What Does a Stonecutter Do in Minecraft? [Illustrated Guide]

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When Mojang introduced the stonecutter, it made an instant difference for builders across the Minecraft world. 

With the stonecutter, you can create stone and copper decorative blocks for fewer resources, making getting those fancy stone bricks easier. 

Keep reading and see how to acquire the stonecutter in survival mode and then use it to turn blocks of stone into pretty blocks!

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What is a Stonecutter?

First released in 1.14, the stonecutter had no purpose, and you could not find it outside the creative inventory. 

But by the later half of the 1.14 update, Mojang finally decided on the point of the stone cutter, and that is creating stone bricks and their variants.

Later updates added more blocks to its recipe book, including sandstone, deep slate, and mud bricks. 

Besides providing the player an easy way to create decorative blocks, the stonecutter became the job site block for an unemployed villager. 

The stone mason can be found in nearly every village that spawns now and will trade bricks, polished stone, and terracotta.

Also, check out how to make polished Andesite in Minecraft.

How to get a Stonecutter in Minecraft

So how do you get your hands on this useful little utility block? Well, there are two main ways of obtaining the stonecutter in Minecraft.

Acquiring it From Your Local Mason’s House

The first way is if you don’t care about your local villager population and only seek to steal their items. 

Since most Minecraft villages come with a stone mason, locate one of the stone mason houses if you want a stonecutter. 

Break the block with a stone pickaxe or higher, and there you go. It does not require a tool enchanted with the silk touch enchantment and will drop itself when broken. You have deprived a hard-working villager of their profession block and acquired the stonecutter. 

See here how you can make beautiful polished granite in Minecraft.

Crafting the Stonecutter

Now, if you care about the villagers you share the Overworld with or can’t find a village, you can craft the stonecutter. 

Crafting the stonecutter is a super easy process and only requires four blocks, all of which you can get in the early game. 

If you do not know how to get regular stone blocks in Survival Minecraft, you only need to smelt cobblestone in a furnace. 

Stonecutter crafting recipe:

1. Open your Crafting Table by right-clicking on it.
2. Place three stone blocks in the bottom three slots.
3. Put a single iron ingot (smelted from raw iron) in the middle slot.
4. Take the finished stonecutter and place it in your inventory.

You have created the stonecutter and can begin using it to make your building projects easier!

Also, check out how to make light gray concrete in this illustrated guide.

Using the Stonecutter

To use the stonecutter, you must place it on the ground as you would with any other utility block. Then, right-click it to open up the crafting GUI. There will be a singular slot on the left-hand side and a large square in the middle. 

You place the block you want to turn into something else in the slot on the left-hand side. 

Once you have placed it, any blocks the stonecutter can make will be shown in the large square in the middle. 

Listed below are some of the many different items you can create using a stonecutter:

• Chiseled Stone Bricks
• Stone Brick Stairs
• Stone Brick Walls
• Stone Brick Slabs
• Cobblestone Stairs
• Nether Brick Fences
• Stone Slabs
• Various Stone Stairs (Granite, Andesite, Diorite, Stone)
• Cobblestone Stairs
• Cobblestone Slabs

Select the new block you want and take it from the right-hand slot. You have now successfully used the stonecutter! 

Conclusion

The stonecutter is an excellent tool to avoid wasting unnecessary resources and only getting the number of blocks you need. 

If you found this article helpful, check out how to use a fletching table in Minecraft and its purpose. Until next time, happy gaming!

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FAQ

What Blocks Can be Used in the Stonecutter?

The stonecutter can use the following blocks to create various stone items. 

• Purpur
• All stone-related blocks (Stone, Cobblestone, Mossy, Smooth Stone)
• Diorite, Granite, Andesite
• Deepslate
• Prismarine
• Quartz
• Basalt
• Blackstone
• All Sandstone variants
• Nether Bricks
• End Stone
• Regular Copper Blocks

What Minecraft Versions Is the Stonecutter On?

Currently, you can use the stonecutter on most platforms that Minecraft can be found on. 

The complete list is as follows:

• Java Edition (PC/MAC)
• PS4
• Bedrock Edition 
• Education Edition
• Pocket Edition
• Nintendo Switch
• Windows 10 Edition

Is the Stonecutter Better Than the Crafting Table?

The stonecutter is far better if you want to make any block like stone bricks, cobblestone walls, etc. 

It takes fewer resources to create those blocks and will save you a ton of time in the long run. 

For example, if you place a single cobblestone into the stonecutter, you can get the following blocks in return:

• One Cobblestone Stair
• One Cobblestone Wall
• Two Cobblestone Slabs

Compare that to the crafting table requiring six cobblestone blocks to make a cobblestone wall. 

Can You Get a Stonecutter Via Commands?

If you don’t want to get your own stonecutter, you can use the /give command to give yourself a stonecutter. Type the following command into your command line: 

/give @p minecraft:stonecutter.

This works both in Minecraft Bedrock Edition and Java Edition.