Stonecutter

This article is about the currently obtainable block. For the unobtainable block in Bedrock Edition, see Stonecutter (old). For other uses, see Stonecutter (disambiguation).

Stonecutter

Item description‌[BE only]	Cut stone & copper
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3.5
Hardness	3.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Java Edition: No Bedrock Edition: Yes
Waterloggable	JE: No BE: Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	11 STONE
Note block instrument	Bass Drum

A stonecutter is a block used to easily craft many stone and copper blocks, and is cheaper than normal crafting for stairs and copper variants. It is also a job site block for mason villagers.

Obtaining

Breaking

A stonecutter can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Stonecutter
Hardness	3.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	117.5 (JE) 17.5 (BE)
Wooden	12.65 (JE) 2.65 (BE)
Stone	11.35 (JE) 1.35 (BE)
Copper	11.05 (JE) 1.05 (BE)
Iron	10.9 (JE) 0.9 (BE)
Diamond	10.7 (JE) 0.7 (BE)
Netherite	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Golden	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Iron Ingot + Stone

Natural generation

Stonecutters can generate inside mason houses in villages.

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, something that requires multiple steps when crafting. It can also be used to cut brick related blocks, such as resin bricks.

Unique to the stonecutter is the ability to cut stone into cobblestone and its slab, stairs, and wall variants, and deepslate into cobbled deepslate, polished deepslate, deepslate bricks, deepslate tiles, and their slab, stairs, and wall variants.

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	Notes
Stone Stairs or  Stone Slab or  Stone Bricks or  Stone Brick Stairs or  Stone Brick Slab or  Stone Brick Wall or  Chiseled Stone Bricks or  Cobblestone or  Cobblestone Stairs or  Cobblestone Slab or  Cobblestone Wall	Stone	222
Cobblestone Stairs or  Cobblestone Slab or  Cobblestone Wall	Cobblestone	2
Chiseled Stone Bricks or  Stone Brick Slab or  Stone Brick Stairs or  Stone Brick Wall or  Stone Bricks	Cobblestone	2	In Bedrock Edition only.
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 or  Chiseled Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks	2
Chiseled Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks
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 or  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	Deepslate	2222
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
Tuff Stairs or  Tuff Slab or  Tuff Wall or  Chiseled Tuff or  Polished Tuff or  Polished Tuff Stairs or  Polished Tuff Slab or  Polished Tuff Wall or  Tuff Bricks or  Tuff Brick Stairs or  Tuff Brick Slab or  Tuff Brick Wall or  Chiseled Tuff Bricks	Tuff	222
Polished Tuff Stairs or  Polished Tuff Slab or  Polished Tuff Wall or  Tuff Bricks or  Tuff Brick Stairs or  Tuff Brick Slab or  Tuff Brick Wall or  Chiseled Tuff Bricks	Polished Tuff	22
Tuff Bricks or  Tuff Brick Stairs or  Tuff Brick Slab or  Tuff Brick Wall or  Chiseled Tuff Bricks	Tuff Bricks	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
Resin Brick Slab or  Resin Brick Stairs or  Resin Brick Wall or  Chiseled Resin Bricks	Resin 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
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
Cinnabar Slab or  Cinnabar Stairs or  Cinnabar Wall or  Polished Cinnabar or  Polished Cinnabar Slab or  Polished Cinnabar Stairs or  Polished Cinnabar Wall or  Cinnabar Bricks or  Cinnabar Brick Slab or  Cinnabar Brick Stairs or  Cinnabar Brick Wall or  Chiseled Cinnabar	Cinnabar	222
Polished Cinnabar Slab or  Polished Cinnabar Stairs or  Polished Cinnabar Wall or  Cinnabar Bricks or  Cinnabar Brick Slab or  Cinnabar Brick Stairs or  Cinnabar Brick Wall	Polished Cinnabar	22
Cinnabar Brick Slab or  Cinnabar Brick Stairs or  Cinnabar Brick Wall	Cinnabar Bricks	2
Chiseled Cinnabar	Polished Cinnabar or  Cinnabar Bricks		‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Sulfur Slab or  Sulfur Stairs or  Sulfur Wall or  Polished Sulfur or  Polished Sulfur Slab or  Polished Sulfur Stairs or  Polished Sulfur Wall or  Sulfur Bricks or  Sulfur Brick Slab or  Sulfur Brick Stairs or  Sulfur Brick Wall or  Chiseled Sulfur	Sulfur	222
Polished Sulfur Slab or  Polished Sulfur Stairs or  Polished Sulfur Wall or  Sulfur Bricks or  Sulfur Brick Slab or  Sulfur Brick Stairs or  Sulfur Brick Wall	Polished Sulfur	22
Sulfur Brick Slab or  Sulfur Brick Stairs or  Sulfur Brick Wall	Sulfur Bricks	2
Chiseled Sulfur	Polished Sulfur or  Sulfur Bricks		‌[Bedrock Edition only]
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 Block	2
Unwaxed Copper Grate or  Unwaxed Cut Copper or  Waxed Copper Grate or  Waxed Cut Copper	Matching Unwaxed Block of Copper or  Matching Waxed Block of Copper	4444444444444444
Unwaxed Chiseled Copper or  Unwaxed Cut Copper Slab or  Unwaxed Cut Copper Stairs or  Waxed Chiseled Copper or  Waxed Cut Copper Slab or  Waxed Cut Copper Stairs	Matching Unwaxed Block of Copper or  Matching Waxed Block of Copper	444488884444444488884444
Unwaxed Chiseled Copper or  Unwaxed Cut Copper Slab or  Unwaxed Cut Copper Stairs or  Waxed Chiseled Copper or  Waxed Cut Copper Slab or  Waxed Cut Copper Stairs	Matching Unwaxed Cut Copper or  Matching Waxed Cut Copper	22222222
Concrete Stairs or  Concrete Slab	Matching Concrete	2222222222222222

Profession

If a stonecutter has not been claimed by a villager, any nearby unemployed villager has a chance to change their profession to a mason and claim the stonecutter as their job site block.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	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​[until: JE 26.4]	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
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	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:

stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.stone	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.37	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

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] (Numeric: -197)	tile.stonecutter_block.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Videos

History

Java Edition

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.
			21w08a				Cobbled 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.
			23w16a				Stonecutters no longer generate in trail ruins.
26.1			snap8				Stone can now be used in the stonecutter to produce cobblestone and its variants.
							Deepslate can now be used in the stonecutter to produce cobbled deepslate and its variants.
26.3			snap8				Concrete can now be used in the stonecutter to produce slabs and stairs.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.10.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			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.
1.16.210 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.210.57				Copper block and cut copper variants can now be crafted with the stonecutter.
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			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.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.30.20				Stonecutters no longer drop themselves when mined without a pickaxe.
1.20.40			Preview 1.20.40.20				Stonecutters now use the minecraft:cardinal_direction block state instead of facing_direction.
26.10			Preview 26.10.24				Stone can now be used in the stonecutter to produce cobblestone and its variants.
							Deepslate can now be used in the stonecutter to produce cobbled deepslate and its variants.
26.40			Preview 26.40.26				Stonecutters can no longer be crafted using granite, diorite, andesite or their polished variants instead of stone.
26.50			Preview 26.50.25				Concrete can now be used in the stonecutter to produce slabs and stairs.

PlayStation 4 Edition

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.​

Issues

Issues relating to "Stonecutter" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed 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 stonecutter from Bedrock Edition, as it has similar functionality.

Gallery

• 
  The old stonecutter compared to the new one
• 
  First image of the new stonecutter

External links

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