Slab
Renewable |
Petrified Oak, Cut Copper, Waxed Cut Copper: No |
---|---|
Stackable |
Yes (64), same type only |
Tools | |
Blast resistance |
End Stone Brick: 9 |
Hardness |
See § Breaking |
Luminant |
No |
Transparent |
Double slab: No |
Flammable |
Overworld wood: Yes (5) |
Catches fire from lava |
Overworld wood: Yes |
Slabs are half-height versions of their respective blocks.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Breaking[edit]
Stone-type slabs and smooth blocks require a pickaxe to mine. Wooden slabs can be mined with anything, but an axe is quickest.
Block | Cut Copper | End Stone Brick | Blackstone Polished Blackstone Polished Blackstone Brick Brick (Mossy) Cobblestone (Red) Nether Brick Petrified Oak Purpur (Smooth) Quartz (Cut/Smooth) Sandstone (Cut/Smooth) Red Sandstone (Smooth) Stone Stone Brick |
Andesite Polished Andesite (Polished) Diorite (Polished) Granite Mossy Stone Brick Prismarine (and variants) |
Wooden | |
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Hardness | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | |
Tool | ||||||
Breaking time[A] | ||||||
Default | 15 | 15 | 10 | 7.5 | 3 | |
Wooden | 7.5 | 2.25 | 1.5 | 1.15 | 1.5 | |
Stone | 1.15 | 1.15 | 0.75 | 0.6 | 0.75 | |
Iron | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |
Diamond | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
Netherite | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.35 | 0.25 | 0.35 | |
Golden | 1.25 | 0.4 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.25 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Most slabs drop themselves when broken. The exception is petrified oak slabs, which drop normal oak slabs.[Bedrock Edition only]
Double slabs drop 2 of their respective single slabs, even when mined with Silk Touch. In Java Edition, double slabs are completely unobtainable. In Bedrock Edition, they can be obtained through inventory editing.
Crafting[edit]
Stonecutting[edit]
Petrified Oak Slabs are the stone-type wooden slabs left from before Java Edition 1.3.1. They are now unobtainable in vanilla survival. However, they can be retained from worlds played in versions where they were legitimately obtainable.
Natural generation[edit]
- Smooth stone slabs generate naturally in strongholds.
- Sandstone slabs generate naturally in desert wells, and desert pyramids.
- Spruce slabs generate naturally in igloo basements.
- Oak, birch, spruce, smooth stone and cobblestone slabs generate naturally in woodland mansions.
- Dark oak, cobblestone and mossy cobblestone slabs generate in pillager outpost.
- Oak, birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, and dark oak slabs can generate in shipwrecks.
- Blackstone and Quartz slabs generate in bastion remnants.
- Purpur slabs generate naturally in end cities.
- Villages
- Smooth stone, oak and cobblestone slabs generate naturally in plains villages.
- Smooth sandstone and sandstone slabs generate naturally in desert villages.
- Smooth stone and acacia slabs generate naturally in savanna villages.
- Smooth stone and spruce slabs generate naturally in taiga and snowy taiga villages.
- Ruined Portal
- Stone, stone brick, and mossy stone brick slabs generate in ruined portals in the overworld.
- Blackstone, polished blackstone, and polished blackstone brick slabs generate in ruined portals in the nether .[Java Edition only]
- Nether brick slabs generate in ruined portals in the nether.[Bedrock Edition only]
Usage[edit]
Placement[edit]
Slabs can occupy either the top half or the bottom half of a block, or both:
- Placing a slab on top of a block or on the side of a block in the lower half of the side surface creates a bottom slab
- Placing a slab on the underside of a block or on the top half of the side surface creates a top slab
- Placing a top and bottom slab of the same type in the same block creates a double slab block
- It's impossible to place two different kinds of slabs in the same block.
Slabs cannot be oriented vertically.
Crafting ingredient[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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Armor Stand | Stick + Smooth Stone Slab |
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Barrel | Stick + Any wood Slab |
[Bedrock Edition only] | |
Barrel | Any Planks + Any wood Slab |
[Java Edition only] | |
Chiseled Nether Bricks | Nether Brick Slab | ||
Chiseled Polished Blackstone | Polished Blackstone Slab | ||
Chiseled Quartz Block | Quartz Slab | ||
Chiseled Sandstone or Chiseled Red Sandstone |
Sandstone Slab or Red Sandstone Slab |
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Chiseled Stone Bricks | Stone Brick Slab | ||
Composter | Any wood Slab | ||
Daylight Detector | Glass + Nether Quartz + Any wood Slab |
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Grindstone | Stick + Stone Slab + Any Planks |
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Lectern | Any Wood Slab + Bookshelf |
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Purpur Pillar | Purpur Slab |
Behavior[edit]
A top slab or bottom slab is transparent to light in Bedrock Edition. A double slab is opaque.
