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Minecraft Slabs

Minecraft slabs are a versatile type of building block in Minecraft. These blocks are half the height of a standard block and offer a wide range of creative and functional uses. Minecraft slabs are crafted from various materials, allowing players to integrate them seamlessly into their builds. This article provides a detailed overview of Minecraft slabs, including their characteristics, crafting methods, uses and special behaviors.

Overview Minecraft Slabs:

  • building block & crafting ingredient
  • appears in many types
  • height: 0.5 blocks
  • occupies either the top or bottom half of a block space

How to Make Slabs in Minecraft

Minecraft slabs are typically crafted by placing three blocks of the same material in a horizontal row in a crafting table:

3x slab material = 6x slabs

Recipe for Minecraft Slabs

This method yields 6x Minecraft slabs. It is easy and manageable when you’re new to the game. The only thing that may be a bit confusing is the Minecraft slab material.

Tip:Using a stonecutter, any block that can be crafted into Minecraft slabs can be directly converted into slabs, providing an efficient way to obtain slabs from stone-based materials.

All Types of Minecraft Slabs 

Minecraft slabs can be crafted from a variety of materials, each with unique textures and properties. These materials include:

MaterialMinecraft slabs
andesite, diorite & graniteandesite, polished andesite, diorite, polished diorite, granite, polished granite
basaltbasalt, polished basalt
blackstoneblackstone, polished blackstone
brickbricks, stone bricks, mossy stone bricks, nether bricks, red nether bricks, end stone bricks, polished blackstone bricks, deepslate bricks, mud bricks
coppercut copper, exposed cut copper, weathered cut copper, oxidized cut copper, waxed cut copper, waxed exposed cut copper, waxed weathered cut copper, waxed oxidized cut copper
deepslatedeepslate, cobbled deepslate, polished deepslate, deepslate tiles
prismarine & purpurprismarine, prismarine bricks, dark prismarine, purpur
quartzquartz, smooth quartz
sandstonesandstone, cut sandstone, smooth sandstone, red sandstone, cut red sandstone, smooth red sandstone
stonestone, cobblestone, smooth stone, mossy cobblestone
woodoak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, crimson, warped, cherry, bamboo

Minecraft slabs are possibly one of the most versatile blocks in Minecraft when it comes to their crafting material. Nearly every material except for ores can be used.

Functional Minecraft Slabs: Uses

In their uses, Minecraft slabs are just as versatile as in their appearance. There are five main uses for them, that should be considered:

  • in building and construction 
  • with redstone
  • for waterlogging
  • as fuel
  • as crafting material

Minecraft slabs are widely used in construction for various purposes. They often find their place in designs concerning stairs, roofs, floors, bridges or as decorative features. Some Minecraft slabs are also transparent to redstone signals, making them useful in redstone circuitry. This transparency can be leveraged to create hidden mechanisms and compact circuits.

Certain Minecraft slabs can be waterlogged, meaning they can hold water within their space. This feature is useful for creating underwater builds, smooth water surfaces and hidden water sources. Of course, wooden Minecraft slabs can be used as fuel in a furnace, though they are less efficient than other fuel sources. Stone slabs in Minecraft, however, cannot be used as fuel.

Minecraft Slabs & Their Use in Crafting

Simple Minecraft slabs are part of quite some recipes. You need them as a crafting ingredient for a few very important items. We’ll list all crafting recipes in the game that involve Minecraft slabs.

Let’s start with something many people tend to forget. Yet, you can find it in nearly every village: the composter.

7x wooden slabs (any type) = 1x composter

Recipe for Minecraft composter

Once you’re in a village, look out for a librarian. If you can’t find one, don’t worry and just create one yourself by placing a lectern near a jobless villager.

4x wooden slabs (any type) + 1x bookshelf = 1x lectern

Recipe for Minecraft lectern

You’re more interested in keeping your weapons and tools in shape? A grindstone might be what you need:

2x stick + 1x stone slab + 2x wooden plans = 1x grindstone

Recipe for Minecraft grindstone

Once your armor is complete, it’s time to show it off when playing with your friends in multiplayer. You should consider an armor stand for that.

6x stick + 1x smooth stone slab = 1x armor stand

Recipe for Minecraft armor stand

Maybe the next one is not as interesting to some players, yet it is a Minecraft slabs recipe: the barrel.

6x wooden planks + 2x wooden slabs = 1x barrel

Recipe for Minecraft barrel

Lastly, there is a very serious item that might save your in-game life if used wisely: the daylight detector. Minecraft slabs do play their part in protecting you from hostile mobs all thanks to this recipe and some additional redstone.

3x glass + 3x nether quartz + 3x wooden slabs = 1x daylight detector

Recipe for Minecraft daylight detector

These recipes include all the instances where slabs are required. While Minecraft slabs, being a versatile block, are also used extensively in building and decorative projects, these are the  crafting recipes explicitly involving them.

Special Behaviors of Minecraft Slabs

Minecraft slabs can be placed on the top or bottom half of a block space, providing flexibility in design. When two Minecraft slabs of the same type are placed on top of each other, they form a double slab. Double Minecraft slabs are visually and functionally identical to full blocks but retain the texture of the slab material on all sides.

Some Minecraft slabs, particularly wooden and stone slabs, are transparent to light, which affects mob spawning and lighting in structures. This property can be used strategically to control lighting in builds.

Tip:When broken, Minecraft slabs drop themselves as an item. The appropriate tool for breaking slabs depends on their material (e.g. a pickaxe for stone slabs, an axe for wooden slabs).

Conclusion: Minecraft Slabs

Minecraft slabs are an essential and versatile component of the game, offering a wide range of materials, uses and special behaviors. Whether used for practical construction, as a crafting ingredient or for decorative purposes, Minecraft slabs provide players with numerous possibilities to enhance their worlds. This, of course, also works perfectly well on a Minecraft server from G-Portal. Did you read something you didn’t know yet? Just hop on a server and check it out yourself.

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