Grindstone Is Made Of Stone
by Kira-NT
Grindstone Is Made Of Stone changes the grindstone's material from its usual block to stone, so the workstation matches the others made of stone.
What it does
The mod's author describes it as a small fix for an inconsistency: the grindstone was made of a different material from the rest of the workstation family, and this change sets it to stone. Because the grindstone then shares its material with the other stone-based blocks, it reacts to pistons in the same way they do, which the author treats as the intended outcome of the fix.
Only the server needs the mod, so players join without installing anything. It is a Fabric mod released under the MIT License, and it is open source, with public source code and an issue tracker. The latest Fabric file is mc1.20.x-3.0 for 1.21.4, published 2023-12-15. The project was first published 2021-06-14 and last updated 2023-12-15, and builds cover 1.14.3 – 1.21.4 across 32 release versions.
Key features
Stone grindstone material
The grindstone is set to stone in place of its usual material, which the author presents as the only change the mod makes.
Piston behavior
Because the material matches the other workstations, a grindstone is handled by pistons differently than it was before.
Server-only install
Only the server runs the change, so clients on a server that has it need nothing extra.
Public source
The source code and issue tracker are public, and the author recommends GitHub Releases for the builds.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.15.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.14.x2 of 2 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Consistent workstations on a server
Server owners who want the grindstone to match the material of other workstations can run the mod on their server.
Piston-based builds
Builders who rely on pistons near workstation blocks will see the grindstone handled in the stone-material way.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want the grindstone to match the stone material of other workstations, and builders who use pistons around workstation blocks.
Questions
Does Grindstone Is Made Of Stone need Fabric API?
Does a player need the mod to join a server that runs it?
Which version should a server use?
In the catalog
Grindstone Is Made Of Stone is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
If you ask anybody what a grindstone is, they will usually tell you that it's a sharpening stone used for grinding tools. A more meticulous person might even add that they are usually made of sandstone¹, not just any stone. However, Mojang, also known as The Biggest Consistency™ Fan out there, decided to set the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/grindstone-is-made-of-stone
- Owner
- Kira-NT
- Published
- 2021-06-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-12-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15