A bottom placed on top of a hopper is transparent to items; the items fall through the bottom slab into the hopper. Without a hopper attached below, a bottom slab behaves as a solid surface.
Falling block entities (like sand, gravel, and concrete powder) turn into their dropped form if they land on a bottom slab, as when they fall on a torch.
Mobs see a slab as a full block when pathfinding. They can spawn on top slabs and double slabs, but not on bottom slabs. This can be used to prevent mob spawning in certain areas, such as mob farms.
Generally, the top face of top slabs, the bottom face of bottom slabs, and all faces of double slabs are handled as solid blocks. Due to this, blocks that require a solid surface for placement can be placed on these faces.
Double slabs are handled as a single block instead of two different slabs; as such, breaking one destroys the whole block and drop two slabs, as opposed to breaking only one slab within the block. "Double slabs" that are not aligned to the grid (i.e. a bottom slab on top of a top slab) are handled as separate blocks and are broken individually.
Redstone dust placed on a top slab receives signals from redstone dust one block lower and adjacent, but cannot transmit signals down to that block.
In Bedrock Edition, mobs standing on bottom slabs with air or another bottom slab below fail to pathfind correctly. They often end up spinning around in a small circle when they try to move.
Due to the way blast rays propagate from an explosion, bottom slabs provide extremely effective absorption to explosions directly on top of them.
Sneaking reduces the player's hitbox height to 1.65 blocks in Bedrock Edition, and so does not allow the player to walk over a bottom slab with one block of air above it, which is 1.5 blocks of space. In Java Edition, however, a crouching player's hitbox is exactly 1.5 blocks, allowing the player to fit through such a gap. A player cannot walk from a block of soul sand directly up to a bottom slab without jumping – this applies not just to soul sand, but to any block 7⁄8 of a block high or shorter, because the maximum step height of the player is 0.6 of a block. The player can walk off a bottom slab while sneaking, because the sneaking prevents falling only when the distance is higher than one half block.
If a single slab is placed in a water source block, the empty half of that slab's block is waterlogged. If a slab is placed in flowing water, a pocket of air is created in the unfilled half of the block. If the player's head is in this pocket, the player can breathe and see as clearly as from an air block. If a single slab is placed in between two water sources or waterlogged blocks, the slab becomes waterlogged. This also happens when a water bucket or a bucket containing a fish is used on a single slab. Double slabs cannot be waterlogged.
A minecart on powered rails is not repelled by a slab, although it is repelled by a slab with a minecart on top.
Fuel[edit]
Wooden slabs can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 0.75 items per slab in Java Edition, and smelting 1.5 items per slab in Bedrock Edition.
Note Blocks[edit]
Wooden slabs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sound.
Stone slabs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Block broken | Blocks | Breaking the block | block.nether_bricks.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | ? | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.nether_bricks.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | ? | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | Mining the block | block.nether_bricks.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | ? | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | Placing the block | block.nether_bricks.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | ? | 16 | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.nether_bricks.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | ? | 16 | |
Block broken | Blocks | Breaking the block | block.stone.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.stone.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | Mining the block | block.stone.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | Placing the block | block.stone.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.stone.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Block broken | Blocks | Breaking the block | block.wood.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.wood.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | Mining the block | block.wood.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | Placing the block | block.wood.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.wood.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Block broken | Blocks | Breaking the block[upcoming: JE 1.17] | block.copper.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | ? | ? | ? | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage[upcoming: JE 1.17] | block.copper.fall | None[sound 1] | ? | ? | ? | |
Block breaking | Blocks | Mining the block[upcoming: JE 1.17] | block.copper.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | ? | ? | ? | |
