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^{[upcoming: JE 1.20]}.

Breaking

A stonecutter can be mined with 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

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

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 produces 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 requiring multiple steps with crafting.

Stonecutting is also more efficient than crafting for certain recipes. Stairs crafting 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.

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe	Description
Stone Slab or Stone Stairs or Stone Bricks or Stone Brick Slab or Stone Brick Stairs or Stone Brick Wall or Chiseled Stone Bricks	Stone	22
Smooth Stone Slab	Smooth Stone	2
Stone Brick Slab or Stone Brick Stairs or Stone Brick Wall	Stone Bricks	2
Chiseled Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks		‌^{[Java Edition only]}^[2]
Mossy Stone Brick Slab or Mossy Stone Brick Stairs or Mossy Stone Brick Wall	Mossy Stone Bricks	2
Granite Slab or Granite Stairs or Granite Wall or Polished Granite or Polished Granite Slab or Polished Granite Stairs	Granite	22
Polished Granite Slab or Polished Granite Stairs	Polished Granite	2
Diorite Slab or Diorite Stairs or Diorite Wall or Polished Diorite or Polished Diorite Slab or Polished Diorite Stairs	Diorite	22
Polished Diorite Slab or Polished Diorite Stairs	Polished Diorite	2
Andesite Slab or Andesite Stairs or Andesite Wall or Polished Andesite or Polished Andesite Slab or Polished Andesite Stairs	Andesite	22
Polished Andesite Slab or Polished Andesite Stairs	Polished Andesite	2
Cobblestone Slab or Cobblestone Stairs or Cobblestone Wall	Cobblestone	2
Mossy Cobblestone Slab or Mossy Cobblestone Stairs or Mossy Cobblestone Wall	Mossy Cobblestone	2
Sandstone Slab or Sandstone Stairs or Sandstone Wall or Cut Sandstone or Chiseled Sandstone	Sandstone	2
Cut Sandstone Slab	Sandstone or Cut Sandstone	2	‌^{[Java Edition only]}^[3]
Smooth Sandstone Slab or Smooth Sandstone Stairs	Smooth Sandstone	2
Red Sandstone Slab or Red Sandstone Stairs or Red Sandstone Wall or Cut Red Sandstone or Chiseled Red Sandstone	Red Sandstone	2
Cut Red Sandstone Slab	Red Sandstone or Cut Red Sandstone	2	‌^{[Java Edition only]}^[3]
Smooth Red Sandstone Slab or Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs	Smooth Red Sandstone	2
Prismarine Slab or Prismarine Stairs or Prismarine Wall	Prismarine	2
Prismarine Brick Slab or Prismarine Brick Stairs	Prismarine Bricks	2
Dark Prismarine Slab or Dark Prismarine Stairs	Dark Prismarine	2
Quartz Slab or Quartz Stairs or Chiseled Quartz Block or Quartz Pillar or Quartz Bricks	Block of Quartz	2
Smooth Quartz Slab or Smooth Quartz Stairs	Smooth Quartz	2
Purpur Slab or Purpur Stairs or Purpur Pillar	Purpur Block	2
Brick Slab or Brick Stairs or Brick Wall	Bricks	2
Nether Brick Slab or Nether Brick Stairs or Nether Brick Wall or Chiseled Nether Bricks	Nether Bricks	2
Red Nether Brick Slab or Red Nether Brick Stairs or Red Nether Brick Wall	Red Nether Bricks	2
Polished Basalt	Basalt
End Stone Bricks or End Stone Brick Slab or End Stone Brick Stairs or End Stone Brick Wall	End Stone	2
End Stone Brick Slab or End Stone Brick Stairs or End Stone Brick Wall	End Stone Bricks	2
Polished Blackstone or Polished Blackstone Bricks or Chiseled Polished Blackstone or Blackstone Slab or Polished Blackstone Slab or Polished Blackstone Brick Slab or Blackstone Stairs or Polished Blackstone Stairs or Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs or Blackstone Wall or Polished Blackstone Wall or Polished Blackstone Brick Wall	Blackstone	222
Polished Blackstone Bricks or Chiseled Polished Blackstone or Polished Blackstone Slab or Polished Blackstone Brick Slab or Polished Blackstone Stairs or Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs or Polished Blackstone Wall or Polished Blackstone Brick Wall	Polished Blackstone	22
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
Mud Brick Slab or Mud Brick Stairs or Mud Brick Wall	Mud Bricks	2

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

Stonecutter can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

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

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

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

↑ ^a ^b Can be multiplied by 1.0 or 0.92 for each sound

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]}

↑ ^a ^b Can be 1.0 or 0.92 for each sound

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`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	`north`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	The direction the stonecutter is facing. 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	`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
facing_direction	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4`	`0`	`0` `1`	`0` `1`	Unused

History

Java Edition
1.14	18w44a	Added stonecutters.
	18w44a	Stonecutters are currently obtainable only from the creative inventory and do not have any functionality.
	18w46a	The stonecutter's texture has now 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.
	19w04a	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.
Upcoming Java Edition
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.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	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.
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.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91		Added stonecutters.

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.

References

External Links

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

[breakingtimenote-2] Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

[bugMC-177082-5] MC-177082

[pitch-6] Can be multiplied by 1.0 or 0.92 for each sound

[pitch-7] Can be 1.0 or 0.92 for each sound

[bedrock-item-id-8] ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.

[bedrock-give-available-9] Available with /give command.

[bedrock-item-form-10] The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

[1] MCPE-33950

[3] MCPE-50057

[MCPE-42734-4] MCPE-42734

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