Promenade Stonecutting: Asphalt, Blunite & Moai Statues

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Asphalt and Blunite are durable geological stone types found in subterranean strata that can be shaped into structural building blocks using a stonecutter. Both minerals generate across two distinct elevation bands in the world, appearing in lower clusters between height 0 and 60, as well as rarer upper deposits between height 64 and 128. Players seeking smooth dark pavements or polished blue masonry can extract these raw materials with a standard pickaxe and refine them directly into architectural masonry.

Shaping Asphalt Masonry

Raw Asphalt blocks can be transformed through either traditional crafting table arrangements or direct stonecutter operations. When utilizing a crafting table, arranging materials in standard layouts produces specific architectural forms:

Three Asphalt blocks placed in a horizontal row craft six Asphalt Slab blocks.
Six Asphalt arranged in a standard stair formation craft four Asphalt Stairs.
Six Asphalt placed in two horizontal rows craft six Asphalt Wall blocks.
Arranging seven Asphalt blocks with three across the top row, one centered in the middle row, and three across the bottom row crafts six Asphalt Column blocks.

Using a stonecutter provides higher efficiency and allows players to obtain polished finishes without complex grid layouts. Inserting one Asphalt block into the stonecutter allows you to cut:

One Asphalt Column for classical pillars and vertical supports.
Two Asphalt Slab pieces for thin pathway grading.
One Asphalt Stairs block for stepped roadways.
One Asphalt Wall for protective barriers.
One Polished Asphalt block for sleek modern masonry.
Two Polished Asphalt Slab pieces from either raw or polished asphalt.
One Polished Asphalt Stairs block for finished stairways.

Crafting Blunite Structural Blocks

Blunite provides a pale blue crystalline stone texture suitable for ornamental construction, aqueducts, and coastal monuments. Similar to asphalt, it supports crafting table recipes as well as single-block stonecutter transformations.

Crafting table recipes for Blunite require standard block quantities:

Three Blunite blocks craft six Blunite Slab blocks.
Six Blunite blocks craft four Blunite Stairs.
Six Blunite blocks craft six Blunite Wall blocks.
Seven Blunite blocks craft six Blunite Column pillars.

At the stonecutter, feeding one Blunite yields precision architectural pieces:

One Blunite Column for structural load-bearing aesthetics.
Two Blunite Slab blocks for layered flooring.
One Blunite Stairs block.
One Blunite Wall segment.
One Polished Blunite block.
Two Polished Blunite Slab pieces.
One Polished Blunite Stairs block.

Carving Moai Statues from Tuff

In addition to asphalt and blunite stonework, Promenade introduces the ability to carve decorative Moai monolithic statues directly on the stonecutter. Placing one Tuff block into a stonecutter carves one Moai statue. These carved monolithic stone heads provide unique decorative options for coastal bluffs, temple ruins, and island pathways.