How to get smooth stone in Minecraft 1.21

Smooth stone in Minecraft 1.21 is one of the game's many building blocks. It can be used for various purposes as it is easily craftable and aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. Some blocks in Mojang's sandbox title allow you to craft, enchant, and upgrade, while others simply exist to be used as building blocks.

Here is everything to know about getting smooth stone in Minecraft 1.21.

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How to craft smooth stone in Minecraft 1.21

Smelt cobblestone to get regular stone, then smelt regular stone to get smooth stone (Image via Mojang Studios)

Crafting is one of the most basic activities in Minecraft 1.21. When in a new world, you must create a crafting table from which you can build almost any item or block. Furthermore, you also need a furnace to smelt items and blocks to turn them into new variants.

To create smooth stone, you first need to have a furnace ready with some coal. You should also mine regular stone blocks that naturally generate in the world. Once these stones are mined, they will drop as cobblestones. These cobblestones can be picked up and placed inside a furnace with coal items in the bottom slot.

The smelting process will immediately begin, and the cobblestone will turn into a regular stone. This entire process can be skipped if you have a pickaxe with the Silk touch enchantment, with which you can directly mine stone blocks as they are in the world.

Once stone blocks are obtained, they need to once again go in the furnace to further smelt. When the smelting process is complete, the regular stone block will convert into smooth stone.

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How to use smooth stone in Minecraft 1.21

1) Craft smooth stone slabs

Smooth stone slab crafting recipe (Image via Mojang Studios)

You can turn the smooth stone block in Minecraft 1.21 into slabs, which can then be used in various building scenarios. When you will place three smooth stone blocks horizontally on a crafting table, it will craft three smooth stone slabs.

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2) Craft blast furnace

Crafting recipe for blast furnace (Image via Mojang Studios)

The next use for smooth stone in Minecraft 1.21 is to make a blast furnace. Some new players may not know, but there are different types of furnaces in the game. One of them is called a blast furnace, which can help players smelt stones and minerals much faster than a regular furnace.

To craft a blast furnace, you need one normal furnace, three smooth stones, and five iron ingots. The picture above depicts the crafting recipe and configuration.

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3) Use as building blocks

Smooth stone can be used as building blocks (Image via Mojang Studios)

Smooth stone in Minecraft 1.21 can be used as building blocks for structures. You will notice that these blocks have a great texture pattern with dark gray borders. This makes them ideal for flooring and other building purposes. Even if they take time to smelt and craft, they are worth using in various types of builds.