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Cobblestone Stairs

Cobblestone Stairs

Cobblestone stairs are a decorative stairs variant of cobblestone that generate as part of some Overworld structures and can be used for building.

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Blocks Stackable resources Renewable resources Manufactured blocks Generated structure blocks Stairs
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Contents (21)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Natural generation
  4. Crafting
  5. Stonecutting
  6. Usage
  7. Sounds
  8. Data values
  9. ID
  10. Block states
  11. Videos
  12. History
  13. Java Edition
  14. Bedrock Edition
  15. Legacy Console Edition
  16. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  17. Data history
  18. Issues
  19. Gallery
  20. Screenshots
  21. References
Cobblestone Stairs
Cobblestone Stairs.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Cobblestone Stairs'
Invicon Cobblestone Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Cobblestone Stairs
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft
Blast resistance 6
Hardness 2
Luminous No
Transparent Partial (blocks light)‌[JE only]
Yes‌[BE only]
Waterloggable Yes
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava 		No
Map color
 11 STONE
Note block instrument Bass Drum

Cobblestone stairs are a decorative stairs variant of cobblestone that generate as part of some Overworld structures and can be used for building.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block BlockSprite cobblestone-stairs.png: Sprite image for cobblestone-stairs in MinecraftCobblestone Stairs
Hardness 2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 10.05 (JE)
10 (BE)
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 1.5 (JE)
1.5 (BE)
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 0.75 (JE)
0.75 (BE)
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in MinecraftCopper 0.6 (JE)
0.6 (BE)
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 0.5 (JE)
0.5 (BE)
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.4 (JE)
0.4 (BE)
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.35 (JE)
0.35 (BE)
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.25 (JE)
0.25 (BE)
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
  1. ↑ 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

Cobblestone stairs generate as a part of strongholds, woodland mansions, pillager outposts, plains villages, taiga and snowy taiga villages. Cobblestone stairs also generate as part of each jungle pyramid.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Cobblestone
Invicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: CobblestoneInvicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: CobblestoneInvicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: CobblestoneInvicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: CobblestoneInvicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: CobblestoneInvicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: Cobblestone
Invicon Cobblestone Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Cobblestone Stairs4

Stonecutting

Name Ingredients Cutting recipe
Cobblestone Stairs Cobblestone
Invicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: CobblestoneInvicon Cobblestone Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Cobblestone Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Cobblestone Stairs
Cobblestone Stairs Stone
Invicon Stone.png: Inventory sprite for Stone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stone with description: StoneInvicon Cobblestone Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Cobblestone Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Cobblestone Stairs

Usage

For information about the placement mechanics of all stairs, see Stairs § Usage.

Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.370.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.221.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tags Translation key
BlockSprite cobblestone-stairs.png: Sprite image for cobblestone-stairs in Minecraft Cobblestone Stairscobblestone_stairsBlock & Itemstairs
mineable/pickaxe		stairs block.minecraft.cobblestone_stairs

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1]Block tags Translation key
BlockSprite cobblestone-stairs.png: Sprite image for cobblestone-stairs in Minecraft Cobblestone Stairsstone_stairs67Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:cornerable_stairs
minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
stone		 tile.stone_stairs.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
facingnortheast
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.
halfbottombottom
top		Top if the stairs are upside-down.
shapestraightinner_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.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true		Whether or not there's water in the same place as these stairs.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 Description
upside_down_bit0x4falsefalse
true		0
1		True if the stairs are upside-down.
weirdo_direction0x1
0x2		00
1
2
3		0
1
2
3		The direction the stairs' full-block side faces.
  • 0: East
  • 1: West
  • 2: South
  • 3: North
minecraft:cornerNot Supportednonenone
inner_left
inner_right
outer_left
outer_right		UnsupportedThe corner shape of the stair.
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Videos

History

There is an associated page listing all historical changes related to the appearance and/or sounds associated with this block in further detail than below; see /Asset history.

