Stairs

This article is about normal stairs. For the April Fools' joke, see Swaggiest stairs ever.

Stairs

Renewable	Deepslate Variants: No All others: Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tools
Blast resistance	End Stone Brick: 9 Wooden: 3 Sandstone and Quartz: 0.8 All others: 6
Hardness	See § Breaking
Luminant	No
Transparent	Partial (blocks light)‌[JE only] Yes‌[BE only]
Flammable	Overworld wood: Yes (5) All others: No
Catches fire from lava	Overworld wood: Yes All others: No

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

Obtaining

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. Compared to slabs, the hardness values (and thus, breaking time) of stairs better reflect the blocks they are made from.

Block	Cobbled Deepslate Polished Deepslate Deepslate Brick Deepslate Tile	Cut Copper	End Stone Brick	Brick (Mossy) Cobblestone (Red) Nether Brick Polished Blackstone Smooth Quartz Smooth (Red) Sandstone	Blackstone (Polished) Andesite (Polished) Diorite (Polished) Granite Polished Blackstone Brick Prismarine (and variants) Purpur Stone (Mossy) Stone Brick	Quartz (Red) Sandstone	Mud Brick	Wooden
Hardness	3.5	3	3	2	1.5	0.8	1.5	2
Tool
Breaking time
Default	17.5	15	15	10	7.5	4	7.5	3
Wooden	2.65	7.5	2.25	1.5	1.15	0.6	1.15	1.5
Stone	1.35	1.15	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.75
Iron	0.9	0.75	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.5
Diamond	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.15	0.3	0.4
Netherite	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.35	0.25	0.15	0.25	0.35
Golden	0.45	1.25	0.4	0.25	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.25

Natural generation

• 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.
• Blackstone and polished blackstone brick stairs can generate in bastion remnants.
• Cobbled Deepslate, Polished deepslate, deepslate brick and deepslate tile stairs can generate in ancient city.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.19]}

Ruined Portals

• Stone brick and mossy stone brick Stairs generate in overworld ruined portals.
• Blackstone, polished blackstone, and polished blackstone brick Stairs generate in nether ruined portal.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• Nether brick Stairs generate in nether ruined portal.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

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.

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.

Usage

Placement

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. 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.

Walking

Walking up stairs is faster than jumping up the same distance. Walking up a stairway doesn't cost any exhaustion from the player's hunger bar, compared to 0.2 exhaustion per jump. Therefore, walking up stairs doesn't make the player hungry at all.

Behavior

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

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

Note blocks

Wooden stairs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sounds.

Stone stairs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

Copper

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.copper.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	?	?	?
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.copper.fall	None	?	?	?
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.copper.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	?	?	?
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.copper.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	?	?	?
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.copper.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	?	?	?

Bedrock Edition:^{[more information needed]}

Nether brick

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.nether_bricks.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	?	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.nether_bricks.fall	None	0.5	?	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.nether_bricks.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	?	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.nether_bricks.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	?	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.nether_bricks.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	?	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0
	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	0.8

