Overview
Cobblestone 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.
In Minecraft 1.21.4, Cobblestone Stairs is a stone-family block. Cobblestone Stairs is made at a crafting table. Hardness 2 puts it in the middle of the pack for mining speed.
Mine it with a wooden pickaxe or better, or you get no drop at all. Broken correctly, it drops itself. Sixty-four fit in one inventory slot.
The recipe calls for Cobblestone. A stonecutter can cut it straight from Cobblestone, with nothing wasted. Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
About the cobblestone set
How long it takes to break
Hardness 2 puts Cobblestone Stairs at 10 seconds a block bare-handed, or 0.35 seconds with the right tool at netherite tier.
Iron manages 0.5 seconds and diamond 0.4, which makes iron the tier that changes how this block feels.
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.
Each Efficiency level adds level² + 1 to the tool's speed, so a level V tool clears this about 3.5 times faster than an unenchanted one.
| 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
Cobblestone Stairs has a blast resistance of 6, so a nearby explosion will usually destroy it. It blocks light completely and emits no light of its own. 64 fit in a slot — a 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
Cobblestone Stairs ×4
Stonecutter
Cobblestone Stairs
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Cobblestone Stairs drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Cobblestone Stairs in Minecraft?
Cobblestone Stairs is crafted from Cobblestone.
What tool do you need to break Cobblestone Stairs?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Cobblestone Stairs blast resistant?
Cobblestone Stairs has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Cobblestone Stairs fit in one stack?
Cobblestone Stairs stacks to 64, which puts 3,456 of them in a double chest.
How long does Cobblestone Stairs take to break?
About 0.35 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 10 seconds with your fists.
The rest of the set
Cobblestone Stairs is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