Block placed | Blocks | Placing the block[upcoming: JE 1.17] | block.copper.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | ? | ? | ? | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block[upcoming: JE 1.17] | block.copper.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | ? | ? | ? |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Block tags (JE) | Item tags (JE) | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oak Slab | oak_slab | slabs wooden_slabs | slabs wooden_slabs | block.minecraft.oak_slab |
Spruce Slab | spruce_slab | slabs wooden_slabs | slabs wooden_slabs | block.minecraft.spruce_slab |
Birch Slab | birch_slab | slabs wooden_slabs | slabs wooden_slabs | block.minecraft.birch_slab |
Jungle Slab | jungle_slab | slabs wooden_slabs | slabs wooden_slabs | block.minecraft.jungle_slab |
Acacia Slab | acacia_slab | slabs wooden_slabs | slabs wooden_slabs | block.minecraft.acacia_slab |
Dark Oak Slab | dark_oak_slab | slabs wooden_slabs | slabs wooden_slabs | block.minecraft.dark_oak_slab |
Crimson Slab | crimson_slab | non_flammable_wood slabs wooden_slabs | non_flammable_wood slabs wooden_slabs | block.minecraft.crimson_slab |
Warped Slab | warped_slab | non_flammable_wood slabs wooden_slabs | non_flammable_wood slabs wooden_slabs | block.minecraft.warped_slab |
Stone Slab | stone_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.stone_slab |
Smooth Stone Slab | smooth_stone_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.smooth_stone_slab |
Granite Slab | granite_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.granite_slab |
Polished Granite Slab | polished_granite_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.polished_granite_slab |
Diorite Slab | diorite_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.diorite_slab |
Polished Diorite Slab | polished_diorite_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.polished_diorite_slab |
Andesite Slab | andesite_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.andesite_slab |
Polished Andesite Slab | polished_andesite_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.polished_andesite_slab |
Cobblestone Slab | cobblestone_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.cobblestone_slab |
Mossy Cobblestone Slab | mossy_cobblestone_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.mossy_cobblestone_slab |
Stone Brick Slab | stone_brick_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.stone_brick_slab |
Mossy Stone Brick Slab | mossy_stone_brick_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.mossy_stone_brick_slab |
Brick Slab | brick_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.brick_slab |
End Stone Brick Slab | end_stone_brick_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.end_stone_brick_slab |
Nether Brick Slab | nether_brick_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.nether_brick_slab |
Red Nether Brick Slab | red_nether_brick_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.red_nether_brick_slab |
Sandstone Slab | sandstone_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.sandstone_slab |
Cut Sandstone Slab | cut_sandstone_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.cut_sandstone_slab |
Smooth Sandstone Slab | smooth_sandstone_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.smooth_sandstone_slab |
Red Sandstone Slab | red_sandstone_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.red_sandstone_slab |
Cut Red Sandstone Slab | cut_red_sandstone_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.cut_red_sandstone_slab |
Smooth Red Sandstone Slab | smooth_red_sandstone_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.smooth_red_sandstone_slab |
Quartz Slab | quartz_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.quartz_slab |
Smooth Quartz Slab | smooth_quartz_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.smooth_quartz_slab |
Purpur Slab | purpur_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.purpur_slab |
Prismarine Slab | prismarine_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.prismarine_slab |
Prismarine Brick Slab | prismarine_brick_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.prismarine_brick_slab |
Dark Prismarine Slab | dark_prismarine_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.dark_prismarine_slab |
Petrified Oak Slab | petrified_oak_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.petrified_oak_slab |
Blackstone Slab | blackstone_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.blackstone_slab |
Polished Blackstone Slab | polished_blackstone_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_slab |
Polished Blackstone Brick Slab | polished_blackstone_brick_slab | slabs | slabs | block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_brick_slab |
Cut Copper Slab[upcoming: JE 1.17] | cut_copper_slab | None | None | block.minecraft.cut_copper_slab |
Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Slab[upcoming: JE 1.17] | lightly_weathered_cut_copper_slab | None | None | block.minecraft.lightly_weathered_cut_copper_slab |
Semi Weathered Cut Copper Slab[upcoming: JE 1.17] | semi_weathered_cut_copper_slab | None | None | block.minecraft.semi_weathered_cut_copper_slab |
Weathered Cut Copper Slab[upcoming: JE 1.17] | weathered_cut_copper_slab | None | None | block.minecraft.weathered_cut_copper_slab |
