Purpur Stairs

Purpur stairs are a purpur variant of stairs.

Obtaining

Purpur 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.

Purpur stairs generate as part of end cities and end ships.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Any Purpur Block	4

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Purpur Block

Purpur 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
Purpur Stairs	`purpur_stairs`	Block & Item	`stairs` `mineable/pickaxe`	`stairs`	`block.minecraft.purpur_stairs`

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Purpur Stairs	`purpur_stairs`	`203`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.purpur_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
June 22, 2015							Jeb reveals purpur stairs on Instagram, with the caption "MINECON 2015 HYPE!".
1.9			15w31a				Added purpur stairs.
1.9			15w31a				Purpur stairs generate as part of end cities and end ships.
1.13.1			18w32a				Purpur stairs can now be crafted with purpur pillars.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of purpur stairs has been updated.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Added purpur stairs.
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Purpur stairs generate as part of end cities and end ships.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of purpur stairs has been updated.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	Added purpur stairs.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	Purpur stairs generate as part of end cities and end ships.
TU57	CU49	1.57	1.56	1.56	Patch 27	1.0.7	Purpur stairs can now be crafted with purpur pillars.
			1.90				The texture of purpur stairs has been updated.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10							Added purpur stairs.
1.7.10							Purpur stairs generate as part of end cities and end ships.

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 203.

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

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