How to Make Slabs Into Blocks Again

This article is about slabs obtainable in normal gameplay. For the wooden slab which acts like stone, see Petrified Oak Slab. For the removed smooth stone-like slab, see Seamless Stone Slab. For the April Fools' joke, see Etho Slab.

Stone-type slabs require a pickaxe to mine. Cut copper slabs require at least a stone pickaxe. Wooden slabs can be mined with anything, but an axe is quickest.

Unlike stairs, many stone-type slabs have different hardness values (and thus, breaking time) compared to their full-block counterparts.^[1]

Most slabs drop themselves when broken. However, in Bedrock Edition, petrified oak slabs drop normal oak slabs.

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.

Petrified oak slabs are the stone-type wooden slabs left from before Java Edition 1.3.1. They are now unobtainable in vanilla survival.

Slabs cannot be oriented vertically.

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^{[ Java Edition only ]}. 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.

Overworld wooden slabs can be used as fuel in furnaces, smelting 0.75 items per slab in Java Edition, and 1.5 items per slab in Bedrock Edition^[3].

Therefore in Bedrock Edition, wooden slabs (12 items per log) are twice as fuel efficient as wood planks (6 items per log), even more so than charcoal (8 items per log), which needs to be smelted in the first place.

Stone slabs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sound Source Description Resource location Volume Pitch ? Blocks Once the block has broken dig.wood 1.0 0.8 ? Blocks Falling on the block with fall damage fall.wood 0.4 1.0 ? Blocks While the block is in the process of being broken hit.wood 0.23 0.5 ? Blocks Jumping from the block jump.wood 0.12 1.0 ? Blocks Falling on the block without fall damage land.wood 0.18 1.0 ? Blocks Walking on the block step.wood 0.3 1.0 ? Blocks When the block is placed use.wood 1.0 0.8

Name Identifier Form Block tags Item tags Translation key Oak Slab oak_slab Block & Item slabs
wooden_slabs
mineable/axe slabs
wooden_slabs block.minecraft.oak_slab Spruce Slab spruce_slab Block & Item slabs
wooden_slabs
mineable/axe slabs
wooden_slabs block.minecraft.spruce_slab Birch Slab birch_slab Block & Item slabs
wooden_slabs
mineable/axe slabs
wooden_slabs block.minecraft.birch_slab Jungle Slab jungle_slab Block & Item slabs
wooden_slabs
mineable/axe slabs
wooden_slabs block.minecraft.jungle_slab Acacia Slab acacia_slab Block & Item slabs
wooden_slabs
mineable/axe slabs
wooden_slabs block.minecraft.acacia_slab Dark Oak Slab dark_oak_slab Block & Item slabs
wooden_slabs
mineable/axe slabs
wooden_slabs block.minecraft.dark_oak_slab Crimson Slab crimson_slab Block & Item non_flammable_wood
slabs
wooden_slabs
mineable/axe non_flammable_wood
slabs
wooden_slabs block.minecraft.crimson_slab Warped Slab warped_slab Block & Item non_flammable_wood
slabs
wooden_slabs
mineable/axe non_flammable_wood
slabs
wooden_slabs block.minecraft.warped_slab Stone Slab stone_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.stone_slab Smooth Stone Slab smooth_stone_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.smooth_stone_slab Granite Slab granite_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.granite_slab Polished Granite Slab polished_granite_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.polished_granite_slab Diorite Slab diorite_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.diorite_slab Polished Diorite Slab polished_diorite_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.polished_diorite_slab Andesite Slab andesite_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.andesite_slab Polished Andesite Slab polished_andesite_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.polished_andesite_slab Cobblestone Slab cobblestone_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.cobblestone_slab Mossy Cobblestone Slab mossy_cobblestone_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.mossy_cobblestone_slab Stone Brick Slab stone_brick_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.stone_brick_slab Mossy Stone Brick Slab mossy_stone_brick_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.mossy_stone_brick_slab Brick Slab brick_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.brick_slab End Stone Brick Slab end_stone_brick_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.end_stone_brick_slab Nether Brick Slab nether_brick_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.nether_brick_slab Red Nether Brick Slab red_nether_brick_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.red_nether_brick_slab Sandstone Slab sandstone_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.sandstone_slab Cut Sandstone Slab cut_sandstone_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.cut_sandstone_slab Smooth Sandstone Slab smooth_sandstone_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.smooth_sandstone_slab Red Sandstone Slab red_sandstone_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.red_sandstone_slab Cut Red Sandstone Slab cut_red_sandstone_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.cut_red_sandstone_slab Smooth Red Sandstone Slab smooth_red_sandstone_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.smooth_red_sandstone_slab Quartz Slab quartz_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.quartz_slab Smooth Quartz Slab smooth_quartz_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.smooth_quartz_slab Purpur Slab purpur_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.purpur_slab Prismarine Slab prismarine_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.prismarine_slab Prismarine Brick Slab prismarine_brick_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.prismarine_brick_slab Dark Prismarine Slab dark_prismarine_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.dark_prismarine_slab Blackstone Slab blackstone_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.blackstone_slab Polished Blackstone Slab polished_blackstone_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_slab Polished Blackstone Brick Slab polished_blackstone_brick_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_brick_slab Cut Copper Slab cut_copper_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe
needs_stone_tool slabs block.minecraft.cut_copper_slab Exposed Cut Copper Slab exposed_cut_copper_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe
needs_stone_tool slabs block.minecraft.exposed_cut_copper_slab Weathered Cut Copper Slab weathered_cut_copper_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe
needs_stone_tool slabs block.minecraft.weathered_cut_copper_slab Oxidized Cut Copper Slab oxidized_cut_copper_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe
needs_stone_tool slabs block.minecraft.oxidized_cut_copper_slab Waxed Cut Copper Slab waxed_cut_copper_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe
needs_stone_tool slabs block.minecraft.waxed_cut_copper_slab Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Slab waxed_exposed_cut_copper_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe
needs_stone_tool slabs block.minecraft.waxed_exposed_cut_copper_slab Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Slab waxed_weathered_cut_copper_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe
needs_stone_tool slabs block.minecraft.waxed_weathered_cut_copper_slab Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Slab waxed_oxidized_cut_copper_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe
needs_stone_tool slabs block.minecraft.waxed_oxidized_cut_copper_slab Cobbled Deepslate Slab cobbled_deepslate_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.cobbled_deepslate_slab Polished Deepslate Slab polished_deepslate_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.polished_deepslate_slab Deepslate Brick Slab deepslate_brick_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.deepslate_brick_slab Deepslate Tile Slab deepslate_tile_slab Block & Item slabs
mineable/pickaxe slabs block.minecraft.deepslate_tile_slab

