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How to Craft Stonecutter in Minecraft

Stonecutter in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Cutting stone into stairs, slabs and walls more efficiently. The recipe first appears in the game's files in Minecraft 1.14.

Stand at a Crafting Table with 1 Iron Ingot and 3 Stone and you can make a Stonecutter. Laid out, that is a single Iron Ingot in the top-middle cell and three Stone filling the bottom row. Expect 1 Stonecutter from every craft.

Stonecutter Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Stonecutter is minecraft:stonecutter. In commands the namespace may be left off, so stonecutter works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p stonecutter
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p stonecutter 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve stonecutter 1

Cheats have to be on for Stonecutter to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

The Stonecutter cuts stone variants into stairs, slabs and walls using fewer materials than crafting recipes. Stonecutter uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown. A Stonecutter cuts stone-type blocks into stairs, slabs, walls, and chiseled variants one-for-one, often more efficiently than the crafting grid and without wasting material on leftover counts.

This recipe first appears in the game's own data files in Minecraft 1.14, and not in the release before it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with iron ingot (smelt iron ore) and stone (smelt cobblestone).

Counting The Stack

Feed 3 stone a craft, so 64 covers 21 of them: 21 stonecutters. Have 21 iron ingots ready as well. Short by one craft: 1 stone left.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Iron IngotIron IngotIron Ingot1xSmelt iron ore
Stone3xSmelt cobblestone

For Stonecutter: Iron Ingot (smelt iron ore) and 3x Stone (smelt cobblestone), brought to a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

Stone, then Iron Ingot, then the Stonecutter. All in: 1 Iron Ore and 3 Cobblestone.

  1. 1
    33StoneFurnace, repeat 3x
  2. 2
    Iron IngotIron IngotIron IngotFurnace
  3. 3
    Stonecutterthis page

Gather this first

Iron Ore3Cobblestone

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Iron IngotIron IngotIron Ingot

  2. 2

    3x Stone

  3. 3

    Stonecutter

Minecraft crafting recipe for Stonecutter: 1 x Iron Ingot, 3 x Stone in a crafting table, making 1 Stonecutter.

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 1x Iron Ingot and 3x Stone. Start with the Iron Ingot: smelt iron ore.

Uses for Stonecutter

  • Cutting stone into stairs, slabs and walls more efficiently
  • Mason villager job site

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Stonecutter on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Stonecutter in Minecraft?
The list for a Stonecutter is short: 1 Iron Ingot and 3 Stone, worked at a Crafting Table. Lay them out exactly as the grid above shows, and one craft produces one Stonecutter.
What do you need to make a Stonecutter from scratch?
From raw materials only, a Stonecutter comes down to 1 Iron Ore and 3 Cobblestones. The rest you make yourself, and it takes 3 crafts to get there.
Where do you find the materials for a Stonecutter?
A Stonecutter draws its parts from several different places. Iron Ingot: smelt iron ore. Stone: smelt cobblestone.
How many Stonecutters do you get from one craft?
The Stonecutter recipe makes one Stonecutter per craft.
What is the item ID for Stonecutter in Minecraft?
The Stonecutter item ID is minecraft:stonecutter, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write stonecutter on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Stonecutter?
Use /give @p stonecutter to put a Stonecutter in your own inventory, or /give @p stonecutter 64 for a full stack of 64. Cheats have to be on.
Is the Stonecutter recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
No difference to worry about: a Stonecutter takes 1 Iron Ingot and 3 Stone at a Crafting Table on Java and on Bedrock alike, one at a time.
How many crafting steps does a Stonecutter take?
A Stonecutter takes 3 crafts once you count the parts: Stone and Iron Ingot, and then the Stonecutter. The chain section above walks through them in order.
What version of Minecraft added the Stonecutter?
Minecraft 1.14 is where the stonecutter starts. The recipe sits in that release and is missing from the one before, across every Java version Mojang still hands out. The Stonecutter recipe above matches the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Iron Ingot and 3 Stone in, 1 Stonecutter out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes
Minecraft Java 1.14 describes this recipe and the release before it does not. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Stonecutter per craft against the stack size.

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