This guide explains how to make blackstone stairs in Minecraft using a crafting table or a stonecutter, with step-by-step instructions and screenshots.
Minecraft stairs can be placed to make it easier to go up and down inclines like those long passages down to your diamond mine. And they are often used to build grand staircases, detailed roof lines on buildings, as decorative blocks, or in simple paths.
Minecraft Versions
You can make blackstone stairs in the following versions of Minecraft.
| Minecraft Version | Platform | Supported |
|---|---|---|
| Java | PC, Mac, Linux | Yes |
| Bedrock | PE, PS4, Xbox, Win10 | Yes |
| Education Edition | PC, Mac | Yes |
Blocks Required to Make Blackstone Stairs
To make blackstone stairs on a crafting table, the crafting recipe for blackstone stairs requires the following ingredients:
6 Blckstone
Which will make 4 blackstone stairs.
To make blackstone stairs using a stonecutter, the following ingredients are required:
1 Blackstone
Which will make 1 blackstone stairs.
A stonecutter is much more efficeint at making blackstone stairs and other blackstone items like slabs, walls, aas well as blackstone bricks, slabs, stairs and walls, and polished blackstone stairs, slabs, and walls. This is because the crafting table recipes require more resources than stonecutters.
How to Make Blackstone Stairs in Minecraft (Crafting Table Method)
Step 1: Open A Crafting Table
To make blackstone stairs, open your crafting table. You should see the 3×3 crafting grid in the top portion of the interface. (See image below.)
Step 2: Add 6 Blackstone to the Crafting Grid
Place six blackstone in the 3×3 crafting grid.
To make blackstone stairs, place blackstone in the first square of the top row of the crafting table grid, the first and second squares of the middle row, and in all three squares of the bottom row. (See image below.)
The blackstone stairs recipe in Minecraft is a shaped recipe, which means that as long as the ingredients are placed in the crafting grid in the same pattern you will be able to make stairs even if they are flipped.
However, the recipe will not work for stairs of any type if the ingredients are placed upside-down.
Once you’ve placed the blackstone in the correct squares, the blackstone stairs will appear in the square on the right.
Step 3: Move the Blackstone Stairs to Your Inventory
Move the finished blackstone stairs from the righthand square of the crafting table menu to your inventory.
Well done! You now know how to make blackstone stairs in Minecraft on a crafting table. Now learn how to make them on a stonecutter.
How to Make Blackstone Stairs in Minecraft (Stonecutter Method)
Step 1: Open Your Stonecutter
To make blackstone stairs, open your stonecutter. You should see the stonecutter interface in the top portion of the menu and your inventory at the bottom. (See image below.)
Step 2: Add blackstone to the Stonecutter Menu
To make blackstone stairs on a stonecutter, place blackstone in the square on the upper lefthand side of the stonecutter interface. This will display the items you can make with blackstone on a stonecutter for you to select from. This includes chiseled blackstone, blackstone slab, blackstone stairs, blackstone wall, as well as the polished blacstone and polished blackstone brick block variants.
Step 3: Select The blackstone Stairs
Select the blackstone stairs in the stonecutter menu. Notice how the finished blackstone stair appears in the square on the righthand side of the stonecutter menu.
Step 4: Move the blackstoneStairs to Your Inventory
Move the blackstone stairs from the stonecutter menu to your Minecraft inventory.
Well done! You now know how to make blackstone stairs in Minecraft on the crafting table and with a stonecutter.
Minecraft Give Command for Blackstone Stairs
You can use the Give command to add blackstone stairs to your inventory. To use the Give command open chat in your Minecraft game and type the following.
For the Java edition
/give @p blackstone_stairs 1
For the Bedrock edition
/give @p blackstone_stairs 1 0
FAQ’s
Do blackstone stairs generate naturally in Minecraft?
Yes, blackstone stairs generate naturally in bastion remnants and in ruined portals (Java edition only.). But since these are rare, the easiest way to acquire blackstone stairs in Minecraft is to make them on a crafting table or stonecutter.
Are blackstone stairs stackable? If so, how many can go in a stack?
Stone brick stairs, like all stairs in Minecraft, are stackable and you can have up to 64 in one stack.
What is the best tool(s) for breaking stairs?
A pickaxe is best for breaking non-wood stairs, like blackstone, stone, and polished andesite stairs. And an ax is the fastest tool for breaking wood stairs, like mangrove, oak, and oak stairs. Breaking a wood stair without a tool will drop a stair that can be picked up. Breaking non-wood stairs with anything other than a pickaxe will cause the stairs not to drop and they will be lost.
Is walking up stairs faster than jumping up one block?
Yes, walking upstairs is faster than jumping up the same distance. Another benefit to using stairs over jumping is that it doesn’t exhaust your hunger bar, meaning you won’t wear yourself down and have to eat.
Can wood stairs be used as fuel for furnaces and blast furnaces?
Yes, wood stairs can be used as fuel in furnaces, blast furnaces, and smokers. You will be able to smelt 1.5 items be wood stair burned.
Are blackstone stairs water soluble?
Yes, blackstone stairs, like all stair variants, wood and non-wood, are water soluble. Meaning you can place a stair and water from a water bucket in the same space. This can come in handy when you’re have a single layer of blocks and need to make a spot that holds water. Replacing a full block with a stair or slab will allow you to place water in the same place as well.