Polished Andesite Stairs

Polished Andesite Stairs

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Partial (blocks light)‌[JE only] Yes‌[BE only]
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	11 STONE
Note block instrument	Bass Drum

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Polished andesite stairs are a decorative stairs variant of polished andesite used for building.

Obtaining

Breaking

Polished andesite stairs can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Polished Andesite Stairs
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	17.5 (JE) 7.5 (BE)
Wooden	11.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE)
Stone	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Copper	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE)
Iron	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Diamond	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE)
Netherite	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Golden	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Andesite	4

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Andesite or  Polished Andesite

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.stone	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.37	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Polished Andesite Stairs	polished_andesite_stairs	Block & Item	stairs mineable/pickaxe	stairs	block.minecraft.polished_andesite_stairs

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Block tags	Translation key
Polished Andesite Stairs	polished_andesite_stairs	429	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	minecraft:cornerable_stairs minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.polished_andesite_stairs.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the stairs' full-block side faces. When placed in-game by a player, this matches the direction the player faces.
half	bottom	bottom top	Top if the stairs are upside-down.
shape	straight	inner_left inner_right outer_left outer_right straight	"straight" is the default stairs shape. "inner" is an "inside corner" stair shape, with two full-block and two stair-shaped side faces. "outer" is an "outside corner" stair shape, with two stair-shaped and two half-block side faces. "left" and "right" specify in which direction is the higher part of the step.
waterlogged	false	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as these stairs.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
upside_down_bit	0x4	false	false true	0 1	True if the stairs are upside-down.
weirdo_direction	0x1 0x2	0	0 1 2 3	0 1 2 3	The direction the stairs' full-block side faces. 0: East 1: West 2: South 3: North
minecraft:corner	Not Supported	none	none inner_left inner_right outer_left outer_right	Unsupported	The corner shape of the stair.

History

Announcement

October 8, 2018							Polished andesite stairs are announced.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.14			18w43a				Added polished andesite stairs.
			18w44a				The texture of polished andesite stairs has been updated.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Added polished andesite stairs.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of polished andesite stairs has been updated.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Decreased the hardness of polished andesite stairs from 2 to 1.5.

PlayStation 4 Edition

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.88							Added polished andesite stairs.
1.90							The texture of polished andesite stairs has been updated.

Issues

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