Overview
Brick 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 Brick Stairs as a building block. Brick Stairs has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 2 it takes a moment to break but never slows a build down.
It needs at least a wooden pickaxe to drop anything; a weaker tool destroys it for nothing. Mining it returns the block itself, so it is safe to relocate. A full stack holds 64.
It is crafted from Bricks. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Bricks gives one of these. No recipe takes it as an ingredient.
How long it takes to break
Hardness 2 puts Brick Stairs at 10 seconds a block bare-handed, or 0.35 seconds with the right tool at netherite tier.
An iron tool takes 0.5 seconds and a diamond one 0.4, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to iron.
The block still breaks with a weaker tool, but below wooden it yields nothing at all — the time is spent and the drop is lost, which is the single most common way players waste a vein.
Efficiency adds its level squared plus one to the tool speed, so Efficiency V is about 3.5 times faster than the same tool unenchanted.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 10 s | 10 s | 10 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
Blast resistance on Brick Stairs is 6, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. A single slot takes 64, the usual full stack. A pickaxe 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
- Wooden Pickaxe
- Fuel value
- 15 s
How to get it
Crafting Table
Brick Stairs ×4
Stonecutter
Brick Stairs
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Brick Stairs drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Brick Stairs in Minecraft?
Brick Stairs is crafted from Bricks.
What tool do you need to break Brick Stairs?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Brick Stairs blast resistant?
Brick Stairs has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Brick Stairs fit in one stack?
A stack is 64, and a double chest of them comes to 3,456.
How long does Brick Stairs take to break?
0.35 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 10 seconds bare-handed.
The rest of the set
Brick Stairs is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
