Stairs
Transparent |
Partial (blocks light) |
---|---|
Luminance |
No |
Blast resistance |
Wooden: 15 |
Tools | |
Renewable |
Andesite, Granite and Diorite: No |
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Flammable |
Wooden: Yes (5) |
Catches fire from lava |
Wooden: Yes |
Drops |
Itself |
Data values |
See § Data values |
Namespaced ID |
See § Data values |
Tags |
See § Data values
|
Stairs are blocks that allow mobs and players to change elevation without jumping.
Contents
Natural generation[edit]
- Cobblestone and stone brick stairs generate naturally in strongholds.
- Nether brick stairs generate naturally in nether fortresses.
- Spruce stairs generate naturally in witch huts and in igloo basements.
- Purpur stairs generate naturally in end cities.
- Oak, dark oak and birch stairs as well as cobblestone stairs generate naturally in woodland mansions.
- Oak, birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, and dark oak stairs can generate naturally in shipwrecks.
- Dark oak, cobblestone, and mossy cobblestone stairs can generate in pillager outposts.
- Ocean Ruins
- Sandstone stairs generate naturally in some warm ocean ruins.
- Stone brick stairs generate naturally in some cold ocean ruins.
- Villages
- Oak and cobblestone stairs generate naturally in plains villages.
- Acacia stairs generate naturally in savanna villages.
- Sandstone, smooth sandstone, and granite stairs generate in desert villages.
- Spruce and diorite stairs generate in snowy tundra villages.
- Spruce and cobblestone stairs generate in taiga and snowy taiga villages.
Obtaining[edit]
Stairs can be crafted, or can be found in villages, strongholds, temples, fortresses, shipwrecks, end cities and woodland mansions.
Breaking[edit]
Wood stairs drop themselves as items when broken with any tool, or with no tool, but an axe is fastest. Non-wood stairs drop themselves as items only if broken with a pickaxe.
Block | Brick Cobblestone Nether Brick |
Stone Brick Purpur |
Quartz Sandstone Red Sandstone |
Wooden | |
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Hardness | 2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 2 | |
Tool | |||||
Breaking time[note 1] | |||||
Hand | 10 | 7.5 | 4 | 3 | |
Wooden | 1.5 | 1.15 | 0.65 | 1.5 | |
Stone | 0.75 | 0.6 | 0.35 | 0.75 | |
Iron | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
Diamond | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
Golden | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.25 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Haste § Instant mining.
Crafting[edit]
Wood stairs must be crafted entirely from one type and color of wood, and they retain the style of that wood's type and color.
Stonecutting[edit]
Usage[edit]
Walking[edit]
Walking up stairs is faster than jumping up the same distance. It also costs 0.01 exhaustion from the player's hunger bar per horizontal meter walked on a stairway, versus 0.2 exhaustion per jump.
Placing[edit]
To place stairs, use a stairs item while pointing at a surface facing the space the stairs should occupy. When placed, a stair orients itself with the half-block side closest to the player.
Stairs can be placed either right side up or upside-down:
- Pointing at a block top or the bottom half of a block side places the stairs right side up.
- Pointing at a block bottom or the top half of a block side places the stairs upside-down.
Stairs change their shape to join with adjacent stairs (of any material):
- When a stairs' half-block side is adjacent to the side of another stairs, the stairs' full-block side wraps into an "L" shape to join the other stairs (it creates an "inner corner").
- When a stairs' full-block side is adjacent to the side of another stairs, the stairs' full-block side shortens to join the other stairs' full-block side (it creates an "outer corner").
Right side up stairs do not join with upside-down stairs and vice versa.
Behavior[edit]
Generally, the solid faces of stairs are handled as solid blocks. Due to this, transparent blocks that need to placed on an opaque surface can be placed on these faces.
