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Many players search for how to make a stonecutter in Minecraft, but beyond crafting, it’s important to know what this working block actually does.

The stonecutter acts like a stone mason, letting you craft stone variants, stone slabs, stone bricks, and even cut copper without the need for multiple steps on a crafting table.

Its saw texture and animated blade make it stand out as a separate block, while its ability to handle various stone variants and offer additional recipes gives it similar functionality across both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.

Gathering Materials For A Stonecutter

The Stonecutter recipes require only some simple items. Here are the steps on how to gather the materials for a Stonecutter:

Stone Blocks

Start by collecting regular stones. You’ll need a pickaxe with at least a wooden tier or better to gather cobblestone, as shown in the first image.

Once you've collected three cobblestones, smelt them into stone using a furnace.

Iron Ingots

Head underground to find iron ore, which commonly generates in caves, cliffs, and mountains.

Use a furnace or blast furnace to smelt iron ore into an iron ingot. This ingot represents the stonecutter’s blade in the recipe.

Crafting A Stonecutter

Place three stone blocks and one iron ingot on a crafting table.

How To Use A Stonecutter

Put in a stone block, smooth stone, granite, red sandstone, or other stone variants. The stonecutter shows possible blocks and recipes available from that single item, as shown in the image below.

Select the desired output, such as stone slabs, stairs, polished variant slabs, or even cut copper, depending on the particular material. Now, click to craft, and the input block is directly turned into the result without multiple steps of manual crafting.