Name Identifier Numeric ID Form Item ID^{[i 1]} Translation key Double Wooden Slabs double_wooden_slab 157 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} — Wooden Slabs wooden_slab 158 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} 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 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.crimson_double_slab.name Crimson Slab crimson_slab 519 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.crimson_slab.name Double Warped Slab warped_double_slab 522 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.warped_double_slab.name Warped Slab warped_slab 520 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.warped_slab.name Double Stone Slabs (1) double_stone_slab 43 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} real_double_stone_slab tile.double_stone_slab.stone.name
tile.double_stone_slab.sand.name
tile.double_stone_slab.wood.name
tile.double_stone_slab.cobble.name
tile.double_stone_slab.brick.name
tile.double_stone_slab.smoothStoneBrick.name
tile.double_stone_slab.quartz.name
tile.double_stone_slab.nether_brick.name Stone Slabs (1) stone_slab 44 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} double_stone_slab tile.stone_slab.stone.name
tile.stone_slab.sand.name
tile.stone_slab.wood.name
tile.stone_slab.cobble.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 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} real_double_stone_slab2 tile.double_stone_slab2.red_sandstone.name Stone Slabs (2) stone_slab2 182 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} double_stone_slab2 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 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} real_double_stone_slab3 — Stone Slabs (3) stone_slab3 417 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} double_stone_slab3 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 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} real_double_stone_slab4 — Stone Slabs (4) stone_slab4 421 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} double_stone_slab4 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 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} — Blackstone Slab blackstone_slab 537 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.blackstone_slab.name Double Polished Blackstone Slab polished_blackstone_double_slab 549 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} — Polished Blackstone Slab polished_blackstone_slab 548 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.polished_blackstone_slab.name Double Polished Blackstone Brick Slab polished_blackstone_brick_double_slab 540 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} — Polished Blackstone Brick Slab polished_blackstone_brick_slab 539 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.polished_blackstone_brick_slab.name Double Cut Copper Slab double_cut_copper_slab 623 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.double_cut_copper_slab.name Cut Copper Slab cut_copper_slab 616 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.cut_copper_slab.name Double Exposed Cut Copper Slab exposed_double_cut_copper_slab 624 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.exposed_double_cut_copper_slab.name Exposed Cut Copper Slab exposed_cut_copper_slab 617 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.exposed_cut_copper_slab.name Double Weathered Cut Copper Slab weathered_double_cut_copper_slab 625 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.weathered_double_cut_copper_slab.name Weathered Cut Copper Slab weathered_cut_copper_slab 618 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.weathered_cut_copper_slab.name Double Oxidized Cut Copper Slab oxidized_double_cut_copper_slab 626 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.oxidized_double_cut_copper_slab.name Oxidized Cut Copper Slab oxidized_cut_copper_slab 619 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.oxidized_cut_copper_slab.name Waxed Double Cut Copper Slab waxed_double_cut_copper_slab 627 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.waxed_double_cut_copper_slab.name Waxed Cut Copper Slab waxed_cut_copper_slab 620 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.waxed_cut_copper_slab.name Waxed Exposed Double Cut Copper Slab waxed_exposed_double_cut_copper_slab 628 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.waxed_exposed_double_cut_copper_slab.name Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Slab waxed_exposed_cut_copper_slab 621 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.waxed_exposed_cut_copper_slab.name Waxed Weathered Double Cut Copper Slab waxed_weathered_double_cut_copper_slab 629 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.waxed_weathered_double_cut_copper_slab.name Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Slab waxed_weathered_cut_copper_slab 622 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.waxed_weathered_cut_copper_slab.name Waxed Oxidized Double Cut Copper Slab waxed_oxidized_double_cut_copper_slab 705 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} — Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Slab waxed_oxidized_cut_copper_slab 704 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.waxed_oxidized_cut_copper_slab.name Cobbled Deepslate Double Slab cobbled_deepslate_double_slab 651 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.cobbled_deepslate_double_slab.name Cobbled Deepslate Slab cobbled_deepslate_slab 635 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.cobbled_deepslate_slab.name Polished Deepslate Double Slab polished_deepslate_double_slab 652 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.polished_deepslate_double_slab.name Polished Deepslate Slab polished_deepslate_slab 639 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.polished_deepslate_slab.name Deepslate Brick Double Slab deepslate_brick_double_slab 654 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.deepslate_brick_double_slab.name Deepslate Brick Slab deepslate_brick_slab 647 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.deepslate_brick_slab.name Deepslate Tile Double Slab deepslate_tile_double_slab 653 Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.deepslate_tile_double_slab.name Deepslate Tile Slab deepslate_tile_slab 643 Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]} Identical^{[i 3]} tile.deepslate_tile_slab.name