Fuel[edit]
Wooden stairs can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Namespaced ID | Subtitle ID | Source | Pitch | Volume | Attenuation distance |
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Block breaking | block.stone.hit
|
subtitles.block.generic.hit
|
Blocks | 0.5 | 0.25 | 16 | |
Block broken | block.stone.break
|
subtitles.block.generic.break
|
Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Block placed | block.stone.place
|
subtitles.block.generic.place
|
Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Footsteps | block.stone.step
|
subtitles.block.generic.footsteps
|
Blocks | 1.0 | 0.15 | 16 | |
No subtitle | block.stone.fall
|
(Plays when fallen on from a height) | Blocks | 0.75 | 0.5 | 16 | |
Block breaking | block.wood.hit
|
subtitles.block.generic.hit
|
Blocks | 0.5 | 0.25 | 16 | |
Block broken | block.wood.break
|
subtitles.block.generic.break
|
Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Block placed | block.wood.place
|
subtitles.block.generic.place
|
Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Footsteps | block.wood.step
|
subtitles.block.generic.footsteps
|
Blocks | 1.0 | 0.15 | 16 | |
No subtitle | block.wood.fall
|
(Plays when fallen on from a height) | Blocks | 0.75 | 0.5 | 16 |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Tags |
---|---|---|
Oak Stairs | oak_stairs
|
#stairs, #wooden_stairs |
Spruce Stairs | spruce_stairs
|
#stairs, #wooden_stairs |
Birch Stairs | birch_stairs
|
#stairs, #wooden_stairs |
Jungle Stairs | jungle_stairs
|
#stairs, #wooden_stairs |
Acacia Stairs | acacia_stairs
|
#stairs, #wooden_stairs |
Dark Oak Stairs | dark_oak_stairs
|
#stairs, #wooden_stairs |
Stone Stairs | stone_stairs
|
#stairs |
Cobblestone Stairs | cobblestone_stairs
|
#stairs |
Mossy Cobblestone Stairs | mossy_cobblestone_stairs
|
#stairs |
Stone Brick Stairs | stone_brick_stairs
|
#stairs |
Mossy Stone Brick Stairs | mossy_stone_brick_stairs
|
#stairs |
Andesite Stairs | andesite_stairs
|
#stairs |
Polished Andesite Stairs | polished_andesite_stairs
|
#stairs |
Diorite Stairs | diorite_stairs
|
#stairs |
Polished Diorite Stairs | polished_diorite_stairs
|
#stairs |
Granite Stairs | granite_stairs
|
#stairs |
Polished Granite Stairs | polished_granite_stairs
|
#stairs |
Sandstone Stairs | sandstone_stairs
|
#stairs |
Smooth Sandstone Stairs | smooth_sandstone_stairs
|
#stairs |
Red Sandstone Stairs | red_sandstone_stairs
|
#stairs |
Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs | smooth_red_sandstone_stairs
|
#stairs |
Brick Stairs | brick_stairs
|
#stairs |
Prismarine Stairs | prismarine_stairs
|
#stairs |
Prismarine Brick Stairs | prismarine_brick_stairs
|
#stairs |
Dark Prismarine Stairs | dark_prismarine_stairs
|
#stairs |
Nether Brick Stairs | nether_brick_stairs
|
#stairs |
Red Nether Brick Stairs | red_nether_brick_stairs
|
#stairs |
Quartz Stairs | quartz_stairs
|
#stairs |
Smooth Quartz Stairs | smooth_quartz_stairs
|
#stairs |
Purpur Stairs | purpur_stairs
|
#stairs |
End Stone Brick Stairs | end_stone_brick_stairs
|
#stairs |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID |
---|---|---|
Oak Wood Stairs | oak_stairs
|
53 |
Cobblestone Stairs | stone_stairs
|
67 |
Brick Stairs | brick_stairs
|
108 |
Stone Brick Stairs | stone_brick_stairs
|
109 |
Nether Brick Stairs | nether_brick_stairs
|
114 |
Sandstone Stairs | sandstone_stairs
|
128 |
Spruce Wood Stairs | spruce_stairs
|
134 |
Birch Wood Stairs | birch_stairs
|
135 |
Jungle Wood Stairs | jungle_stairs
|
136 |
Quartz Stairs | quartz_stairs
|
156 |
Acacia Wood Stairs | acacia_stairs
|
163 |
Dark Oak Wood Stairs | dark_oak_stairs
|
164 |
Red Sandstone Stairs | red_sandstone_stairs
|
180 |
Purpur Stairs | purpur_stairs
|
203 |
Prismarine Stairs | prismarine_stairs
|
257 |
Dark Prismarine Stairs | dark_prismarine_stairs
|
258 |
Prismarine Brick Stairs | prismarine_bricks_stairs
|
259 |
Granite Stairs | granite_stairs
|
424 |
Diorite Stairs | diorite_stairs
|
425 |
Andesite Stairs | andesite_stairs
|
426 |
Polished Granite Stairs | polished_granite_stairs
|
427 |
Polished Diorite Stairs | polished_diorite_stairs
|
428 |
Polished Andesite Stairs | polished_andesite_stairs
|
429 |
Mossy Stone Brick Stairs | mossy_stone_brick_stairs
|
430 |
Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs | smooth_red_sandstone_stairs
|
431 |
Smooth Sandstone Stairs | smooth_sandstone_stairs
|
432 |
End Stone Brick Stairs | end_brick_stairs
|
433 |
Mossy Cobblestone Stairs | mossy_cobblestone_stairs
|
434 |
Stone Stairs | normal_stone_stairs
|
435 |
Red Nether Brick Stairs | red_nether_brick_stairs
|
439 |
Smooth Quartz Stairs | smooth_quartz_stairs
|
440 |
Block data[edit]
In Bedrock Edition, stairs use the following data values:
Bits | Description |
---|---|
0x1 0x2 |
A two-bit field containing a value from 0 to 3 specifying the direction of the stairs' full-block side:
|
0x4 | Set if stairs are upside-down |
0x8 | (unused) |
Block states[edit]
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
facing | north | east north south west | The direction the stairs' full-block side faces. When placed in-game by a player, this matches the direction the player faces. |
half | bottom | bottom top | Top if the stairs are upside-down. |
