Blackstone Stairs
Java Edition
Bedrock Edition
| Renewable | Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance | 6 |
| Hardness | 1.5 |
| Luminous | No |
| Transparent | Partial (blocks light)[JE only] Yes[BE only] |
| Waterloggable | Yes |
| Flammable | No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Map color | 29 COLOR |
| Note block instrument | Bass Drum |
Blackstone stairs are a decorative stairs variant of blackstone that generate in bastion remnants and are used for building.
Obtaining
Breaking
Blackstone stairs can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.
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 any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.
Natural generation
Blackstone stairs generate as part of bastion remnants.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Blackstone |
Stonecutting
| Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|
| Blackstone |
Usage
Sounds
stone sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed[until: JE 26.4] | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
stone sound type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8–1.0 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | place | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8–1.0 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | subtitles | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | subtitles | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Players | Walking on the block | step | subtitles | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump | subtitles | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | subtitles | 0.22 | 1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
blackstone_stairs | Block & Item | stairsmineable/pickaxe | stairs |
block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
blackstone_stairs | 531 | 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.
|
| minecraft:corner | Not Supported | none | noneinner_leftinner_rightouter_leftouter_right | Unsupported | The corner shape of the stair. |
Videos
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.16 | 20w15a | ||||||
| 20w16a | Blackstone stairs now generate as part of bastion remnants. | ||||||
| 1.16.2 | 20w28a | Blackstone stairs are now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to trade 8-16 blackstone during bartering. | |||||
| 1.17 | 21w07a | ||||||
| 21w08a | |||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | ||||||
| Blackstone stairs generate as part of bastion remnants. | |||||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.50 | ||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Blackstone Stairs" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.








