Slab

Obtaining

Stone-type slabs require a pickaxe to mine. Wooden slabs can be mined with anything, but an axe is quickest. Double-slab blocks cannot be acquired by normal means or by /give, though it can be placed with /setblock or /fill.

Block	Stone	Wood
Hardness	2	2
Tool
Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by time
Hand	10	3
Wooden	1.5	1.5
Stone	0.75	0.75
Iron	0.5	0.5
Diamond	0.4	0.4
Golden	0.25	0.25

1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Info

Slab

Transparency When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with	Double slab: No Single slab: Partial (blocks light)
Luminance Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2	No
Blast resistance	Wood: 15 Stone: 30
Tools
Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to	Stone: Yes Wood: Yes (except Fake Wood) Cobblestone: Yes Stone Brick: Yes Purpur: Yes Quartz: YesConsole⃂edition only All others: No
Stackable	Yes (64), same type only
Flammable	Wood: Yes Stone: No
Drops See the items that drop from entities and blocks. For drops as in falls, see Fall Damage. Typical drops from a skeleton: experience orbs, an arrow, and bones. Drops are items that	Single Slab: Itself Double Slab: 2 Fake Wood Slab: Pocket⃂edition only Pocket Edition Author(s) Mojang AB Jens Bergensten Aron Nieminen Daniel Kaplan Tommaso Checchi Shoghi Cervantes Jason Major Daniel Wustenhoff Tomas Alaeus Mikael "Slicedlime" Hedberg @@@#@@@Microsoft(microsoft.com)###@### Studios 1] Platform(s) Written in C++ 2] Latest version 1.1.2
Data values	See Data values
Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	See Data values

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Videos

Natural generation

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Crafting

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Ingredients	Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe	Description
Stone Slab Slab Transparency Double slab: No Single slab: Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Tools Renewable Stone: Yes Wood: Yes (except Fake Wood) Cobblestone: Yes Stone Brick: Yes Purpur: Yes Quartz:	Stone	6	Can use stone only, no variants. Computer and Console Edition Console Edition Author(s) Mojang AB 4J Studios Platform(s) Written in C++ Latest version Xbox 360 - TU53 Xbox One - CU43 PS3 - 1.51 PS4 - 1.50 PSVita - 1.51 Wii U - Patch 23 only.
Stone Slab Slab Transparency Double slab: No Single slab: Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Tools Renewable Stone: Yes Wood: Yes (except Fake Wood) Cobblestone: Yes Stone Brick: Yes Purpur: Yes Quartz:	Any Stone	6	Can use stone and its variants interchangeably. Pocket Edition only.
Sandstone Slab	Any Sandstone	6
Cobblestone Slab	Cobblestone	6
Bricks Slab	Bricks	6
Stone Bricks Slab	Any Stone Bricks	6
Wood Slab	Matching Wood Planks	6 6 6 6 6 6
Nether Brick Slab	Nether Brick	6
Quartz Slab	Any Quartz Block	6
Red Sandstone Slab	Any Red Sandstone	6
Purpur Slab	Purpur Block	6	Can use purpur block only, not the pillar. Computer and Console Edition Console Edition Author(s) Mojang AB 4J Studios Platform(s) Written in C++ Latest version Xbox 360 - TU53 Xbox One - CU43 PS3 - 1.51 PS4 - 1.50 PSVita - 1.51 Wii U - Patch 23 only.
Purpur Slab	Any Purpur Block	6	Can use purpur block and pillar interchangeably. Pocket Edition only.

Placement

Slabs can be placed either right side up or upside-down:

• Pointing at a block top or the bottom half of a block side will place the slab right side up.
• Pointing at a block bottom or the top half of a block side will place the slab upside-down.

Crafting ingredient

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Ingredients	Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe
Armor Stand	Stick+ Stone Slab Slab Transparency Double slab: No Single slab: Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Tools Renewable Stone: Yes Wood: Yes (except Fake Wood) Cobblestone: Yes Stone Brick: Yes Purpur: Yes Quartz:
Chiseled Quartz Block	Quartz Slab
Chiseled Sandstoneor Chiseled Red Sandstone	Sandstone Slabor Red Sandstone Slab
Chiseled Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks Slab
Daylight Sensor	Glass+ Nether Quartz+ Any Wood Slab