Waxed Cut Copper Slab[upcoming: JE 1.17] | waxed_cut_copper_slab | None | None | block.minecraft.waxed_cut_copper_slab |
Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Slab[upcoming: JE 1.17] | waxed_lightly_weathered_cut_copper_slab | None | None | block.minecraft.waxed_lightly_weathered_cut_copper_slab |
Waxed Semi Weathered Cut Copper Slab[upcoming: JE 1.17] | waxed_semi_weathered_cut_copper_slab | None | None | block.minecraft.waxed_semi_weathered_cut_copper_slab |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Double Wooden Slabs | double_wooden_slab | 157 | tile.double_wooden_slab.name |
Wooden Slabs | wooden_slab | 158 | tile.wooden_slab.oak.name tile.wooden_slab.spruce.name tile.wooden_slab.birch.name tile.wooden_slab.jungle.name tile.wooden_slab.acacia.name tile.wooden_slab.big_oak.name |
Double Crimson Slab | crimson_double_slab | 521 | tile.crimson_double_slab.name |
Crimson Slab | crimson_slab | 519 | tile.crimson_slab.name |
Double Warped Slab | warped_double_slab | 522 | tile.warped_double_slab.name |
Warped Slab | warped_slab | 520 | tile.warped_slab.name |
Double Stone Slabs (1) | double_stone_slab | 43 | tile.double_stone_slab.stone.name[verify] |
Stone Slabs (1) | stone_slab | 44 | tile.stone_slab.stone.name tile.stone_slab.sand.name tile.stone_slab.cobble.name tile.stone_slab.wood.name tile.stone_slab.brick.name tile.stone_slab.smoothStoneBrick.name tile.stone_slab.quartz.name tile.stone_slab.nether_brick.name |
Double Stone Slabs (2) | double_stone_slab2 | 181 | tile.double_stone_slab2.red_sandstone.name |
Stone Slabs (2) | stone_slab2 | 182 | tile.stone_slab2.red_sandstone.name tile.stone_slab2.purpur.name tile.stone_slab2.prismarine.rough.name tile.stone_slab2.prismarine.dark.name tile.stone_slab2.prismarine.bricks.name tile.stone_slab2.mossy_cobblestone.name tile.stone_slab2.sandstone.smooth.name tile.stone_slab2.red_nether_brick.name |
Double Stone Slabs (3) | double_stone_slab3 | 422 | tile.double_stone_slab3.name |
Stone Slabs (3) | stone_slab3 | 417 | tile.stone_slab3.end_brick.name tile.stone_slab3.red_sandstone.smooth.name tile.stone_slab3.andesite.smooth.name tile.stone_slab3.andesite.name tile.stone_slab3.diorite.smooth.name tile.stone_slab3.diorite.name tile.stone_slab3.granite.smooth.name tile.stone_slab3.granite.name |
Double Stone Slabs (4) | double_stone_slab4 | 423 | tile.double_stone_slab4.name |
Stone Slabs (4) | stone_slab4 | 421 | tile.stone_slab4.mossy_stone_brick.name tile.stone_slab4.smooth_quartz.name tile.stone_slab4.stone.name tile.stone_slab4.cut_sandstone.name tile.stone_slab4.cut_red_sandstone.name |
Double Blackstone Slab | blackstone_double_slab | 538 | tile.blackstone_double_slab.name |
Blackstone Slab | blackstone_slab | 537 | tile.blackstone_slab.name |
Double Polished Blackstone Slab | polished_blackstone_double_slab | 549 | tile.polished_blackstone_double_slab.name |
Polished Blackstone Slab | polished_blackstone_slab | 548 | tile.polished_blackstone_slab.name |
Double Polished Blackstone Brick Slab | polished_blackstone_brick_double_slab | 540 | tile.polished_blackstone_brick_double_slab.name |
Polished Blackstone Brick Slab | polished_blackstone_brick_slab | 539 | tile.polished_blackstone_brick_slab.name |
Block data[edit]
In Bedrock Edition, slabs use the following data values:
- Double stone slab
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Double Stone Slab | |
1 | Double Sandstone Slab | |
2 | Double Wooden Slab | |
3 | Double Cobblestone Slab | |
4 | Double Bricks Slab | |
5 | Double Stone Bricks Slab | |
6 | Double Quartz Slab | |
7 | Double Nether Brick Slab | |
8 | Double Upper Stone Slab | |
9 | Double Upper Sandstone Slab | |
10 | Double Upper Wooden Slab | |
11 | Double Upper Cobblestone Slab | |
12 | Double Upper Bricks Slab | |
13 | Double Upper Stone Bricks Slab | |
14 | Double Upper Quartz Slab | |
15 | Double Upper Nether Brick Slab |
- Double stone slab 2
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Double Red Sandstone Slab | |
1 | Double Purpur Slab | |
2 | Double Prismarine Slab | |
3 | Double Prismarine Bricks Slab | |
4 | Double Dark Prismarine Slab | |
5 | Double Mossy cobblestone Slab | |
6 | Double Smooth Sandstone Slab | |
7 | Double Red Nether Brick Slab | |
8 | Double Upper Red Sandstone Slab | |
9 | Double Upper Purpur Slab | |
10 | Double Upper Prismarine Slab | |
11 | Double Upper Prismarine Bricks Slab | |
12 | Double Upper Dark Prismarine Slab | |
13 | Double Upper Mossy cobblestone Slab | |
14 | Double Upper Smooth Sandstone Slab | |
15 | Double Upper Red Nether Brick Slab |
- Double stone slab 3
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Double End Stone Brick Slab | |
1 | Double Smooth Red Sandstone Slab | |
2 | Double Polished Andesite Slab | |
3 | Double Andesite Slab | |
4 | Double Diorite Slab | |
5 | Double Polished Diorite Slab | |
6 | Double Granite Slab | |
7 | Double Polished Granite Slab | |
8 | Double Upper End Stone Brick Slab | |
9 | Double Upper Smooth Red Sandstone Slab | |
10 | Double Upper Polished Andesite Slab | |
11 | Double Upper Andesite Slab | |
12 | Double Upper Diorite Slab | |
13 | Double Upper Polished Diorite Slab | |
14 | Double Upper Granite Slab | |
15 | Double Upper Polished Granite Slab |
