How to Make a Grindstone in Minecraft

A grindstone in Minecraft is a crucial tool. It has its functions to repair tools and items. Moreover, it is also functional to remove enchantments from things.

Thus, it is pivotal to know how to make a grindstone in Minecraft. Fortunately, it is not difficult to create this item when playing Minecraft.

It requires simple materials so that there is nothing about it that beginners cannot do. It is crucial to know the correct materials and ways to construct this tool. So, pay attention to the following guide on this part of having fun in playing Minecraft.

Supported Platforms

Platform	Supported
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes
Xbox 360	Yes
Xbox One	Yes
PS3	Yes
PS4	Yes
Wii U	Yes
Nintendo Switch	Yes
Windows 10 Edition	Yes
Education Edition	Yes

The general idea when making this tool in Minecraft is to prepare the materials in the first place. It requires only a stone slab, two sticks, and two wood planks.

Those materials will be enough to form this useful in-game tool. There is no need to worry about finding those materials. They are all easy to obtain in the game. More importantly, all kinds of wood plank are okay to use when making a grindstone.

The two wooden planks need to be in the same category or type of wood, or it will not work.

Regarding the required wooden planks on how to make a grindstone in Minecraft, there are eight types. The planks consist of oak, warped, crimson, spruce, birch, acacia, dark oak, and jungle planks. They are all okay to be the materials in the making of this tool.

Of course, it requires a crafting table to perform this action. This table is the center of making a lot of things in this video game.

Open the crafting table menu to display a 3×3 grid for crafting items. The crucial part when making things in Minecraft is the placement of the materials or resources.

The wrong location of one material will lead to failure in creating the desired item. So, it is pivotal to know exactly where to place those materials to make this so-called grindstone. Surprisingly, it is not too tricky on how to make a grindstone in Minecraft.

Place the two sticks and one stone slab on the top three grids of the crafting menu. The stone will have to be in the middle of the stocks.

Then, place the two wooden planks on the second row of the grids. They have to be right below the sticks. It leaves the grid below the stone slab empty.

That is the correct placement of the materials in the crafting table 3×3 grids. When those resources are there, the grindstone will appear in the result grid of the crafting menu. It is as simple as that to make this practical tool in the Minecraft world.

Is It Available on All Platforms?

Unfortunately, this item is not available on all platforms of Minecraft. Regardless of the easy ways on how to make a grindstone in Minecraft, it is not available in all versions.

The old consoles of Sony PlayStation3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii U will not have this item. On the other hand, other platforms will enjoy using this tool in playing the game. Do consider the required versions of the game on the supported platforms to see it.

Furthermore, this so-called grindstone in Minecraft is available in specific menus of the game. There are menus of items, decorations blocks, and miscellaneous to find a grindstone within the various platforms.

All in all, it does not require a lot of resources and steps to create this item. The benefits of using this item are beyond the ease of making it from just three materials of sticks, wooden planks, and a stone slab.