shape | straight | inner_left inner_right outer_left outer_right straight | "straight" is the default stairs shape. "inner" is an "inside corner" stair shape, with two full-block and two stair-shaped side faces. "outer" is an "outside corner" stair shape, with two stair-shaped and two half-block side faces. "left" and "right" specify in which direction is the higher part of the step. |
waterlogged | false | false true | Whether or not there's water in the same place as these stairs. |
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
upside_down_bit | false | false true | True if the stairs are upside-down. |
weirdo_direction | 0 | 0 1 2 3 | The direction the stairs' full-block side faces. When placed in-game by a player, this matches the direction the player faces. |
History[edit]
Java Edition Infdev | |||||
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June 29, 2010 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Wooden stairs currently do not burn. | |||||
Both icon textures for stairs in the inventory are simply flat planks and cobblestone textures. | |||||
Java Edition Alpha | |||||
v1.0.1 | Stair inventory textures have now been changed to a solid two step texture, which are currently glitched. | ||||
v1.2.0 | ? | Before this version, stairs would determine their orientation based on the surrounding blocks (changing if they were changed). They will now attempt to face a block adjacent to the stairs, so as to create a climbable surface toward that block. | |||
v1.2.2 | Stairs now have the odd property of being transparent to light; when placed one or more spaces above the ground with air beneath, sunlight or other light sources will now shine through and light the blocks beneath or behind the stairs exactly as if nothing opaque are present between them. | ||||
Other atmospheric effects such as snowfall do not penetrate stair blocks, making them an unusually effective material for creating roofing that kept weather out, but still let daylight in. | |||||
Snow cannot accumulate on top of stair blocks, grass is able to grow on the block directly underneath a stair block, and grass disappears if a stair block was placed on top of it. Any stair block placed in Alpha v1.2.0_02 to Beta 1.5 would keep this property in later versions until it or an adjacent block is changed or removed, causing a lighting update. | |||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.0 | Items have now been given in-game names. The two types of stairs have now been named "Wooden Stairs" and "Stone Stairs", respectively. | ||||
1.6 | ? | Wooden stairs and fences are now flammable. | |||
The light transparency of stairs from Alpha v1.2.2 has now been fixed. | |||||
The inventory icon for stairs has now been reversed to show a more recognizable figure. | |||||
1.7 | ![]() | ||||
1.8 | ? | ![]() ![]() | |||
Stone brick stairs now drop either stone bricks, cracked stone bricks, mossy stone bricks or a type of stone bricks, which looks regular, but does not stack, when broken due to the data value carrying over. | |||||
1.8.1 | Stone brick stairs now always drop regular stone bricks. | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease | ![]() | |||
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 | ![]() | ||||
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Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 | Mining a stair block now drops the stair block, instead of the stair's source material. | ||||
1.2.1 | 12w08a | Added upside-down stairs. Before they were added, edited data values of 4 through 15 would create invisible stairs that could be walked through; these higher values are now used for upside-down stairs. | |||
1.3.1 | 12w21a | ![]() | |||
12w22a | Cobblestone stairs now generate in jungle temples. | ||||
12w25a | Redstone dust, repeaters, torches, levers, pressure plates and rails can now be placed on stairs positioned upside down. | ||||
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12w26a | Added crafting recipes for birch, spruce and jungle wood stairs. | ||||
1.4.2 | 12w34a | Stairs now automatically change shape into corner stairs depending on location. | |||
12w39a | Stairs now interact properly with lighting. | ||||
Smooth lighting on stairs is now currently slightly bugged. | |||||
1.5 | 13w02a | ![]() | |||
13w05a | The lighting stairs has now been fixed when Smooth Lighting is on. | ||||
13w05b | Stairs no longer stop sprinting. | ||||
? | ![]() | ||||
1.7.2 | 1.7-pre | ![]() ![]() | |||
1.8 | 14w21b | Upside down sandstone and quartz stairs each have now had their top and bottom textures switched.[1] | |||
14w31a | "Stone Stairs" have now been renamed to "Cobblestone Stairs". | ||||
14w32a | ![]() | ||||
1.9 | June 22, 2015 | Jeb reveals purpur stairs on Instagram, with the words "MINECON 2015 HYPE!" | |||
15w31a | ![]() | ||||
Stairs are now rotated 90° in the inventory. | |||||
15w43a | Spruce wood stairs acting as corners of a table now generate within igloo basements. | ||||
1.11 | 16w39a | Oak, birch and dark oak wood stairs and cobblestone stairs now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
1.12 | 17w15a | Torches can now be placed on the full-block sides of stairs. | |||
Iron bars, glass panes and fences adjacent to the full-block side of a stair now visually connect. | |||||
Carpet and snow layers can now be placed on top of upside-down stairs. | |||||
April 17, 2018 | Dinnerbone confirms that Java Edition 1.14 is to contain many new stairs and slabs. | ||||
1.13 | 17w47a | The cobblestone stairs ID has now been changed from stone_stairs to cobblestone_stairs .
