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Stone Brick Stairs in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Stone Brick Stairs is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Stone Brick Stairs.
What is Stone Brick Stairs?
Stone Brick Stairs is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 1.5 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Stone Brick Stairs does not emit light. Stone Brick Stairs filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:stone_brick_stairs. Command: /give @p minecraft:stone_brick_stairs 1.
How to mine Stone Brick Stairs
Stone 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 2.25 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 7.5 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×.
Stone Brick Stairs drops
When broken, Stone 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
Stone Brick Stairs technical properties
- Waterloggable: Yes
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Stone Brick Stairs (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Stone Brick Stairs natural generation
- Generates in biomes / dimensions: Overworld
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:stone_brick_stairs
- Material family: mineable/pickaxe
- Hardness: 1.5
- Blast resistance: 6
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 0
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:stone_brick_stairs 1
Overview
Stone 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 Stone Brick Stairs with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Stone Brick Stairs once it breaks.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Stone Brick Stairs with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Stone Brick Stairs once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 2.25s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 7.5s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:stone_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: Easy
- Estimated time per run: 1-5 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Stone 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 Stone Brick Stairs drop when mined?
Breaking Stone Brick Stairs drops Stone Brick Stairs.
How hard is Stone Brick Stairs to mine?
Stone Brick Stairs has a hardness value of 1.5. That works out to roughly 2.25s with the correct tool or 7.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft Stone Brick Stairs?
Yes - this page lists 1 known crafting recipe for Stone Brick Stairs.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Stone Brick Stairs?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:stone_brick_stairs, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.