an enchanted item in the grindstone UI to remove all non‑curse enchantments.
    • You get a bit of XP back when you do this.
  • Job site block
    • Villagers can use a grindstone as a weaponsmith job site.

Example: If you fish up a bunch of random enchanted fishing rods you don’t care about, you can throw them into a grindstone to strip the enchants and turn them into XP.

Mini FAQ and “Trending” Bits

Is this recipe still valid in recent versions (1.20–1.21+)?

Yes, the core grindstone recipe has stayed the same:

  • 2 sticks
  • 1 stone slab
  • 2 planks
    arranged in the pattern described above.

Bedrock vs Java?

  • Same recipe on Java , Bedrock , and mobile.
  • Interface layout may look slightly different, but the 3×3 pattern is identical.

Any “gotchas”?

  • The slab must be stone , not cobblestone, sandstone, etc.
  • Disenchanting removes all normal enchants at once; you cannot pick specific ones.
  • Curse enchantments (like Curse of Vanishing/Binding) stay on the item.

Very Short TL;DR

  • Craft a grindstone with: 2 sticks + 1 stone slab + 2 wooden planks.
  • Pattern: top row stick–stone slab–stick, middle row plank–(empty)–plank.
  • Use it to repair tools and remove most enchantments for some XP back.

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