What does a Grindstone do in Minecraft

Grindstone in Minecraft can be used to repair and disenchant items as well as functioning as the job site block for the weaponsmith villager profession. You can obtain a Grindstone by taking it from a weaponsmith villager or by making it yourself on the crafting table. To craft a grindstone, place sticks on either side of the first row with a stone slab in the center, then place two planks directly underneath the two sticks. To repair items, place two similar items to combine their durabilities; while, simply place an enchanted item in either slot to gain a regular version of that item along with experience.


Grindstone
StickStone SlabStick
Wooden PlankWooden Plank



You can use any wooden plank and even mix and match the planks and the recipe will still produce a grindstone.

There are two ways to get a grindstone. One is to locate a village and take the grindstone from a weaponsmith villager. The other way is to make it yourself.

What does a Grindstone do in Minecraft

Grindstones can be found in villages often in generated structures like this one. If you cannot find one through world generation it is not too hard to make one yourself.

If your tools are looking worse for wear you can use the grindstone to repair it. Open the grindstone UI by right clicking on a grindstone.

What does a Grindstone do in Minecraft

The two squares on the left are for repairing. You can use either when disenchanting. The square on the right is the result, so you can take a look and see if you want the repair or disenchantment to go through or not. Placing two of the same tool will consume both and repair the item equal to the sum of their durability plus 5% of their max durability.

What does a Grindstone do in Minecraft

Using a grindstone does not affect regular repairing. Repairing from any crafting menu will add the durabilities of the item plus 5% so the grindstone having this quirk is not that exciting.

The unique part of the grindstone is how it will remove enchantments and give you experience.

What does a Grindstone do in Minecraft

Place an enchanted item in either of the squares to the left and it will strip the enchantments off of the item and give you experience once you select the item on the right. The amount of experience you get depends on how many enchantments there were as well as their level.

Making a grindstone only requires two wooden planks, two sticks, and one stone slab. Place two sticks on either side and a stone slab in between them. Then place two wooden planks of any kind into the crafting menu below the sticks.

What does a Grindstone do in Minecraft

This is the recipe for a grindstone.

A grindstone will not remove curses. You can place an enchanted book with multiple enchantments and a curse on it and remove all the enchantments from it except for the curses.

Repairing an item in a grindstone is just as efficient as doing it in your inventory. Use the grindstone for disenchanting items, repairing items in the grindstone is unnecessary.

Q. Is Grindstone better than the Anvil?

For repairing items, the grindstone does not inflict a penalty like the anvil does. The grindstone also does not run out of durability like the anvil does. Anvils are still a bit better as you can combine enchanted pieces together rather than simply removing them. Anvils are necessary to make perfect enchanted gear as the odds of getting the perfect enchantments on tools or armor is nearly impossible.

Q. How much XP does the Grindstone give?

The grindstone will give you experience depending on the enchantments it removes. The higher level the enchantments, and the higher quantity of enchantments will drop more experience. For example Sharpness I will only grant anywhere from 1-21 experience, but Sharpness V will drop 45-65.

A quick guide on how to craft and use a grindstone in Minecraft

What does a Grindstone do in Minecraft

Gina Lees

Minecraft

What is the Minecraft grindstone recipe? If you need to repair your items quickly, here’s a guide to crafting a Minecraft grindstone and how it differs from a Minecraft anvil and enchanting table.

A Minecraft grindstone is a type of block naturally generated in Minecraft villages, specifically in the village blacksmiths. To use a Minecraft grindstone, you’ll need to combine two items of the same type, forging a new item with the combined durability plus 5% up to the maximum durability of that specific item type. This consumes both items in the process, and all enchantments are removed, returning the enchantment cost to you in the form of handy experience points.

You can also use a Minecraft grindstone to remove all non-curse enchantments from a single item. Simply place your enchanted item in either input slot, and it will disenchant. The Minecraft grindstone will also remove any prior work penalty from items, except cursed items. It’s all quite simple once you know what you’re doing.

Minecraft grindstone recipe

To craft a grindstone in Minecraft, you’ll need the following:

What does a Grindstone do in Minecraft

  • 2 x sticks
  • 2 x wooden planks
  • 1 x stone slab

Place the two sticks in the left and right corners of the top row, with the stone slab in the middle of the top row, and then place the two planks in the left and right of the middle row. If you haven’t used stone slabs before, you can create these by using cobblestone in a Minecraft blast furnace.

Minecraft grindstone uses

Grindstones are incredibly useful if you want to earn experience points without having to do much work. Disenchant unwanted books and enchanted drops to receive experience points – you can breeze through the levels with this technique, depending on how many books and enchanted items you have to disenchant.

