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Snow Brick Stairs

Snow Brick Stairs

Snow brick stairs are a decorative stairs variant of snow bricks that do not generate naturally and are used for building.

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Contents (10)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Crafting
  4. Usage
  5. Sounds
  6. Data values
  7. History
  8. Java Edition
  9. Bedrock Edition
  10. Issues
This article describes content that is currently in development.
This content has appeared in development versions for Fourth Drop 2026, but the full update adding it has not been released yet.
Snow Brick Stairs
Snow Brick Stairs.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Snow Brick Stairs'
Invicon Snow Brick Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Snow Brick Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Snow Brick Stairs
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Invicon Wooden Shovel.png: Sprite image for Wooden Shovel in Minecraft
Blast resistance 0.6
Hardness 0.6
Luminous No
Transparent Partial (blocks light)‌[JE only]
Yes‌[BE only]
Waterloggable Yes
Flammable ?
Catches fire
from lava 		No
Map color
 8 SNOW
Note block instrument Default (Harp)

Snow brick stairs are a decorative stairs variant of snow bricks that do not generate naturally and are used for building.

Obtaining

Breaking

Snow brick stairs drop as an item if mined by any shovel. If mined without a shovel, they drop nothing.

Block Snow Brick Stairs
Hardness 0.6
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 3.05 (JE)
3 (BE)
ItemSprite wooden-shovel.png: Sprite image for wooden-shovel in MinecraftWooden 0.45 (JE)
0.45 (BE)
ItemSprite stone-shovel.png: Sprite image for stone-shovel in MinecraftStone 0.25 (JE)
0.25 (BE)
ItemSprite copper-shovel.png: Sprite image for copper-shovel in MinecraftCopper 0.2 (JE)
0.2 (BE)
ItemSprite iron-shovel.png: Sprite image for iron-shovel in MinecraftIron 0.15 (JE)
0.15 (BE)
ItemSprite diamond-shovel.png: Sprite image for diamond-shovel in MinecraftDiamond 0.15 (JE)
0.15 (BE)
ItemSprite netherite-shovel.png: Sprite image for netherite-shovel in MinecraftNetherite 0.15 (JE)
0.1 (BE)
ItemSprite golden-shovel.png: Sprite image for golden-shovel in MinecraftGolden 0.1 (JE)
0.1 (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.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Snow Bricks
Invicon Snow Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Snow Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snow Bricks with description: Snow BricksInvicon Snow Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Snow Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snow Bricks with description: Snow BricksInvicon Snow Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Snow Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snow Bricks with description: Snow BricksInvicon Snow Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Snow Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snow Bricks with description: Snow BricksInvicon Snow Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Snow Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snow Bricks with description: Snow BricksInvicon Snow Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Snow Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snow Bricks with description: Snow Bricks
Invicon Snow Brick Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Snow Brick Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Snow Brick Stairs4

Usage

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

Snow brick stairs are a purely decorative block used for building. Like snow blocks, and unlike snow layers, they do not melt when exposed to high light levels.

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Sounds

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite snow-block.png: Sprite image for snow-block in Minecraft snow sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​ ?BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.snow​ ?1.00.8–1.0
​ ?BlocksWhen the block is placeddig.snow​ ?1.00.8–1.0
​ ?BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.snow​ ?0.350.5
​ ?PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.snow​ ?0.41.0
​ ?PlayersWalking on the blockstep.snow​ ?0.31.0
​ ?BlocksJumping from the blockjump.snow​ ?0.121.0
​ ?BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.snow​ ?0.221.0

Data values

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite snow-brick-stairs.png: Sprite image for snow-brick-stairs in Minecraft Snow Brick Stairssnow_brick_stairs1517Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -1262)		 tile.snow_brick_stairs.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Unavailable with /give command
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

History

Java Edition

Upcoming Java Edition
26.4snap6 Added snow brick stairs.

Bedrock Edition

Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.70Preview 26.70.22 Added snow brick stairs.

Issues

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

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