Wood

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.wood	1.0	0.8

Other

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0
	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Oak Stairs	oak_stairs	Block & Item	stairs wooden_stairs mineable/axe	stairs wooden_stairs	block.minecraft.oak_stairs
Spruce Stairs	spruce_stairs	Block & Item	stairs wooden_stairs mineable/axe	stairs wooden_stairs	block.minecraft.spruce_stairs
Birch Stairs	birch_stairs	Block & Item	stairs wooden_stairs mineable/axe	stairs wooden_stairs	block.minecraft.birch_stairs
Jungle Stairs	jungle_stairs	Block & Item	stairs wooden_stairs mineable/axe	stairs wooden_stairs	block.minecraft.jungle_stairs
Acacia Stairs	acacia_stairs	Block & Item	stairs wooden_stairs mineable/axe	stairs wooden_stairs	block.minecraft.acacia_stairs
Dark Oak Stairs	dark_oak_stairs	Block & Item	stairs wooden_stairs mineable/axe	stairs wooden_stairs	block.minecraft.dark_oak_stairs
Mangrove Stairs	mangrove_stairs	Block & Item	stairs wooden_stairs mineable/axe	stairs wooden_stairs	block.minecraft.mangrove_stairs
Crimson Stairs	crimson_stairs	Block & Item	non_flammable_wood stairs wooden_stairs mineable/axe	non_flammable_wood stairs wooden_stairs	block.minecraft.crimson_stairs
Warped Stairs	warped_stairs	Block & Item	non_flammable_wood stairs wooden_stairs mineable/axe	non_flammable_wood stairs wooden_stairs	block.minecraft.warped_stairs
Stone Stairs	stone_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.stone_stairs
Granite Stairs	granite_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.granite_stairs
Polished Granite Stairs	polished_granite_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.polished_granite_stairs
Diorite Stairs	diorite_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.diorite_stairs
Polished Diorite Stairs	polished_diorite_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.polished_diorite_stairs
Andesite Stairs	andesite_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.andesite_stairs
Polished Andesite Stairs	polished_andesite_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.polished_andesite_stairs
Cobblestone Stairs	cobblestone_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.cobblestone_stairs
Mossy Cobblestone Stairs	mossy_cobblestone_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.mossy_cobblestone_stairs
Stone Brick Stairs	stone_brick_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.stone_brick_stairs
Mossy Stone Brick Stairs	mossy_stone_brick_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.mossy_stone_brick_stairs
Brick Stairs	brick_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.brick_stairs
End Stone Brick Stairs	end_stone_brick_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.end_stone_brick_stairs
Nether Brick Stairs	nether_brick_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.nether_brick_stairs
Red Nether Brick Stairs	red_nether_brick_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.red_nether_brick_stairs
Sandstone Stairs	sandstone_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.sandstone_stairs
Smooth Sandstone Stairs	smooth_sandstone_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.smooth_sandstone_stairs
Red Sandstone Stairs	red_sandstone_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.red_sandstone_stairs
Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs	smooth_red_sandstone_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.smooth_red_sandstone_stairs
Quartz Stairs	quartz_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.quartz_stairs
Smooth Quartz Stairs	smooth_quartz_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.smooth_quartz_stairs
Purpur Stairs	purpur_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.purpur_stairs
Prismarine Stairs	prismarine_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.prismarine_stairs
Prismarine Brick Stairs	prismarine_brick_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.prismarine_brick_stairs
Dark Prismarine Stairs	dark_prismarine_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.dark_prismarine_stairs
Blackstone Stairs	blackstone_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.blackstone_stairs
Polished Blackstone Stairs	polished_blackstone_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_stairs
Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs	polished_blackstone_brick_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_brick_stairs
Cut Copper Stairs	cut_copper_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe needs_stone_tool	None	block.minecraft.cut_copper_stairs
Exposed Cut Copper Stairs	exposed_cut_copper_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe needs_stone_tool	None	block.minecraft.exposed_cut_copper_stairs
Weathered Cut Copper Stairs	weathered_cut_copper_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe needs_stone_tool	None	block.minecraft.weathered_cut_copper_stairs
Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs	oxidized_cut_copper_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe needs_stone_tool	None	block.minecraft.oxidized_cut_copper_stairs
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs	waxed_cut_copper_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe needs_stone_tool	None	block.minecraft.waxed_cut_copper_stairs
Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Stairs	waxed_exposed_cut_copper_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe needs_stone_tool	None	block.minecraft.waxed_exposed_cut_copper_stairs
Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Stairs	waxed_weathered_cut_copper_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe needs_stone_tool	None	block.minecraft.waxed_weathered_cut_copper_stairs
Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs	waxed_oxidized_cut_copper_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe needs_stone_tool	None	block.minecraft.waxed_oxidized_cut_copper_stairs
Cobbled Deepslate Stairs	cobbled_deepslate_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.cobbled_deepslate_stairs
Polished Deepslate Stairs	polished_deepslate_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.polished_deepslate_stairs
Deepslate Brick Stairs	deepslate_brick_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.deepslate_brick_stairs
Deepslate Tile Stairs	deepslate_tile_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.deepslate_tile_stairs
Mud Brick Stairs	mud_brick_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.mud_brick_stairs

