Stairs

Stairs

Transparent	Partial (blocks light)
Luminance	0
Blast resistance	Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Sandstone, Quartz, Red Sandstone: 4
Tools
Renewable	Andesite, Granite and Diorite: No Bricks and Red Sandstone: Yes‌[JE & BE only] Sandstone: No‌[BE & LCE only] Sandstone: Yes‌[JE only] Smooth Quartz: Yes Nether Brick and Red Nether Brick: Yes‌[BE & LCE only] All others: Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	Wood: Yes Stone: No
Drops	Itself
Data values	See § Data values
Namespaced ID	See § Data values

Stairs are blocks that allow mobs and players to change elevation without jumping.

Obtaining

Stairs can be crafted, or can be found in villages, strongholds, temples, fortresses, end cities and woodland mansions.

Breaking

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
Hardness	2	1.5	0.8	2
Tool
Breaking time
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

Crafting

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.

Natural generation

• Oak and cobblestone stairs generate naturally in plains villages.
• Acacia stairs generate naturally in savanna villages.
• Sandstone stairs generate naturally in some warm underwater ruins.
• Cobblestone and stone brick stairs generate naturally in strongholds.
• Nether brick stairs generate naturally in nether fortresses.
• Stone brick stairs generate naturally in some cold underwater ruins.
• Spruce stairs generate naturally in witch huts and in igloo basements.
• Spruce and diorite stairs generate in snowy tundra villages.
• Spruce and cobblestone stairs generate in taiga and snowy taiga villages.
• 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.
• Sandstone, smooth sandstone, and granite stairs generate in desert villages.

Usage

Walking

Walking up stairs is faster than jumping up the same distance. It also only costs 0.01 exhaustion from the player's hunger bar per horizontal meter walked on a stairway, versus 0.2 exhaustion per jump.

Placing

Stairs Reconfiguration — Left: Original facing when separate. Right: Changed shape when adjacent (top: inner corner; bottom: outer corner).

To place stairs, use a stairs item while pointing at a surface facing the space the stairs should occupy. Stairs will place 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 will place the stairs right side up.
• Pointing at a block bottom or the top half of a block side will place the stairs upside-down.

Stairs will 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 will wrap 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 will shorten to join only the other stairs' full-block side (it creates an "outer corner").

Right side up stairs won't join with upside-down stairs and vice versa.

Fuel

Wooden stairs can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID
Oak Stairs	oak_stairs
Cobblestone Stairs	cobblestone_stairs
Brick Stairs	brick_stairs
Stone Brick Stairs	stone_brick_stairs
Nether Brick Stairs	nether_brick_stairs
Sandstone Stairs	sandstone_stairs
Spruce Stairs	spruce_stairs
Birch Stairs	birch_stairs
Jungle Stairs	jungle_stairs
Quartz Stairs	quartz_stairs
Acacia Stairs	acacia_stairs
Dark Oak Stairs	dark_oak_stairs
Red Sandstone Stairs	red_sandstone_stairs
Purpur Stairs	purpur_stairs
Prismarine Stairs	prismarine_stairs
Prismarine Brick Stairs	prismarine_brick_stairs
Dark Prismarine Stairs	dark_prismarine_stairs
Stone Stairs	stone_stairs
Granite Stairs	granite_stairs
Polished Granite Stairs	polished_granite_stairs
Diorite Stairs	diorite_stairs
Polished Diorite Stairs	polished_diorite_stairs
Andesite Stairs	andesite_stairs
Polished Andesite Stairs	polished_andesite_stairs
Red Nether Brick Stairs	red_nether_brick_stairs
End Stone Brick Stairs	end_stone_brick_stairs
Mossy Stone Brick Stairs	mossy_stone_brick_stairs</code
Mossy Cobblestone Stairs	mossy_cobblestone_stairs</code
Smooth Sandstone Stairs	smooth_sandstone_stairs
Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs	smooth_red_sandstone_stairs
Smooth Quartz Stairs	smooth_quartz_stairs

Bedrock Edition:

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

See also: Data values

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: 0: East 1: West 2: South 3: North
0x4	Set if stairs are upside-down
0x8	(unused)

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

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.

