Stonecutter

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3.5
Hardness	3.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

For the old stonecutter found in Bedrock Edition, see Stonecutter/old.

The stonecutter can be used to craft stone-related blocks in smaller and more precise quantities than crafting. It also serves as a stone mason's job site block.

Obtaining[edit]

Natural generation[edit]

Stonecutters can generate inside stone mason houses in villages.

Breaking[edit]

Pickaxes are the fastest tool to mine stonecutters with. Mining a stonecutter without a pickaxe is slow, and destroys the stonecutter without dropping the item.^[1]

Block	Stonecutter
Hardness	3.5
Tool
Breaking time^{[note 1]}
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 in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Crafting[edit]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Iron Ingot + Stone		‌^{[Java Edition only]}
Iron Ingot + Any Stone		‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Usage[edit]

Cutting[edit]

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, this would require multiple steps with crafting. Stairs recipes are also more efficient than their crafting counterparts (yielding 6 stairs from 6 blocks instead of 4.)

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
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 or Chiseled Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks	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 Cut Sandstone Slab or Chiseled Sandstone	Sandstone	22
Cut Sandstone Slab	Cut Sandstone	2
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 Cut Red Sandstone Slab or Chiseled Red Sandstone	Red Sandstone	22
Cut Red Sandstone Slab	Cut Red Sandstone	2
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	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	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

Nether brick fences cannot be crafted using the stonecutter.

Changing profession[edit]

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.

Sounds[edit]

Java Edition:

Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
None^[2]	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	`None`	0.5	0.75	16
Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	`block.stone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16
None^[3]	Blocks	Plays when taking output	`ui.stonecutter.take_result`	`None`	1	0.92, ?	16

Data values[edit]

ID[edit]

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Stonecutter	`stonecutter`	`block.minecraft.stonecutter`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Stonecutter	`stonecutter_block`	`452`	`tile.stonecutter_block.name`

Block states[edit]

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	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing_direction	`0`	`0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5`	The direction the stonecutter is facing. Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing a stonecutter.

History[edit]

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.
	18w46a	The stonecutter's blade now has an animated texture.
	18w48a	Stonecutters can naturally generate inside plains village masons house.
	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.
	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.
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.
Legacy Console Edition
	1.91	Added stonecutters.

Issues[edit]

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

Trivia[edit]

Even though the iron blade appears to be spinning rapidly, it deals no damage and has no hitbox.
Crafting four stairs using the crafting recipe needs six blocks, whereas crafting four stairs using the stonecutter only needs four blocks.

References[edit]

Blocks

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[breakingtimenote-2] Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

[1] MCPE-33950

[3] MC-177082

[4] MC-177075

[1]

[note 1]

[2]

[3]

Stonecutter

Contents

Obtaining[edit]

Natural generation[edit]

Breaking[edit]

Crafting[edit]

Usage[edit]

Cutting[edit]

Changing profession[edit]

Sounds[edit]

Data values[edit]

ID[edit]

Block states[edit]

History[edit]

Issues[edit]

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

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