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Slabs are half-versions of their respective blocks.

Obtaining

Stone-type slabs and smooth blocks require a pickaxe to mine. Wooden slabs can be mined with anything, but an axe is quickest.

Block Stone Wood Petrified Oak Slab
Hardness 2 ? 2
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default 10 ? 3
Wooden 1.5 ? 1.5
Stone 0.75 ? 0.75
Iron 0.5 ? 0.5
Diamond 0.4 ? 0.4
Netherite 0.35 ? 0.35
Golden 0.25 ? 0.25
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation

Smooth stone slabs can be found naturally in villages lining the roof of plains weaponsmith shops and inside the Plains Butcher Shop where they form counters. They are also found in strongholds where they are used in some of the stairs, ledges and torch pillars. Sandstone slabs can be found naturally in desert villages, desert wells, and desert pyramids. Double stone slabs can be found in villages, in the butcher's shop and in blacksmiths. A spruce wood slab serves as a table in igloo basements. Oak, birch, spruce, stone and cobblestone slabs can also be found in mansions.

Dark Oak, Cobblestone, and Mossy Cobblestone slabs generate in pillager outpost.

Smooth sandstone slabs generate in desert village.‌[BE & JE only]

Crafting

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Wood Slab Matching Planks
Stone Slab Any Stone Can use stone, andesite, polished andesite, granite, polished granite, diorite and polished diorite interchangeably.‌[Legacy Console Edition only]
Smooth Stone Slab Smooth Stone [Java and Bedrock editions only]
Cobblestone Slab Cobblestone
Brick Slab Bricks
Stone Brick Slab Any Stone Bricks [Legacy Console Edition only]
Stone Brick Slab Stone Bricks [Bedrock and Java editions only]
Nether Brick Slab Nether Bricks
Quartz Slab Any Quartz Block
Purpur Slab Any Purpur Block
Sandstone Slab Any Sandstone [Legacy Console Edition only]
Red Sandstone Slab Any Red Sandstone [Legacy Console Edition only]
Sandstone Slab Sandstone [Java and Bedrock editions only]
Red Sandstone Slab Red Sandstone [Bedrock and Java editions only]
Prismarine Slab or
Prismarine Brick Slab or
Dark Prismarine Slab
Prismarine or
Prismarine Bricks or
Dark Prismarine
Stone Slab Stone [Bedrock and Java editions only]
Andesite Slab or
Polished Andesite Slab
Andesite or
Polished Andesite
[Bedrock and Java editions only]
Diorite Slab or
Polished Diorite Slab
Diorite or
Polished Diorite
[Bedrock and Java editions only]
Granite Slab or
Polished Granite Slab
Granite or
Polished Granite
[Bedrock and Java editions only]
Mossy Stone Brick Slab Mossy Stone Bricks [Bedrock and Java editions only]
Mossy Cobblestone Slab Mossy Cobblestone [Bedrock and Java editions only]
Smooth Sandstone Slab or
Smooth Red Sandstone Slab
Smooth Sandstone or
Smooth Red Sandstone
[Bedrock and Java editions only]
Smooth Quartz Slab Smooth Quartz [Java and Bedrock editions only]
Red Nether Brick Slab Red Nether Bricks [Java and Bedrock editions only]
End Stone Brick Slab End Stone Bricks [Java and Bedrock editions only]
Cut Sandstone Slab or
Cut Red Sandstone Slab
Cut Sandstone or
Cut Red Sandstone
[Java and Bedrock editions only]

Usage

Placement

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 will create a bottom slab
  • Placing a slab on the underside of a block or on the top half of the side surface will create a top slab
  • Placing a top and bottom slab of the same type in the same block will create a double slab block

Slabs cannot be oriented vertically.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Armor Stand Stick +
Smooth Stone Slab

Bamboo Mosaic Bamboo Slab

Barrel Any Planks +
Any wood Slab

Chiseled Bookshelf Any Planks +
Any wood Slab

Chiseled Deepslate Cobbled Deepslate Slab

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

Chiseled Stone Bricks Stone Brick Slab

Composter Any wood Slab

Daylight Detector Glass +
Nether Quartz +
Any wood Slab

Grindstone Stick +
Stone Slab +
Any Planks

In Bedrock Edition, grindstone recipes built with crimson, warped, or mangrove planks can use a slab of almost any of the stone types including sandstone, quartz, and bricks.
Lectern Any wood Slab +
Bookshelf

Purpur Pillar Purpur Slab

Behavior

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Upside-downRedstone

An example of how top slabs can make redstone travel compactly "up stairs".