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Oak Wood Stairs	oak_stairs	53	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.oak_stairs.name
Spruce Wood Stairs	spruce_stairs	134	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.spruce_stairs.name
Birch Wood Stairs	birch_stairs	135	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.birch_stairs.name
Jungle Wood Stairs	jungle_stairs	136	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.jungle_stairs.name
Acacia Wood Stairs	acacia_stairs	163	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.acacia_stairs.name
Dark Oak Wood Stairs	dark_oak_stairs	164	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.dark_oak_stairs.name
Crimson Stairs	crimson_stairs	509	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.crimson_stairs.name
Warped Stairs	warped_stairs	510	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.warped_stairs.name
Stone Stairs	normal_stone_stairs	435	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.normal_stone_stairs.name
Granite Stairs	granite_stairs	424	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.granite_stairs.name
Polished Granite Stairs	polished_granite_stairs	427	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.polished_granite_stairs.name
Diorite Stairs	diorite_stairs	425	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.diorite_stairs.name
Polished Diorite Stairs	polished_diorite_stairs	428	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.polished_diorite_stairs.name
Andesite Stairs	andesite_stairs	426	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.andesite_stairs.name
Polished Andesite Stairs	polished_andesite_stairs	429	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.polished_andesite_stairs.name
Cobblestone Stairs	stone_stairs	67	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stone_stairs.name
Mossy Cobblestone Stairs	mossy_cobblestone_stairs	434	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.mossy_cobblestone_stairs.name
Stone Brick Stairs	stone_brick_stairs	109	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stone_brick_stairs.name
Mossy Stone Brick Stairs	mossy_stone_brick_stairs	430	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.mossy_stone_brick_stairs.name
Brick Stairs	brick_stairs	108	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.brick_stairs.name
End Stone Brick Stairs	end_brick_stairs	433	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.end_brick_stairs.name
Nether Brick Stairs	nether_brick_stairs	114	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.nether_brick_stairs.name
Red Nether Brick Stairs	red_nether_brick_stairs	439	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.red_nether_brick_stairs.name
Sandstone Stairs	sandstone_stairs	128	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.sandstone_stairs.name
Smooth Sandstone Stairs	smooth_sandstone_stairs	432	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.smooth_sandstone_stairs.name
Red Sandstone Stairs	red_sandstone_stairs	180	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.red_sandstone_stairs.name
Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs	smooth_red_sandstone_stairs	431	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.smooth_red_sandstone_stairs.name
Quartz Stairs	quartz_stairs	156	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.quartz_stairs.name
Smooth Quartz Stairs	smooth_quartz_stairs	440	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.smooth_quartz_stairs.name
Purpur Stairs	purpur_stairs	203	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.purpur_stairs.name
Prismarine Stairs	prismarine_stairs	257	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.prismarine_stairs.name
Prismarine Brick Stairs	prismarine_bricks_stairs	259	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.prismarine_bricks_stairs.name
Dark Prismarine Stairs	dark_prismarine_stairs	258	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.dark_prismarine_stairs.name
Blackstone Stairs	blackstone_stairs	531	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.blackstone_stairs.name
Polished Blackstone Stairs	polished_blackstone_stairs	547	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.polished_blackstone_stairs.name
Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs	polished_blackstone_brick_stairs	530	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.polished_blackstone_brick_stairs.name
Cut Copper Stairs	cut_copper_stairs	609	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.cut_copper_stairs.name
Exposed Cut Copper Stairs	exposed_cut_copper_stairs	610	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.exposed_cut_copper_stairs.name
Weathered Cut Copper Stairs	weathered_cut_copper_stairs	611	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.weathered_cut_copper_stairs.name
Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs	oxidized_cut_copper_stairs	612	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.oxidized_cut_copper_stairs.name
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs	waxed_cut_copper_stairs	613	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.waxed_cut_copper_stairs.name
Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Stairs	waxed_exposed_cut_copper_stairs	614	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.waxed_exposed_cut_copper_stairs.name
Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Stairs	waxed_weathered_cut_copper_stairs	615	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.waxed_weathered_cut_copper_stairs.name
Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs	waxed_oxidized_cut_copper_stairs	703	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.waxed_oxidized_cut_copper_stairs.name
Cobbled Deepslate Stairs	cobbled_deepslate_stairs	636	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.cobbled_deepslate_stairs.name
Polished Deepslate Stairs	polished_deepslate_stairs	640	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.polished_deepslate_stairs.name
Deepslate Brick Stairs	deepslate_brick_stairs	648	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.deepslate_brick_stairs.name
Deepslate Tile Stairs	deepslate_tile_stairs	644	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.deepslate_tile_stairs.name