- Double stone slab 4
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Double Mossy Stone Brick Slab | |
1 | Double Smooth Quartz Slab | |
2 | Double Stone Slab | |
3 | Double Cut Sandstone Slab | |
4 | Double Cut Red Sandstone Slab | |
8 | Double Upper Mossy Stone Brick Slab | |
9 | Double Upper Smooth Quartz Slab | |
10 | Double Upper Stone Slab | |
11 | Double Upper Cut Sandstone Slab | |
12 | Double Upper Cut Red Sandstone Slab |
- Stone slab
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Smooth Stone Slab | |
1 | Sandstone Slab | |
2 | Wooden Slab | |
3 | Cobblestone Slab | |
4 | Bricks Slab | |
5 | Stone Bricks Slab | |
6 | Quartz Slab | |
7 | Nether Brick Slab | |
8 | Upper Smooth Stone Slab | |
9 | Upper Sandstone Slab | |
10 | Upper Wooden Slab | |
11 | Upper Cobblestone Slab | |
12 | Upper Bricks Slab | |
13 | Upper Stone Bricks Slab | |
14 | Upper Quartz Slab | |
15 | Upper Nether Brick Slab |
- Stone slab 2
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Red Sandstone Slab | |
1 | Purpur Slab | |
2 | Prismarine Slab | |
3 | Dark Prismarine Slab | |
4 | Prismarine Bricks Slab | |
5 | Mossy cobblestone Slab | |
6 | Smooth Sandstone Slab | |
7 | Red Nether Brick Slab | |
8 | Upper Red Sandstone Slab | |
9 | Upper Purpur Slab | |
10 | Upper Prismarine Slab | |
11 | Upper Dark Prismarine Slab | |
12 | Upper Prismarine Bricks Slab | |
13 | Upper Mossy cobblestone Slab | |
14 | Upper Smooth Sandstone Slab | |
15 | Upper Red Nether Brick Slab |
- Stone slab 3
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | End Stone Brick Slab | |
1 | Smooth Red Sandstone Slab | |
2 | Polished Andesite Slab | |
3 | Andesite Slab | |
4 | Diorite Slab | |
5 | Polished Diorite Slab | |
6 | Granite Slab | |
7 | Polished Granite Slab | |
8 | Upper End Stone Brick Slab | |
9 | Upper Smooth Red Sandstone Slab | |
10 | Upper Polished Andesite Slab | |
11 | Upper Andesite Slab | |
12 | Upper Diorite Slab | |
13 | Upper Polished Diorite Slab | |
14 | Upper Granite Slab | |
15 | Upper Polished Granite Slab |
- Stone slab 4
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Mossy Stone Brick Slab | |
1 | Smooth Quartz Slab | |
2 | Stone Slab | |
3 | Cut Sandstone Slab | |
4 | Cut Red Sandstone Slab | |
8 | Upper Mossy Stone Brick Slab | |
9 | Upper Smooth Quartz Slab | |
10 | Upper Stone Slab | |
11 | Upper Cut Sandstone Slab | |
12 | Upper Cut Red Sandstone Slab |
- Double wood slab
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Double Oak Wood Slab | |
1 | Double Spruce Wood Slab | |
2 | Double Birch Wood Slab | |
3 | Double Jungle Wood Slab | |
4 | Double Acacia Wood Slab | |
5 | Double Dark Oak Wood Slab | |
8 | Double Upper Oak Wood Slab | |
9 | Double Upper Spruce Wood Slab | |
10 | Double Upper Birch Wood Slab | |
11 | Double Upper Jungle Wood Slab | |
12 | Double Upper Acacia Wood Slab | |
13 | Double Upper Dark Oak Wood Slab |
- Wood slab
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Oak Wood Slab | |
1 | Spruce Wood Slab | |
2 | Birch Wood Slab | |
3 | Jungle Wood Slab | |
4 | Acacia Wood Slab | |
5 | Dark Oak Wood Slab | |
8 | Upper Oak Wood Slab | |
9 | Upper Spruce Wood Slab | |
10 | Upper Birch Wood Slab | |
11 | Upper Jungle Wood Slab | |
12 | Upper Acacia Wood Slab | |
13 | Upper Dark Oak Wood Slab |
- Crimson, warped, blackstone, polished blackstone and polished blackstone brick slab
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Bottom slab | |
1 | Top slab |
Block states[edit]
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
type | bottom
| bottom top | Where the slab is within its block. |
double | The block is a double slab. | ||
waterlogged | false | false true | Whether or not there's water in the same place as this slab. |
Bedrock Edition:
Stone slab and double stone slab
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
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stone_slab_type | smooth_stone | brick cobblestone nether_brick quartz sandstone smooth_stone stone_brick wood | The type of slab this is. |
top_slot_bit | false | false true | If this slab is an upper slab. |
Wood slab and double wood slab
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
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top_slot_bit | false | false true | If this slab is an upper slab. |
wood_type | oak | acacia birch dark_oak jungle oak spruce | The type of slab this is. |
Stone slab 2 and double stone slab 2
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
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stone_slab_type_2 | red_sandstone | mossy_cobblestone prismarine_brick prismarine_dark prismarine_rough purpur red_nether_brick red_sandstone smooth_sandstone | The type of slab this is. |
top_slot_bit | false | false true | If this slab is an upper slab. |
Stone slab 3 and double stone slab 3
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
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stone_slab_type_3 | end_stone_brick | andesite diorite end_stone_brick granite polished_andesite polished_diorite polished_granite smooth_red_sandstone | The type of slab this is. |
top_slot_bit | false | false true | If this slab is an upper slab. |
Stone slab 4 and double stone slab 4
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