Redstoneless Slab

Slabs do not block a vertical redstone connection as it is a transparent block.

Double slabs are handled as a single block instead of two different slabs; as such, breaking one will destroy the whole block and drop two slabs, as opposed to only breaking 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 can be placed on a top slab, not a bottom slab. 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.

Mobs see a slab as a full block. Mobs can spawn on top slabs and double slabs, but not on bottom slabs. In Bedrock Edition iron golems will not spawn even on a top slab.

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 only reduces the player's hitbox height to 1.65 blocks, 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,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 78 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 only prevents falling when the distance is higher than one half block.

If a slab is placed in a water source block, the empty half of that slab's block will be waterlogged. If a top slab is placed in flowing water, a pocket of air is created in the bottom half of the block. In this pocket, the player can breathe and see as clearly as from an air block.

Minecarts on powered rails will not be repelled from a slab. They will, however, be repelled by a slab with a minecart on top.

Falling block entities (like sand, gravel, and concrete powder) will turn into their dropped form if they land on a bottom slab, as when they fall on a torch.

Slabs do not block light.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Fuel

Wooden slabs can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 0.75 items per slab in the Java Edition and Legacy Console editions, and smelting 1.5 items per slab in Bedrock Edition.

Data values

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ID

Slab/ID

Block data

See also: Data values

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

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
typebottom bottom
top
Where the slab is within its block.
doubleThe block is a double slab.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true
Whether or not there's water in the same place as this slab.

Bedrock Edition:
Stone slab and double stone slab:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
minecraft:vertical_halfNot Supportedbottom bottom
top
UnsupportedWhere the slab is within its block.
stone_slab_type0x1
0x2
0x4
smooth_stone smooth_stone0Smooth Stone Slab
sandstone1Sandstone Slab
wood2Petrified Oak Slab
cobblestone3Cobblestone Slab
brick4Brick Slab
stone_brick5Stone Brick Slab
quartz6Quartz Slab
nether_brick7Nether Brick Slab
top_slot_bit
(Deprecated)
0x8falsefalse
true
0
1
Whether or not this slab is an upper slab.

Wood slab and double wood slab:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
minecraft:vertical_halfNot Supportedbottom bottom
top
UnsupportedWhere the slab is within its block.
wood_type0x1
0x2
0x4
oak oak0Oak Slab
spruce1Spruce Slab
birch2Birch Slab
jungle3Jungle Slab
acacia4Acacia Slab
dark_oak5Dark Oak Slab
top_slot_bit
(Deprecated)
0x8falsefalse
true
0
1
Whether or not this slab is an upper slab.

Stone slab 2 and double stone slab 2:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
minecraft:vertical_halfNot Supportedbottom bottom
top
UnsupportedWhere the slab is within its block.
stone_slab_type_20x1
0x2
0x4
red_sandstone red_sandstone0Red Sandstone Slab
purpur1Purpur Slab
prismarine_rough2Prismarine Slab
prismarine_dark3Dark Prismarine Slab
prismarine_brick4Prismarine Brick Slab
mossy_cobblestone5Mossy Cobblestone Slab
smooth_sandstone6Smooth Sandstone Slab
red_nether_brick7Red Nether Brick Slab
top_slot_bit
(Deprecated)
0x8falsefalse
true
0
1
Whether or not this slab is an upper slab.

Stone slab 3 and double stone slab 3:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
minecraft:vertical_halfNot Supportedbottom bottom
top
UnsupportedWhere the slab is within its block.
stone_slab_type_30x1
0x2
0x4
end_stone_brick end_stone_brick0End Stone Brick Slab
smooth_red_sandstone1Smooth Red Sandstone Slab
polished_andesite2Polished Andesite Slab
andesite3Andesite Slab
diorite4Diorite Slab
polished_diorite5Polished Diorite Slab
granite6Granite Slab
polished_granite7Polished Granite Slab
top_slot_bit
(Deprecated)
0x8falsefalse
true
0
1
Whether or not this slab is an upper slab.