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.

Name Metadata Bits Default value Allowed values Values for
Metadata Bits Description stone_slab_type 0x1
0x2
0x4 smooth_stone smooth_stone 0 Smooth Stone Slab sandstone 1 Sandstone Slab wood 2 Petrified Oak Slab cobblestone 3 Cobblestone Slab brick 4 Brick Slab stone_brick 5 Stone Brick Slab quartz 6 Quartz Slab nether_brick 7 Nether Brick Slab top_slot_bit 0x8 false false
true 0
1 Whether or not this slab is an upper slab.

Name Metadata Bits Default value Allowed values Values for
Metadata Bits Description wood_type 0x1
0x2
0x4 oak oak 0 Oak Slab spruce 1 Spruce Slab birch 2 Birch Slab jungle 3 Jungle Slab acacia 4 Acacia Slab dark_oak 5 Dark Oak Slab top_slot_bit 0x8 false false
true 0
1 Whether or not this slab is an upper slab.

Name Metadata Bits Default value Allowed values Values for
Metadata Bits Description stone_slab_type_2 0x1
0x2
0x4 red_sandstone red_sandstone 0 Red Sandstone Slab purpur 1 Purpur Slab prismarine_rough 2 Prismarine Slab prismarine_dark 3 Dark Prismarine Slab prismarine_brick 4 Prismarine Brick Slab mossy_cobblestone 5 Mossy Cobblestone Slab smooth_sandstone 6 Smooth Sandstone Slab red_nether_brick 7 Red Nether Brick Slab top_slot_bit 0x8 false false
true 0
1 Whether or not this slab is an upper slab.