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.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
upside_down_bit	0x4	false	false true	0 1	True if the stairs are upside-down.
weirdo_direction	0x1 0x2	0	0 1 2 3	0 1 2 3	The direction the stairs' full-block side faces. 0: East 1: West 2: South 3: North

History

For a more in-depth breakdown of changes to repeater textures and models, including a set of renders for each state combination, see /Asset history

Java Edition Infdev
20100629					Added oak wood stairs and "stone" stairs.
					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 icons now changed to render image of a solid two step model, which are currently glitched.
v1.2.0		preview			The orientation of stairs is now determined based on the direction the player faces while placing them. Before this version, stairs would determine their orientation based on the surrounding blocks (changing if they were changed).
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 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 been given in-game names. The two types of stairs have been named "Wooden Stairs" and "Stone Stairs", respectively.
1.6		Test Build 3			Wooden stairs and fences are now flammable.
					The light transparency of stairs from Alpha v1.2.2 has been fixed.
					The inventory icon for stairs has been reversed to show a more recognizable figure.
1.7					The models of stairs have been changed. The texture of stone stairs has been changed due to the cobblestone texture change.
1.8		Pre-release			Added brick and stone brick stairs.
					Stone brick stairs drop stone bricks, brick stairs drop bricks.
					On some GPUs, a major lighting bug is present which causes the insides of stairs blocks to appear completely black.
					Dropped stair items no longer appear larger than normal blocks.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Added nether brick stairs.
					They can appear similarly black.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			Brick, nether brick and stone brick stairs no longer appear black on the inside.
					The texture of brick stairs has been changed due to the bricks texture change.
					The texture of wooden stairs has been changed due to the planks texture change.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			The stair block now drops itself when mined, instead of a block of its source material.
					Wooden stairs are broken faster using an axe.
					All stone-type stairs take much shorter to destroy, and the breaking time depends on the pickaxe's 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.
					The models of stairs have been changed.
1.3.1		12w21a			Added sandstone stairs.
		12w22a			Stone 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.
					Added wooden stairs for the remaining three wood types (birch, spruce and jungle).
		12w26a			Added crafting recipes for birch, spruce and jungle wood stairs.
		12w30a			Upside down stairs can now be placed by generally looking at the top half of the side of a block, rather than strictly the underside of a block.
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			Added quartz stairs.
		13w05a			The lighting of stairs has been fixed when Smooth Lighting is on.
		13w05b			Stairs no longer stop sprinting.
1.7.2		1.7			Added acacia and dark oak stairs.
1.7.4		13w48a			The models of stairs have been changed.
1.8		14w17a			Upside down sandstone and quartz stairs each have now had their top and bottom textures switched.
		14w31a			"Stone Stairs" have been renamed to "Cobblestone Stairs".
		14w32a			Added red sandstone stairs.
1.9		June 22, 2015			Jeb reveals purpur stairs on Instagram.
		15w31a			Added purpur stairs.
					Stairs are now rotated 90° in the inventory.
		15w43a			Spruce wood stairs acting as corners of a table now generate within igloo basements.
		15w44b			Due to model changes, stairs now display incorrectly stretched or squashed textures. These may be GPU dependent as only corner stairs are distorted on some computers.
		15w45a			Stair textures are no longer incorrectly stretched. However they are now incorrectly mapped.
		15w46a			Stair texture mapping has now been corrected. It is not known, however, if stairs from this version onwards look at all different from those before 15w44b.
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 been changed from stone_stairs to cobblestone_stairs.
