Stoneworks — a building mod for adding new decorative blocks and stone varieties in Minecraft

Stoneworks — a building mod for adding new decorative blocks and stone varieties in Minecraft

Stoneworks is a Minecraft mod that closes a long-standing vanilla gap: the lack of decorative variants for most stone types. In the base game, only regular stone and deepslate have a complete set of variations. Granite, diorite, andesite, tuff, and others are limited to polished forms or have no additional variants at all. The mod gives each vanilla stone type an equally wide range of building blocks.

What variants does the mod add

The logic is simple — one template for all stone types. Up to five basic decorative variants appear for each supported rock type.

For most of the new blocks, the mod also adds the standard trio "stairs + slab + wall". Transitions between floors, curbs, and fences can now be made with the same material, without switching to the vanilla palette and without losing the build's integrity.

Placed granite and tuff columns against the background of new modded blocks

Supported rock types

Roughly speaking, all stone types in the game are covered. If a rock type is present in the game, it will get a full decorative set after installing Stoneworks.

Creative menu tab showing the new blocks

Crafting via the stonecutter

All added blocks are crafted exclusively in the stonecutter. The workflow is standard for the vanilla tool: stone or its derivative form is placed in the left slot, and a complete list of available variants appears in the right slot. One input block = one output block (with the exception of slabs: just like in vanilla, one block yields two slabs).

This choice has several side effects:

• No need to memorize separate crafting table recipes for each variant — all crafting is concentrated in a single GUI.

• Survival mode is fully supported: the stonecutter is available early in the game and doesn't require rare ingredients.

• Transformation paths are visible directly in the stonecutter window, without third-party recipe viewers.

Stonecutter interface with a tuff block placed in the left slot and a full list of available results on the right

Config

The mod contains a single parameter, configured via the stoneworks-common.toml file in the .minecraft/config/ folder.

There are no other parameters. Unlike large content mods, Stoneworks only adds blocks and does not require fine-tuning of behavior.

Conclusion

Stoneworks adds a decorative set for all vanilla stones — and does so without expanding mechanics, overloading the inventory, or introducing any complex changes. Stoneworks is suitable for those who build medieval castles, stone cities, roads, forts, and residential quarters in survival and want granite and tuff to have the same variety of options as smooth stone.