Stone slab 4 and double stone slab 4:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
minecraft:vertical_halfNot Supportedbottom bottom
top
UnsupportedWhere the slab is within its block.
stone_slab_type_40x1
0x2
0x4
mossy_stone_brick mossy_stone_brick0Mossy Stone Brick Slab
smooth_quartz1Smooth Quartz Slab
stone2Stone Slab
cut_sandstone3Cut Sandstone Slab
cut_red_sandstone4Cut Red Sandstone Slab
top_slot_bit
(Deprecated)
0x8falsefalse
true
0
1
Whether or not this slab is an upper slab.

Other slabs and double slabs:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
minecraft:vertical_halfNot Supportedbottom bottom
top
UnsupportedWhere the slab is within its block.
top_slot_bit
(Deprecated)
0x1falsefalse
true
0
1
Whether or not this slab is an upper slab.

Video

Note: This video is outdated, as red sandstone slabs were added in 1.8, purpur slabs were added in 1.9, and prismarine slabs were added in 1.13.

History

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classic
May 17, 2009Slabs were suggested on the TIGSource forums.
October 22, 2009Dirt Slab Dirt slabs were shown in a blog post.
October 23, 2009Notch says the new half block has nearly been finished and gives a video.
0.27 SURVIVAL TESTStone Slab Revision 1 Stone slabs have now been introduced to the game.
Stone slabs can be obtained by mining coal ore because of the lack of inventory and crafting.
Slabs were originally called stairs.
indev
0.312010-01-29Slabs have now received a crafting recipe: 3 slabs from 3 cobblestone.
Slabs are now no longer dropped from coal ore.
infdev
June 29, 2010Renamed stairs to slabs.[verify]
beta
1.3File:Sandstone Slab Revision 1.png File:Oak Slab Revision 1.png File:Cobblestone Slab Revision 1.png Added sandstone, "wooden" and cobblestone slabs as variants of the stone slabs. All had the same properties as stone slabs, apart from using different textures.
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. On current versions, this slab can be obtained from the Creative inventory or by using commands. The item tooltip will now say "Petrified Oak Slab" rather than "Oak Slab".
Before the additional slabs were added, a double stone slab would only yield one slab when broken. Since this update, all double slabs will now yield 2 of their respective single slabs when broken. Destroying double slabs with TNT, however, still only yields single slabs (when the slabs aren't simply destroyed by the explosion).
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.
1.7File:Sandstone Slab Revision 2.png File:Oak Slab Revision 2.png File:Cobblestone Slab Revision 2.png Smooth Stone Slab Bottom slabs will now use the bottom half of the double slab texture rather than the top.
Cobblestone Slab The texture of the cobblestone slab has now been updated.
1.8?Stone Brick Slab File:Brick Slab Revision 1.png Smooth Stone Added the stone brick, bricks, and smooth stone double slab. (Smooth stone double slab are only obtainable through inventory editing.)
The sprinting feature has been added in this update. While stairs will the player's sprinting, slabs allow a player to continue sprinting.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5Oak Slab Brick Slab The textures of bricks and planks have now been updated, and by extension that of the slabs.
1.2.11.2-preAll 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 now 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.
1.3.112w17aOak Slab Birch Slab Spruce Slab Jungle Slab New slabs have now been added for the four different types of wood planks, replacing the old wooden oak/"stone" slab. These new slabs are vulnerable to fire, and can be collected faster with an axe than with a pickaxe. Wooden slabs already crafted or placed in the world will remain the old 'stone' type.
12w21aSandstone slabs will now generate in desert temples.
12w25aRedstone (including repeaters, torches. levers and pressure plates) and rails can now be placed on slabs and stairs positioned upside down.
12w26aMobs can now spawn on upside down slabs.
1.4.212w39aSlabs will now interact properly with lighting.
When slabs are placed upside down, they will now accept light from light sources themselves, and no longer block light to surrounding blocks.
Slabs will now no longer cast the shadow of a full-sized block.[1]
1.4.6November 28, 2012Jeb tweeted a picture of himself crafting nether brick slabs.
