Tuff Stairs

Tuff stairs are a tuff variant of the stairs.

Tuff Stairs

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Partial (blocks light)‌ Yes‌
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	43 TERRACOTTA_GRAY

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            "field": "Yes",
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Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Tuff Stairs
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2
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

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Tuff	4

Stonecutting

Ingredients	[hide]Cutting recipe
Tuff

Usage

Note blocks

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e tuff sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	place.tuff	0.8	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.tuff	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	step.tuff	0.3	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	step.tuff	1.0	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.tuff	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	step.tuff	0.12	1.1
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.tuff	0.4	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Tuff Stairs	tuff_stairs	-746	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.tuff_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

October 15, 2023							Tuff stairs are shown at Minecraft Live 2023.
[hide]Java Edition
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w43a				Added tuff stairs.
1.21			24w18a				Tuff stairs are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.20.50 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.50.22				Added tuff stairs.
			Preview 1.20.50.23				Can now be crafted.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.22				Tuff stairs are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.

Issues

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