How to Make Polished Blackstone Stairs in Minecraft
Polished Blackstone Stairs
Polished Blackstone Stairs give dark Nether-style bases smooth walkways — 6 Polished Blackstone yield 4 stair blocks, and any pickaxe mines these stairs.
Description
Builders use Polished Blackstone Stairs for smooth dark ascents in Bastion-style fortresses, blackstone streets, and basalt courtyards. Polished Blackstone Stairs have hardness 2, a blast resistance (ability to survive creeper and TNT explosions) of 6, and stack 64 per inventory slot. Polished Blackstone Stairs remain a renewable resource (a material obtainable endlessly), because piglin bartering — handing gold ingots to piglins for random returns — keeps supplying Blackstone for the stonecutter.
Block properties
| Item ID |
minecraft:polished_blackstone_stairs
|
|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p minecraft:polished_blackstone_stairs
|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Best tool | Pickaxe |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Hardness | 2 |
| Blast resistance | 6 |
| Java Edition | 1.16 |
| Bedrock Edition | 1.16.0 |
Guide
How to craft Polished Blackstone Stairs in Minecraft
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1
Gather Blackstone in the Nether
Mine Blackstone with any pickaxe: the basalt deltas biome, spaces below lava seas, and bastion remnants all expose Blackstone deposits in the Nether.
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2
Craft Polished Blackstone
Place 4 Blackstone in a 2×2 square on a crafting table to produce 4 Polished Blackstone.
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3
Craft the stairs
Arrange 6 Polished Blackstone in stair shape — 1 block in the top row, 2 in the middle row, 3 in the bottom row — to craft 4 Polished Blackstone Stairs.
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4
Cut stairs at a stonecutter
Put 1 Blackstone or 1 Polished Blackstone into a stonecutter to receive 1 Polished Blackstone Stairs per input block.
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5
Harvest ruined portals
Explore ruined portals in the Nether and mine naturally generated polished blackstone stairs with any pickaxe.
Minecraft Bedrock 1.20.30 raised the hardness of Polished Blackstone Stairs from 1.5 to 2, matching the Java Edition value.
How to craft this block
Polished Blackstone
x6
Frequently asked questions
Do piglins give you Blackstone for Polished Blackstone Stairs?
Piglins hand over 8–16 Blackstone when given a gold ingot, and a stonecutter converts each Blackstone into one Polished Blackstone Stairs.
What happens if you break Polished Blackstone Stairs without a pickaxe?
The stair drops nothing. Any pickaxe, wooden pickaxe included, harvests Polished Blackstone Stairs successfully.
Can Polished Blackstone Stairs be placed underwater?
Yes, Polished Blackstone Stairs are waterloggable, meaning the stair block can hold water inside itself for underwater staircases and canals.
Do Polished Blackstone Stairs let light through?
In Java Edition, Polished Blackstone Stairs count as partially transparent while still blocking light. In Bedrock Edition, the transparency is complete.
Are Polished Blackstone Stairs flammable?
No. Polished Blackstone Stairs are neither flammable nor vulnerable to lava, so fire never destroys the stairs.