Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot: How to Craft Concrete Stairs and Slabs
In the 26.3 snapshot, concrete finally gets stair and slab variants, covering all 16 colors. Previously, when using concrete to build modern houses, stadiums, or roads, you had to switch to other materials whenever you encountered diagonal corners, edges, or changes in elevation. Now you can use concrete stairs and slabs in the same color, creating a much more cohesive appearance.
Required Materials
To craft concrete stairs and slabs, you need concrete blocks in the corresponding color and a crafting table.
| Material | Quantity | How to Obtain |
|---|---|---|
| Concrete blocks | 6 for stairs, 3 for slabs | Make concrete powder of the corresponding color come into contact with water to turn it into concrete blocks |
| Crafting table | 1 | Crafted using 4 planks |
Concrete comes in 16 colors, so you must prepare concrete blocks of the same color when crafting colored stairs or slabs. Concrete powder is crafted from 4 sand, 4 gravel, and 1 dye. The color of the dye determines the final color of the concrete.
How to Craft Concrete Stairs
The recipe for concrete stairs is essentially the same as the recipes for wooden and stone stairs. Open the crafting table and place concrete blocks of the same color in the following pattern:
混凝土块 空 空
混凝土块 混凝土块 空
混凝土块 混凝土块 混凝土块Once the blocks are arranged, 4 concrete stairs will appear in the output slot. Move them to your inventory.
When crafting, note that the first column must be completely filled, the second column must contain two concrete blocks, and the third column must contain one concrete block in the bottom row only. All six materials must be the same color; otherwise, the recipe will not work.
How to Craft Concrete Slabs
The recipe for concrete slabs is simpler. Open the crafting table and place 3 concrete blocks of the same color in any complete row:
混凝土块 混凝土块 混凝土块
空 空 空
空 空 空You can also use the second or third row. The recipe produces 6 concrete slabs of the same color, which you can move directly to your inventory.
Practical Uses for Concrete Stairs and Slabs
Concrete has vivid colors and a smooth surface, making it especially suitable for modern-style builds. With the addition of stairs and slabs, many details that were previously difficult to handle become much easier.
- Use concrete stairs for roof edges, entrances, and exterior wall trim. Combined with stone bricks, cobblestone, and other materials, they can create cottages or modern houses with a consistent color scheme.
- Use concrete slabs and stairs in different colors to build roads, sidewalks, airports, shopping malls, stadiums, and other urban facilities.
- In multistory houses, use concrete stairs to connect floors, then use slabs to build balconies, windowsills, and cantilevered structures.
- Concrete slabs can serve as counters, coffee tables, desks, shelves, and sofa bases. Combined with Cushion, they can also be used to create more homely indoor furniture.
- On farms, concrete stairs and slabs can be used to decorate rooftops, fence edges, work areas, and roads, giving functional buildings more than just a simple block-based appearance.
- Slabs in different colors are also suitable for creating pixel art, rainbow beacon bases, and various geometric decorations.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many colors of concrete stairs and slabs are there?
There are 16 colors, corresponding one-to-one with the 16 colors of concrete blocks in the game.
Do concrete stairs automatically connect like regular stairs?
Yes. When placed next to each other, concrete stairs can automatically form inner and outer corners, connecting in the same way as other stair blocks.
Can concrete stairs and slabs be mined by hand?
They can be broken by hand, but they will not drop themselves. In Survival mode, use any pickaxe to mine them in order to obtain the concrete stairs or slabs.
