How to Make Polished Tuff in Minecraft 1.21

Nov. 9, 2023

In addition to the combat challenges you face in the trial chambers,Minecraft 1.21also brings many different building blocks to the game. In this guide, we take a look at polished tuff blocks and how to craft them in Minecraft 1.21. So, let’s get started!

Items You Need to Make Polished Tuff

To make polished tuff in the crafting grid, you need only 4 tuff blocks. However, it’s also possible to make this tuff block variant using thestonecutter.

Since making polished tuff in the crafting table and the stonecutter yields different results, we have covered both ways here. First, let’s look at the steps to make it using a crafting table.

The amazing thing about the stonecutter is that you can craft as many blocks as you need, unlike the crafting table that forces you to make multiples of four blocks at a time. Besides that, the stonecutter provides the same ratio.

The polished tuff blocks, as well as other tuff and copper variants also generate as part of the brand-newtrial chambers. They are generated underground and can be discovered in many different ways. Our tutorial onhow to find trial chamberswill help you with that, or you can simply make thetrial chambers explorer map in Minecraft.

Now, for those wondering how you can use polished tuff, it can be used as a clean building block inMinecraft house builds. It is kind of the perfect block for ceiling or floor designs and it looks like a dark version of polished andesite, thanks to the smooth-looking texture.

In addition, polished tuff is a part of crafting recipes that yieldtuff bricks, as well as stairs, slabs, and walls. Similarly to the polished tuff, those tuff block variants can be crafted using the crafting table or the stonecutter. Check out the recipes for reference below:

There you have it. Now you know how to make polished tuff in Minecraft 1.21. The extended tuff block family is the missing piece that many builders in Minecraft needed. So, what do you think about the polished tuff and its variants? Let us know in the comments below!

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