Polished Tuff Stairs
Polished Tuff Stairs


| Renewable | No | 
|---|---|
| Stackable | Yes (64) | 
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance | 6 | 
| Hardness | 1.5 | 
| Luminous | No | 
| Transparent | Partial (blocks light) | 
| Waterloggable | Yes | 
| Flammable | No | 
| Catches fire from lava | No | 
| Map color (JE) | 
 | 
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Polished tuff stairs are a polished tuff variant of stairs.
Obtaining
Breaking
Polished tuff stairs can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.
| Block |   | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.5 | |
| Tool |   | |
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 7.5 | |
|  Wooden | 1.15 | |
|  Stone | 0.6 | |
|  Copper  | 0.45 | |
|  Iron | 0.4 | |
|  Diamond | 0.3 | |
|  Netherite | 0.25 | |
|  Golden | 0.2 | |
Legend
- 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 other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | 
|---|---|
| Polished Tuff | 
Stonecutting
| Ingredients | Cutting recipe | 
|---|---|
| Tuff or Polished Tuff | 
Usage
For information about the placement mechanics of all stairs, see Stairs § Usage.
Note blocks
Polished tuff stairs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
Sounds
|   polished_tuffsound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance | 
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.96 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.96 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.6 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.9 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.2 | 16 | |
|   polished_tuffsound type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch | 
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | break | 1.0 | 1.152 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | place | 1.0 | 1.152 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.5 | 0.72 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 1.2 | 1.44 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.44 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | step | 0.12 | 1.44 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | step | 0.4 | 1.44 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Polished Tuff Stairs | polished_tuff_stairs | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxestairs | stairs | block | 
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Polished Tuff Stairs | polished_tuff_stairs | -751 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile | 
Block states
See also: 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. 
 | 
Video
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.20.3 Experiment | 23w43a |  Added polished tuff stairs. | |||||
| 1.21 | 24w18a | Polished tuff stairs are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.20.50 Experiment | Preview 1.20.50.22 |  Added polished tuff stairs. | |||||
| Preview 1.20.50.23 | Can now be crafted. | ||||||
| 1.21.0 | Preview 1.21.0.22 | Polished tuff stairs are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Polished Tuff Stairs" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
In other media
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			 Artwork featuring polished tuff stairs. Artwork featuring polished tuff stairs.
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| Polished | |
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