How to Craft and Use Grindstone in Minecraft

Today you will learn how to craft and use Grindstone in Minecraft. You can use the table of contents above to navigate quickly.

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Grindstone Overview

A Grindstone at the Blacksmith’s house.

Grindstone is one of the 13 job site blocks that Villagers use to work. It can be used by the player to repair items and disenchant items (remove enchantments of an item).

Grindstone is used by Weaponsmith to do their work. You can always find Grindstone at the Blacksmith, where the Weaponsmith works.

If an unemployed/jobless Villager stands near a Grindstone, the Villager will be transformed into Weaponsmith.

How to Craft a Grindstone

Crafting a Grindstone.

To craft a Grindstone, you need 2 Sticks, 1 Stone Slabs, and 2 Wood Planks (you can use any type of Wood Planks to craft a Grindstone).

How to Repair an Item Using Grindstone

Repairing Item using Grindstone.

To repair an item, simply put the damaged item into the first slot (the upper left slot). And another item (that has the same type) on the second slot (down left slot).

Note: Unlike Anvil, you can’t repair an item using the main material they are made of. For example, you can’t repair a damaged Diamond Sword using a Diamond. You can only repair an item using another item that has the same type of damaged item.

Another thing to remember, Grindstone can’t be used to combine/give enchantment to an item.

So, when you try to repair a damaged Diamond Sword with an enchanted Diamond Sword, you won’t get the enchantment to your repaired Diamond Sword. The enchantments will be removed, the Diamond Sword durability increased, and you will get little XP based on how many enchantments you have.

How to Remove/Disenchant an Item Using Grindstone

Removing Enchantment(s) of an Item using Grindstone.

To remove enchantments from an item, simply put your item into the left slots (choose one). And then you can take the unenchanted version of your item.

Note: you can’t disenchant the Curse of Vanishing nor Curse of Binding enchantment.

You will get slight XP based on how many enchantments you have after you’ve removed the enchantment(s).

Verdict

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In most cases, you don’t need to remove the enchantments of an item. Instead, it is good to keep it and combine it with other compatible enchantments to make your items stronger.

Besides the amount of XP you get from disenchanting isn’t “good” anyway. And also, repairing an item using another item is wasteful in general. But I don’t know, maybe you have a Chest full of tools and weapons you got from mobs and you wish to “clear” them.

Anyway, Grindstone is still important to make a Villager become a Weaponsmith, so you can trade various items.

Well, That is how you can craft and use Grindstone in Minecraft.  For more guides like this, see Tutorials and Guides. Thank you for reading the article.