Overview
Exposed Cut Copper Stairs is one of the 5 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. Cut Copper Stairs is the same shape in a different material.
Minecraft classifies Exposed Cut Copper Stairs as a building block. Exposed 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 Exposed Cut Copper. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Exposed Copper gives one of these. The one thing it makes is Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Stairs.
How long it takes to break
Hardness 3 puts Exposed Cut Copper Stairs at 15 seconds a block bare-handed, or 0.5 seconds with the right tool at netherite tier.
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.
The Efficiency formula is level² + 1 added to tool speed — at V that is about 3.3 times the unenchanted rate.
| 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
Exposed Cut Copper 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. Stack size is 64 — the standard full stack. The fastest tool for it is a pickaxe; any other kind of tool mines it no faster than a bare hand does, because the speed bonus only applies to the tool class the block is tagged for.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Stone Pickaxe
How to get it
Crafting Table
Exposed Cut Copper Stairs ×4
Stonecutter
Exposed Cut Copper Stairs ×4
Stonecutter
Exposed Cut Copper Stairs
Drops
Mined with Stone Pickaxe, Exposed Cut Copper Stairs drops itself.
Used to craft
Exposed Cut Copper Stairs is an ingredient in 1 recipes, producing Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Stairs.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Exposed Cut Copper Stairs in Minecraft?
Exposed Cut Copper Stairs is crafted from Exposed Cut Copper.
What tool do you need to break Exposed Cut Copper Stairs?
Stone Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Exposed Cut Copper Stairs blast resistant?
Exposed Cut Copper Stairs has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Exposed Cut Copper Stairs fit in one stack?
64 per stack, so a double chest holds 3,456 Exposed Cut Copper Stairs.
How long does Exposed Cut Copper Stairs take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.5 seconds. Bare hands take 15.
The rest of the set
Exposed Cut Copper Stairs is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
