Smelting and Crafting Cracked Withered Blackstone into Slabs, Stairs, and Walls

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Cracked Withered Blackstone is a decorative building material in Eternal Nether, and it serves as the base for three shaped variants: Cracked Withered Blackstone Slab, Cracked Withered Blackstone Stairs, and Cracked Withered Blackstone Wall. Turning the base block into these forms is straightforward, and each variant can be produced either at a crafting table or with a stonecutter.

Making Cracked Withered Blackstone

Before you can craft any of the decorative pieces, you need the cracked block itself. The only way to obtain it is by smelting Withered Blackstone. Place the regular block in a furnace and let it cook through; the result is Cracked Withered Blackstone. Once you have a supply of the cracked block, you can move on to shaping it.

Crafting the Slab

The Cracked Withered Blackstone Slab is the smallest of the three variants. At a crafting table, arrange three Cracked Withered Blackstone blocks in a shaped recipe to produce the slab. Because the recipe is shaped, the placement of the blocks in the grid matters. If you prefer to skip the crafting grid entirely, you can instead use a stonecutter: feeding a single Cracked Withered Blackstone into the stonecutter yields the slab directly.

Crafting the Stairs

The Cracked Withered Blackstone Stairs require a larger input than the slab. The shaped crafting recipe calls for six Cracked Withered Blackstone blocks arranged in the proper pattern at a crafting table. As with the slab, the stonecutter offers an alternative: one Cracked Withered Blackstone processed through the stonecutter produces the stairs, letting you avoid arranging a full crafting grid.

Crafting the Wall

The Cracked Withered Blackstone Wall follows the same pattern as the stairs. Its shaped crafting recipe uses six Cracked Withered Blackstone blocks at a crafting table. The stonecutter route also works here — a single Cracked Withered Blackstone cut on the stonecutter gives you the wall.

Choosing Between Crafting and Stonecutting

Both methods produce the same three variants, so the choice comes down to your resources and setup.

Crafting shaped recipes at a table consumes multiple Cracked Withered Blackstone blocks per batch: three for a slab, six for stairs, and six for a wall.
Stonecutting consumes only one Cracked Withered Blackstone per operation for any of the three variants.
A stonecutter therefore stretches your cracked block supply further if you plan to build at scale.
A crafting table remains useful when you already have plenty of material and want to convert it in bulk without repeated stonecutter operations.

Quick Reference

Cracked Withered Blackstone: smelt Withered Blackstone in a furnace.
Cracked Withered Blackstone Slab: three Cracked Withered Blackstone at a crafting table, or one via stonecutter.
Cracked Withered Blackstone Stairs: six Cracked Withered Blackstone at a crafting table, or one via stonecutter.
Cracked Withered Blackstone Wall: six Cracked Withered Blackstone at a crafting table, or one via stonecutter.

Start by smelting enough Withered Blackstone to cover your building plans, then decide whether the crafting table or the stonecutter suits your project better. Either path gives you the slabs, stairs, and walls you need to finish the build.

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Cracked Withered Blackstone Stairs

Cracked Withered Blackstone Slab

Cracked Withered Blackstone Wall

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