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Smooth Quartz Stairs in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

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

What is Smooth Quartz Stairs?

Smooth Quartz Stairs is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 2 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Smooth Quartz Stairs does not emit light. Smooth Quartz Stairs filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

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

How to mine Smooth Quartz Stairs

Smooth Quartz 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 3 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 10 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×.

Smooth Quartz Stairs drops

When broken, Smooth Quartz 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

Smooth Quartz Stairs technical properties

  • Waterloggable: Yes
  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:smooth_quartz_stairs
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 2
  • Blast resistance: 6
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:smooth_quartz_stairs 1

Overview

Smooth Quartz 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 Smooth Quartz Stairs with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Smooth Quartz Stairs once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Smooth Quartz Stairs with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Smooth Quartz Stairs once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 3s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 10s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:smooth_quartz_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: Easy
  • Estimated time per run: 1-5 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Smooth Quartz 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 Smooth Quartz Stairs drop when mined?

Breaking Smooth Quartz Stairs drops Smooth Quartz Stairs.

How hard is Smooth Quartz Stairs to mine?

Smooth Quartz Stairs has a hardness value of 2. That works out to roughly 3s with the correct tool or 10s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Smooth Quartz Stairs?

Yes - this page lists 1 known crafting recipe for Smooth Quartz Stairs.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Smooth Quartz Stairs?

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

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