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stone_slab_type_4 | mossy_stone_brick | cut_red_sandstone cut_sandstone mossy_stone_brick smooth_quartz stone | The type of slab this is. |
top_slot_bit | false | false true | If this slab is an upper slab. |
Crimson, warped, blackstone, polished blackstone and polished blackstone brick slab
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
top_slot_bit | false | false true | If this slab is an upper slab. |
History[edit]
The specific problem is: Bedrock/Legacy Console: 1.9.0/1.88 added new slabs, 1.10.0/1.90 added the new textures; some old textures are mixed with the new ones and some don't exist at all.
The specific instructions are:
- Appearance when affected by MC-50233
- Cobblestone slab texture before Pocket Edition v0.2.0 alpha
Java Edition pre-Classic | |||||
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May 16, 2009 | Notch mentions wanting to add "half-height tiles for stairs". | ||||
Java Edition Classic | |||||
May 17, 2009 | Slabs were suggested on the TIGSource forums. | ||||
October 22, 2009 | ![]() | ||||
October 23, 2009 | Notch says the new half block has nearly been finished and gives a video. | ||||
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Stone slabs can be obtained by mining coal ore because of the lack of inventory and crafting. | |||||
Java Edition Indev | |||||
0.31 | 20100129 | Slabs have now received a crafting recipe: 3 slabs from 3 cobblestone. | |||
Slabs no longer drop from coal ore. | |||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Smooth stone double slabs are obtainable only through inventory editing, and they use data the data value "4". These slabs are converted into brick slab when upgrading to Beta 1.8. | |||||
The original wooden slabs have to be mined with a pickaxe to collect, were not affected by fire, and had stronger blast resistance than planks, making them a useful building material. | |||||
Before the additional slabs were added, a double stone slab would yield only one slab when broken. Since this update, all double slabs now yield 2 of their respective single slabs when broken. Destroying double slabs with TNT, however, still yields only single slabs (when the slabs aren't simply destroyed by the explosion). It is not known when or if this was fixed. | |||||
Before Beta 1.3 came out, stone slabs were made with cobblestone instead of stone, but this update has now introduced cobblestone slabs to the game and changed the recipes for pressure plates and stone slabs, so that there wouldn't be any conflicting recipes. | |||||
1.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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1.8 | Pre-release | ![]() ![]() | |||
Smooth stone double slabs now use the data value "6". | |||||
The sprinting feature has been added in this update. While stairs cancel the player's sprinting, slabs allow a player to continue sprinting. | |||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 | ![]() ![]() | |||
1.2.1 | 1.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
The crafting recipe has been changed, so that 6 slabs would be crafted rather than 3. The prior restriction was likely due to the fact that the slab types were differentiated by their damage values instead of by different data values, similar to wood, coal or charcoal, and colored wool. | |||||
1.2.4 | release | ![]() ![]() | |||
? | Doubie slabs broken with Silk Touch now drop both slabs instead of one. | ||||
1.3.1 | 12w17a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
12w21a | Sandstone slabs now generate in desert temples. | ||||
12w22a | Upside down slabs can now be placed by generally looking at the top half of the side of a block, rather than strictly the underside of a block. | ||||
12w25a | Redstone (including repeaters, torches. levers and pressure plates) and rails can now be placed on slabs and stairs positioned upside down. | ||||
12w26a | Mobs can now spawn on upside down slabs. | ||||
1.4.2 | 12w39a | Slabs now interact properly with lighting. | |||
When slabs are placed upside down, they now accept light from light sources themselves, and no longer block light to surrounding blocks. | |||||
Slabs no longer cast the shadow of a full-sized block.[2] | |||||
1.4.6 | November 28, 2012 | Jeb tweeted a picture of himself crafting nether brick slabs. | |||
12w49a | ![]() | ||||
The addition of nether brick slabs has now caused the smooth stone double slab to change its data value to 43:7. | |||||
1.5 | January 22, 2013 | Jeb states that the "smooth stone full half-slab" is to be re-implemented with a data value of 43:8. Other slabs with data values of 43:9-43:15 are also to use the top texture on all sides, resulting in a "smooth sandstone block" with a data value of 43:9. He also stated that they may be obtained legitimately later.[3] | |||
13w01a | Wooden Slabs can now be used to craft daylight sensors. | ||||
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13w04a | ![]() | ||||
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Seamless data values of 43:10-43:15 have been added, but are unused and appear identical to their normal counterparts. | |||||
13w09c | Quartz slabs and double slabs now use the top, side and bottom textures of the block of quartz. | ||||
