# Concrete stairs and slabs in Minecraft

Canonical: https://crafting.recipes/guides/concrete-stairs-slabs

Minecraft 26.3.

Updated September 20, 2026

Start with solid concrete to make [concrete stairs](/items/white-concrete-stairs.md) or [slabs](/items/white-concrete-slab.md) in any of the 16 colors. Use a stonecutter to save concrete when making stairs.

## Turn powder into concrete

Combine four [sand](/items/sand.md), four [gravel](/items/gravel.md), 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](https://crafting.recipes/items/white-concrete-powder.md)
>
> #### Crafting
>
> Use: [Crafting Table](https://crafting.recipes/items/crafting-table.md).
>
> **Output:** 8 × [White Concrete Powder](https://crafting.recipes/items/white-concrete-powder.md)
>
> **Arrangement:** Shapeless
>
> Place ingredients anywhere in the crafting grid.
>
> ##### Ingredients
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> - 1 × [White Dye](https://crafting.recipes/items/white-dye.md)
> - 4 × [Sand](https://crafting.recipes/items/sand.md)
> - 4 × [Gravel](https://crafting.recipes/items/gravel.md)

1. Place the powder against flowing water or a water source. It hardens into concrete immediately.
2. Collect it with a [pickaxe](/guides/pickaxe.md). You’ll need a pickaxe to collect concrete stairs and slabs too.
3. 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](https://crafting.recipes/items/white-concrete-stairs.md)
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> #### Crafting
>
> Use: [Crafting Table](https://crafting.recipes/items/crafting-table.md).
>
> **Output:** 4 × [White Concrete Stairs](https://crafting.recipes/items/white-concrete-stairs.md)
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> **Arrangement:** Shaped
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> Crafting grid (3 × 3)
>
> ```text
> +---+---+---+
> | A |   |   |
> +---+---+---+
> | A | A |   |
> +---+---+---+
> | A | A | A |
> +---+---+---+
> ```
>
> ##### Ingredients
>
> - **A** — 6 × [White Concrete](https://crafting.recipes/items/white-concrete.md)

For slabs, place three matching concrete blocks in a horizontal row. This makes six slabs.

> ### [Craft White Concrete Slab](https://crafting.recipes/items/white-concrete-slab.md)
>
> #### Crafting
>
> Use: [Crafting Table](https://crafting.recipes/items/crafting-table.md).
>
> **Output:** 6 × [White Concrete Slab](https://crafting.recipes/items/white-concrete-slab.md)
>
> **Arrangement:** Shaped
>
> Crafting grid (3 × 1)
>
> ```text
> +---+---+---+
> | A | A | A |
> +---+---+---+
> ```
>
> ##### Ingredients
>
> - **A** — 3 × [White Concrete](https://crafting.recipes/items/white-concrete.md)

## When does a stonecutter save materials?

Put a concrete block in a [stonecutter](/items/stonecutter.md), 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](https://crafting.recipes/items/stonecutter.md)
>
> #### Crafting
>
> Use: [Crafting Table](https://crafting.recipes/items/crafting-table.md).
>
> **Output:** 1 × [Stonecutter](https://crafting.recipes/items/stonecutter.md)
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> **Arrangement:** Shaped
>
> Crafting grid (3 × 2)
>
> ```text
> +---+---+---+
> |   | A |   |
> +---+---+---+
> | B | B | B |
> +---+---+---+
> ```
>
> ##### Ingredients
>
> - **A** — 1 × [Iron Ingot](https://crafting.recipes/items/iron-ingot.md)
> - **B** — 3 × [Stone](https://crafting.recipes/items/stone.md)