How to get smooth stone in Minecraft

If you know how to make Smooth Stone in Minecraft, you can do more than build attractive structures. You can also craft a more powerful furnace that requires less fuel.

Information in this article applies to Minecraft on all platforms.

To make Smooth Stone in Minecraft, smelt Cobblestone in a Furnace to make Stone, and then smelt the Stone:

1. Mine some Cobblestones. Collect at least a few dozen blocks.

2. Craft a Furnace. In a Crafting Table, place 8 Cobblestones in the outer boxes, leaving the center box empty.

   If you don't have a Crafting Table, make one using 4 Wood Planks of any type.

3. Place the Furnace on the ground and open it to bring up the smelting menu.

4. Put 1 Cobblestone in the top box on the left side of the Furnace menu.

5. Put a fuel source (e.g. Coal or Wood) in the bottom box on the left side of the Furnace menu.

6. Wait for the progress bar to fill. When the smelting process is complete, drag the Stone into your inventory.

7. Put the Stone you just made in the top box on the left side of the Furnace menu. Add more fuel if necessary.

8. Wait for the progress bar to fill. When the smelting process is complete, drag the Smooth Stone into your inventory.

All you need to make Smooth Stone is a Crafting Table, Cobblestones, and fuel for smelting (like Coal, Wood, etc.). You need 8 Cobblestones to make a furnace and 1 Cobblestone per Smooth Stone.

Smooth Stones and Smooth Stone Slabs are primarily used as building materials, so you can sometimes find them inside homes. Smooth Stones must be mined with a pickaxe.

More importantly, Smooth Stones can be used to build a more efficient furnace.

A Blast Furnace can smelt items twice as fast as a regular Furnace, which means you need just half the amount of fuel you normally would.

1. Put 3 Iron Ingots in the top row of the Crafting Table.

   To make Iron Ingots, smelt Iron Ores in a Furnace.

2. In the second row, put an Iron Ingot in the first box, a Furnace in the middle box, and another Iron Ingot in the third box.

3. Put 3 Smooth Stones in the bottom row of the Crafting Table.

4. Drag the Blast Furnace into your inventory.

In a Crafting Table, place 3 Smooth Stones in a row to craft Smooth Stone Slabs. These types of blocks take up half the amount of space as other blocks, making them ideal for building stairs.

To make stairs, place any regular block on the ground, then place a Stone Slab on top of it. Next, place another Stone Slab on the ground beside the regular block, then break the regular block.

Continue building up to create your staircase. Technically, you'll still have to jump to ascend your stairs, but they look nice.

FAQ

• How do I make Stone Bricks in Minecraft?

  To make regular Stone Bricks, put four Stone Blocks in the lower-left corner of your crafting table. Once you make them, you can combine them with Moss Blocks or Vines to create Mossy Stone Bricks. You also have a 37.7% chance of getting a Stone Brick from a Mason's Chest in a Village.

• How do I make Cracked Stone Bricks in Minecraft?

  To make Cracked Stone Bricks, start with a regular Stone Brick. Then, smelt it in a Furnace with your fuel of choice. The result will be a Cracked Stone Brick.

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Posted: Jan 19, 2021 in Minecraft

By David

Overview

Minecraft’s most common block is arguably stone. Although it is a very nice block, some prefer a smoother, cleaner texture. This is where one of the oldest blocks in Minecraft comes in, all the way from Minecraft Classic, Smooth Stone. This interesting block has changed throughout the years, along with how it’s crafted and what its purpose is. This will be a brief guide on how to make Smooth Stone so you can get back to making those awesome builds! Let’s get started.

How to make Smooth Stone

Smooth Stone is a variant of Stone that has a much lighter hue of gray, along with a visible outline. Smooth Stone does not have a crafting recipe, but rather is created by placing Stone in the top part of a Furnace. The conversion is 1:1, so you’ll get one Smooth Stone block for every Stone block smelted. That’s all there is to it.

Smooth Stone Slabs

If you want to craft Smooth Stone Slabs, you will need three Smooth Stone blocks. Then, place them in a Crafting Table in a row, which will give you 6 Smooth Stone Slabs.

Smooth Stone Slabs actually have a unique mechanic that makes it so when placing them on top of eachother, unlike other slabs, they do not combine to make up a single block. Instead, they create this layered double-slab pattern which some may remember as the original Smooth Stone.

Mechanics and Extra Info

Since Smooth Stone is made from Stone, it must be mined with a pickaxe for it to drop. Also, besides crafting, the only way to obtain Smooth Stone is by finding villages and houses.

If you didn’t know, you can also use the Stonecutter on Smooth Stone like any other rock-based block. Sadly, you cannot make Smooth Stone stairs, but you can use this to get a single slab rather than six.

That’s all, really

Smooth Stone doesn’t really have any uses, but it is moreso a building block. It looks nice and accents buildings very well, as seen in most villages. I hope this brief guide helped you out in your building endeavors, now that you know how to use this neat stoney block. With that said, have a great day.

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