Overview
Bamboo Stairs is one of the 30 variants of this shape in the game. What changes between them is the material, and with it the hardness, the drops, the durability and the recipe — so every figure on this page is this variant's own. Oak Stairs is the same shape in a different material.
Minecraft classifies Bamboo Stairs as a plant block. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Bamboo Stairs. Its hardness of 2 makes it a normal, unhurried block to mine.
Mining it returns the block itself, so it is safe to relocate. A full stack holds 64. It is crafted from Bamboo Planks.
Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
About the bamboo set
How long it takes to break
Bamboo Stairs has a hardness of 2. By hand that is 3 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.35 seconds.
You are looking at 0.5 seconds on iron and 0.4 on diamond — the iron step is where the time actually falls.
No particular tool tier is required: any tool, or none at all, still yields the drop, so the table below is about speed rather than about whether you get anything.
The Efficiency formula is level² + 1 added to tool speed — at V that is about 3.5 times the unenchanted rate.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | 3 s | 3 s | 3 s |
| Wooden | 1.5 s | 0.25 s | 0.15 s |
| Stone | 0.75 s | 0.25 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.5 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.4 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.35 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
Properties
Bamboo Stairs resists blasts at 3, which usually is not enough when something explodes nearby. Light does not pass through it, and it emits none of its own. 64 fit in a slot — a full stack. It is renewable, so one world can supply as much of it as you want. Flammable, at encouragement 5 and burn 20: build with it away from lava, and do not use it as a wall you care about. An axe is the fastest choice here. A tool of the wrong class is no better than your fist — the speed bonus is tied to the block's own tool tag. As furnace fuel it burns for 15 seconds — one and a half smelting operations.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Any
- Flammable
- Yes (5/20)
- Renewable
- Yes
- Fuel value
- 15 s
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Bamboo Stairs ×4
Drops
Mined with any, Bamboo Stairs drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Bamboo Stairs in Minecraft?
Bamboo Stairs is crafted from Bamboo Planks.
What tool do you need to break Bamboo Stairs?
No specific tool is required — Bamboo Stairs can be broken by hand.
Is Bamboo Stairs blast resistant?
Bamboo Stairs has a blast resistance of 3, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Bamboo Stairs fit in one stack?
A stack is 64, and a double chest of them comes to 3,456.
Is Bamboo Stairs renewable?
Yes. Bamboo Stairs can be obtained again and again in one world, so building with it does not exhaust the supply.
How long does Bamboo Stairs take to break?
0.35 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 3 seconds bare-handed.
The rest of the set
Bamboo Stairs is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
