Polished Tuff Stairs

Polished 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 (JE)	; 43 TERRACOTTA_GRAY

Polished tuff stairs are a decorative stairs variant of polished tuff that does not generate naturally and is used for building.

Obtaining

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

Legend

↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Tuff	4

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Tuff or Polished Tuff

Polished tuff stairs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

v t e `polished_tuff` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.polished_tuff.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.96	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.polished_tuff.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.96	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.polished_tuff.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.6	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.polished_tuff.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.9	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.polished_tuff.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.2	16

v t e `polished_tuff` sound type
Sound	Closed captions ^{[upcoming: BE 26.0]}	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key ^{[upcoming: BE 26.0]}	Volume	Pitch
	?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`break.tuff`	?	1.0	1.152
	?	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.tuff`	?	1.0	1.152
	?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.tuff`	?	0.5	0.72
	?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.tuff`	?	1.2	1.44
	?	Players	Walking on the block	`step.tuff`	?	0.3	1.44
	?	Players	Jumping from the block	`step.tuff`	?	0.12	1.44
	?	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`step.tuff`	?	0.4	1.44

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

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Polished Tuff Stairs	`polished_tuff_stairs`	`-751`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.polished_tuff_stairs.name`

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.

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

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

Bedrock Edition
1.20.50 Experiment Update 1.21	Preview 1.20.50.22	Added polished tuff stairs.
1.20.50 Experiment Update 1.21	Preview 1.20.50.23	Can now be crafted.
1.21.0	Preview 1.21.0.22	Polished tuff stairs are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.

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

v t e Tuff
Tuff	Block Slab Stairs Wall Chiseled
Bricks	Block Slab Stairs Wall Chiseled
Polished	Block Slab Stairs Wall

v t e Stairs
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Stone-based	Stone Cobblestone Mossy Stone Brick Mossy Granite Polished Diorite Polished Andesite Polished Cobbled Deepslate Polished Deepslate Deepslate Brick Deepslate Tile Tuff Polished Brick
Overworld	Brick Mud Brick Resin Brick Sandstone Smooth Red Sandstone Smooth Prismarine Brick Dark
The Nether	Nether Brick Red Blackstone Polished Polished Brick
The End	End Stone Brick Purpur
Mineral-based	Quartz Smooth
Metal-based	Cut Copper Waxed Exposed Waxed Exposed Weathered Waxed Weathered Oxidized Waxed Oxidized