How to Make Smooth Stone in Minecraft

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Smelt stone in a furnace to get smooth stone. Stone itself comes from smelting cobblestone. Mine it with a pickaxe, or it drops nothing. It is renewable and stacks to 64.

What you need

Step by step

  1. Get cobblestone by mining stone with a pickaxe.
  2. Smelt the cobblestone in a furnace to get stone.
  3. Smelt the stone again to get smooth stone. That is two smelting passes from cobblestone.
  4. Mine smooth stone with a pickaxe to collect it. Without a pickaxe it drops nothing.
  5. Or find it in villages: it generates in the butcher's house of plains, savanna and snowy plains villages as slabs and blocks, and a mason's chest can hold it (20.8% of its loot).
  6. Use it: 3 smooth stone in a row make 6 smooth stone slabs (the stonecutter also makes slabs). A blast furnace takes 5 iron ingots, 1 furnace and 3 smooth stone.

Java vs Bedrock

Smooth stone behaves the same in Java and Bedrock; only the sound events differ.

Versions: Describes the current Java and Bedrock releases. See the edition note above for differences.

Frequently asked questions

How do you get smooth stone?

Smelt stone in a furnace. Stone comes from smelting cobblestone.

Can you craft smooth stone?

No. It is a smelting product. You craft things from it, such as smooth stone slabs and blast furnaces.

Does smooth stone need a pickaxe?

Yes. Mined without a pickaxe it drops nothing.