12w49aNether Brick Slab Added nether brick slabs, which has now caused the smooth stone double slab to change its data value to 43:7.
1.5January 22, 2013Jeb states that the "smooth stone full half-slab" will be re-implemented with a data value of 43:8. Other slabs with data values of 43:9-43:15 will also 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.[2]
13w01aWooden Slabs can now be used to craft daylight sensors.
13w02aQuartz Slab Added quartz slabs, featuring the top quartz texture on all six sides. The formerly unused slab type, known as the smooth stone slab, has now been removed from the game. Its data values have been replaced with the nether quartz slab.
13w04aSmooth Sandstone The smooth stone double slab has now been re-implemented with a data value of 43:8.
The smooth sandstone double slab has now been added, with a data value of 43:9.
Seamless data values of 43:10-43:15 have now been added, but are unused and appear identical to their normal counterparts.
13w09cQuartz slabs and double slabs will now use the top, side and bottom textures of the block of quartz.
Block of Quartz The quartz slab's seamless counterpart, with a data value of 43:15, retains the top texture on all 6 sides.
?Sandstone Slab The texture of sandstone slabs have now been changed slightly.
1.7.21.7-preAcacia Slab Dark Oak Slab Added acacia and dark oak slabs.
1.814w02aStone 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.
14w25aDouble stone slabs and double wooden slabs can now no longer be obtained as an item.
14w32aRed Sandstone Slab Smooth Red Sandstone Added red sandstone slabs and double slabs, as well as smooth red sandstone double slabs.
Armor stands are now crafted using any slab.
14w32bArmor stands can now only be crafted using stone slabs.
14w33aStone slabs can now no longer be crafted using granite, diorite, andesite, or their polished counterparts.
1.9June 22, 2015Jeb reveals purpur slabs on Instagram, with the words "MINECON 2015 HYPE!"
15w31aPurpur Slab Added purpur slabs and double slabs.
15w43aA spruce slab will now act as the middle of a table generated within igloo basements.
1.1116w39aOak, birch, spruce, stone, and cobblestone slabs will now generate in woodland mansions.
1.1317w47aThe 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 now been split up and merged into their own IDs depending on variant.
Old non-flammable wooden slabs, which are now called "Petrified oak slabs", have been re-implemented into the creative inventory.
"Bricks slab" has now been renamed to "Brick slab".
"Stone bricks slab" has been renamed to "Stone brick slab".
<Wood type> wood slab has now been renamed to <wood type> slab.
Smooth Stone Smooth Sandstone Smooth Red Sandstone Block of Quartz Smooth double slabs, now smooth blocks, have added to the creative inventory. Smooth blocks will 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.
18w07aPrismarine Slab Prismarine Brick Slab Dark Prismarine Slab Added slabs for prismarine, prismarine bricks, and dark prismarine.
18w10cWater can now be placed on the same block as slabs.
April 17, 2018Dinnerbone confirms that 1.14 will contain many new stairs and slabs.
1.1318w20aChanged the name of "Prismarine Bricks Slab" to "Prismarine Brick Slab."
1.13.118w32aPurpur slabs can now be crafted with purpur pillars.
October 10, 2018Dinnerbone tweets that there will be 14 new slabs.
October 10, 2018Polished diorite slabs are tweeted out by LadyAgnes.
1.1418w43aAndesite Slab Polished Andesite Slab Diorite Slab Polished Diorite Slab Granite Slab Polished Granite Slab Mossy Stone Brick Slab Mossy Cobblestone Slab Smooth Sandstone Slab Smooth Red Sandstone Slab Quartz Slab Red Nether Brick Slab End Stone Brick Slab 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.
Renamed "Stone Slab" to "Smooth Stone Slab".
18w48aStone slabs are now use to craft grindstones.
18w50aWood slabs are now used to craft barrels.
19w02aWood slabs are now used to craft lecterns.
19w12aCut Sandstone Slab Cut Red Sandstone Slab Added cut sandstone and cut red sandstone slabs.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0Smooth Stone Slab Added stone slabs.
0.3.0Oak Slab Brick Slab Cobblestone Slab Added wood (original oak), brick and cobblestone slabs.
0.6.0Sandstone Slab Stone Brick Slab Added sandstone and stone brick slabs.
Slabs can now be placed on the top half of blocks.
