This guide explains how to make dark oak stairs in Minecraft 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 craft and find dark oak 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 Craft Dark Oak Stairs
The recipe for dark oak stairs requires following ingredients:
6 Dark Oak Planks
Which will make 4 dark oak stairs.
How To Make Dark Oak Stairs
Step 1: Open A Crafting Table
To make dark oak 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 the Dark Oak Planks to the Crafting Grid
Place six dark oak wood planks in the 3×3 crafting grid.
To make dark oak stairs, place dark oak planks in the first square of the top row, the first and second squares of the middle row, and in all three squares of the bottom row.
The dark oak 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. (See image below.)
However, the recipe will not work for stairs of any type if the ingredients are placed upside-down.
Once you’ve placed the dark oak planks in the correct squares, the dark oak stairs will appear in the square on the right.
Step 3: Move the Dark Oak Stairs to Your Inventory
Move the finished dark oak stairs from the righthand square of the crafting table menu to your inventory.
Well done! You now know how to make dark oak stairs in Minecraft.
Minecraft Give Command for Dark Oak Stairs
You can use the Give command to add dark oak 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 dark_oak_stairs 1
For the Bedrock edition
/give @p dark_oak_stairs 1 0
FAQ’s
Do dark oak stairs generate naturally in Minecraft?
Yes, dark oak stairs will generate naturally in woodland mansions, pillager outposts, and shipwrecks. But since these can be rare and may not have many dark oak stairs to take, it’s a whole lot easier to just make them on a crafting table.
Are dark oak stairs stackable? If so, how many can go in a stack?
Dark oak 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?
An ax is the fastest tool for breaking wood stairs, like dark oak, spruce, and crimson stairs. And a pickaxe is best for breaking non-wood stairs, like stone, deepslate, or andesite 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, dark oak and other 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 dark oak stairs water soluble?
Yes, dark oak 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.