What are Smooth Stones?
Smooth stones are essentially blocks of plain stone with a more polished and refined look. Aside from construction and crafting purposes, they have no other importance. Because of how easy and inexpensive they are to craft, and their elegant appearance, most Minecraft players use smooth stones to make their bases.
Requirements for Making a Smooth Stone
As we’ve mentioned earlier, making smooth stones is relatively simple and doesn’t require to go hunting for any rare materials. Here’s what you’ll need to craft a smooth stone: Now, we’ll discuss how to get each of these components: Read More: How to Make A Shield in Minecraft
1. Crafting a Furnace
Furnaces can be found in villages. But the easiest way to get a furnace is to craft one. Overall, you should have one for your base, as it helps craft much advanced materials. At any rate, here’s how to craft a furnace: Images sourced from VIPmanYT.
2. Obtaining Fuel
To operate the furnace and produce smooth stone, we’ll need some fuel. Coal and wood are the best options, as they are easy to obtain. Coal can be found alongside iron; in ravines, caves and cliffsides. Wood can be acquired from trees and can also be found in villages.
3. Obtaining Stones
Stones are found near mountains, or deep underground near the Overlord area. Another way would be to mine cobblestone with a pickaxe that has the Silk Touch. Since these methods are too troublesome, a much simpler way is to craft it using cobblestone and the furnace:
4. Crafting Smooth Stone
Finally, we’ll discuss how you can craft smooth stone. The process is very simple and similar to what you’ve done when fulfilling the requirements stated above: Read More: How To Craft, Repair & Use an Anvil in Minecraft
Using the Smooth Stone
The smooth stone has a more aesthetic appearance compared to the regular types of stone, but other than that, it seems to have no other function. Well, that is not entirely true. The smooth stone is an essential ingredient required to craft the Blast Furnace and the Smooth Stone Slab. The Blast Furnace is basically a better version of the regular furnace, as it carries out the smelting process twice as fast, while consuming half the fuel. As for the Smooth Stone Slabs, they are blocks that take half the space of regular blocks and do not combine to form a single block, making them perfect for stairs. Read More: How To Play Minecraft VR in 2023
⤷ Crafting a Blast Furnace
To craft a Blast Furnace, follow the steps below:
⤷ Crafting Smooth Stone Slabs
To craft smooth stone slabs, follow the steps below:
Conclusion
The smooth stone is not a very useful material by itself. However, when combined with other materials, it can become the incredibly practical Blast Furnace. Therefore, one should never underestimate the value of even the most commonplace material in Minecraft, as it’s bound to have some use. Whether it’s used as a crafting component or by itself, that you’ll have to find out by yourself.