Name Metadata Bits Default value Allowed values Values for
Metadata Bits Description stone_slab_type_3 0x1
0x2
0x4 end_stone_brick end_stone_brick 0 End Stone Brick Slab smooth_red_sandstone 1 Smooth Red Sandstone Slab polished_andesite 2 Polished Andesite Slab andesite 3 Andesite Slab diorite 4 Diorite Slab polished_diorite 5 Polished Diorite Slab granite 6 Granite Slab polished_granite 7 Polished Granite Slab top_slot_bit 0x8 false false
true 0
1 Whether or not this slab is an upper slab.

Name Metadata Bits Default value Allowed values Values for
Metadata Bits Description stone_slab_type_4 0x1
0x2
0x4 mossy_stone_brick mossy_stone_brick 0 Mossy Stone Brick Slab smooth_quartz 1 Smooth Quartz Slab stone 2 Stone Slab cut_sandstone 3 Cut Sandstone Slab cut_red_sandstone 4 Cut Red Sandstone Slab top_slot_bit 0x8 false false
true 0
1 Whether or not this slab is an upper slab.

Name Metadata Bits Default value Allowed values Values for
Metadata Bits Description top_slot_bit 0x1 false false
true 0
1 Whether or not this slab is an upper slab.

Java Edition pre-Classic 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 Dirt slabs were shown in a blog post. October 23, 2009 Notch says the new half block has nearly been finished and gives a video. 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST Added stone slabs. Stone slabs can be obtained by mining coal ore because of the lack of inventory and crafting. Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100130 Slabs have now received a crafting recipe: 3 slabs from 3 cobblestone. Slabs no longer drop from coal ore. Java Edition Beta 1.3 Added sandstone, "wooden" (now called petrified oak), and cobblestone slabs. The "wooden" slabs had 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. Double slabs now yield 2 of their respective single slabs when broken, as opposed to 1. Destroying double slabs with TNT still yields only a single slab, however (when the slabs aren't simply destroyed by the explosion). It is not known when or if this was fixed. Stone slabs are now made with stone instead of cobblestone, with the former recipe now being used for cobblestone slabs. The recipes for pressure plates were also changed to avoid conflicting with the new slab recipes. 1.7 The model of bottom slabs now uses the bottom half of the texture. The texture of cobblestone slabs has been changed. 1.8 Pre-release Added the stone brick and bricks slabs. The sprinting feature has been added in this update. While stairs cancel the player's sprinting, slabs allow a player to continue sprinting. Smooth stone slabs now generate in villages and strongholds. Java Edition 1.0.0 Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 The textures of bricks and planks have been changed, and by extension that of the slabs. ? Slabs placed above other slabs no longer combine into a double slab unless the top slab is placed directly on the bottom slab. 1.2.1 1.2 All types of slabs are now able to be placed upside down and under blocks; these occupy the top half of their block space rather than the bottom half. The crafting recipe has been changed, so that 6 slabs would be crafted rather than 3. 1.2.4 release The texture of sandstone slabs has been changed, although it is only visible in the double and bottom variants. ? Double slabs broken with Silk Touch now drop both slabs instead of one. 1.3.1 12w17a New slabs have been added for the four different types of wood planks, replacing the functionality of the now-unobtainable petrified oak slab. These new slabs are vulnerable to fire, and can be collected faster with an axe than with a pickaxe. Petrified oak slabs already crafted or placed in the world will remain as-is. 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 positioned upside down. 12w26a Mobs can now spawn on upside down slabs. ? Renamed the wooden slabs from "species-Wood Slab" to "species Wood Slab" 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.^[4] 1.4.6 November 28, 2012 Jeb tweeted a picture of himself crafting nether brick slabs. 12w49a Added nether brick slabs. 1.5 13w01a Wooden Slabs can now be used to craft daylight sensors. 13w02a Added quartz slabs, featuring the top quartz texture on all six sides. 13w09c Quartz slabs and double slabs now use the top, side and bottom textures of the block of quartz. 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 Added acacia and dark oak slabs. 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. 14w32a Added red sandstone slabs and double slabs. 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 Added purpur slabs and double slabs. 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 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". 18w07a Added slabs for prismarine, prismarine bricks, and dark prismarine. 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 Added stone, andesite, polished andesite, diorite, polished diorite, granite, polished granite, mossy stone brick, mossy cobblestone, smooth sandstone, smooth red sandstone, smooth quartz, red nether brick, end stone brick slabs. The textures of all slabs have been changed. "Stone Slab" has been renamed to "Smooth Stone Slab". 18w44a The textures for stone, andesite, polished andesite, diorite, polished diorite, smooth sandstone slabs have been changed. 18w46a Slabs now allow light to pass through certain faces. 18w47a The textures for oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, stone bricks, mossy stone bricks, nether bricks, red sandstone, and smooth red sandstone slabs have been changed. 18w48a Stone slabs are now used to craft grindstones. Oak and cobblestone slabs now generate naturally in the updated plains villages. 18w49a Acacia slabs now generate in the updated savanna villages. 18w50a Sandstone and smooth sandstone slabs now generate in the updated desert villages. Spruce slabs now generate in the updated taiga villages. The textures for spruce, cobblestone, mossy cobblestone, sandstone, smooth sandstone, red sandstone, and smooth red sandstone slabs have been changed. Wood slabs are now used to craft barrels. 19w02a Wood slabs are now used to craft lecterns. 19w08a The texture of diorite slabs has been changed. Smooth quartz now use the bottom texture of normal quartz blocks, rather than the top texture. 