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For a properly exposed print, only two are absolutely required:

The developer (alkaline) and the fixer (acidic). A stop bath (acidic) is used between the two by many who think it is necessary to arrest development. However, a properly exposed print differs from film in that once the exposed silver halide has been reduced to black metallic silver, more development time does not cause more reduction. The major benefit to the stop bath is that it neutralizes developer that would otherwise be carried over to the fixing bath, thus it prolongs the life of the reusable fixer. To be precise, this is the real reason for using the stop bath. Arresting development with a stop bath will often produce inconsistent results between prints of the same negative and exposure which are visible to the trained eye.

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