The recipes for crafting slabs will now give 6 slabs, instead of 3 slabs.
0.7.3Quartz Slab 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.
0.8.0build 2Birch Slab Spruce Slab Jungle Slab Added birch, spruce and jungle wood slabs.
0.9.0build 1Acacia Slab Dark Oak Slab Added acacia and dark oak wood slabs.
Stone slabs will now generate naturally in villages.
build 11Added crafting recipe for jungle wood slabs.
?Changed wooden slab name from [woodtype] Slab to [woodtype] Wood Slab.
0.12.1build 1Nether Brick Slab Added nether brick slabs.
0.13.0build 1Wooden slabs are now used to craft daylight sensors.
Sandstone slabs will now generate in desert temples.
0.14.0build 1Red Sandstone Slab Added red sandstone slabs.
0.14.2File:Nether Brick Slab PE.png The nether brick slab texture has now been brightened.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Purpur Slab Added purpur slabs.
A spruce slab will now act as the middle of a table generated within igloo basements.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Oak, birch, spruce, stone, and cobblestone slabs will now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Stone slabs are now used to craft armor stands.
1.4.0beta 1.2.13.8Prismarine Slab Prismarine Brick Slab Dark Prismarine Slab Added slabs for prismarine, prismarine brick and dark prismarine as part of Experimental Gameplay.
beta 1.2.14.2The slabs for prismarine, prismarine brick, and dark prismarine have now been fully implemented.
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0"Stone Slab" has now been renamed to "Smooth Stone Slab".
Andesite Slab Polished Andesite Slab Diorite Slab Polished Diorite Slab Granite Slab Polished Granite Slab Mossy Stone Brick Slab Mossy Cobblestone Slab Smooth Sandstone Slab Cut Sandstone Slab Smooth Red Sandstone Slab Cut Red Sandstone Slab Smooth Quartz Slab Red Nether Brick Slab End Stone Brick Slab 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.
Sandstone and red sandstone slabs can now only be crafted using regular sandstone.
Smooth stone slabs will now require smooth stone to craft them.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Cobblestone, mossy cobblestone, and dark oak slab generate in pillager outpost.
Smooth sandstone slab now generate in new desert villages.
Wood slab can be used to craft composter, barrel, and lectern.
Stone slab can be used to craft grindstone.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 1Smooth Stone Slab Oak Slab Sandstone Slab Cobblestone Slab Added stone, wood (original oak), sandstone and cobblestone slabs.
TU5Stone Brick Slab Brick Slab Added stone brick and brick slabs.
TU9Birch Slab Spruce Slab Nether Brick Slab 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.
TU12Jungle Slab Added jungle wood slabs.
Slabs can now be placed upside down.
Items can now be placed directly on upside down slabs.
TU14 1.04 Quartz Slab Added quartz slabs.
The placement of half blocks and other blocks on half blocks has now been changed.
The placement of upside down slabs has now been changed.
TU27CU15 1.18 Acacia Slab Dark Oak Slab Added acacia and dark oak wood slabs to the creative inventory.
TU46CU36 1.38 Patch 15Purpur Slab Added purpur slabs.
TU69 1.76 Patch 38Prismarine Slab Prismarine Brick Slab Dark Prismarine Slab Added slabs for prismarine, prismarine bricks and dark prismarine.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.88Andesite Slab Polished Andesite Slab Diorite Slab Polished Diorite Slab Granite Slab Polished Granite Slab Mossy Stone Brick Slab Mossy Cobblestone Slab Smooth Sandstone Slab Smooth Red Sandstone Slab Quartz Slab Red Nether Brick Slab End Stone Brick Slab 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.
Renamed "Stone Slab" to "Smooth Stone Slab".
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10Purpur Slab Added purpur slabs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Slab" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • 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 will darken less, due to having fewer surrounding solid blocks.[3]
  • When water or lava are on top of an upside-down slab, the water dripping particles will appear in midair below the slab instead of from the slab itself, this was fixed in Java Edition 1.13 pre7[4], but is an intentional feature in Bedrock Edition.[5]

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