This guide explains how to make smooth sandstone 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 smooth sandstone 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 Smooth Sandstone Stairs
To make smooth sandstone stairs on a crafting table, the crafting recipe requires the following ingredients:
6 Smooth Sandstone
Which will make 4 smooth sandstone stairs.
To make smooth sandstone stairs using a stonecutter, the following ingredients are required:
1 Sandstonemooth Sandstone
Which will make 1 smooth sandstone stair.
A stonecutter is much more efficient at making smooth sandstone stairs, slabs, and walls than a crafting table.
How to Make Smooth Sandstone Stairs in Minecraft (Crafting Table Method)
Step 1: Open A Crafting Table
To make smooth sandstone 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 smooth sandstone to the Crafting Grid
Place smooth sandstone 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 smooth sandstone 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 sandstone in the correct squares, the sandstone stairs will appear in the square on the right.
Step 3: Move the smooth sandstone Stairs to Your Inventory
Move the finished smooth sandstone stairs from the righthand square of the crafting table menu to your inventory.
Excellent! Now that you know how to make smooth sandstone stairs in Minecraft using a crafting table. Now learn how to make them on a stonecutter.
How to Make Smooth Sandstone Stairs in Minecraft (Stonecutter Method)
Step 1: Open Your Stonecutter
To make smooth sandstone 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 smooth sandstone to the Stonecutter Menu
Place smooth sandstone in the square on the upper lefthand side of the stonecutter interface. This will display the items you can make with smooth sandstone on a stonecutter for you to select from. This includes smooth sandstone slabs and stairs.
Step 3: Select The smooth sandstone Stairs
Select the smooth sandstone stairs in the stonecutter menu. Notice how the finished smooth sandstone stair appears in the square on the righthand side of the stonecutter menu.
Step 4: Move the smooth sandstone Stairs to Your Inventory
Move the smooth sandstone stairs from the stonecutter menu to your Minecraft inventory.
Well done! You now know how to make smooth sandstone stairs in Minecraft on the crafting table and with a stonecutter.
Minecraft Give Command for Smooth Sandstone Stairs
You can use the Give command to add smooth sandstone 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 smooth_sandstone_stairs 1
For the Bedrock edition
/give @p smooth_sandstone_stairs 1 0
FAQ’s
Do smooth sandstone stairs generate naturally in Minecraft?
Yes, smooth sandstone stairs can generate naturally in desert villages. But since these aren’t that common, the easiest way to acquire cobblestone stairs in Minecraft is to craft them on a crafting table or stonecutter.
Are smooth sandstone stairs stackable? If so, how many can go in a stack?
Smooth sandstone 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 smooth sandstone, cobblestone, and stone brick stairs. And an ax is the fastest tool for breaking wood stairs, like birch, oak, 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 smooth sandstone stairs water soluble?
Yes, smooth sandstone 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.