How to make smooth stone in Minecraft

A line of dirt, a line of cobblestone, and a line of smooth stone in Minecraft. — Smooth stone is neat and uniform.

You can make smooth stone in Minecraft by smelting stone with any type of fuel.
Smooth stone is one of the most popular construction materials in the game.
You can also combine smooth stone with iron ingots and a Furnace to make a Blast Furnace.

If you're desperate enough, you can make a house out of anything in Minecraft. Who among us hasn't spent at least one night hiding inside of a dirt hut?

But if you want a house that's not an eyesore, you'll need to use some better blocks — for example, smooth stone.

To craft smooth stone, you'll need two things: A Furnace and stone.

To make a Furnace, just fill the edges of your Crafting Table with cobblestone. A Furnace lets you smelt items using fuel, turning them into new items.

The crafting recipe for a Furnace in Minecraft. — You’ll need nine units of cobblestone to craft a Furnace.

You'll also need this Furnace to acquire stone. Stone is one of the most common materials in any Minecraft world, but when you mine it, all you'll get is cobblestone. To get stone, take that cobblestone and smelt it. You'll get one unit of stone for every piece of cobblestone you smelt.

Once you have your Furnace and stone, you're ready to make smooth stone.

Fuel up the Furnace and place a unit of stone inside. After a few moments, it'll produce a unit of smooth stone.

Smelting a piece of stone into smooth stone in Minecraft. — You can use any type of fuel to smelt smooth stone.

What you can use smooth stone for in Minecraft

Smooth stone is a pretty basic block. But it's resistant to explosions and has a neat uniform design, making it a great choice for constructing a home or fortress.

If you're looking to upgrade your buildings from dirt or plain cobblestone, give smooth stone a shot. It'll look much cleaner.

Otherwise, you can combine your smooth stone with iron and a Furnace to make a Blast Furnace. Blast Furnaces smelt at twice the speed of a regular Furnace, and can also be placed inside of a village to turn a nearby Villager into an Armorer.

The crafting recipe for a Blast Furnace in Minecraft. — You can use iron and smooth stone to upgrade your Furnace.

Lastly, lining the bottom three slots of a Crafting Table with smooth stone will give you six smooth stone slabs. These are pieces of smooth stone that are half as tall as usual.

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