Grindstone

Grindstone

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	2
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (JE)	6 METAL

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A grindstone is a block that repairs tools, weapons, and armor, as well as removing enchantments from them, except for curses. It also serves as a weaponsmith's job site block.

Obtaining

Breaking

Grindstones can be obtained using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Copper ​	0.6
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Grindstones naturally generate at village weaponsmiths. Grindstones can also generate in trail ruins.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stick + Stone Slab + Any Planks

Usage

A grindstone can be oriented in different directions. In Java Edition, it doesn't need a supporting block. In Bedrock Edition, it breaks if unsupported and/or inside of water.

Repairing and disenchanting

When used, an interface is displayed with two input slots and one output slot.

It resets the repair cost for items.

When one enchanted item is placed in either input slot, a disenchanted copy of the item appears in the output slot. The output item has the same durability for a piece of armor or a tool. If an enchanted book is placed in the input, a normal book appears in the output. Removing the item from the output slot deletes the input item and causes the grindstone to drop some experience. If the input item has a custom name, given by renaming it, the output item will adopt the name.

Placing two tools or pieces of armor (enchanted or not) of the same type in the input slots causes a non-enchanted item of the same type to appear in the output slot. The output item has the same durability as what the player would get from using the item repair crafting recipe if the 2 input items were unenchanted. This means the output durability is the sum of the durabilities of the two input items, plus 5% of the maximum durability of the output item (rounded down), capped so it does not exceed the maximum durability of the output item. Both input items are deleted in this process of disenchanting them and repairing them. If either input item was enchanted, then removing the output item drops some experience. The output item has the same armor trim (if any) and name (if any) as the input item in the top slot.

The amount of experience dropped by the grindstone scales based on the modified enchantment levels of all the enchantments on both input items, and is somewhat random. For example, disenchanting a weapon with Sharpness V gives about 35 XP on average. ​

As with all non-enchanted items, the output item has no prior work penalty, even if it is cursed. Disenchanting an item in the grindstone cannot remove a curse, and cannot 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:​

Profession

If a grindstone has not been claimed by a villager, any nearby unemployed villager has a chance to change their profession to weaponsmith and claim the grindstone as their job site block.

Piston interactivity

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

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

v t e stone sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e stone sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Grindstone	grindstone	Block & Item	block.minecraft.grindstone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Grindstone	grindstone	450	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -195)	tile.grindstone.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Disenchanted	Use a to get experience from an enchanted item.	—	20	Bronze

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

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 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 generate in the updated plains villages.
			18w49a				Grindstones now generate in the updated savanna villages and the new snowy tundra villages.
			18w50a				Grindstones now generate in the updated desert and taiga villages.
			19w03a				Added sounds for grindstones.
			19w11a				Grindstones now serve as weaponsmith villagers' job site block.
1.16			20w06a				Crimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft grindstones.
1.19			22w11a				Mangrove planks can now be used to craft grindstones.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				Bamboo planks can now be used to craft grindstones.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Cherry planks can now be used to craft grindstones.
1.20.5			24w10a				No longer accepts items with [NBT Compound / JSON Object] unbreakable component but do not have an enchantment.
							No longer disenchants two enchanted books at the same time.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.9.0.2				Added grindstones, but they have no functionality.
							They are currently only available if Experimental Gameplay is enabled.
1.10.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.10.0.3				Grindstones can now generate in village weaponsmith houses.
							The texture of grindstones has 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.
							They are now available outside of Experimental Gameplay.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91							Added grindstones.
1.92							The texture of grindstones has been changed.

Issues

Issues relating to "Grindstone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Before the grindstone was added, a different method to remove enchantments was floated for Update Aquatic, which would have been by means of feeding items to a mob known as "the Great Hunger", but the mob lost the MINECON Earth 2017 mob vote to the phantom.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Grindstones on a wall, floor and ceiling.
• 
  A grindstone at a blacksmith.

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