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How to Make Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs in Minecraft

Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs — Minecraft block

Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs

Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs form dark, bastion-style staircases, crafted from six Polished Blackstone Bricks for four stairs per craft.

Block ID minecraft:polished_blackstone_brick_stairs
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs are the stair form of polished blackstone bricks, a dark decorative building family from the Nether. Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs generate naturally in bastion remnants and ruined portals, so Nether exploration supplies the stairs without a crafting table. Breaking requires a pickaxe: any pickaxe collects the block, while mining by hand drops nothing. Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs measure hardness 1.5 and blast resistance 6, sturdy stonework values for fortress-style builds.

Crafting returns four Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs from six Polished Blackstone Bricks arranged in a staircase pattern across the 3×3 grid. A stonecutter cuts the same stairs from Polished Blackstone Bricks without a pattern. Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs are renewable (obtainable endlessly): piglins hand over 8–16 blackstone at an 8.71% chance during bartering, keeping the blackstone supply endless. Waterlogging lets placed stairs hold water inside the block for underwater staircases, and Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs neither burn nor react to lava.

Block properties

Item ID minecraft:polished_blackstone_brick_stairs
/give command /give @p minecraft:polished_blackstone_brick_stairs
Stackable Yes (64)
Best tool Pickaxe
Renewable Yes
Hardness 1.5
Blast resistance 6
Java Edition 1.16
Bedrock Edition 1.16.0

Guide

How to Craft Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Gather six Polished Blackstone Bricks

    Collect six Polished Blackstone Bricks, the ingredient behind every craft of the stairs.

  2. 2

    Open the 3×3 crafting grid

    Stand at a crafting table and open the 3×3 crafting grid.

  3. 3

    Place the bricks in a staircase pattern

    Fill the left column with three bricks, put two bricks in the lower two cells of the middle column, and place one brick in the bottom-right cell.

  4. 4

    Collect the four stairs

    Take the four Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs from the output slot; one craft yields exactly four stairs.

Stonecutter alternative

A stonecutter cuts Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs from Polished Blackstone Bricks without arranging a pattern.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Polished Blackstone Bricks Polished Blackstone Bricks x6
Crafting
Polished Blackstone Bricks
Polished Blackstone Bricks Polished Blackstone Bricks
Polished Blackstone Bricks Polished Blackstone Bricks Polished Blackstone Bricks
Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs
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Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs

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Frequently asked questions

Do Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs emit light?

No, Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs are not a light source.

How many Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs fit in one stack?

Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs stack up to 64 in a single inventory slot.

Can Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs be waterlogged?

Yes, placed stairs can hold water inside the stair block.

Which pickaxe breaks Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs?

Any pickaxe works, and a wooden pickaxe is the weakest tool that collects the stairs; mining without a pickaxe drops nothing.

When were Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs added to Minecraft?

Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs arrived in Java Edition 1.16 and Bedrock Edition 1.16.0.