Minecraft is a game that is famous for building. If you have been playing Minecraft for long then you already know that one of its biggest elements is the ability to build and craft. Players have the freedom to construct whatever they want as well as make whatever they want – as long as they have the materials for it. Because building is such a big deal in Minecraft, they offer players like you with various tools, items and objects to be able to create exactly what you plan or imagine. One such item in a list of long items is sandstone blocks.
These sandstone blocks give your creations a smooth and a premium look. They are also very strong and durable. Using them in your houses or any other construction projects is a very good idea.
How to Make Smooth Sandstone in Minecraft
These sandstone blocks occur naturally in Minecraft in deserts and beach biomes. You can mine any type of sandstone using a pickaxe. Remember that regular sandstone usually generates a few metres below the sand deposit. If you’re looking for sandstone blocks in the desert then desert wells usually comprise normal sandstone. You can also get sandstone blocks from the villages in the desert but those contain smooth, cut, and normal sandstone. Desert temple is another location in the desert biome where you can find sandstone blocks. Sandstone found there will be cut and chiselled
One benefit of using sandstone blocks for your construction is that unlike sand they are unaffected by gravity. Therefore, you can easily use them to make stairs, slabs, and walls that will be durable and solid.
You must remember that it is very important that you use a pickaxe to mine sandstone. If you use any other tool or item then you won’t be able to get sandstone droppings. If you don’t already have a pickaxe then you can easily craft one using your crafting table.
Now that we understand what sandstone blocks are and how you can use them, let us take a look at how to make smooth sandstone in Minecraft.
How to Make Smooth Sandstone?
The first thing that you need to do in order to make smooth sandstone is to get regular sandstone. As mentioned above, you can find regular sandstone in beach and desert biomes in the Minecraft world.
Once you have your sandstone, the next thing that you need to do is make a furnace so that you smelt your sandstone. Making a furnace in Minecraft is not that complicated. All you have to do is mine eight blocks of cobblestone. Since cobblestone blocks are very accessible in Minecraft you should have no problems locating it. When you have the cobblestone blocks, place them in the crafting grid and viola! You have a furnace.
Once you have the furnace, what you need to do next is to find fuel for your furnace. How else are you going to use it? Fuel for a furnace, basically, is anything that burns. This includes wood planks, coal, wooden sticks, and other such items. Coal is perhaps the easiest to find and something that you will almost always have in your inventory.
When you have your fuel and your furnace. Place the furnace on the ground and place your fuel in the furnace grid box that is down below, this will lighten your furnace and make it ready for use. Then you must place the sandstone block in the top empty box of the furnace. Doing this will begin the process of smelting sandstone blocks into smooth sandstone blocks. Remember that smelting one sandstone block will only give you one smooth sandstone block. So if you require more, you will have to smelt more sandstone blocks.
Moreover, this is not the only option to make smooth sandstone blocks. You have the option of using cheats and commands to obtain sandstone blocks as well.
If you’re playing Minecraft for long then you already know what commands are. They are a string of codes that you input using the chat box in order to influence certain actions, such as changing the weather from rain to sunshine, or giving another player an item that you possess, or increasing your health bar immediately without having to consume any food.
Similarly, you can use a command to get sandstone without following any of the steps mentioned above. To do this you need to first enable the cheats option in your game. This can be done very easily while creating a new world. You will be asked whether you want to enable cheats or not, select the option ‘yes’ and then create the world.
Once you have enabled cheats in your game you can then open the chat box and enter this command in the empty space: “/give @p minecraft: smoot_sandstone”. This command should instantly give you a smooth sandstone which you can easily transfer into your inventory.
That’s it, that’s how easy it is to get smooth sandstone in Minecraft!
Conclusion
Now you see? It’s not that hard to get or make smooth sandstone in Minecraft, it is actually very simple. The next time you’re playing the game and decide to build something don’t forget to use smooth sandstone blocks to give your creation a more polished and finished look!
