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Deepslate Brick Stairs in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Deepslate Brick Stairs is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Deepslate Brick Stairs.

What is Deepslate Brick Stairs?

Deepslate Brick Stairs is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 3.5 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Deepslate Brick Stairs does not emit light. Deepslate Brick Stairs filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:deepslate_brick_stairs. Command: /give @p minecraft:deepslate_brick_stairs 1.

How to mine Deepslate Brick Stairs

Deepslate Brick Stairs requires one of the following tools to drop its item — mining with a lower tier or by hand destroys it:

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 5.25 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 17.5 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Deepslate Brick Stairs drops

When broken, Deepslate Brick Stairs drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Craftable

Deepslate Brick Stairs technical properties

  • Waterloggable: Yes
  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: No — finite in a given world
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Deepslate Brick Stairs (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:deepslate_brick_stairs
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 3.5
  • Blast resistance: 6
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:deepslate_brick_stairs 1

Overview

Deepslate Brick Stairs is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Prerequisites and materials

  • Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Deepslate Brick Stairs with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Deepslate Brick Stairs once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Deepslate Brick Stairs with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Deepslate Brick Stairs once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 5.25s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 17.5s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:deepslate_brick_stairs 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
  • Carry a spare tool of the correct tier - breaking with the wrong one wastes the drop.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Estimated time per run: 5-20 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Deepslate Brick Stairs?

You need one of: Wooden Pickaxe, Stone Pickaxe, Golden Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, Diamond Pickaxe, Netherite Pickaxe. Mining with a lower tier tool (or by hand) will break the block without dropping its item.

What does Deepslate Brick Stairs drop when mined?

Breaking Deepslate Brick Stairs drops Deepslate Brick Stairs.

How hard is Deepslate Brick Stairs to mine?

Deepslate Brick Stairs has a hardness value of 3.5. That works out to roughly 5.25s with the correct tool or 17.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Deepslate Brick Stairs?

Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Deepslate Brick Stairs.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Deepslate Brick Stairs?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:deepslate_brick_stairs, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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