- The stonecutter can be crafted using 1 iron ingot and 3 stone blocks in Minecraft.
- Players can also find it in villages at the Mason house, as it is its job site block.
- The stonecutter is more efficient than the crafting table, because it can help you get variants even from single blocks.
If you are active in the Minecraft community, coming across some amazing builds is inevitable. They are popular across some of the best adventure maps and servers. But none of those are possible in the survival world if you don’t know how to make a stonecutter in Minecraft. Similar to the crafting table, this is a useful utility block that you can use to cut solid blocks into slabs, stairs, and a lot more.
Half of the best Minecraft house ideas won’t even come to life without the ability to cut blocks. Now that you know its importance, let’s see how to make and use a stonecutter in Minecraft.
Stonecutter Quick Crafting Guide
Before we craft a stonecutter in Minecraft, we need to collect the items required for its recipe. So, use the table below to know the crafting recipe for a stonecutter:
Ingredients Crafting Pattern How to Get Iron ingot 1 Smelt iron ore in a furnace Stone blocks 3 Smelt cobblestone in a furnace
What You Need to Make a Stonecutter
To make a stonecutter in Minecraft, you need the following items:
- An iron ingot
- 3 stone blocks
Do note that in the Bedrock edition, you can also use variants of stone blocks to make a stone cutter.
How to Get an Iron Ingot
Iron is one of the most versatile ores in the game. You only need one iron ingot to make a stonecutter, so follow these steps to get that iron ingot:
- First, use our Minecraft ore distribution guide to find iron ore in Minecraft caves. Then, use a stone pickaxe to mine it.
- Once you have the ore, you need to find or craft a furnace to smelt the iron.
- You can use any flammable item as its fuel. For faster results, you can also make a blast furnace in Minecraft.
- Each iron ore block smelts to form one iron ingot, and there you have it. An iron ingot.
How to Get Stone Blocks
The second key ingredient to making a stonecutter in Minecraft is stone. You can find it all around the overworld in almost every Minecraft biome. But getting it isn’t as simple as breaking it. So, let’s see how to obtain stone in Minecraft.
- First, find a stone block and mine it using a pickaxe.
- When mined, instead of dropping stone, the game will drop cobblestone.
- You can counter this by using a silk touch pickaxe enchantment. But we don’t have to go that far.
- Once you have 3 cobblestone blocks, you simply need to smelt them in a furnace. Doing so will convert the cobblestone into stone blocks.
Step-by-Step Crafting Recipe of Stonecutter
Now that you have all the ingredients, you only need to open the crafting table and place them together. The same recipe is used in both Java and Bedrock editions, so you don’t need to worry about the editions.
The Exact Crafting Grid Pattern
To craft a stonecutter in Minecraft, follow the steps below:
- First, place the iron ingot in the center cell of the top row of the 3×3 crafting area.
- Then, place three stone blocks – one in each cell of the middle row.
This placement will give you a stonecutter that you can place anywhere you want. Unlike a crafting table, it can’t even be destroyed by lava or fire.
How to Find a Stonecutter in Villages
If you get lucky, you can find a stonecutter in Minecraft villages. They are a job site block responsible for the stone mason’s job among all Minecraft villager jobs. So, if a village has a stonemason, it will definitely have a stonecutter too. Our best Minecraft village seeds can help you find such a village in no time.
Other than villages, there is no other place where stonecutters spawn naturally in the game. So, instead of looking for it, you have to craft one manually.
How to Use a Stonecutter in Minecraft: A Complete Guide
Once you understand how to make a stonecutter in Minecraft, the next step is to learn what are the ways that you can use it.
Simple Step-by-Step Usage
- First, open the stonecutter by right-clicking or using the secondary action key.
- Then, place a stone or similar block in the left-side cell. We have also covered the complete list of compatible stone blocks in the next section.
- Finally, pick one of the various block variants that the stonecutter offers. The placed block will be cut into that variant, and you can pick it up from the right side cell.
