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How to Make Prismarine Stairs in Minecraft

Prismarine Stairs — Minecraft block

Prismarine Stairs

Prismarine Stairs are craftable animated steps (the texture slowly shifts color) made from six prismarine blocks for ocean monument-style builds.

Block ID minecraft:prismarine_stairs
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Prismarine Stairs are a decorative stairs variant of prismarine, the color-shifting stone that builds ocean monuments underwater. Six prismarine blocks on the crafting grid yield 4 Prismarine Stairs, and a stonecutter converts one prismarine into one stair. Prismarine Stairs never generate naturally, so every stair in a build starts at a crafting table or a stonecutter. A wooden pickaxe is the weakest tool that mines Prismarine Stairs, and mining without a pickaxe drops nothing.

The cracked surface of Prismarine Stairs slowly cycles through light blue, green, purple, and dark blue tones, repeating a full cycle every 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Waterlogging (placing water inside the block) lets staircases run through flooded monument corridors without displacing water, and a single stack holds 64 Prismarine Stairs. The parent prismarine block counts as renewable and crafts from four prismarine shards. For ocean monument restorations, harbor steps, and aquarium tunnels, Prismarine Stairs keep the animated look of prismarine walls while letting players climb without jumping.

Block properties

Item ID minecraft:prismarine_stairs
/give command /give @p minecraft:prismarine_stairs
Stackable Yes (64)
Best tool Pickaxe
Renewable Yes
Java Edition 1.13
Bedrock Edition 1.4.0

Guide

How to Get Prismarine Stairs in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Mine prismarine in an ocean monument

    Swim down to an ocean monument and break prismarine with any pickaxe; a wooden pickaxe already works. Breaking prismarine without a pickaxe drops nothing.

  2. 2

    Craft 4 stairs from 6 prismarine

    Place six prismarine on the crafting grid in a stair shape — one block in the top row, two in the middle row, three in the bottom row — and take 4 Prismarine Stairs from the output.

  3. 3

    Cut single stairs on a stonecutter

    Put one prismarine on a stonecutter to receive one stair. Stonecutting gives one stair per prismarine, while the crafting recipe spends 6 prismarine on 4 stairs.

  4. 4

    Place and waterlog the stairs

    Set Prismarine Stairs along the ramp so players walk up without jumping, and waterlog (fill with water) the stairs that stand inside flooded halls.

Keep a pickaxe in hand

Prismarine Stairs broken with an axe, a shovel, or a bare hand drop nothing; a pickaxe of any tier, wooden and up, returns the stair as a drop.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Prismarine Prismarine x6
Crafting
Prismarine
Prismarine Prismarine
Prismarine Prismarine Prismarine
Prismarine Stairs
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Prismarine Stairs

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Frequently asked questions

Which Minecraft version added Prismarine Stairs?

Java Edition added Prismarine Stairs in snapshot 18w07a, released with version 1.13. Bedrock Edition fully implemented Prismarine Stairs in version 1.4.0, after the experimental beta 1.2.13.8.

Can Prismarine Stairs catch fire from lava?

No. Prismarine Stairs are neither flammable nor lava-susceptible, so fire and lava contact cannot ignite a stair.

How long does one full color cycle of Prismarine Stairs take?

One full cycle takes 5 minutes and 30 seconds. The 22 color shifts follow an irregular sequence, so the tones do not change at a steady rhythm.

Can you find Prismarine Stairs inside an ocean monument?

No. Ocean monuments are built from plain prismarine; stairs with the monument look must be crafted or cut separately.

Do Prismarine Stairs emit any light?

No. Prismarine Stairs emit no light, just like the plain prismarine block, whose light output is zero.