Stonecutter

The stonecutter is used to craft stone and copper related blocks in smaller and more precise quantities than crafting, and is more efficient than crafting for certain recipes. It also serves as a stone mason's job site block.

Obtaining[]

Natural generation[]

Stonecutters can generate inside stone mason houses in villages. They can also spawn in trail ruins.

Breaking[]

A stonecutter can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe it drops nothing.‌^{[Java Edition only][1]}

Block	Stonecutter
Hardness	3.5
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default	17.5
Wooden	2.65
Stone	1.35
Iron	0.9
Diamond	0.7
Netherite	0.6
Golden	0.45

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Iron Ingot + Stone		Can use stone only, no variants.‌[Java Edition only]
Iron Ingot + Any Stone		Can use stone and its three other variants interchangeably.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Usage[]

Cutting[]

The stonecutter can be used as an alternative to the crafting table to craft most stone-related blocks. All of its recipes require just one ingredient and produce one product (in varying quantities). It allows skipping steps to craft certain blocks; for example, a stone block can be directly turned into chiseled stone bricks, but requires multiple steps with crafting.

Stonecutting is also more efficient than crafting for certain recipes. Crafting stairs is more efficient with a stonecutter than a crafting table, as 6 full blocks are crafted into 4 stairs, while stonecutter yields 1 stair per full block. The recipe for cut copper is even more efficient: with stonecutting, 1 block of copper turns into 4 blocks of cut copper, allowing the amount of copper blocks to be quadrupled.

The GUI contains a block selection menu that is empty. The menu is populated with blocks that can be crafted from that particular material, only if a block is inserted into its input.

