Stone Brick Stairs

Stone Brick Stairs
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Partial (blocks light)‌; Yes‌
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire; from lava	No

Stone brick stairs are a stone brick variant of stairs.

Obtaining

Breaking

Stone brick stairs can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Stone Brick Stairs
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
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

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.

Natural generation

Stone brick stairs generate as a part of cold ocean ruins, ruined portals in the Overworld, and strongholds.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stone Bricks	4

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Stone or Stone Bricks

Usage

Note blocks

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Stone Brick Stairs	`stone_brick_stairs`	Block & Item	`stairs` `mineable/pickaxe`	`stairs`	`block.minecraft.stone_brick_stairs`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Stone Brick Stairs	`stone_brick_stairs`	`109`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.stone_brick_stairs.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

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

Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Added stone brick stairs.
							Stone brick stairs generate as part of strongholds.
							Stone brick stairs drop stone bricks.
							On some GPUs, a major lighting bug is present which causes the insides of stone brick stairs to appear completely black.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5				Stone brick stairs no longer appear black on the inside.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6				Stone brick stairs take much shorter to destroy, and the breaking time depends on the pickaxe's material.
			18w09a				Stone brick stairs now generate as part of cold underwater ruins.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of stone brick stairs has been updated.
1.14			18w47a				The texture of stone brick stairs has been changed.
1.16			20w16a				Stone brick stairs now generate as part of ruined portals.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added stone brick stairs.
v0.9.0			build 1				Stone brick stairs now generate as part of strongholds.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Stone brick stairs now generate as part of cold underwater ruins.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of stone brick stairs has been updated.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Stone brick stairs now generate as part of ruined portals.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added stone brick stairs.
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Stone brick stairs generate as part of strongholds.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Stone brick stairs now generate as part of cold underwater ruins.
			1.90				The texture of stone brick stairs has been updated.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added stone brick stairs.
0.1.0							Stone brick stairs generate as part of strongholds.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 109.

Issues

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

Navigation

[breakingtimenote-1] These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

[bedrock-item-id-2] ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.

[bedrock-give-available-3] Available with /give command.

[bedrock-item-form-4] The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

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