Overview
Red Nether Brick Stairs is one of the 30 variants of Oak Stairs: same recipe, same hardness, same drops — only the look differs. The full write-up for the set is on the Oak Stairs page.
Red Nether Brick Stairs is a Nether block in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Red Nether Brick Stairs. Its hardness of 2 makes it a normal, unhurried block to mine.
Anything below a wooden pickaxe breaks it without leaving a drop. It drops as the same block you mined. It stacks to 64.
You make it with Red Nether Bricks. You can also cut it from Red Nether Bricks on a stonecutter. It is not used in any crafting recipe.
About the red set
How long it takes to break
Hardness 2 puts Red Nether Brick 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.
It will break below wooden, and you will get nothing for it. That combination of time spent and drop lost is the classic mining mistake.
The Efficiency formula is level² + 1 added to tool speed — at V that is about 3.5 times the unenchanted rate.
| 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
Red Nether Brick 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. Stack size is 64 — the standard 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.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
How to get it
Crafting Table
Red Nether Brick Stairs ×4
Stonecutter
Red Nether Brick Stairs
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Red Nether Brick Stairs drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Red Nether Brick Stairs in Minecraft?
Red Nether Brick Stairs is crafted from Red Nether Bricks.
What tool do you need to break Red Nether Brick Stairs?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Red Nether Brick Stairs blast resistant?
Red Nether Brick Stairs has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Red Nether Brick Stairs fit in one stack?
64 per stack, so a double chest holds 3,456 Red Nether Brick Stairs.
How long does Red Nether Brick 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
Red Nether Brick Stairs is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
