Macaw's Stairs
by sketchmacaw
With Macaw's Stairs installed, players can add railings to vanilla and modded stairs, toggle their style with shears and place balconies.
What it does
Railings can be attached to stairs from the base game as well as stairs added by other mods. Right-clicking a railing with shears switches its style. The mod also includes five new stair designs and balcony railings, and a balcony can be placed up to four times in the same block.
Macaw's Stairs requires Fabric API on Fabric, and it is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 31 release versions, 1.16.5 – 26.3. Both the server and every player need the mod. The code is covered by All rights reserved, so the project is not open source, though public links exist for the source code, issue tracker and wiki.
Key features
Railings for any stairs
Railings can be attached to base-game stairs and to stairs added by other mods, one railing per stair.
Shears toggle the style
Right-clicking a stair railing or balcony with shears switches between its available styles.
Five new stair designs
The mod adds five stair blocks in a vanilla style, which can be built into staircases alongside existing blocks.
Stacked balconies
Balconies can be placed up to four times in the same block space, giving a layered railing.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.17.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Required by 2 mods
Use cases
Decorating staircases
Builders can give plain vanilla or modded staircases a finished look with railings, without replacing the stairs themselves.
Balconies on buildings
Balcony railings fit upper floors and terraces, and up to four can stack in one block.
Who it’s for: Builders who decorate houses, villages and modpacks, and server owners who want railings on stairs already in use.
How it compares
Decorative Railings is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.18 – 26.2 under All rights reserved, so it does not run on Fabric. Small Stairs Updated is open source under the MIT License, covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.17 – 26.2, and adds smaller stair variants rather than railings. More Beautiful Stairs targets 1.20.1 – 26.3 on all three loaders under All rights reserved and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macaw's Stairs | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-29 |
| Decorative Railings | Forge and NeoForge | 1.18 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-29 |
| Small Stairs Updated | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.17 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-04-07 |
| More Beautiful Stairs | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-12 |
Questions
Does Macaw's Stairs need Fabric API?
Does the server need Macaw's Stairs?
Can the mod be used in a modpack?
In the catalog
Macaw's Stairs is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
What if you could improve the existing Vanilla stairs? Or have new ones?! Well this mod has the answer to that! Now you can add Stair Railings to Vanilla or Modded Stairs, and even change their style
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/macaws-stairs
- Owner
- sketchmacaw
- Published
- 2024-10-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15