Quartz Stairs

Quartz stairs are a quartz variant of stairs.

Obtaining

Quartz 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.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Any Quartz Block	4	‌
Block of Quartz	4	‌

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Block of Quartz

Quartz 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
Quartz Stairs	`quartz_stairs`	Block & Item	`stairs` `mineable/pickaxe`	`stairs`	`block.minecraft.quartz_stairs`

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Quartz Stairs	`quartz_stairs`	`156`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.quartz_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
1.5			13w02a				Added quartz stairs.
1.8			14w17a				Upside down quartz stairs each have now had their top and bottom textures switched.^[1]
1.14			18w43a				The texture of quartz stairs has been updated.
1.14			19w13b				The texture of quartz stairs has been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added quartz stairs.
v0.11.0			build 1				Quartz stairs can now be crafted in Survival mode.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of quartz stairs has been updated.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU14	CU1	1.04	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added quartz stairs.
			1.90				The texture of quartz stairs has been updated.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added quartz stairs.

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 156.

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

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