All Blocks That Work with the Stonecutter
You can use the following blocks as ingredients for a stonecutter:
| Stone |
| Smooth Stone |
| Stone Bricks |
| Mossy Stone Bricks |
| Grantite |
| Polished Granite |
| Diorite |
| Polished Diorite |
| Andesite |
| Polished Andesite |
| Cobblestone |
| Mossy Cobblestone |
| Sandstone |
| Cut Sandstone* |
| Smooth Sandstone |
| Red Sandtone |
| Cut Red Sandstone* |
| Prismarine |
| Prismarine Bricks |
| Dark Prismarine |
| Block of Quartz |
| Smooth Quartz |
| Purpur Block |
| Bricks |
| Nether Bricks |
| Red Nether Bricks |
| Basalt |
| End Stone |
| End Stone Bricks |
| Blackstone |
| Polished Blackstone |
| Block of Copper |
| Exposed Copper |
| Weathered Copper |
| Oxidized Copper |
| Waxed Copper |
| Waxed Exposed Copper |
| Waxed Weathered Copper |
| Waxed Oxidized Copper |
| Cut Copper |
| Exposed Cut Copper |
| Weathered Cut Copper |
| Oxidized Cut Copper |
| Mud Bricks |
*Out of these, cut sandstone and cut red sandstone work as ingredients only on the Java edition.
How to Change a Villager’s Profession to Mason
If you want to access the stone-related trades, convert any unemployed villager to the profession of a mason. This can be done easily by placing a stonecutter block near the unemployed villager during work hours.
If there aren’t any unemployed villagers around, you can simply break a job site block and place a stonecutter near the respective villager. This will change the villager’s profession to a Mason.
Why Use a Stonecutter? Key Benefits
At first, you might guess why use a separate block when a crafting table can perform the same functions. But, it is important to note that the stonecutter block is more efficient than the crafting table in terms of making detailed buildings.
Stonecutter vs. Crafting Table: Which is Better?
Below is a comparison table for the recipes common to both the stonecutter and the crafting table. This explains a lot why the stonecutter is more efficient than the crafting table:
Recipe Stonecutter Crafting Table Chiseled Bricks 1 parent block gives 1 chiseled brick 2 slab blocks give 1 chiseled brick Brick Slab 1 parent block gives 2 brick slabs 3 parent blocks give 6 brick slabs Brick Stairs 1 parent block gives 1 brick stair 6 parent blocks give 4 brick stairs Brick Wall 1 parent block gives 1 brick wall 6 parent blocks give 4 brick walls Bricks 1 parent block gives 1 brick block 4 parent blocks give 4 brick blocks Slab 1 parent block gives 2 slabs 3 parent blocks give 6 slabs Stairs 1 parent block gives 1 stair 6 parent blocks give 4 stairs
Does It Save Resources?
The important point to note here is the 1:1 efficiency that the stonecutter provides. It can even provide a 1:2 efficiency at times as well.
This solves the “Odd Number” problem, where many builders require only a couple of stairs to complete a roof, but the crafting table doesn’t provide fewer than 4 at once. So, you get leftovers and wasted resources.
The Stonecutter allows you to even use a single item to get single blocks rather than mass-produce them. This becomes a lifesaver when you have expensive materials like quartz, copper, blackstone, or the mossy stone bricks.
Whether it’s for a grand build or just to make your Minecraft house easily, now you know how to make a stonecutter in Minecraft and use it properly. But don’t stop there. Once your house is ready, it’s time to fill it up with friendly mobs. You can tame a cat in Minecraft to get your first companion. Then, once you are ready, you can also breed Axolotls in Minecraft to add variety to the build. However, animals aren’t the only mob you can invite over. If you have enough space and beds, you can also breed villagers to add life to your base in Minecraft. Having said that, which types of blocks are you going to use in your stonecutter? Tell us in the comments!
In terms of results, a stonecutter is similar to a crafting table. Both of them use ingredients to craft different items. However, in the case of a stonecutter, you only need one ingredient and no recipe to form a variety of variant blocks. Some of its recipes are even more efficient than the crafting table. For example, it takes just 6 stone blocks to craft 4 stairs on a crafting table. Meanwhile, you can craft 1 stair for each stone block on the stonecutter.
Stonecutters save both time and stone in the long run. So, if you are speedrunning your builds or creating houses in survival or hardcore mode, a stonecutter can be very useful.
Yes, you can use cobblestone on a stonecutter to convert it into slabs, stairs, and walls
