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Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs.
What is Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs?
Smooth Red Sandstone 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 Red Sandstone Stairs does not emit light. Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:smooth_red_sandstone_stairs. Command: /give @p minecraft:smooth_red_sandstone_stairs 1.
How to mine Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs
Smooth Red Sandstone 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 Red Sandstone Stairs drops
When broken, Smooth Red Sandstone 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 Red Sandstone Stairs technical properties
- Waterloggable: Yes
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:smooth_red_sandstone_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_red_sandstone_stairs 1
Overview
Smooth Red Sandstone 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 Red Sandstone Stairs with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs once it breaks.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 3s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 10s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:smooth_red_sandstone_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 Red Sandstone 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 Red Sandstone Stairs drop when mined?
Breaking Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs drops Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs.
How hard is Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs to mine?
Smooth Red Sandstone 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 Red Sandstone Stairs?
Yes - this page lists 1 known crafting recipe for Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:smooth_red_sandstone_stairs, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.