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April 1, 2013 | Added TNT slabs, called Etho Slabs, to the April Fools update, Minecraft 2.0. They exploded like TNT, producing a larger explosion that caused anvils to spawn over any player in the explosion's range. | ||||
1.7.2 | 1.7 | ![]() ![]() | |||
1.8 | 14w02a | Stone brick slabs can now be used to craft chiseled stone bricks. | |||
Stone slabs can now be crafted using granite, diorite, andesite, or their polished counterparts. | |||||
14w25a | Double stone slabs and double wooden slabs can no longer be obtained as an item. | ||||
14w32a | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Armor stands are now crafted using any slab. | |||||
14w32b | Armor stands can now be crafted only using stone slabs. | ||||
14w33a | Stone slabs can no longer be crafted using granite, diorite, andesite, or their polished counterparts. | ||||
1.9 | June 22, 2015 | Jeb reveals purpur slabs on Instagram, with the words "MINECON 2015 HYPE!" | |||
15w31a | ![]() | ||||
15w43a | A spruce slab now acts as the middle of a table generated within igloo basements. | ||||
1.11 | 16w39a | Oak, birch, spruce, stone, and cobblestone slabs now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
April 17, 2018 | Dinnerbone confirms that Java Edition 1.14 contains many new stairs and slabs. | ||||
1.13 | 17w47a | The different variant block states for stone_slab , stone_slab2 , wooden_slab , purpur_slab , double_stone_slab , double_stone_slab2 , double_wooden_slab and purpur_double_slab IDs have been split up and merged into their own IDs depending on variant.
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Old non-flammable wooden slabs, which are now called "Petrified oak slabs", have been re-implemented into the creative inventory. | |||||
"Bricks slab" has been renamed to "Brick slab". | |||||
"Stone bricks slab" has been renamed to "Stone brick slab". | |||||
"<Wood type> wood slab" has been renamed to "<wood type> slab". | |||||
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Smooth blocks now drop themselves, instead of slabs when mined. | |||||
Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 43, 44, 125, 126, 181, 182, 204 and 205. | |||||
18w07a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w10c | Water can now be placed on the same block as slabs. | ||||
18w20a | "Prismarine Bricks Slab" has been renamed to "Prismarine Brick Slab." | ||||
1.13.1 | 18w32a | Purpur slabs can now be crafted with purpur pillars. | |||
October 10, 2018 | Dinnerbone tweets that there are to be 14 new slabs. | ||||
October 10, 2018 | Polished diorite slabs are tweeted out by LadyAgnes. | ||||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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18w44a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w47a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w48a | Stone slabs are now use to craft grindstones. | ||||
18w50a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Wood slabs are now used to craft barrels. | |||||
19w02a | Wood slabs are now used to craft lecterns. | ||||
19w08a | ![]() | ||||
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19w12a | ![]() ![]() | ||||
19w13a | Slabs no longer block light, except at their full faces. | ||||
19w13b | ![]() | ||||
1.16 | 20w06a | ![]() ![]() | |||
20w15a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
20w16a | Blackstone and quartz slabs now generate as part of bastion remnants. | ||||
Stone, mossy stone brick, stone brick, blackstone, polished blackstone brick and polished blackstone slabs can now generate as part of ruined portals. | |||||
1.16.2 | 20w28a | Blackstone, polished blackstone and polished blackstone brick slabs are now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to trade 8-16 blackstone during bartering. | |||
Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
October 3, 2020 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.17 | 20w45a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
20w46a | ![]() | ||||
20w48a | Crafting cut copper slabs now outputs 6 slabs instead of 4.[4] | ||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
0.2.0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
0.3.0 | ![]() | ||||
Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of stone slabs. | |||||
Wood and cobblestone slabs are now obtainable via crafting in Survival mode. | |||||
Wood slabs are now available in the creative inventory. | |||||
0.3.2 | Cobblestone slabs are now available in the creative inventory. | ||||
0.4.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
0.6.0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Slabs can now be placed on the top half of blocks. | |||||
The recipes for crafting slabs now give 6 slabs, instead of 3 slabs. | |||||
0.7.3 | ![]() | ||||
Wooden slabs can now be crafted during and after this update are now flammable. Existing wooden slabs (which have stone properties) are now tagged "Fake Wood Slab" and drop real wooden slabs. | |||||
0.8.0 | build 2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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0.9.0 | build 1 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Stone slabs now generate naturally in villages. | |||||