19w12a Added cut sandstone and cut red sandstone slabs. 19w13a Slabs no longer block light, except at their full faces. 19w13b The texture of quartz slabs has been changed. 1.16 20w06a Added crimson and warped slabs. 20w15a Added blackstone, polished blackstone, and polished blackstone brick slabs. 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. October 3, 2020 Copper slabs are revealed at Minecraft Live 2020. 1.17 20w45a Added cut copper slabs and waxed cut copper slabs. 20w46a The texture of cut copper slab has been changed. 20w48a Crafting cut copper slabs now outputs 6 slabs instead of 4.^[5] 21w07a Added grimstone, polished grimstone, grimstone brick, and grimstone tile slabs. Changed textures of blackstone and polished blackstone bricks slabs. 21w08a All Grimstone Slabs have been renamed to their "Deepslate" equivalents. The textures of deepslate, polished deepslate, deepslate brick, and deepslate tile slabs have been changed. The texture of blackstone slab has been changed. 21w10a Updated texture of Cobbled deepslate slab. 21w14a Added waxed oxidized cut copper slab. 1.18 21w40a A block of copper can now be converted into 8 cut copper slabs when using stonecutter. Upcoming Java Edition October 16, 2021 32px Mangrove slabs are shown at Minecraft Live 2021. 1.19 Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1 Deepslate brick slab and deepslate tile slab now generate as part of ancient city. 22w11a Added mangrove and mud brick slab. 22w12a Mud brick slab now drop item when break by hand.^[6] Mud brick slab now take faster to break.^[7] Mud brick slab now use mud sound instead of stone sound.^[8] 22w13a Cobbled deepslate slab and polished deepslate slab now generate as part of ancient city. Pocket Edition Alpha v0.1.0 Added stone, wood, cobblestone, and sandstone slabs. Wood, cobblestone, and sandstone slabs are currently unobtainable. v0.2.0 The textures of wooden planks and cobblestone have been changed, and by extension that of the slabs. v0.3.0 Added brick slabs to Creative mode. Even though they have a crafting recipe, they are not obtainable in Survival mode due to infinite stacks only counting as one of a material. 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. v0.3.2 Cobblestone slabs are now available in the creative inventory. Bricks are no longer in an infinite stack and now be gathered, making brick slabs obtainable in Survival mode. v0.4.0 The model of bottom slabs now uses the bottom half of the full block's texture. v0.6.0 Added stone brick slabs. Sandstone slabs are now available in both Survival and Creative mode. Slabs can now be placed on the top half of blocks. The recipes for crafting slabs now give 6 slabs, instead of 3 slabs. v0.7.3 Added quartz slabs. 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. v0.8.0 build 2 Added birch, spruce and jungle wood slabs. The texture of sandstone slabs has been changed, although it is only visible in the double and bottom variants. v0.9.0 build 1 Added acacia and dark oak wood slabs. 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] Wooden Slab" to "[woodtype] Wood Slab". v0.12.1 build 1 Added nether brick slabs. v0.13.0 build 1 Wooden slabs are now used to craft daylight sensors. Sandstone slabs now generate in desert temples. v0.14.0 build 1 Added red sandstone slabs. v0.14.2 The nether brick slab texture has been brightened. Pocket Edition 1.0.0 alpha 0.17.0.1 Added purpur slabs. 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 Added slabs for prismarine, prismarine brick and dark prismarine as part of Experimental Gameplay. 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 Added stone, andesite, polished andesite, diorite, polished diorite, granite, polished granite, mossy stone brick, mossy cobblestone, smooth sandstone, cut sandstone, smooth red sandstone, cut red sandstone, smooth quartz, red nether brick, and end stone brick slabs. The textures of all slabs have been changed. "Stone Slab" has been renamed to "Smooth Stone Slab". 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 The textures of slabs have been changed. 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 Added crimson and warped slabs. beta 1.16.0.57 Added blackstone, polished blackstone, and polished blackstone brick slabs. 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 The texture of nether brick slabs now matches Java Edition's again. 1.16.20 beta 1.16.20.50 Crimson and warped slabs now uses regular plank sounds instead of their stem variant sounds. Caves & Cliffs (experimental) beta 1.16.210.57 Added cut copper slabs and waxed cut copper slabs. 1.17.0 beta 1.16.230.52 Added cobbled deepslate, polished deepslate, deepslate brick, and deepslate tile slabs. Added waxed oxidized cut copper slabs. beta 1.17.0.50 Updated blackstone slab texture. beta 1.17.0.52 The slabs for copper and deepslate variants are no longer available only through Experimental Gameplay. Upcoming Bedrock Edition 1.19.0 beta 1.19.0.20 Added mangrove and mud brick slab. Legacy Console Edition TU1 CU1 1.0 Patch 1 1.0.1 Added stone, wood (original oak), sandstone and cobblestone slabs. TU3 Changed the textures of stone, wood, sandstone and cobblestone slabs. TU5 Added stone brick and brick slabs. TU9 Added birch wood, spruce wood and nether brick slabs. 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 Added jungle wood slabs. Slabs can now be placed upside down. Items can now be placed directly on upside down slabs. TU14 1.04 Added quartz slabs. 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 Added acacia and dark oak wood slabs to the creative inventory. TU46 CU36 1.38 Patch 15 Added purpur slabs. TU69 1.76 Patch 38 Added slabs for prismarine, prismarine bricks and dark prismarine. 1.88 The textures of all slabs has been changed. Added andesite, polished andesite, diorite, polished diorite, granite, polished granite, mossy stone brick slab, mossy cobblestone, smooth sandstone, smooth red sandstone, smooth quartz, red nether brick, end stone brick slabs. "Stone Slab" has been renamed to "Smooth Stone Slab". 1.90 The textures of slabs have been changed. New Nintendo 3DS Edition 0.1.0 Added slabs. 1.7.10 Added purpur slabs.

