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 |
- ↑ 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 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.
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[]
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Unique[]
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stonecutter used | Blocks | When a block is taken from the result | ui | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 [sound 1] | 16 | |
Mason works | Friendly Creatures | Randomly while a mason is working | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 [sound 1] | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blocks | When a block is taken from the result | ui | 1.0 | varies [sound 1] | |
Blocks | Randomly while a stone mason is working | block | 0.7 | varies [sound 1] |
Data values[]
ID[]
Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Stonecutter | stonecutter | Block & Item | block.minecraft.stonecutter |
Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
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Stonecutter | stonecutter_block | 452 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.stonecutter_block.name |
Block states[]
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. |
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.
|
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 | |||||
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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[]
References[]
External Links[]
- Block of the Week: Stonecutter – Minecraft.net on February 18, 2021