Grindstone

Grindstone

Transparent	Yes
Luminant	0
Blast resistance	6
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava?	No

A grindstone is a weaponsmith's job site block, used to repair items and tools, or remove enchantments from them.

Occurrence

Natural generation

A grindstone generated inside a weaponsmith shelter structure.

Grindstones naturally generate at village weaponsmiths.

Obtaining

Loot

From block loot

A grindstone must be mined by a pickaxe or else it drops nothing.

Namespaced ID	Source	Incorrect tool	Correct tool
blocks/grindstone	Grindstone	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)

Recipes

From crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stick + Stone Slab + Any Planks

Requirements

Recipe becomes available after crafting stone slabs from stone, which can be acquired from cobblestone using smelting.

Usage

Info

Interface for the grindstone

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

Putting two damaged items of the same type as inputs combines their durabilities to form a new item in the output slot and 5% of the tool's maximum durability is added as a bonus, rounded down, as well that any non-curse enchantments on are removed upon performing the action, just like the crafting grid does (whether the 2x2 from the player's inventory or the 3x3 from the crafting table) but unlike it, it returns an amount of experience for each item, whether on top and/or bottom slots. This can range from just a few points for low-level enchantments (such as Efficiency I or Protection I) to a large amount of experience for higher ones. The bottom input item is sacrificed in this operation.

A single enchanted (book and weapon, but not golden apple) item can also be placed in either input slot, which removes its non-curse enchantments, returning an amount of experience for each, without repairing it or sacrificing another item.

Using a grindstone removes any prior work penalty the item has. However, if the resulting item has curses, the prior work penalty is set to 1 with one curse, or 3 with both curses. Grindstones do not remove items' custom names.

If the action is not applicable (e.g. the two inputs are different items), the arrow displays a red cross, like that of the anvil.

The following tables show the durability bonuses of various items:

Armor	Leather	Gold	Chainmail	Iron	Diamond
Helmet	2	3	8	8	18
Chestplate	4	5	12	12	26
Leggings	3	5	11	11	24
Boots	3	4	9	9	21

Tools
Wood	Gold	Stone	Iron	Diamond
3	1	6	12	78

Miscellaneous Tools
Bow	Crossbow	Trident	Shield	Turtle Shell	Elytra	Carrot on a Stick	Fishing Rod	Shears	Flint and Steel
19	16	12	16	13	21	1	3	11	3

Breaking

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

Block loot

Namespaced ID	Source	Incorrect tool	Correct tool
blocks/grindstone	Grindstone	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)

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.

Changing profession

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

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Namespaced ID	Subtitle ID	Source	Pitch	Volume	Attenuation distance
	Block breaking	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	Blocks	0.5	0.25	16
	Block broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	Blocks	0.8	1.0	16
	Block placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	Blocks	0.8	1.0	16
	Footsteps	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	Blocks	1.0	0.15	16
	No subtitle	block.stone.fall	(Plays when fallen on from a height)	Blocks	0.75	0.5	16
	Grindstone used	block.grindstone.use	subtitles.block.grindstone.use	?	?	?	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Grindstone	grindstone	block.minecraft.grindstone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Grindstone	grindstone	449	tile.grindstone.name

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
face	wall	ceiling floor wall	What the grindstone is attached to.
facing	north	east 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:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
attachment	standing	hanging multiple side standing	What the grindstone is attached to.
direction	0	0 1 2 3	The direction the grindstone is facing. Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing a grindstone.

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Disenchanted	Use a Grindstone to get experience from an enchanted item.	—	20G	Bronze

History

Java Edition
1.14		18w44a			Added grindstones.
					Grindstones are currently obtainable only from the creative inventory and do not have any functionality.
		18w45a			Added cullface argument to the feet of the grindstone.
		18w48a			The texture of grindstones has now been changed.
					Added a crafting recipe for grindstones.
					Grindstones are now functional and used to repair items and tools.
					Grindstones can now remove all non-curse enchantments from an item, in which experience is reimbursed to the player.
					Grindstones now spawn naturally in village blacksmiths.
		19w03a			Added sounds for grindstones.
		19w03c			The remaining missing cullface arguments for the grindstone have now been fixed up.[is this the correct version?]
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.2			Added grindstones, but they have no functionality.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Grindstones can now generate in village weaponsmith houses.
					The texture of grindstones has now been changed.
					Added a crafting recipe for grindstones.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Grindstones are now functional.
					Grindstones are no longer immune from explosions.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91					Added grindstones.
1.92					The texture of grindstones has now been changed.

Issues

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Gallery

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  Grindstones on a wall, floor and ceiling.

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  A grindstone at a blacksmith.

Blocks

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