What does a Grindstone do in Minecraft

Minecraft grindstone vs anvil

An anvil will repair your items, but you can also combine enchantments and rename items, so if you want enchantments to remain, then we recommend using an anvil. Or, if you want to enchant away and don’t need to repair your items, an enchantment table is the best tool for the job.

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And that’s how to use a Minecraft grindstone. If you want somewhere to store your shiny new grindstone, check out these cool Minecraft house ideas and Minecraft farm designs, as well as the best Minecraft seeds to find villages for your repairing needs. Read our Minecraft ideas guide to be inspired by incredible designs if you’re completely out of ideas. You can also check out everything that’s coming in the Minecraft 1.18 update.

A grindstone is a block that repairs items and tools as well as removing enchantments from them. It also serves as a weaponsmith's job site block.

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

Grindstones can be mined using any kind of pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it doesn’t drop.

Block Grindstone
Hardness 2
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default 10
Wooden 1.5
Stone 0.75
Iron 0.5
Diamond 0.4
Netherite 0.35
Golden 0.25

  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation[]

What does a Grindstone do in Minecraft

A grindstone generated inside a weaponsmith shelter structure.

Grindstones naturally generate at village weaponsmiths.

Crafting[]

Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Stick +
Stone Slab +
Any Planks
In Bedrock Edition, grindstone recipes built with crimson, warped, or mangrove planks can use a slab of almost any of the stone types including sandstone, quartz, and bricks.

Usage[]

Repairing and disenchanting[]

What does a Grindstone do in Minecraft

Interface for the grindstone

When used, a GUI is displayed with two input slots and one output slot.

Placing one enchanted item in an input slot forms a new non-enchanted item of the same type and durability in the output slot. Removing the item from the output slot consumes the input item and drops some experience.

Placing two items (enchanted or not) of the same type in the input slots forms a new non-enchanted item of that type and with a durability equal to the sum of the durabilities of the two input items, plus 5% of the maximum durability of that item (rounded down), up to its maximum durability. Both input items are consumed in the process. If either input item was enchanted, then removing the output item drops some experience.

The amount of experience dropped depends on the number of enchantments and levels of each, but it is partially random. For example, Fire Protection I gives 5-9 experience.[more information needed]

As with all non-enchanted items, the new item has no prior work penalty. A grindstone cannot remove a curse. Grindstones also do not remove an item's custom name.

If the action is not applicable (e.g. only one non-enchanted item, or the two inputs are different items), the arrow displays a red cross like that of an anvil and no item appears in the output slot.

The following tables show the durability bonuses of various items:

Armor Leather Gold Chainmail Iron Diamond Netherite
Helmet 2 3 8 8 18 20
Chestplate 4 5 12 12 26 29
Leggings 3 5 11 11 24 27
Boots 3 4 9 9 21 24
Tools
Wood Gold Stone Iron Diamond Netherite
3 1 6 12 78 101
Miscellaneous Tools
Bow Crossbow Trident Shield Turtle Shell Elytra Carrot on a Stick Warped Fungus on a Stick Fishing Rod Shears Flint and Steel
19 23 12 16 13 21 1 5 3‌[JE only]
19‌[BE only]
11 3

Changing profession[]

If a village has a grindstone that has not been claimed by a villager, any villager who did not already pick a job site block has a chance to change their profession into weaponsmith.

Experience[]

When removing enchantments from items, the player gains experience equal to the minimum modified enchantment level of that enchantment. The final amount is a uniformly-distributed random amount between half the resulting sum (rounded up) and the sum itself.

Piston interactivity[]

Grindstones cannot be pushed by pistons or pulled by sticky pistons.

Sounds[]

Generic[]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Unique[]

Java Edition:

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
GrindstonegrindstoneBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.grindstone

Bedrock Edition:

  1. ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. Available with /give command.
  3. The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

Block states[]

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
facewallceiling
floor
wall
What the grindstone is attached to.
facingnortheast
north
south
west
The direction the grindstone is facing.
Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing a grindstone on the floor or ceiling.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
attachment0x4
0x8
standingstanding
hanging
side
multiple
0
1
2
3
What the grindstone is attached to.
direction0x1
0x2
00
1
2
3
0
1
2
3
The direction the grindstone is facing. Opposite from the direction a player faces when placing the block.
  • 0: South facing
  • 1: West facing
  • 2: North facing
  • 3: East facing

Achievements[]

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
DisenchantedUse a Grindstone to get experience from an enchanted item.20GBronze

History[]

For a more in-depth breakdown of changes to textures and models, including a set of renders for each state combination, see /Asset history

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Grindstone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

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