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How to Craft Brick Stairs in Minecraft

Brick Stairs in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Building brick staircases. Minecraft has used the name Brick Stairs since Beta 1.8.

On a Crafting Table, 6 Bricks turns into Brick Stairs. Read it row by row: Bricks in the left column, then two Bricks in the left and middle columns, then three Bricks. Done once, that is 4 Brick Stairs.

Brick Stairs Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Brick Stairs is minecraft:brick_stairs. In commands the namespace may be left off, so brick_stairs works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p brick_stairs
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p brick_stairs 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve brick_stairs 1

Cheats have to be on for Brick Stairs to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Brick Stairs are crafted from Brick blocks for classic architecture. Brick Stairs uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft have used the name Brick Stairs since Beta 1.8, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with bricks (craft from bricks).

Stack Maths

A full stack of 64 bricks gives 40 brick stairs, across 10 crafts at 6 for 4. Left behind: 4 bricks.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Bricks6xCraft from bricks

For Brick Stairs: 6x Bricks (craft from bricks), brought to a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

Brick, then Bricks, then the Brick Stairs. All in: 24 Clay Ball.

  1. 1
    Clay BallClay Ball24BrickBrick24BrickFurnace, repeat 24x
  2. 2
    BrickBrick246Bricksrepeat 6x
  3. 3
    Brick Stairsthis page

Gather this first

Clay BallClay Ball24Clay Ball

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    6x Bricks

  2. 2

    4x Brick Stairs

Minecraft crafting recipe for Brick Stairs: 6 x Bricks in a crafting table, making 4 Brick Stairs.

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 6x Bricks. Start with the Bricks: craft from bricks.
  • Each craft yields 4 Brick Stairs, so a full stack of 64 takes 16 crafts.

Uses for Brick Stairs

  • Building brick staircases

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Brick Stairs on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Brick Stairs in Minecraft?
To craft Brick Stairs you need 6 Bricks at a Crafting Table. Copy the grid above cell for cell, and one craft produces 4 Brick Stairs.
What do you need to make Brick Stairs from scratch?
Counting all the way down, Brick Stairs comes to 24 Clay Balls, spread over 3 crafts.
Where do you find the materials for Brick Stairs?
Here is where each part of Brick Stairs comes from. Bricks: craft from bricks.
What should I craft first for Brick Stairs?
For Brick Stairs, start with a Brick: 24 Clay Balls gives you 24 Bricks. After that the order is Bricks, and then the Brick Stairs itself.
How many Brick Stairs do you get from one craft?
The Brick Stairs recipe makes 4 Brick Stairs in a single craft.
Can you farm everything you need for Brick Stairs?
Brick Stairs needs nothing you have to go find: bricks from brick. Set those up once and you can keep making brick stairs.
What is the item ID for Brick Stairs in Minecraft?
Brick Stairs is registered as minecraft:brick_stairs. Commands accept the short form brick_stairs as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Brick Stairs?
Use /give @p brick_stairs to put Brick Stairs in your own inventory, or /give @p brick_stairs 64 for a full stack of 64. Cheats have to be on.
Is the Brick Stairs recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Java and Bedrock agree on Brick Stairs: both want 6 Bricks at a Crafting Table in the layout above, and both give 4 at a time.
How many crafting steps does Brick Stairs take?
Brick Stairs takes 3 crafts once you count the parts: Brick and Bricks, and then the Brick Stairs. The chain section above walks through them in order.
What version of Minecraft added Brick Stairs?
The name Brick Stairs goes back to Minecraft Beta 1.8, and no older release we can read uses it. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. Today the game builds it from 6 Bricks, as shown above.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
6 Bricks in, 4 Brick Stairs out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Minecraft Java Beta 1.8 uses this name and the release before it does not. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
That the ingredients come back
What drops, what villagers trade and what farms regrow in Minecraft Java, followed through the recipes to see what those ingredients can be turned into.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 4 Brick Stairs per craft against the stack size.

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