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Stonecutter

A utility block that efficiently cuts stone-related blocks into stairs, slabs, walls, and other stone variants.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.14

Item ID

stonecutter

Stonecutter at a glance

Stonecutter comes from crafting and Village (Mason house), and Utility Blocks is where it sits as a block. Stack Stonecutter 64 high: 576 across a hotbar, 1728 in a shulker box, and 3456 in a double chest.

Stonecutter has a hardness of 3.5. It is tagged for a pickaxe, and nothing is said about which one. A creeper does to Stonecutter what a tool does, because both work against 3.5. It sits between Stone Slab and String to Wool in Utility Blocks, number 313 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Iron IngotIron Ingot
StoneStone
StoneStone
StoneStone
StonecutterStonecutter

How to obtain

  • Crafting
  • Village (Mason house)

Notes

More efficient than crafting table for stone variants (1 block = 2 slabs or 1 stair). Serves as the Mason villager job site block.

Frequently asked questions about Stonecutter

  1. How do you get Stonecutter in Minecraft?

    Stonecutter is crafted from Iron Ingot and Stone at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from Village (Mason house), not just the recipe above.

  2. When was Stonecutter added to Minecraft?

    Stonecutter was added in version 1.14.

  3. How many Stonecutter can you stack?

    64 Stonecutter fill one slot, and filling it costs 64 Iron Ingot and 192 Stone: 64 crafts. A shulker box of Stonecutter comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

  4. Stonecutter as a block, next to the pickaxe its 3.5 hardness asks for

    How long does Stonecutter take to break?

    The block data for Stonecutter holds 3.5 for hardness on it and 3.5 for blast resistance. It with matching values is as easy to blow up as it is to mine. It is tagged for a pickaxe, and nothing is said about which one. Java 26.2 defines Stonecutter here, so no timing of our own went into it.

  5. What is Stonecutter used for?

    A utility block that efficiently cuts stone-related blocks into stairs, slabs, walls, and other stone variants.

Building with it

One iron and three stone give a stonecutter, and it changes the arithmetic of building in stone: one block in, one stair or slab out, where a crafting table wants six blocks for four stairs. For a build that runs into the thousands of blocks, that saving is the difference between one quarry and two.

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