Tuff Stairs

Tuff Stairs

Renewable	No
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	43 TERRACOTTA_GRAY
Note block instrument	Bass Drum

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Tuff stairs are a decorative stairs variant of tuff used for building.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Tuff 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
Tuff	4

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Tuff

Sounds

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

v t e tuff sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	place.tuff	​ ?	0.8	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.tuff	​ ?	1.0	0.8
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	step.tuff	​ ?	0.3	0.5
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	step.tuff	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Walking on the block	step.tuff	​ ?	0.3	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Jumping from the block	step.tuff	​ ?	0.12	1.1
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.tuff	​ ?	0.4	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Tuff Stairs	tuff_stairs	Block & Item	mineable/pickaxe stairs	stairs	block.minecraft.tuff_stairs

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Tuff Stairs	tuff_stairs	-746	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.tuff_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 15, 2023							Tuff stairs are shown at Minecraft Live 2023.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w43a				Added tuff stairs.
1.21			24w18a				Tuff stairs are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.20.50 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.50.22				Added tuff stairs.
			Preview 1.20.50.23				Tuff stairs are now craftable.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.22				Tuff stairs are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.

Issues

Issues relating to "Tuff Stairs" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.