This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft dark oak stairs (formerly called dark oak wood stairs) with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
In Minecraft, dark oak stairs are one of the many building blocks that you can make. The crafting process will create 4 sets of dark oak stairs at a time.
Let’s explore how to make dark oak stairs.
Where to find Dark Oak Stairs in Creative Mode
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
Here is where you can find dark oak stairs in the Creative Inventory menu:
Platform
Version(s)
Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)
1.8 – 1.19.4
Building Blocks
Platform is the platform that applies.
Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.
Required Materials to make Dark Oak Stairs
In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft dark oak stairs:
6 Dark Oak Planks
How to craft Dark Oak Stairs in Survival Mode
1. Open the Crafting Menu
First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid that looks like this:
2. Add Items to make Dark Oak Stairs
In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make dark oak stairs, place 6 dark oak planks in the 3×3 crafting grid.
When making dark oak stairs, it is important that the dark oak planks are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the first row, there should be 1 dark oak planks in the first box. In the second row, there should be 1 dark oak planks in the first box and 1 dark oak planks in the second box. In the third row, there should be 3 dark oak planks. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for dark oak stairs.
Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the 4 dark oak stairs will appear in the box to the right.
3. Move the Dark Oak Stairs to Inventory
Once you have crafted dark oak stairs, you need to move the new items to your inventory.
Congratulations, you have made dark oak stairs in Minecraft!
Item ID and Name
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, dark oak stairs have the following Name, ID and DataValue:
Item
Description
(Minecraft ID Name)
Data Value
Stack Size
Platform
Version(s)
Dark Oak Stairs
(minecraft:dark_oak_stairs)
0
64
Java
1.8 – 1.12
Dark Oak Stairs
(minecraft:dark_oak_stairs)
64
Java
1.13 – 1.19.4
Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
Platform is the platform that applies.
Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.
Block States for Dark Oak Stairs
Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE)
In Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE), the block states for Dark Oak Stairs are:
Block State
Value
Default
Required
Example
Description
upside_down_bit
false
Yes
No
[“upside_down_bit”:false]
Item is upside-down
upside_down_bit
true
No
No
[“upside_down_bit”:true]
Item is upside-down
weirdo_direction
0
Yes
No
[“weirdo_direction”:“0”]
Full-block side faces East
weirdo_direction
1
No
No
[“weirdo_direction”:“1”]
Full-block side faces West
weirdo_direction
2
No
No
[“weirdo_direction”:“2”]
Full-block side faces South
weirdo_direction
3
No
No
[“weirdo_direction”:“3”]
Full-block side faces North
Block State is the internal name for the block state.
Value is the value for the block state.
Default indicates that it is the default, if omitted.
Required indicates that it must be included in command to properly identify this item/block.
Example shows how to format the block state to be used in the /fill, /setblock, /clone, or /testforblock command.
Give Command for Dark Oak Stairs
Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.19.4, the /give command for Dark Oak Stairs is:
/give @p dark_oak_stairs 1
In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Dark Oak Stairs is:
/give @p dark_oak_stairs 1 0
Other Stairs
You can make other sets of stairs in Minecraft such as:
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