Java Edition 1.2.1 1.2 The prior restriction for crafting 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. 1.5 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.^[9] 13w04a The smooth stone double slab has been re-implemented with a data value of 43:8. The smooth sandstone double slab has been added, with a data value of 43:9. Seamless data values of 43:10-43:15 have been added, but are unused and appear identical to their normal counterparts. 13w09c The quartz slab's seamless counterpart, with a data value of 43:15, retains the top texture on all 6 sides. 1.8 14w32a Added smooth red sandstone double 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. Smooth double slabs, now smooth blocks, have added to the creative inventory. 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.

Java Edition Classic 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST Double stone slabs have an unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 43. Java Edition Beta 1.6 Test Build 3 Double stone slab items can be obtained from the newly added debug chests, mainly from the 12th slot of the 2nd chest from the left, and the 23rd slot of the 5th chest from the left. release Debug chests no longer spawn, preventing double stone slab items from being obtained this way. Java Edition 1.0.0 Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 Double stone slabs can be obtained with the Silk Touch enchantment by breaking a block with an appropriate tool enchanted with it. Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 Double stone slabs can no longer be obtained via Silk Touch. 1.3.1 12w16a Double slab items can now be obtained in singleplayer worlds via the /give command using the respective numeric ID. 12w17a Added wooden double slabs, which have an unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID, which uses a full render. It can be obtained via the /give command or inventory editors with numeric item ID 125. 1.8 14w25a The direct item forms of double slabs have been removed from the game. They can no longer exist as items in any way, only as placed blocks. Pocket Edition Alpha ? Double slabs exist as an item. Legacy Console Edition ? Double slab items exist. They have a tendency to crash the game^[10]

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