This guide explains how to make polished blackstone stairs in Minecraft using a crafting table or a stonecutter, with step-by-step instructions and screenshots.
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 polished 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 Polished Blackstone Stairs
To make polished blackstone stairs on a crafting table, the crafting recipe requires the following ingredients:
6 Polished Blackstone
Which will make 4 polished blackstone stairs.
To make polished blackstone stairs using a stonecutter, the following ingredients are required:
1 Blackstone, or
1 Polished Blackstone
Which will make 1 polished blackstone stair.
A stonecutter is much more efficient at making polished blackstone stairs, slabs, and blocks than a crafting table.
How to Make Polished Blackstone Stairs in Minecraft (Crafting Table Method)
Step 1: Open A Crafting Table
To make polished 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 Polished Blackstone to the Crafting Grid
Place polished 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 Minecraft polished blackstone stairs recipe 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 polished blackstone in the correct squares, the finished stairs will appear in the square on the right.
Step 3: Move the Finished Stairs to Your Inventory
Move the finished polished blackstone stairs from the righthand square of the crafting table menu to your inventory.
Excellent! Now that you know how to make polished blackstone stairs in Minecraft using a crafting table. Now learn how to make them on a stonecutter.
How to Make Polished Blackstone Stairs in Minecraft (Stonecutter Method)
Step 1: Open Your Stonecutter
To make polished 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
Place blackstone or polished blackstone blocks 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 blackstone slabs, stairs, walls, chiseled polished blackstone, blackstone brick slabs, stairs, walls and blocks, and polished blackstone slabs. stairs and walls.
Step 3: Select The Polished Blackstone Stairs
Select the polished blackstone stairs in the stonecutter menu. Notice how the finished polished blackstone stair appears in the square on the righthand side of the stonecutter menu.
Step 4: Move the Polished Blackstone Stairs to Your Inventory
Move the finished stairs from the stonecutter menu to your Minecraft inventory.
Well done! You now know how to make polished blackstone stairs in Minecraft on the crafting table and with a stonecutter.
Minecraft Give Command for Polished Blackstone Stairs
You can use the Give command to add polished 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 polished_blackstone_stairs 1
For the Bedrock edition
/give @p polished_blackstone_stairs 1 0
FAQ’s
Do polished blackstone stairs generate naturally in Minecraft?
Polished blackstone stairs do not naturally generate in Minecraft. The only way to acquire polished blackstone stairs in Minecraft is to craft them on a crafting table or stonecutter.
Are polished blackstone stairs stackable? If so, how many can go in a stack?
Polished blackstone 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 polished blackstone, stone, and granite stairs. And an ax is the fastest tool for breaking wood stairs, like acacia, spruce, and dark oak wood 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 polished blackstone stairs water soluble?
Yes, polished 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 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.