Overview
Dark Oak 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 Dark Oak Stairs as a building block. Dark Oak 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.
Broken correctly, it drops itself. Sixty-four fit in one inventory slot. The recipe calls for Dark Oak Planks.
It is not used in any crafting recipe.
About the dark oak set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 2, Dark Oak Stairs takes 3 seconds to punch out and 0.35 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
Iron takes 0.5 seconds against diamond's 0.4, so the upgrade worth making for this block is the one to iron.
Nothing here needs a minimum tier: whatever you swing, the block still drops, and the only difference is how long it takes.
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 | 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
With 3 blast resistance Dark Oak Stairs usually goes down to a nearby explosion. It is fully opaque and produces no light. 64 fit in a slot — a full stack. 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 fastest here; any other class mines it at bare-hand speed, because the bonus only applies to the class the block is tagged for. As furnace fuel it burns for 15 seconds — one and a half smelting operations.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Any
- Flammable
- Yes (5/20)
- Fuel value
- 15 s
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Dark Oak Stairs ×4
Drops
Mined with any, Dark Oak Stairs drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Dark Oak Stairs in Minecraft?
Dark Oak Stairs is crafted from Dark Oak Planks.
What tool do you need to break Dark Oak Stairs?
No specific tool is required — Dark Oak Stairs can be broken by hand.
Is Dark Oak Stairs blast resistant?
Dark Oak Stairs has a blast resistance of 3, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Dark Oak Stairs fit in one stack?
Dark Oak Stairs stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Dark Oak Stairs take to break?
About 0.35 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 3 seconds with your fists.
The rest of the set
Dark Oak Stairs is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
