The invention provides a method for preparing 4-androstenedione through phytosterin. The method comprises the following steps: 1, culturing a branched bacillus strain, a seed slant solid culture medium and sterile water which are obtained through automatic separation and screening at constant temperature for 5-6 days to obtain a seed; 2, dissolving a first-level seed culture medium into water, transferring the seed obtained from the step 1 into the first-level seed culture medium, and placing on a shaking table for 72 hours to obtain a first-level seed; 3, dissolving a second-level seed culture medium into the water, transferring the first-level seed obtained from the step 2 into the second-level seed culture medium, and reacting for 48 hours to obtain a second-level strain; 4, respectively placing the phytosterin, bean oil and tween into a fermentation tank, adding a biological transformation culture medium, transferring the second-stage strain obtained from the step 3 into the biological transformation culture medium till no phytosterin residues are detected to exist, heating to 90 DEG C, standing for 3 hours, and layering to obtain a water layer; 5, extracting an oil layer by using an organic solvent, carrying out reduced pressure concentration to a quarter of the volume of the organic solvent, cooling to 5 DEG C, and filtering to obtain a crude product; and recrystallizing by using methanol to obtain a 4-androstenedione finished product.