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe	Description
Stone Stairs or Stone Slab or Stone Bricks or Stone Brick Stairs or Stone Brick Slab or Stone Brick Wall or Chiseled Stone Bricks	Stone	22
Cobblestone Stairs or Cobblestone Slab or Cobblestone Wall	Cobblestone	2
Mossy Cobblestone Stairs or Mossy Cobblestone Slab or Mossy Cobblestone Wall	Mossy Cobblestone	2
Smooth Stone Slab	Smooth Stone	2
Stone Brick Stairs or Stone Brick Slab or Stone Brick Wall	Stone Bricks	2
Chiseled Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks		‌[Java Edition only][2]
Mossy Stone Brick Stairs or Mossy Stone Brick Slab or Mossy Stone Brick Wall	Mossy Stone Bricks	2
Granite Stairs or Granite Slab or Granite Wall or Polished Granite or Polished Granite Stairs or Polished Granite Slab	Granite	22
Polished Granite Stairs or Polished Granite Slab	Polished Granite	2
Diorite Stairs or Diorite Slab or Diorite Wall or Polished Diorite or Polished Diorite Stairs or Polished Diorite Slab	Diorite	22
Polished Diorite Stairs or Polished Diorite Slab	Polished Diorite	2
Andesite Stairs or Andesite Slab or Andesite Wall or Polished Andesite or Polished Andesite Stairs or Polished Andesite Slab	Andesite	22
Polished Andesite Stairs or Polished Andesite Slab	Polished Andesite	2
Cobbled Deepslate Stairs or Cobbled Deepslate Slab or Cobbled Deepslate Wall or Chiseled Deepslate or Polished Deepslate or Polished Deepslate Stairs or Polished Deepslate Slab or Polished Deepslate Wall or Deepslate Bricks or Deepslate Brick Stairs or Deepslate Brick Slab or Deepslate Brick Wall or Deepslate Tiles or Deepslate Tile Stairs or Deepslate Tile Slab or Deepslate Tile Wall	Cobbled Deepslate	2222
Polished Deepslate Stairs or Polished Deepslate Slab or Polished Deepslate Wall or Deepslate Bricks or Deepslate Brick Stairs or Deepslate Brick Slab or Deepslate Brick Wall or Deepslate Tiles or Deepslate Tile Stairs or Deepslate Tile Slab or Deepslate Tile Wall	Polished Deepslate	222
Deepslate Brick Stairs or Deepslate Brick Slab or Deepslate Brick Wall or Deepslate Tiles or Deepslate Tile Stairs or Deepslate Tile Slab or Deepslate Tile Wall	Deepslate Bricks	22
Deepslate Tile Stairs or Deepslate Tile Slab or Deepslate Tile Wall	Deepslate Tiles	2
Brick Stairs or Brick Slab or Brick Wall	Bricks	2
Mud Brick Stairs or Mud Brick Slab or Mud Brick Wall	Mud Bricks	2
Sandstone Stairs or Sandstone Slab or Sandstone Wall or Chiseled Sandstone or Cut Sandstone	Sandstone	2
Smooth Sandstone Stairs or Smooth Sandstone Slab	Smooth Sandstone	2
Cut Sandstone Slab	Sandstone or Cut Sandstone	2	‌[Java Edition only][3]
Red Sandstone Stairs or Red Sandstone Slab or Red Sandstone Wall or Chiseled Red Sandstone or Cut Red Sandstone	Red Sandstone	2
Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs or Smooth Red Sandstone Slab	Smooth Red Sandstone	2
Cut Red Sandstone Slab	Red Sandstone or Cut Red Sandstone	2	‌[Java Edition only][3]
Prismarine Stairs or Prismarine Slab or Prismarine Wall	Prismarine	2
Prismarine Brick Stairs or Prismarine Brick Slab	Prismarine Bricks	2
Dark Prismarine Stairs or Dark Prismarine Slab	Dark Prismarine	2
Nether Brick Stairs or Nether Brick Slab or Nether Brick Wall or Chiseled Nether Bricks	Nether Bricks	2
Red Nether Brick Stairs or Red Nether Brick Slab or Red Nether Brick Wall	Red Nether Bricks	2
Polished Basalt	Basalt
Blackstone Stairs or Blackstone Slab or Blackstone Wall or Chiseled Polished Blackstone or Polished Blackstone or Polished Blackstone Stairs or Polished Blackstone Slab or Polished Blackstone Wall or Polished Blackstone Bricks or Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs or Polished Blackstone Brick Slab or Polished Blackstone Brick Wall	Blackstone	222
Chiseled Polished Blackstone or Polished Blackstone Stairs or Polished Blackstone Slab or Polished Blackstone Wall or Polished Blackstone Bricks or Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs or Polished Blackstone Brick Slab or Polished Blackstone Brick Wall	Polished Blackstone	22
Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs or Polished Blackstone Brick Slab or Polished Blackstone Brick Wall	Polished Blackstone Bricks	2
End Stone Bricks or End Stone Brick Stairs or End Stone Brick Slab or End Stone Brick Wall	End Stone	2
End Stone Brick Stairs or End Stone Brick Slab or End Stone Brick Wall	End Stone Bricks	2
Purpur Pillar or Purpur Stairs or Purpur Slab	Purpur Block	2
Quartz Stairs or Quartz Slab or Chiseled Quartz Block or Quartz Bricks or Quartz Pillar	Block of Quartz	2
Smooth Quartz Stairs or Smooth Quartz Slab	Smooth Quartz	2
Cut Copper or Exposed Cut Copper or Weathered Cut Copper or Oxidized Cut Copper	Block of Copper or Exposed Copper or Weathered Copper or Oxidized Copper	4444
Waxed Cut Copper or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper	Waxed Copper or Waxed Exposed Copper or Waxed Weathered Copper or Waxed Oxidized Copper	4444
Cut Copper Slab or Exposed Cut Copper Slab or Weathered Cut Copper Slab or Oxidized Cut Copper Slab or Cut Copper Stairs or Exposed Cut Copper Stairs or Weathered Cut Copper Stairs or Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs	Block of Copper or Exposed Copper or Weathered Copper or Oxidized Copper	88884444
Cut Copper Slab or Exposed Cut Copper Slab or Weathered Cut Copper Slab or Oxidized Cut Copper Slab or Cut Copper Stairs or Exposed Cut Copper Stairs or Weathered Cut Copper Stairs or Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs	Cut Copper or Exposed Cut Copper or Weathered Cut Copper or Oxidized Cut Copper	2222
Waxed Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Cut Copper Stairs or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Stairs or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Stairs or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs	Waxed Copper or Waxed Exposed Copper or Waxed Weathered Copper or Waxed Oxidized Copper	88884444
Waxed Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Cut Copper Stairs or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Stairs or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Stairs or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs	Waxed Cut Copper or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper	2222

Changing profession[]

If a village has a stonecutter that has not been claimed by a villager, any nearby villager who has not yet chosen a job site block has a chance to change their profession to a stone mason.

