How to Make Dark Prismarine Stairs in Minecraft

Dark Prismarine Stairs

Dark Prismarine Stairs carry the dark cyan ocean-monument texture into staircases, crafted from 6 dark prismarine blocks for 4 stair blocks.

Block ID minecraft:dark_prismarine_stairs

Mod Vanilla

Game versions

1.21

Description

Dark Prismarine Stairs are a decorative stairs variant of dark prismarine that never generates naturally — every stair comes from a crafting table or a stonecutter. A crafting table turns 6 dark prismarine blocks into 4 Dark Prismarine Stairs, and a stonecutter converts 1 dark prismarine block into 1 stair. Any pickaxe breaks Dark Prismarine Stairs, a wooden pickaxe is enough, and breaking the stairs without a pickaxe drops nothing. Dark Prismarine Stairs bring hardness 1.5, blast resistance 6, and a stack size of 64; the stairs emit no light and cannot catch fire, even from lava. Java Edition received Dark Prismarine Stairs in 1.13, and Bedrock Edition fully implemented the stairs in 1.4.0.

Builders pair Dark Prismarine Stairs with dark prismarine blocks to run the dark cyan, grid-textured ocean-monument palette into staircases, window ledges, and roof edges — dark prismarine is one of the building blocks of ocean monuments, so the stairs fit underwater builds in the same style. The ingredient chain starts at guardians and elder guardians, which drop prismarine shards; 8 prismarine shards and 1 black dye craft 1 dark prismarine block. A full 6-block batch therefore costs 48 prismarine shards and 6 black dye and returns 4 Dark Prismarine Stairs.

Block properties

Item ID	`minecraft:dark_prismarine_stairs`
/give command	`/give @p minecraft:dark_prismarine_stairs`
Stackable	Yes (64)
Best tool	Pickaxe
Renewable	Yes
Hardness	1.5
Blast resistance	6
Java Edition	1.13
Bedrock Edition	1.4.0

Guide

How to craft Dark Prismarine Stairs in Minecraft

1

Collect prismarine shards

Guardians and elder guardians drop prismarine shards. Gather 8 shards for every planned dark prismarine block.
2

Craft dark prismarine

Place 8 prismarine shards around 1 black dye in the 3×3 crafting grid — the dye in the center — to get 1 dark prismarine block.
3

Craft 4 stairs at a crafting table

Place 6 dark prismarine blocks in a staircase pattern: 3 across the bottom row, 2 on the middle left, 1 on the top left. The recipe yields 4 Dark Prismarine Stairs.
4

Cut exact amounts in a stonecutter

A stonecutter turns 1 dark prismarine block into 1 stair, so a few missing pieces need no 6-block batch.
5

Mine placed stairs with a pickaxe

Any pickaxe recovers placed Dark Prismarine Stairs, starting from a wooden pickaxe; breaking the stairs without a pickaxe drops nothing.

Dark Prismarine Stairs are fireproof and waterloggable

Dark Prismarine Stairs never catch fire, even from lava. Placing the stairs inside a water source makes them waterlogged — the stair holds that water instead of air, matching ocean-monument interiors.