How to Make Diorite Stairs in Minecraft
Diorite Stairs
Diorite Stairs form smooth walkways up cliffs and towers, and a crafting table turns six diorite blocks into four stair blocks.
Description
Diorite Stairs pair naturally with diorite and polished diorite in single-stone architecture. Diorite Stairs neither burn in fire nor get destroyed by lava, and waterlogging keeps a water source inside a placed stair's cell. Diorite supply never gates a staircase: two cobblestone plus two Nether Quartz craft two diorite blocks, and the stonecutter turns four diorite into four Diorite Stairs where the crafting table needs six for the same output.
Block properties
| Item ID |
minecraft:diorite_stairs
|
|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p minecraft:diorite_stairs
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| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Best tool | Pickaxe |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Java Edition | 1.14 |
| Bedrock Edition | 1.9.0 |
Guide
How to get Diorite Stairs in Minecraft
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Gather diorite
Mine diorite — a block of igneous rock found in large pockets underground — with any pickaxe. Two cobblestone plus two Nether Quartz on a crafting table also craft two diorite blocks.
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Craft four stair blocks
Place six diorite blocks in the staircase pattern across a crafting grid. One crafting operation outputs four Diorite Stairs.
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Cut diorite on a stonecutter
Feed diorite to a stonecutter instead: one diorite becomes one Diorite Stairs, so four diorite yield four stair blocks without a crafting table.
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4
Collect stairs in a village
Snowy tundra villages generate Diorite Stairs as parts of their buildings, so snowy-biome builders find ready-made stairs to mine.
Diorite Stairs are waterloggable: a stair placed inside a water source keeps the water in its cell instead of replacing the liquid.
How to craft this block
Diorite
x6
Frequently asked questions
Which tool harvests Diorite Stairs?
Any pickaxe works, including a wooden one. Breaking Diorite Stairs without a pickaxe drops nothing.
Are Diorite Stairs renewable?
Yes, Diorite Stairs are a renewable resource, and so is the ingredient diorite — diorite also crafts from two cobblestone and two Nether Quartz.
How many Diorite Stairs fit in one stack?
Diorite Stairs stack to 64 per inventory slot.
Can fire or lava destroy Diorite Stairs?
No. Diorite Stairs are neither flammable nor lava-susceptible, so neither fire nor lava destroys the stair blocks.
Since when do snowy tundra villages generate Diorite Stairs?
Java Edition started generating Diorite Stairs in snowy tundra villages during the 1.14 development cycle, and Bedrock Edition received the feature in 1.10.0.