History

Java Edition Infdev
June 29, 2010					Added oak wood stairs and cobblestone stairs.
					Wooden stairs 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 been finally changed to a solid two step texture, which are glitched.
v1.2.0		?			Before this version, stairs would determine their orientation based on the surrounding blocks (changing if they were changed). They would attempt to face a block adjacent to the stairs, so as to create a climbable surface towards that block. However, this was often more annoying than helpful, and was therefore changed to be placed facing the player.
v1.2.2					Stairs will 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 would 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 will not penetrate stair blocks, making them an unusually effective material for creating roofing which 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 will disappear 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 were given in-game names. The two types of stairs were named "Wooden Stairs" and "Stone Stairs", respectively.
1.6		?			Wooden stairs and fences are now flammable.
					The light transparency from Alpha v1.2.2 has been fixed.
					Reversed the inventory icon for stairs to show a more recognizable figure.
1.7					Updated cobblestone's texture, and by extension the stairs.
1.8		?			Added brick and stone brick stairs.
					Stone brick stairs will 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.
					Mining a stair block will now yield the stair's source material, rather than a stair block, thus wasting material.
1.8.1					Stone brick stairs will now always drop regular stone bricks.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Added nether brick stairs.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			Changed the texture of bricks, and by extension brick stairs.
					Updated planks's texture, and by extension the stairs.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Mining a stair block will now drop 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			Added sandstone stairs.
		12w22a			Cobblestone stairs will now generate in jungle temples.
		12w25a			Redstone dust, repeaters, torches, levers, pressure plates and rails can now be placed on stairs positioned upside down.
					Added wooden stairs for the remaining three wood types (birch, spruce and jungle).
		12w26a			Added crafting recipes for birch, spruce and jungle wood stairs.
1.4.2		12w34a			Stairs will now automatically change shape into corner stairs depending on location.
		12w39a			Stairs will now interact properly with lighting.
					Smooth lighting on stairs is currently slightly bugged.
1.5		13w02a			Added quartz stairs.
		13w05a			Fixed stairs lighting when Smooth Lighting is on.
		13w05b			Stairs will now no longer stop sprinting.
		?			The texture of sandstone stairs have been changed slightly.
1.7.2		1.7-pre			Added acacia and dark oak stairs.
1.8		14w21b			Upside down sandstone and quartz stairs each have now had their top and bottom textures switched.
		14w31a			Renamed "Stone Stairs" to "Cobblestone Stairs".
		14w32a			Added red sandstone stairs.
1.9		June 22, 2015			Jeb reveals purpur stairs on Instagram, with the words "MINECON 2015 HYPE!"
		15w31a			Added purpur stairs.
					Stairs are now rotated 90° in the inventory.
		15w43a			Spruce wood stairs act as corners of a table will now generate within igloo basements.
1.11		16w39a			Oak, birch and dark oak wood stairs and cobblestone stairs will 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 will 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 will contain many new stairs and slabs.
1.13		17w47a			The cobblestone stairs ID has now been changed from stone_stairs to cobblestone_stairs.
					Renamed <wood type> wood stairs 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			Added stairs for prismarine variants.
		18w09a			Stone brick and sandstone stairs will now generate in underwater ruins.
		18w10c			Water can now be placed on the same block as stairs.
		18w20a			Renamed "Prismarine Bricks Stairs" 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 will be 14 new stair blocks.
1.14		18w43a			Added andesite, polished andesite, diorite, polished diorite, granite, polished granite, mossy stone brick, mossy cobblestone, smooth sandstone, smooth red sandstone, smooth quartz, stone, red nether brick and end stone brick stairs.
		18w44a			The textures for andesite, polished andesite, diorite, polished diorite, stone, smooth sandstone stairs have now been changed.
		19w03c			Removed some redundant faces.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added wooden (original oak) and cobblestone stairs.
0.3.0					Added brick stairs.
0.6.0					Added nether brick, sandstone, stone brick and quartz stairs.
					Corner stairs and upside-down stairs have now been added.
0.8.0		build 2			Birch, spruce and jungle wood stairs added.
0.9.0		build 1			Added acacia and dark oak wood stairs.
					Stone brick stairs will now naturally generate in strongholds.
					Cobblestone and oak wood stairs will 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			Added nether brick stairs.
0.13.0		build 1			Sandstone stairs will now generate in desert temples.
0.14.0		build 1			Added red sandstone stairs.
0.14.2					Brightened the nether brick stairs texture as a result of brightening the nether bricks texture.
0.15.0		build 1			Cobblestone stairs will now generate in jungle temples.
					Savanna villages will now generate with acacia wood stairs instead oak stairs.
					Spruce wood stairs will now generate in taiga, snowy tundra and snowy taiga villages.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added purpur stairs.
					Spruce wood stairs act as corners of a table will now generate within igloo basements.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Oak, birch and dark oak wood stairs and cobblestone stairs will now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.8			Added stairs for prismarine variants.
		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			Added stone, andesite, polished andesite, diorite, polished diorite, granite, polished granite, mossy stone brick, mossy cobblestone, smooth sandstone, smooth red sandstone, smooth quartz, red nether brick, and end stone brick stairs.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Changed stairs textures.
					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	[verify] [verify] Added wood (original oak) and cobblestone stairs.
TU5					Added stone brick stairs and brick stairs.
TU7					Added Nether brick stairs.
TU9					Added birch and spruce wood stairs and sandstone stairs.
TU12					Added jungle wood stairs.
					Stairs will 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			Added quartz stairs.
					The placement of upside down stairs and slabs has now been changed.
TU27	CU15	1.18			Added acacia and dark oak stairs.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added Red Sandstone Stairs.
					Renamed "Stone Stairs" into "Cobblestone Stairs".
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Added purpur stairs.
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 will now visually connect.
					Carpet and snow layers can now be placed on top of upside-down stairs.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added stairs for prismarine variants.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.83					Added andesite, polished andesite, diorite, polished diorite, granite, polished granite, mossy stone brick, mossy cobblestone, smooth sandstone, smooth red sandstone, smooth quartz, stone, red nether brick and end stone brick stairs.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10					Added purpur stairs.

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  The old light transparency.

Issues

Issues relating to "Stairs" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

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  Naturally occurring cobblestone stairs in villages.

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  Naturally occurring Nether brick stairs in Nether fortresses.

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  First image of upside-down stairs released by Jeb.

References

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