Overview
Prismarine 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, Prismarine Stairs is an underwater block. Prismarine Stairs is made at a crafting table. Hardness 1.5 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 Prismarine. A stonecutter can cut it straight from Prismarine, with nothing wasted. Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
About the prismarine set
How long it takes to break
Hardness 1.5 puts Prismarine Stairs at 7.5 seconds a block bare-handed, or 0.25 seconds with the right tool at netherite tier.
Iron takes 0.4 seconds against diamond's 0.3, so the upgrade worth making for this block is the one to diamond.
Below wooden the block breaks and simply vanishes. Bring the right tier or leave it in the ground.
Efficiency adds its level squared plus one to the tool speed, so Efficiency V is about 2.5 times faster than the same tool unenchanted.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 7.5 s | 7.5 s | 7.5 s |
| Wooden | 1.2 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Stone | 0.6 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.4 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.3 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.2 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
Properties
Prismarine 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. A pickaxe 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
- Wooden Pickaxe
- Fuel value
- 15 s
How to get it
Crafting Table
Prismarine Stairs ×4
Stonecutter
Prismarine Stairs
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Prismarine Stairs drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Prismarine Stairs in Minecraft?
Prismarine Stairs is crafted from Prismarine.
What tool do you need to break Prismarine Stairs?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Prismarine Stairs blast resistant?
Prismarine Stairs has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Prismarine Stairs fit in one stack?
A stack is 64, and a double chest of them comes to 3,456.
How long does Prismarine Stairs take to break?
About 0.25 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 7.5 seconds with your fists.
The rest of the set
Prismarine Stairs is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
