How To Make a Stonecutter in Minecraft (Step By Step Recipe)

Stonecutters save both time and stone in the longer run. Here's how to make it.

If you are an active builder in Minecraft then you come across some pretty awesome builds in Minecraft multiplayer servers or builds pictures on discord servers. But building these structures requires a lot of materials and you don’t want to waste any of your materials.

Minecraft got you covered by introducing a new block called “Stonecutter.” It is very easy to craft. If you are a builder ideas don’t come to you without cutting the block into different shapes. Now you know its importance let’s see how to make Stonecutter and use it to save time and materials.

How To Make a Stonecutter in Minecraft 1.19 Latest Version?

But before we get started we must collect the required material for the stonecutter but if you already have the ingredients required then just skip this part.

Can stonecutter naturally spawn? Yes, stonecutter spawns naturally but it only spawns in a village. Except for the village, there is no place where stonecutters can spawn. If you are lucky enough you can find stonecutters in mason villager’s house as shown in the below picture.

find stonecutters in mason villager's house

Required Ingredients For Making Stonecutter in Minecraft 1.19

  • Three stone blocks
  • One iron ingot

But keep in mind that in the Minecraft Bedrock edition any variation of stone can be used.

How to Get a Stone Block in Minecraft?

If you are a new player in Minecraft, the stone is one of the most common blocks in Minecraft. You can find it underground almost in every Minecraft biome.

It is 4-5 blocks under the dirt. But if you mine the stone directly it will drop cobblestone as shown:

drop cobblestone in minecraft

When you have 3 cobblestones, you just need to smelt them as shown

Smelt 3 cobblestones

But you can also get the stone by mining it with a silk touch pickaxe but let’s not get too far and make it simple just use the method mentioned above.

How to Get Iron in Minecraft?

You can find iron in Minecraft 1.19 at Y level-15. Which is the most common level for the iron to spawn but it is not common as the stone you have to search for it at Y level-15 or can be found in caves.

It can be mined by a stone pickaxe and it will drop raw iron in 1.19 but not the iron ingot. Once you have 1 raw iron it’s time to smelt it.

How Do I Get Iron Ingot From Raw Iron?

It is very easy, just smelt iron ore in a furnace. Place the iron above and any kind of fuel below it or you can also use a blast furnace to smelt the raw iron as shown:

smelt the raw iron in minecraft

Stonecutter Recipe in Minecraft 1.19

  • Place the iron ingot in the center of the crafting table as shown:
open crafting table in minecraft
  • Now place three stones under the iron ingot in a horizontal line as shown.
Stonecutter Recipe in Minecraft

You have successfully crafted a Stonecutter.

How to Use a Stonecutter in Minecraft?

First place the stonecutter anywhere you want in the base or outside now do the following:

How to Use a Stonecutter in Minecraft
  1. Rightclick on stonecutter
  2. Put any stone variation you want to convert as shown
  3. Now you have crafted and used a stonecutter

Stonecutter FAQ

Why Should I Use a Stonecutter Instead of a Crafting Table?

There are some reasons for using a stonecutter. First, crafting table wastes a lot of time and material. On the other hand, if you use a stonecutter it saves you a lot of time and materials. A stonecutter is the opposite of a crafting table.

Stonecutters can be placed anywhere. It can be used as a decoration block to give your base a blacksmith vibe stonecutter saves you a lot of materials and time. This is very important in a sandbox game like Minecraft. It was introduced in 1.14 it cannot be crafted in older versions than 1.14.