Wooden Stairs
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Wooden stairs are a wooden variant of stairs, crafted from their respective planks.
Obtaining
Breaking
Wooden stairs can be broken with anything, but axes are the fastest.
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 3 | |
| 1.5 | ||
| 0.75 | ||
| 0.6 | ||
| 0.5 | ||
| 0.4 | ||
| 0.35 | ||
| 0.25 | ||
| Options | ||
| Efficiency | 000 | |
| Haste | 001 1JEBE | |
- incorrect tool, drops nothing
- correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
- correct tool, drops the block itself
- italicized can be instant mined
- ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.
Natural generation
Oak stairs generate as part of:
Spruce stairs generate as part of:
- Igloo basements
- Witch huts
- Shipwrecks
- Taiga, snowy taiga, and snowy tundra villages
Birch stairs generate as part of:
Jungle stairs generate as part of shipwrecks.
Dark Oak stairs generate as part of:
Acacia stairs generate as part of:
- Shipwrecks[BE only]
- Savanna villages
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Matching Planks |
Usage
Fuel
Overworld wooden stairs can be used as fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.
Sounds
Normal wood
wood sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
wood sound type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8–1.0 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | place | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Axe strips | Blocks | When an axe strips a log or wood block [sound 1] | use | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | subtitles | 0.23 | 0.5 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | subtitles | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Walking on the block | step | subtitles | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump | subtitles | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | subtitles | 0.18 | 1.0 | |
Cherry wood
cherry_wood sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
cherry_wood sound type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | break | ? | 1.0 | 0.8–1.0 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | place | ? | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | ? | 0.23 | 0.5 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | ? | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Walking on the block | step | ? | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Jumping from the block | step | ? | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | step | ? | 0.18 | 1.0 | |
Bamboo wood
bamboo_wood sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 0.9 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 0.9 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.225 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
bamboo_wood sound type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | break | ? | 0.9 | 0.8–1.0 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | place | ? | 0.9 | 0.8 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | ? | 0.207 | 0.5 | |
| Something fell | Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | ? | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Walking on the block | step | ? | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Jumping from the block | step | ? | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | step | ? | 0.18 | 1.0 | |
Nether wood
nether_wood sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.72 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.72 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.45 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
nether_wood sound type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | break | ? | 1.0 | 0.8–1.0 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | place | ? | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | ? | 0.23 | 0.5 | |
| Something fell | Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | ? | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Walking on the block | step | ? | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Jumping from the block | step | ? | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | step | ? | 0.18 | 1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
oak_stairs | Block & Item | stairswooden_stairsmineable/axe | stairswooden_stairs |
block | |
spruce_stairs | Block & Item | stairswooden_stairsmineable/axe | stairswooden_stairs |
block | |
birch_stairs | Block & Item | stairswooden_stairsmineable/axe | stairswooden_stairs |
block | |
jungle_stairs | Block & Item | stairswooden_stairsmineable/axe | stairswooden_stairs |
block | |
acacia_stairs | Block & Item | stairswooden_stairsmineable/axe | stairswooden_stairs |
block | |
dark_oak_stairs | Block & Item | stairswooden_stairsmineable/axe | stairswooden_stairs |
block | |
mangrove_stairs | Block & Item | stairswooden_stairsmineable/axe | stairswooden_stairs |
block | |
poplar_stairs | Block & Item | None | stairswooden_stairs |
block | |
cherry_stairs | Block & Item | stairswooden_stairsmineable/axe | stairswooden_stairs |
block | |
pale_oak_stairs | Block & Item | stairswooden_stairsmineable/axe | stairswooden_stairs |
block | |
bamboo_stairs | Block & Item | stairswooden_stairsmineable/axe | stairswooden_stairs |
block | |
crimson_stairs | Block & Item | non_flammable_woodstairswooden_stairsmineable/axe | non_flammable_woodstairswooden_stairs |
block | |
warped_stairs | Block & Item | non_flammable_woodstairswooden_stairsmineable/axe | non_flammable_woodstairswooden_stairs |
block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
oak_stairs | 53 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | minecraft:cornerable_stairsminecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblewood |
tile | |
spruce_stairs | 134 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | minecraft:cornerable_stairsminecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblewood |
tile | |
birch_stairs | 135 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | minecraft:cornerable_stairsminecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblewood |
tile | |
jungle_stairs | 136 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | minecraft:cornerable_stairsminecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblewood |
tile | |
acacia_stairs | 163 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | minecraft:cornerable_stairsminecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblewood |
tile | |
dark_oak_stairs | 164 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | minecraft:cornerable_stairsminecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblewood |
tile | |
mangrove_stairs | 743 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -488) | minecraft:cornerable_stairsminecraft:is_axe_item_destructible |
tile | |
cherry_stairs | 796 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -541) | minecraft:cornerable_stairsminecraft:is_axe_item_destructible |
tile | |
pale_oak_stairs | 1255 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1000) | minecraft:cornerable_stairsminecraft:is_axe_item_destructible |
tile | |
bamboo_stairs | 767 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -512) | minecraft:cornerable_stairsminecraft:is_axe_item_destructible |
tile | |
crimson_stairs | 509 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -254) | minecraft:cornerable_stairsminecraft:is_axe_item_destructible |
tile | |
warped_stairs | 510 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -255) | minecraft:cornerable_stairsminecraft:is_axe_item_destructible |
tile |
- ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Available with
/givecommand. - ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.
Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | north | eastnorthsouthwest | The direction the stairs' full-block side faces. When placed in-game by a player, this matches the direction the player faces. |
| half | bottom | bottomtop | Top if the stairs are upside-down. |
| shape | straight | inner_leftinner_rightouter_leftouter_rightstraight | "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 | falsetrue | Whether or not there's water in the same place as these stairs. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| upside_down_bit | 0x4 | false | falsetrue | 01 | True if the stairs are upside-down. |
| weirdo_direction | 0x10x2 | 0 | 0123 | 0123 | The direction the stairs' full-block side faces.
|
| minecraft:corner [upcoming: BE 26.50] | Not Supported | none | noneinner_leftinner_rightouter_leftouter_right | Unsupported | The corner shape of the stair. |
Videos
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20100629 | |||||||
| The "wooden" stairs currently do not burn. | |||||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v1.0.1 | |||||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
| 1.6 | Test Build 3 | ||||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 | ||||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 | Wooden stairs are broken faster using an axe. | ||||||
| Wooden stairs now drop themselves when mined, instead of a block of their source material. | |||||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w08a | ||||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w25a | ||||||
| 12w26a | Added crafting recipes for spruce, birch, and jungle wood stairs. | ||||||
| 1.7.2 | 1.7 | ||||||
| 1.7.4 | 13w48a | ||||||
| 1.9 | 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 now generate in woodland mansions. | |||||
| 1.12 | 17w15a | Snow can now be placed on top of upside-down stairs. | |||||
| Torches, fences, iron bars, glass panes and walls can be connected to the back side of the <Wood type> Wood stairs. | |||||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | "<Wood type> Wood Stairs" have been renamed to "<Wood type> Stairs". | |||||
| 18w11a | Wooden stairs now generate as part of the newly added shipwrecks. | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 18w47a | |||||||
| Dark oak stairs now generate in pillager outposts. | |||||||
| 18w50a | |||||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | ||||||
| October 16, 2021 | |||||||
| 1.19 | 22w11a | ||||||
| 22w14a | Due to the addition of the mangrove tree and mangrove swamp, make mangrove stairs obtainable and renewable. | ||||||
| October 15, 2022 | |||||||
| 1.19.3 Experiment | 22w42a | ||||||
| Added unique sounds for Nether and bamboo wood stairs. | |||||||
| 22w46a | |||||||
| September 28, 2024 | |||||||
| 1.19.4 Experiment | 23w07a | ||||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Bamboo and cherry stairs are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack. | |||||
| 1.21.2 Experiment | 24w40a | ||||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||||
| 26.3 | snap1 | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.1.0 | |||||||
| v0.2.0 | |||||||
| v0.6.0 | |||||||
| v0.8.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | The tooltip for wooden stairs has been changed from "<Wood type> Stairs" to "<Wood type> Wood Stairs". | |||||
| Acacia and dark oak wooden stairs are now flammable. | |||||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Savanna villages now generate with acacia wood stairs instead oak wood 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 now generate in woodland mansions. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Wooden stairs can now generate in shipwrecks. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| Dark oak stairs now generate in pillager outposts. | |||||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | ||||||
| 1.16.20 | beta 1.16.20.50 | Crimson and warped stairs now uses regular plank sounds instead of their stem variant sounds. | |||||
| 1.19.0 | Preview 1.19.0.21 | ||||||
| 1.19.20 | Preview 1.19.20.20 | Wooden stairs have been renamed from "<Wood type> Wood Stairs" back to "<Wood type> Stairs" to match Java Edition. | |||||
| 1.19.50 Experiment | Preview 1.19.50.21 | ||||||
| Added unique sounds for Nether and bamboo wood stairs. | |||||||
| 1.19.80 Experiment | Preview 1.19.80.20 | ||||||
| 1.20.0 | Preview 1.20.0.21 | Bamboo and cherry stairs are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | |||||
| 1.21.50 | Preview 1.21.50.20 | ||||||
| 26.40 Experiment | Preview 26.40.27 | ||||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 26.50 | Preview 26.50.22 | All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| TU3 | |||||||
| TU9 | |||||||
| TU12 | |||||||
| TU13 | Jungle wood stairs are now flammable. | ||||||
| TU27 | CU15 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.18 | |||
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Spruce wood stairs acting as corners of a table now generate within igloo basements. | |
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Oak, birch and dark oak wood stairs now generate in woodland mansions. |
| 1.90 | |||||||
| 1.91 | Dark oak stairs now generate in pillager outposts. | ||||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
| 1.9.19 | Oak, birch and dark oak wood stairs now generate in woodland mansions. | ||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 53, 134, 135, 136, 156, 163, and 164. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Wooden Stairs" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
In other media
-
Zuri placing several spruce stairs in a cherry grove
-
DogDay placing oak stairs on the roof of a house
Navigation
Sources
- Wooden Stairs — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3704654.