Overview
Waxed 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.
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs is a building block in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. Waxed 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 Waxed Cut Copper. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Waxed Block of Copper gives one of these. No recipe takes it as an ingredient.
How long it takes to break
Waxed 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 manages 0.75 seconds and diamond 0.6, which makes iron the tier that changes how this block feels.
It will break below stone, and you will get nothing for it. That combination of time spent and drop lost is the classic mining mistake.
Each Efficiency level adds level² + 1 to the tool's speed, so a level V tool clears this about 3.3 times faster than an unenchanted one.
| 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
Blast resistance on Waxed Cut Copper Stairs is 6, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. One inventory slot holds 64, the normal 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.
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- Required tool
- Stone Pickaxe
How to get it
Crafting Table
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs ×4
Crafting Table
Shapeless recipe
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs
Stonecutter
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs ×4
Stonecutter
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs
Drops
Mined with Stone Pickaxe, Waxed Cut Copper Stairs drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Waxed Cut Copper Stairs in Minecraft?
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs is crafted from Waxed Cut Copper.
What tool do you need to break Waxed Cut Copper Stairs?
Stone Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Waxed Cut Copper Stairs blast resistant?
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Waxed Cut Copper Stairs fit in one stack?
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Waxed Cut Copper Stairs take to break?
0.5 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 15 seconds bare-handed.
The rest of the set
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
