Overview
Minecraft classifies Cut Copper Stairs as a building block. Cut Copper Stairs has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 3 it takes a moment to break but never slows a build down.
It needs at least a stone 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 Cut Copper. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Block of Copper gives one of these. The one thing it makes is Waxed Cut Copper Stairs.
How long it takes to break
Cut Copper Stairs has a hardness of 3. By hand that is 15 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.5 seconds.
Iron takes 0.75 seconds against diamond's 0.6, so the upgrade worth making for this block is the one to iron.
A weaker tool still breaks it, but anything under stone returns nothing — you spend the time and lose the drop, which is how most veins get wasted.
Efficiency contributes its level squared plus one to tool speed, which makes Efficiency V roughly 3.3 times faster than the plain tool.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 15 s | 15 s | 15 s |
| Wooden * | 7.5 s | 1.3 s | 0.55 s |
| Stone | 1.2 s | 0.35 s | 0.15 s |
| Iron | 0.75 s | 0.3 s | 0.15 s |
| Diamond | 0.6 s | 0.25 s | 0.15 s |
| Netherite | 0.5 s | 0.25 s | 0.15 s |
| Golden * | 1.3 s | 0.7 s | 0.4 s |
Properties
Cut Copper Stairs resists blasts at 6, which usually is not enough when something explodes nearby. Light does not pass through it, and it emits none of its own. A single slot takes 64, the usual full stack. The block is tagged for pickaxes, and only that class gets the speed bonus; everything else mines at bare-hand rate.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Stone Pickaxe
How to get it
Crafting Table
Cut Copper Stairs ×4
Stonecutter
Cut Copper Stairs ×4
Stonecutter
Cut Copper Stairs
Drops
Mined with Stone Pickaxe, Cut Copper Stairs drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Cut Copper Stairs in Minecraft?
Cut Copper Stairs is crafted from Cut Copper.
What tool do you need to break Cut Copper Stairs?
Stone Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Cut Copper Stairs blast resistant?
Cut Copper Stairs has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Cut Copper Stairs fit in one stack?
Cut Copper Stairs stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Cut Copper Stairs take to break?
About 0.5 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 15 seconds with your fists.
The rest of the set
Cut Copper Stairs is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
