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How to Craft Dark Oak Stairs in Minecraft

Dark Oak Stairs in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Building staircases.

The bill for Dark Oak Stairs is 6 Dark Oak Planks, and the work happens at a Crafting Table. From the top down: Dark Oak Planks in the left column; then two Dark Oak Planks in the left and middle columns; then three Dark Oak Planks. That comes out as 4 Dark Oak Stairs. It doubles as fuel at 300 ticks apiece, so 43 Dark Oak Stairs will smelt 64 items.

Dark Oak Stairs Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Dark Oak Stairs are a building block used for staircases and decorative roofing. Crafted from Dark Oak Planks. Dark Oak Stairs uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Dark oak stairs were already in the game in Minecraft 1.12, the release that first filed recipes as data, so this recipe is at least that old.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with dark oak planks (craft from dark oak logs).

Per Stack

Empty a stack of 64 dark oak planks into this and 40 dark oak stairs come back. That leaves 4 dark oak planks with no partner.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Dark Oak Planks6xCraft from dark oak logs

Collect 6x Dark Oak Planks (craft from dark oak logs) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

The Full Chain

2 Dark Oak Log makes 8 Dark Oak Planks, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 2 Dark Oak Log.

  1. 1
    28Dark Oak Planksrepeat 2x
  2. 2
    Dark Oak Stairsthis page

Gather this first

2Dark Oak Log

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    6x Dark Oak Planks

  2. 2

    4x Dark Oak Stairs

Minecraft crafting recipe for Dark Oak Stairs: 6 x Dark Oak Planks in a crafting table, making 4 Dark Oak Stairs.

Tips & Notes

  • Line up 6x Dark Oak Planks before you open the Crafting Table. Dark Oak Planks: craft from dark oak logs.
  • Each craft yields 4 Dark Oak Stairs, so a full stack of 64 takes 16 crafts.

Uses for Dark Oak Stairs

  • Building staircases
  • Decorative building element
  • Roof construction

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Dark Oak Stairs in Minecraft?
6 Dark Oak Planks at a Crafting Table: that is the whole shopping list for Dark Oak Stairs. Arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above, and one craft produces 4 Dark Oak Stairs.
Where do you find the materials for Dark Oak Stairs?
The materials for Dark Oak Stairs each come from somewhere different. Dark Oak Planks: craft from dark oak logs.
How many Dark Oak Stairs do you get from one craft?
The Dark Oak Stairs recipe makes 4 Dark Oak Stairs in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Dark Oak Stairs in Minecraft?
Dark Oak Stairs is registered as minecraft:dark_oak_stairs. Commands accept the short form dark_oak_stairs as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Dark Oak Stairs?
Use /give @p dark_oak_stairs to put Dark Oak Stairs in your own inventory, or /give @p dark_oak_stairs 64 for a full stack of 64. Cheats have to be on.
Is the Dark Oak Stairs recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
No difference to worry about: Dark Oak Stairs takes 6 Dark Oak Planks at a Crafting Table on Java and on Bedrock alike, 4 at a time.
What version of Minecraft added Dark Oak Stairs?
Dark oak stairs were already in Minecraft 1.12, the release that first filed recipes as data, so this recipe is older than the game itself ever wrote down. The current release still makes Dark Oak Stairs exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
6 Dark Oak Planks in, 4 Dark Oak Stairs out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Present in Minecraft Java 1.12, the oldest release whose recipes exist to check. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size, burn time
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 Dark Oak Stairs per craft against the stack size.

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