Java Edition

Java Edition Infdev
20100629 Added stone stairs.
The inventory icon for stone stairs is a flat cobblestone texture.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1 The inventory icon for stone stairs has been changed to an image of a render of them, which is glitched.
v1.2.0preview The orientation of stone stairs is now determined based on the direction the player faces while placing them. Before this version, they would determine their orientation based on the surrounding blocks (changing if they were changed).
v1.2.2 Stone stairs now have an odd property of being transparent to light; when there is at least one block of air beneath, sunlight or other light sources shine through and light up blocks beneath or behind the stairs as if nothing opaque are present between them.
Other atmospheric effects such as snowfall do not penetrate stone stair blocks.
Snow cannot accumulate on top of stone stairs, grass is able to grow on a block directly underneath them and disappears if stone stairs were placed on top of it. Any stone stairs placed between Alpha v1.2.0_02 and Beta 1.5 would keep this property in later versions until it or an adjacent block is changed or removed, causing a lighting update.
Java Edition Beta
1.0 Items have been given in-game names. The block has been named "Stone Stairs".
1.6Test Build 3 The light transparency of stone stairs from Alpha v1.2.2 has been fixed.
The inventory icon for stone stairs has been reversed.
1.7 The model of stone stairs has been changed.
The texture of stone stairs has been changed due to the cobblestone texture change.
1.8Pre-release On some GPUs, a major lighting bug is present which causes the insides of stone stair blocks to appear completely black.
Dropped stone stairs no longer appear larger than normal blocks.
Stone stairs now generate in strongholds.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 Stone stairs now drop themselves when mined, instead of a block of their source material.
Stone stairs take much shorter to destroy, and the breaking time depends on the pickaxe's material.
1.2.112w08a Added upside down stone stairs.
The model of stone stairs have been changed.
1.3.112w22a Stone stairs now generate in jungle temples.
12w25a Redstone dust, repeaters, torches, levers, pressure plates and rails can now be placed on stone stairs positioned upside down.
12w30a Upside down stone stairs can now be placed by generally looking at the top half of the side of a block, rather than strictly the underside of one.
1.4.212w34a Stone stairs now automatically change shape into corner stairs depending on location.
12w39a Stone stairs now interact properly with lighting.
Smooth lighting on stone stairs is slightly bugged.
1.513w05a The lighting of stone stairs has been fixed when Smooth Lighting is on.
13w05b Stone stairs no longer stop sprinting.
1.7.2release The model of stone stairs have been changed.[1]
1.7.413w48a The model of stone stairs have been changed.
1.814w31a "Stone Stairs" have been renamed to "Cobblestone Stairs".
1.915w31a Cobblestone stairs are now rotated 90° in the inventory.
15w44b Due to model changes, cobblestone stairs now display an incorrectly stretched or squashed texture.[2] This may be GPU dependent as only corner stairs are distorted on some computers.
15w45a The cobblestone stair texture is no longer incorrectly stretched.
However it is now incorrectly mapped in a different way.[3]
15w46a Cobblestone stair texture mapping has now been corrected. It is not known, however, if cobblestone stairs from this version onward look at all different from those before 15w44b.
1.1116w39a Cobblestone stairs now generate in woodland mansions.
1.1217w15a Torches can now be placed on the full-block sides of cobblestone stairs.
Iron bars, glass panes and fences adjacent to the full-block side of cobblestone stairs now visually connect.
Carpet and snow layers can now be placed on top of upside down cobblestone stairs.
1.1318w10c Water can now be placed on the same block as cobblestone stairs.
1.1418w43a The texture of cobblestone stairs has been changed.
18w46a Cobblestone stairs now allow light to pass through certain faces.
18w50a The texture for cobblestone stairs has been changed.
19w03c Some redundant faces have been removed from cobblestone stairs.[4]
19w13a Cobblestone stairs no longer block light, except at the full faces.
26.1snap8 Stone can now be used in the stonecutter to produce cobblestone stairs.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0 Added cobblestone stairs.
v0.2.0 The texture of cobblestone stairs has been changed.
v0.3.0 Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of cobblestone stairs in the inventory.
v0.4.0 The model of cobblestone stairs has been changed.
v0.6.0 The texture of cobblestone stairs has been changed.
v0.9.0build 1 Cobblestone stairs now generate in strongholds and villages.
v0.15.0build 1 Cobblestone stairs now generate in jungle temples.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0 Cobblestone stairs now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of cobblestone stairs has been changed.
Cobblestone stairs now generate in pillager outposts.
26.10Preview 26.10.24 Stone can now be used in the stonecutter to produce cobblestone stairs.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added stone stairs.
TU3 The texture of stone stairs has been changed.
TU5 Stone stairs are found in the Redstone & Transportation tab in the Creative inventory.
Stone stairs now generate in strongholds and villages.
TU12 Stone stairs now automatically change shape into corner stairs depending on location.
They can also now be placed upside down.
Items can now be placed directly on upside down cobblestone stairs.
TU141.04 The placement of upside down stone stairs and slabs has been changed.
Moved stone stairs to the Building Blocks tab in the Creative inventory.
Stone stairs now generate in jungle temples.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3 "Stone Stairs" have been renamed to "Cobblestone Stairs".
TU49CU391.421.421.42Patch 18 Cobblestone stairs are now rotated 90° in the inventory.
TU54CU441.521.521.52Patch 241.0.4 Torches can now be placed on the full-block sides of cobblestone stairs.
Iron bars, glass panes and fences adjacent to the full-block side of cobblestone stairs now visually connect.
Carpet and snow layers can now be placed on top of upside down cobblestone stairs.
Cobblestone stairs now generate in woodland mansions.
1.88 Woodland mansions now generate with stone stairs instead of cobblestone stairs.
1.90 The texture of cobblestone stairs has been changed.
1.91 Cobblestone stairs now generate in pillager outposts.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added "cobblestone" stairs.
Cobblestone stairs generate in strongholds and villages
1.9.19 Cobblestone stairs now generate in woodland mansions.

Data history

Java Edition
1.2.112w08a Before upside-down stairs were added, edited data values of 4 through 15 would create invisible stairs that could be walked through; these higher values are now used for upside down stairs.
1.1317w47a The cobblestone stairs ID has been changed from stone_stairs to cobblestone_stairs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 67.

Issues

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

Screenshots

  • Naturally occurring cobblestone stairs in a village
    Naturally occurring cobblestone stairs in a village

References

  1. ↑ MC-37106
  2. ↑ "[MC-91710] Texture broken on stairs (uvlock is broken) – Jira" – Mojira, October 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ "[MC-92137] Stairs' UV Mapping is upside down – Jira" – Mojira, November 5, 2015.
  4. ↑ "[MC-114779] Stairs render faces that cannot be seen normally – Jira" – Mojira, March 25, 2017.
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