Polished Blackstone Stairs

Polished blackstone stairs are a polished blackstone variant of stairs.

Obtaining

Polished blackstone stairs can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Legend

↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Polished blackstone stairs generate as part of ruined portals in the Nether.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Blackstone	4

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Blackstone or Polished Blackstone

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

v t e `stone` sound type
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
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	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
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

v t e `stone` sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	0.3	1.0
	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

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Polished Blackstone Stairs	`polished_blackstone_stairs`	Block & Item	`stairs` `mineable/pickaxe`	`stairs`	`block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_stairs`

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Polished Blackstone Stairs	`polished_blackstone_stairs`	`547`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.polished_blackstone_stairs.name`

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	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

Java Edition
1.16	20w15a	Added polished blackstone stairs.
1.16	20w16a	Polished blackstone stairs now generate as part of ruined portals.
1.16.2	20w28a	Polished blackstone stairs are now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to trade 8-16 blackstone during bartering.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.57	Added polished blackstone stairs.
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.59	Polished blackstone stairs now generate as part of ruined portals.
1.20.30	Preview 1.20.20.21	Increased the hardness of polished blackstone stairs from 1.5 to 2.

Issues relating to "Polished Blackstone Stairs" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

v t e Blackstone
Blackstone	Block Gilded Stairs Slab Wall
Polished	Block Chiseled Slab Wall Pressure Plate Button
Polished Brick	Block Cracked Stairs Slab Wall

v t e Stairs
Wood-based	Oak Spruce Birch Jungle Acacia Dark Oak Mangrove Cherry Pale Oak Bamboo Mosaic Crimson Warped
Stone-based	Stone Cobblestone Mossy Cobblestone Stone Brick Mossy Stone Brick Granite Polished Granite Diorite Polished Diorite Andesite Polished Andesite Cobbled Deepslate Polished Deepslate Deepslate Brick Deepslate Tile Tuff Polished Tuff Tuff Brick
Overworld	Brick Mud Brick Resin Brick Sandstone Smooth Sandstone Red Sandstone Smooth Red Sandstone Prismarine Prismarine Brick Dark Prismarine
The Nether	Nether Brick Red Nether Brick Blackstone Polished Blackstone Brick
The End	End Stone Brick Purpur
Mineral-based	Quartz Smooth Quartz
Metal-based	Cut Copper Waxed Exposed Waxed Exposed Weathered Waxed Weathered Oxidized Waxed Oxidized
Joke	Swaggiest Potato Potone Taterstone Baked Potato Brick Expired Charred