Stonecutter Sifting

Stonecutters are often left behind after their normal cutting recipes are no longer needed. Stonecutter Sifting gives them a second, lasting purpose: drop supported block-items directly onto a Stonecutter to turn them into useful resources. Each Stonecutter processes one input every four ticks.

It is designed for OneBlock, SkyBlock, superflat, and other limited worlds. In these worlds, common blocks can pile up while important materials become locked behind scarce or RNG-dependent world access. Sifting makes those blocks useful again by creating renewable, chance-based routes to the resources players need, while keeping normal progression meaningful.

What can be sifted?

Input	Main rewards
Sand / Red Sand	Desert plants, terracotta, and gold recovery
Gravel	Flint and weighted mineral extras, including a 1% Diamond chance
Dirt / Podzol	Seeds, saplings, and early vegetation
Rooted Dirt / Moss	Lush Caves vegetation
Clay / Mud	Aquatic and mangrove vegetation
Soul Sand / Netherrack / Blackstone	Nether crops and resources; Netherrack has a 0.01% Ancient Debris chance
End Stone	Chorus and End building resources

Recipe viewers

JEI and EMI are supported. They show the full outcome table and the chance for every possible result, including the chance of receiving nothing.

Modpack support

The empty #stonecutter_sifting:non_overworld_saplings item tag lets modpack authors exclude saplings from other dimensions. Compatible modded Overworld saplings otherwise join Dirt's surprise pool automatically.

Compatibility

Minecraft 1.21.1
NeoForge 21.1.235 or newer
Java 21
Works on both client and dedicated server

Credits

Celerbi — mod development
Mausermeyer — Stonecutter Sifting logo artwork