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Waxed Cut Copper Stairs in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Stone Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Waxed Cut Copper Stairs.
What is Waxed Cut Copper Stairs?
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs is a Minecraft block classified under the Requires better than wooden tool material group. It has a hardness of 3 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Waxed Cut Copper Stairs does not emit light. Waxed Cut Copper Stairs filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:waxed_cut_copper_stairs. Command: /give @p minecraft:waxed_cut_copper_stairs 1.
How to mine Waxed Cut Copper Stairs
Waxed Cut Copper 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 4.5 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 15 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×.
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs drops
When broken, Waxed Cut Copper 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
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs technical properties
- Waterloggable: Yes
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
- Map color: * Cut Copper Stairs Block of Copper * Exposed Cut Copper Stairs Exposed Copper * Weathered Cut Copper Stairs Weathered Copper * Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs Oxidized Copper
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Cut Copper Stairs (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:waxed_cut_copper_stairs
- Material family: Requires better than wooden tool
- Hardness: 3
- Blast resistance: 6
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 0
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:waxed_cut_copper_stairs 1
Overview
Waxed Cut Copper 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 Waxed Cut Copper Stairs with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Waxed Cut Copper Stairs once it breaks.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Waxed Cut Copper Stairs with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Waxed Cut Copper Stairs once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 4.5s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 15s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:waxed_cut_copper_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 Waxed Cut Copper Stairs?
You need one of: Stone 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 Waxed Cut Copper Stairs drop when mined?
Breaking Waxed Cut Copper Stairs drops Waxed Cut Copper Stairs.
How hard is Waxed Cut Copper Stairs to mine?
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs has a hardness value of 3. That works out to roughly 4.5s with the correct tool or 15s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft Waxed Cut Copper Stairs?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Waxed Cut Copper Stairs.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Waxed Cut Copper Stairs?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:waxed_cut_copper_stairs, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.