Note Blocks[]

Stonecutters can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds[]

Generic[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	None[sound 1]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Unique[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Stonecutter used	Blocks	When a block is taken from the result	ui.stonecutter.take_result	subtitles.ui.stonecutter.take_result	1.0	1.0 [sound 1]	16
	Mason works	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while a mason is working	entity.villager.work_mason	subtitles.entity.villager.work_mason	1.0	0.8-1.2 [sound 1]	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a block is taken from the result	ui.stonecutter.take_result	1.0	varies [sound 1]
	Blocks	Randomly while a stone mason is working	block.stonecutter.use	0.7	varies [sound 1]

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Stonecutter	stonecutter	Block & Item	block.minecraft.stonecutter

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Stonecutter	stonecutter_block	452	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.stonecutter_block.name

Block states[]

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the stonecutter is facing. The opposite from the direction the player faces when placing a stonecutter.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
facing_direction (Hidden‌[upcoming: BE 1.20.40])	0x1 0x2 0x4	0	2 3 4 5	2 3 4 5	The direction the stonecutter is facing. Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing a stonecutter. 2: North facing stonecutter 3: South facing stonecutter 4: West facing stonecutter 5: East facing stonecutter
			0 1	0 1	Unused
minecraft:cardinal_direction‌[upcoming: BE 1.20.40]	Not Supported	north	east north south west	Unsupported	The direction the stonecutter is facing. The opposite from the direction the player faces when placing a stonecutter.

History[]

Java Edition
1.14		18w44a			Added stonecutters.
					Stonecutters are currently obtainable only from the creative inventory and do not have any functionality.
		18w46a			The stonecutter's texture has been changed. The stonecutter's blade now has an animated texture.
		18w48a			Stonecutters now generate in the updated plains villages.
		18w49a			Stonecutters now generate in the updated savanna villages and the new snowy tundra villages.
		18w50a			Stonecutters now generate in the updated desert and taiga villages.
		19w04a			Stonecutters can now be crafted.
					Stonecutters are now used as a simpler way to craft various stone variants.
		19w04b			Added additional recipes: andesite, diorite and granite to polished variant slabs and stairs, and smooth stone into smooth stone slabs.
		19w11a			Stonecutters now serve as mason villagers' job site block.
		19w12a			Cut sandstone and cut red sandstone, as well as their slabs, can now be crafted with the stonecutter.
		19w13b			Chiseled stone bricks can now be crafted from stone bricks.
1.17		21w05a			Copper block and cut copper variants can now be crafted with the stonecutter.
		21w07a			Deepslate can now be used in the stonecutter to produce its variants.
		21w13a			The model of the stonecutter has been tweaked so that the backside of the saw texture is mirrored.
1.18		21w40a			A block of copper can now be converted to 4 blocks of cut copper when using the stonecutter.
1.19		22w11a			Mud bricks can now be used in the stonecutter to produce its variants.
1.20		23w12a			Stonecutters now generate in trail ruins.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Added the new stonecutter, a separate block from the old stonecutter, but with the same name.
					Stonecutters currently do not have any functionality and can be obtained only with experimental gameplay on.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Added stonecutter functionality.
		?			Stonecutters are now available outside experimental gameplay and are available in the Creative inventory.[more information needed]
1.16.210		beta 1.16.210.57			Copper block and cut copper variants can now be crafted with the stonecutter.
1.17.0		beta 1.16.230.52			Deepslate can now be used in the stonecutter to produce its variants.
1.19.0		beta 1.19.0.20			Mud Bricks can now be used in the stonecutter to produce its variants.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.20.40		beta 1.20.40.20			Stonecutters now use the minecraft:cardinal_direction block state instead of facing_direction.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91					Added stonecutters.
					Stonecutters show all possible blocks that can be crafted, instead of just craftable blocks, when manual crafting is off; unlike Java and Bedrock showing only craftable blocks.[more information needed]

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Stonecutter" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

• Even though the iron blade appears to be spinning rapidly, it deals no damage and has no hitbox.
• The stonecutter was most likely based on the old Bedrock Edition stonecutter, as it has similar functionality.

Gallery[]

• 

  The old stonecutter compared to the new one.

• 

  First image of the new stonecutter.

References[]

External Links[]

• Block of the Week: Stonecutter – Minecraft.net on February 18, 2021