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Cobblestone Stairs
Cobblestone Stairs.png: Infobox image for Cobblestone Stairs the block in Minecraft
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

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 (JE)


  11 STONE

Cobblestone stairs are a cobblestone variant of the stairs.

Obtaining[edit | edit source]

Breaking[edit | edit source]

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
BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in MinecraftWooden 1.5
BlockSprite cobblestone.png: Sprite image for cobblestone in MinecraftStone 0.75
ItemSprite iron-ingot.png: Sprite image for iron-ingot in MinecraftIron 0.5
ItemSprite diamond.png: Sprite image for diamond in MinecraftDiamond 0.4
ItemSprite netherite-ingot.png: Sprite image for netherite-ingot in MinecraftNetherite 0.35
ItemSprite gold-ingot.png: Sprite image for gold-ingot in MinecraftGolden 0.25
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 other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Ingredients [hide]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[edit | edit source]

Ingredients [hide]Cutting recipe
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

Usage[edit | edit source]

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

Note blocks[edit | edit source]

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

Sounds[edit | edit source]

Java Edition:

[hide]BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stone1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhen the block is placeddig.stone1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stone0.370.5
PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stone0.41.0
PlayersWalking on the blockstep.stone0.31.0
BlocksJumping from the blockjump.stone0.121.0
BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stone0.221.0

Data values[edit | edit source]

ID[edit | edit source]

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1][hide]Translation key
BlockSprite cobblestone-stairs.png: Sprite image for cobblestone-stairs in Minecraft Cobblestone Stairsstone_stairs67Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]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[edit | edit source]

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values [hide]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
[hide]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

History[edit | edit source]

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.
[hide]Java Edition Infdev
20100629 Added stone stairs.
The inventory icon for stone stairs is a flat cobblestone texture.
[hide]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.
v1.2.0previewThe 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).
v1.2.2Stone 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.
[hide]Java Edition Beta
1.0Items have been given in-game names. The block has been named "Stone Stairs".
1.6Test Build 3The 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-releaseOn 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.
[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6Stone 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 has been changed.
1.3.112w22aStone stairs now generate in jungle temples.
12w25aRedstone dust, repeaters, torches, levers, pressure plates and rails can now be placed on stone stairs positioned upside down.
12w30aUpside 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.
1.4.212w34aStone stairs now automatically change shape into corner stairs depending on location.
12w39aStone stairs now interact properly with lighting.
Smooth lighting on stone stairs is slightly bugged.
1.513w05aThe lighting of stone stairs has been fixed when Smooth Lighting is on.
13w05bStone stairs no longer stop sprinting.
1.7.413w48a The model of stone stairs has been changed.
1.814w31a"Stone Stairs" have been renamed to "Cobblestone Stairs".
1.915w31aCobblestone stairs are now rotated 90° in the inventory.
15w44bDue to model changes, cobblestone stairs now display an incorrectly stretched or squashed texture.[1] This may be GPU dependent as only corner stairs are distorted on some computers.
15w45aThe cobblestone stair texture is no longer incorrectly stretched.
However it is now incorrectly mapped in a different way.[2]
15w46aCobblestone 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.
1.1116w39aCobblestone stairs now generate in woodland mansions.
1.1217w15aTorches 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.
1.1318w10cWater can now be placed on the same block as cobblestone stairs.
1.1418w43a The texture of cobblestone stairs has been changed.
18w46aCobblestone stairs now allow light to pass through certain faces.
18w50a The texture for cobblestone stairs has been changed.
19w03cSome redundant faces have been removed from cobblestone stairs.[3]
19w13aCobblestone stairs no longer block light, except at the full faces.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0 Added cobblestone stairs.
v0.2.0 The texture of cobblestone stairs has been changed.
v0.3.0Survival 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 1Cobblestone stairs now generate in strongholds and villages.
v0.15.0build 1Cobblestone stairs now generate in jungle temples.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Cobblestone stairs now generate in woodland mansions.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of cobblestone stairs has been changed.
Cobblestone stairs now generate in pillager outposts.
[hide]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.
TU5Stone stairs are found in the Redstone & Transportation tab in the Creative inventory.
Stone stairs now generate in strongholds and villages.
TU12Stone 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.
TU141.04The 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 18Cobblestone stairs are now rotated 90° in the inventory.
TU54CU441.521.521.52Patch 241.0.4Torches 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.
1.91Cobblestone stairs now generate in pillager outposts.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added "cobblestone" stairs.
Cobblestone stairs generate in strongholds and villages
1.9.19Cobblestone stairs now generate in woodland mansions.

Data history[edit | edit source]

[hide]Java Edition
1.2.112w08aBefore 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.
1.1317w47aThe cobblestone stairs ID has been changed from stone_stairs to cobblestone_stairs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 67.

Issues[edit | edit source]

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

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