Start with solid concrete to make concrete stairs or slabs in any of the 16 colors. Use a stonecutter to save concrete when making stairs.
Turn powder into concrete
Combine four sand, four gravel, and one dye to make eight blocks of concrete powder. The arrangement doesn’t matter. You’ll need regular sand for this recipe; red sand won’t work.
Craft White Concrete Powder
4 × Sand + 4 × Gravel + 1 × White Dye → 8 × White Concrete Powder
Ingredients
- Place the powder against flowing water or a water source. It hardens into concrete immediately.
- Collect it with a pickaxe. You’ll need a pickaxe to collect concrete stairs and slabs too.
- Bring the concrete to a crafting table or stonecutter.
The powder needs to touch the water itself. Rain and cauldrons won’t work, and neither will the solid back of a waterlogged stair. On a waterlogged block, aim for the side where the water is exposed.
Choose your dye before making the powder. Once the concrete is made, you’ll need a new batch to get a different color.
Craft stairs and slabs
Arrange six matching concrete blocks in a stair pattern to make four stairs.
Craft White Concrete Stairs
6 × White Concrete → 4 × White Concrete Stairs
Ingredients
For slabs, place three matching concrete blocks in a horizontal row. This makes six slabs.
Craft White Concrete Slab
3 × White Concrete → 6 × White Concrete Slab
Ingredients
When does a stonecutter save materials?
Put a concrete block in a stonecutter, then select stairs or slabs. One block makes one stair or two slabs.
| Output | Crafting table | Stonecutter |
|---|---|---|
| 4 stairs | 6 concrete | 4 concrete |
| 6 slabs | 3 concrete | 3 concrete |
Craft Stonecutter
3 × Stone + 1 × Iron Ingot → 1 × Stonecutter