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<wood type> wood stairs have now been renamed to <wood type> stairs. | |||||
Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 53, 67, 108, 109, 114, 128, 134, 135, 136, 156, 163, 164, 180 and 203. | |||||
18w07a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w09a | Stone brick and sandstone stairs now generate in underwater ruins. | ||||
18w10c | Water can now be placed on the same block as stairs. | ||||
18w20a | "Prismarine Bricks Stairs" have now been renamed to "Prismarine Brick Stairs." | ||||
1.13.1 | 18w32a | Purpur stairs can now be crafted with purpur pillars. | |||
October 8, 2018 | LadyAgnes tweets a photo of granite, andesite, and diorite stairs. Confirming in the tweet that polished variants would be coming soon. | ||||
October 10, 2018 | Dinnerbone tweets that there are to be 14 new stair blocks. | ||||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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18w44a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w47a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w50a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
19w03c | Some redundant faces have now been removed from stairs.[2] | ||||
19w08a | ![]() | ||||
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19w13a | Stairs no longer block light, except at the full faces. | ||||
19w13b | ![]() | ||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
0.3.0 | ![]() | ||||
0.6.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Corner stairs and upside-down stairs have now been added. | |||||
0.8.0 | build 2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
0.9.0 | build 1 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Stone brick stairs now naturally generate in strongholds. | |||||
Cobblestone and oak wood stairs now naturally generate in villages. | |||||
? | The tooltip has now been changed from [woodtype] Stairs to [woodtype] Wood Stairs. | ||||
0.11.0 | build 1 | Acacia and dark oak wooden stairs are now flammable. | |||
Quartz stairs can now be crafted in survival mode. | |||||
0.12.1 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
0.13.0 | build 1 | Sandstone stairs now generate in desert temples. | |||
0.14.0 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
0.14.2 | ![]() | ||||
0.15.0 | build 1 | Cobblestone stairs now generate in jungle temples. | |||
Savanna villages now generate with acacia wood stairs instead oak stairs. | |||||
Spruce wood stairs now generate in taiga, snowy tundra and snowy taiga villages. | |||||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | ![]() | |||
Spruce wood stairs act as corners of a table now generate within igloo basements. | |||||
1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Oak, birch and dark oak wood stairs and cobblestone stairs now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.13.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
beta 1.2.14.2 | Wooden stairs can now generate in shipwrecks. | ||||
beta 1.2.20.1 | Stone brick stairs and sandstone stairs can now generate naturally in some underwater ruins. | ||||
1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Cobblestone, mossy cobblestone, and dark oak stairs now generate in pillager outposts. | |||||
Granite and smooth sandstone stairs now generate in desert villages. | |||||
Diorite stairs now generate in snowy tundra villages. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Patch 1 | ![]() ![]() |
TU5 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
TU7 | ![]() | ||||
TU9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
TU12 | ![]() | ||||
Stairs now automatically change shape into corner stairs depending on location. | |||||
Stairs can now be placed upside down. | |||||
Items can now be placed directly on upside down stairs. | |||||
TU13 | Jungle wood stairs are now flammable. | ||||
TU14 | 1.04 | ![]() | |||
The placement of upside down stairs and slabs has now been changed. | |||||
TU27 | CU15 | 1.18 | ![]() ![]() | ||
TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | ![]() | |
"Stone Stairs" have now been renamed to "Cobblestone Stairs". | |||||
TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | ![]() | |
TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | Patch 4 | Torches can now be placed on the full-block sides of stairs. |
Iron bars, glass panes and fences adjacent to the full-block side of a stair now visually connect. | |||||
Carpet and snow layers can now be placed on top of upside-down stairs. | |||||
TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
1.83 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.90 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
1.7.10 | ![]() |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Stairs" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.