					<wood type> wood stairs have 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			Added stairs for prismarine variants.
		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 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			The textures of all stairs have been changed.
					Added andesite, polished andesite, diorite, polished diorite, granite, polished granite, mossy stone brick, mossy cobblestone, sandstone, smooth sandstone, red 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, sandstone, smooth sandstone stairs have been changed.
		18w46a			Stairs now allow light to pass through certain faces.
		18w47a			The textures for oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, stone bricks, mossy stone bricks, nether bricks, red sandstone, and smooth red sandstone stairs have been changed.
		18w50a			The textures for spruce, cobblestone, mossy cobblestone, sandstone, smooth sandstone, red sandstone, and smooth red sandstone stairs have been changed.
		19w03c			Some redundant faces have been removed from stairs.
		19w08a			The texture of diorite stairs has been changed.
					Smooth quartz uses the bottom texture of normal quartz blocks, rather than the top texture.
		19w13a			Stairs no longer block light, except at the full faces.
		19w13b			The texture of quartz stairs has been changed.
1.16		20w06a			Added crimson and warped stairs.
		20w10a			The top texture of one upside-down quartz stairs variant has been switched to use the correct one.
		20w15a			Added blackstone, polished blackstone, and polished blackstone brick stairs.
		20w16a			Blackstone and polished blackstone brick stairs now generate as part of bastion remnants.
					Stone brick, mossy stone brick, blackstone, polished blackstone brick and polished blackstone stairs can now generate as part of ruined portals.
1.16.2		20w28a			Blackstone, polished blackstone and polished blackstone brick stairs are now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to trade 8-16 blackstone during bartering.
October 3, 2020					Copper stairs are revealed at Minecraft Live 2020.
1.17		20w45a			Added cut copper stairs and waxed cut copper stairs.
		20w46a			The texture of cut copper stairs has been changed.
		21w07a			Added grimstone, polished grimstone, grimstone brick, and grimstone tile stairs.
					Changed textures of blackstone and polished blackstone bricks stairs.
		21w08a			Grimstone Stairs have been renamed to Deepslate Stairs.
					The textures of deepslate, polished deepslate, deepslate brick, and deepslate tile stairs have been changed.
					The texture of blackstone stairs has been changed.
		21w10a			Updated texture of Cobbled deepslate stairs.
		21w14a			Added waxed oxidized cut copper stairs.
1.18		21w40a			A block of copper can now be converted into 4 blocks of cut copper stairs when using stonecutter.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.19		Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1			Cobbled deepslate stairs, polished deepslate stairs, deepslate brick stairs and deepslate tile stairs now generate as part of ancient city.
		22w11a			Added mangrove and mud brick stairs.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0					Added wood (original oak) and cobblestone stairs.
v0.2.0					The textures of wood and cobblestone stairs have been changed.
v0.3.0					Added brick stairs to Creative mode. Even though they have a crafting recipe, they are not obtainable in Survival mode due to infinite stacks only counting as one of a material.
					Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of wood and cobblestone stairs in the inventory.
v0.3.2					Bricks are no longer in an infinite stack and now be gathered, making brick stairs obtainable in Survival mode.
v0.4.0					The models of stairs have been changed.
v0.6.0					Added nether brick, sandstone, stone brick and quartz stairs.
					Corner stairs and upside-down stairs have been added.
					There was a bug where stone, quartz and nether brick stairs would display the wrong texture when placed in a certain place.
					The textures of oak and cobblestone stairs have been changed.
v0.8.0		build 2			Added birch, spruce and jungle wood stairs.
v0.9.0		build 1			Added acacia and dark oak wood stairs.
					Stone brick stairs now naturally generate in strongholds.
