Stonecutter

Stonecutter

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3.5
Hardness	3.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	JE: No BE: Yes
Waterloggable	JE: No BE: Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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A stonecutter is a block used to efficiently craft many stone and copper blocks, and is cheaper than normal crafting for stairs and cut copper. 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)
Default	17.5
Wooden	2.65
Stone	1.35
Iron	0.9
Diamond	0.7
Netherite	0.6
Golden	0.45
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

Natural generation

Stonecutters can generate inside mason houses in villages.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Iron Ingot + Stone		Can use stone only, no variants.‌
Iron Ingot + Any Stone		Can use stone, granite, diorite, andesite, and their polished variants interchangeably.‌

Usage

Cutting

Interface for the stonecutter in Java Edition, cutting a stone into two stone slabs.

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.

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.

Note blocks

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

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
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
	​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:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
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
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
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	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	16

Bedrock Edition:

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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Stonecutter	stonecutter_block	452	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -197)	tile.stonecutter_block.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]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	[hide]Description
minecraft:cardinal_direction	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

[hide]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.
[hide]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.
[hide]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.​

Data history

[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.20.40			Preview 1.20.40.20				Stonecutters now use the minecraft:cardinal_direction block state instead of facing_direction.

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