Nether Brick Stairs

Nether Brick Stairs

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	2
Luminous	No
Transparent	Partial (blocks light)‌ Yes‌
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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            "field": "Yes",
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Nether brick stairs are a nether brick variant of the stairs.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Nether Brick Stairs
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25
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

Natural generation

Nether brick stairs generate as part of nether fortresses.

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Nether Bricks	4

Stonecutting

Ingredients	[hide]Cutting recipe
Nether Bricks

Usage

Note blocks

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e nether_bricks sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.nether_bricks.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.8	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.nether_bricks.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.8	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.nether_bricks.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.nether_bricks.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.nether_bricks.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e nether_brick sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.nether_brick	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.nether_brick	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.nether_brick	0.25	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.nether_brick	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.nether_brick	0.16	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.bone_block	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.nether_brick	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	[hide]Translation key
Nether Brick Stairs	nether_brick_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.nether_brick_stairs

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Nether Brick Stairs	nether_brick_stairs	114	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.nether_brick_stairs.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]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	[hide]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

[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				Added nether brick stairs.
							Nether brick stairs generate as part of nether fortresses.
							On some GPUs, a major lighting bug is present which causes the insides of nether brick stairs blocks to appear completely black.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5				Nether brick stairs no longer appear black on the inside.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of nether brick stairs has been updated.
			18w47a				The texture of nether brick stairs has been changed.
1.21.4			24w44a				The texture of nether brick stairs has been changed.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added nether brick stairs.
v0.12.1							Nether brick stairs now generate as part of nether fortresses.
v0.14.2							The texture of nether brick stairs has been brightened.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of nether brick stairs has been updated.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Nether brick stairs now generate as part of ruined portals.
							Added new sounds to nether brick stairs.
			beta 1.16.0.59				Nether brick stairs no longer generate as part of ruined portals.
			beta 1.16.0.63				The texture of nether brick stairs has been changed to match Java Edition.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.29				The texture of nether brick stairs has been changed.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU7	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added nether brick stairs.
							Nether brick stairs generate as part of nether fortresses.
			1.90				The texture of nether brick stairs has been updated.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added nether brick stairs.
							Nether brick stairs generate as part of nether fortresses.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 114.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Naturally occurring nether brick stairs in multiple nether fortresses.