Sandstone Stairs

Sandstone stairs are a sandstone variant of the stairs.

Sandstone Stairs

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes  (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.8
Hardness	0.8
Luminous	No
Transparent	Partial (blocks light)‌ Yes‌
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	2 SAND

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Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Sandstone Stairs
Hardness	0.8
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	4
Wooden	0.6
Stone	0.3
Iron	0.2
Diamond	0.15
Netherite	0.15
Golden	0.1
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

Sandstone stairs generate as part of desert pyramids, desert villages, and warm ocean ruins.

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Sandstone	4

Stonecutting

Ingredients	[hide]Cutting recipe
Sandstone

Usage

Note blocks

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Sandstone Stairs	sandstone_stairs	128	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.sandstone_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
1.3.1			12w21a				Added sandstone stairs.
							Sandstone stairs generate as part of desert pyramids.
1.8			14w17a				Upside down sandstone stairs each have now had their top and bottom textures switched.
1.13			18w09a				Sandstone stairs now generate as part of warm ocean ruins.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of sandstone stairs has been updated.
			18w44a				The texture of sandstone stairs has been changed.
			18w47a				The texture of sandstone stairs has been changed again.
			18w50a				The texture of sandstone stairs has been changed, again.
							Sandstone stairs now generate as part of desert villages.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added sand stone stairs.
v0.11.0			build 1				"Sand Stone Stairs" has been renamed to "Sandstone Stairs".
v0.13.0			build 1				Sandstone stairs now generate as part of desert pyramids.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Sandstone stairs now generate as part of warm ocean ruins.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of sandstone stairs has been updated.
							Sandstone stairs now generate as part of desert villages.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU9	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added sandstone stairs.
TU14		1.04					Sandstone stairs now generate as part of desert pyramids.
November 30, 2015							A tweet posted by 4J Studios shows sandstone stairs using the cut sandstone texture. This was a bug during the development of TU31 and was fixed before the update was released.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Sandstone stairs now generate as part of warm ocean ruins.
			1.90				The texture of sandstone stairs has been updated.
			1.91				Sandstone stairs now generate as part of desert villages.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added sandstone stairs.
							Sandstone stairs generate as part of desert pyramids.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 128.

Gallery

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  Development screenshot of TU31, showing sandstone stairs using the cut sandstone texture.

Issues

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