					Cobblestone and oak wood stairs now naturally generate in villages.
?					The tooltip has been changed from [woodtype] Stairs to [woodtype] Wood Stairs.
?					Renamed "Sand Stone Stairs" to "Sandstone Stairs".
v0.11.0		build 1			Acacia and dark oak wooden stairs are now flammable.
					Quartz stairs can now be crafted in survival mode.
v0.13.0		build 1			Sandstone stairs now generate in desert temples.
v0.14.0		build 1			Added red sandstone stairs.
v0.14.2					The texture of nether brick stairs has been brightened as a result of brightening the nether bricks texture.
v0.15.0		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			Added purpur stairs.
					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			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, stone, smooth sandstone, smooth red sandstone, smooth quartz, red nether brick, and end stone brick stairs.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of stairs have been changed.
					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.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added crimson and warped stairs.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Added blackstone, polished blackstone, and polished blackstone brick stairs.
					Stone brick, mossy stone brick and nether brick stairs can now generate as part of ruined portals.
					Added new sounds to the nether brick stair variants.
		beta 1.16.0.63			The texture of nether brick stairs now matches Java again.
1.16.20		beta 1.16.20.50			Crimson and warped stairs now uses regular plank sounds instead of their stem variant sounds.
Caves & Cliffs (experimental)		beta 1.16.210.57			Added cut copper stairs and waxed cut copper stairs.
1.17.0		beta 1.16.230.52			Added cobbled deepslate, polished deepslate, deepslate brick, and deepslate tile stairs.
					Added waxed oxidized cut copper stairs.
		beta 1.17.0.50			Updated blackstone stairs texture.
		beta 1.17.0.52			The stairs for copper and deepslate variants are no longer available only through Experimental Gameplay.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.19.0		beta 1.19.0.20			Added mangrove and mud brick stairs.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added wood (original oak) and cobblestone stairs.
TU3					The textures of oak and cobblestone stairs have been changed.
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 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 been changed.
TU27	CU15	1.18			Added acacia and dark oak stairs.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added Red Sandstone Stairs.
					"Stone Stairs" have been renamed to "Cobblestone Stairs".
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Added purpur stairs.
TU49	CU39	1.42	Patch 18		Stairs are now rotated 90° in the inventory.
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	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		Added stairs for prismarine variants.
		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.
		1.90			The textures of stairs have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added stairs.
1.7.10					Added purpur stairs.

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  The old light transparency.

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  First image of upside-down stairs released by Jeb.

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  The Stairs icon in Alpha v1.0.1 had a rendering problem.

Issues

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

Gallery

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  Naturally occurring cobblestone stairs in numerous villages.

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  Naturally occurring nether brick stairs in multiple nether fortresses.

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  A quartz corner inner stairs.

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  A quartz corner outer stairs.

Trivia

• Between Java Edition 1.17 snapshots 20w45a and 21w05a, "Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Stairs" was the longest name for any block in Minecraft, at 41 characters with spaces, or 36 without.
• The April Fools snapshot 20w14∞ included a block called "Swaggiest stairs ever", which was a stair variant for the netherite block.

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  Swaggiest stairs ever.