build 11 | Added crafting recipe for jungle wood slabs. | ||||
? | The wooden slab names have been changed from "[woodtype] Slab" to "[woodtype] Wood Slab". | ||||
0.12.1 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
0.13.0 | build 1 | Wooden slabs are now used to craft daylight sensors. | |||
Sandstone slabs now generate in desert temples. | |||||
0.14.0 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
0.14.2 | ![]() | ||||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | ![]() | |||
A spruce slab nows act as the middle of a table generated within igloo basements. | |||||
1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Oak, birch, spruce, stone, and cobblestone slabs now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Stone slabs are now used to craft armor stands. | |||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.13.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
beta 1.2.14.2 | The slabs for prismarine, prismarine brick, and dark prismarine have been fully implemented. | ||||
1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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Sandstone and red sandstone slabs can now be crafted only using regular sandstone. | |||||
Smooth stone slabs now require smooth stone to craft them. | |||||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Cobblestone, mossy cobblestone, and dark oak slabs now generate in pillager outposts. | |||||
Smooth sandstone slabs now generate in new desert villages. | |||||
Wood slabs can now be used to craft composters, barrels and lecterns. | |||||
Stone slabs can now be used to craft grindstone. | |||||
1.12.0 | beta 1.12.0.2 | Single slabs now only block sky light. | |||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | ![]() ![]() | |||
beta 1.16.0.57 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Quartz slabs now generate as part of bastion remnants. | |||||
Stone, mossy stone brick, stone brick, blackstone, nether brick slabs can now generate as part of ruined portals. | |||||
Added new sounds to the nether brick slab variants. | |||||
beta 1.16.0.63 | ![]() | ||||
1.16.20 | beta 1.16.20.50 | Crimson and warped slabs now uses regular plank sounds instead of their stem variant sounds. | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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TU9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Wooden slabs crafted during and after this update are now flammable and are broken with an axe instead of a pickaxe. Existing slabs (which have stone properties) are not stackable with the new slabs. | |||||
TU12 | ![]() | ||||
Slabs can now be placed upside down. | |||||
Items can now be placed directly on upside down slabs. | |||||
TU14 | 1.04 | ![]() | |||
The placement of half blocks and other blocks on half blocks has been changed. | |||||
The placement of upside down slabs has been changed. | |||||
TU27 | CU15 | 1.18 | ![]() ![]() | ||
TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | ![]() | |
TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
1.88 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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"Stone Slab" has been renamed to "Smooth Stone Slab". | |||||
1.90 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Slab" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- Any light directed through a slab does not affect any block's light values north of the source.
- Whereas 1×1 dents in a flat floor using slabs are darkened as one would expect, 1×1 dents created using 2×1 or 2×2 stairs darken less, due to having fewer surrounding solid blocks.[5]
- When water or lava are on top of an upside-down slab, the water dripping particles appear in midair below the slab instead of from the slab itself, this was fixed in Java Edition 1.13-pre7,[6] but will not be fixed in Bedrock Edition.[7]
- When a TNT placed on a slab explodes, its blast radius is greatly reduced. ( In some cases, only the slab is destroyed. )
- As with the previous trivia, End Crystals and Creeper explosions will also be weakened if the explosion happens on the slab.
- Slabs are the most efficient way to produce renewable charcoal fuel in Bedrock Edition. 3 wood blocks → 12 planks → 24 slabs for smelting 36 wood blocks into charcoal, which in turn can smelt 288 items. In Java Edition, the most efficient way to produce charcoal is to use planks as fuel to smelt wood blocks without crafting the planks into slabs.
Gallery[edit]
Naturally occurring smooth stone slabs in a butcher shop. (Before the Village and Pillage update)
Naturally occurring smooth stone slabs in a village blacksmith. (Before the Village and Pillage update)
Slabs used to create the impression of half-aligned full blocks.
Trapdoors on slabs.
A petrified oak slab house with a netherrack fireplace.
References[edit]
- ↑ a b MCPE-42734
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/10g4mi/dinnerbone_at_this_point_i_think_its_almost/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1722hf/the_smooth_full_halfslab_will_become_438/c81gzi0?context=1
- ↑ MC-204323
- ↑ MCPE-31503 resolved as "Works as Intended"
- ↑ MC-1390
- ↑ MCPE-32639