Mineuniverse
Log in Register
Brick Slab

Brick Slab

A brick slab is a decorative slab variant of bricks that generates in trail ruins and is used for building.

6 min read Updated 5 views
Blocks Stackable resources Renewable resources Manufactured blocks Generated structure blocks Slabs
Advertisement Remove ads with Premium →
Contents (21)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Natural generation
  4. Crafting
  5. Stonecutting
  6. Usage
  7. Sounds
  8. Data values
  9. ID
  10. Block states
  11. Videos
  12. History
  13. Java Edition
  14. Bedrock Edition
  15. Legacy Console Edition
  16. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  17. Data history
  18. Issues
  19. Gallery
  20. Screenshots
  21. References
Brick Slab
Brick Slab.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Brick Slab'
Invicon Brick Slab.png: Inventory sprite for Brick Slab in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Brick Slab
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft
Blast resistance 6
Hardness 2
Luminous No
Transparent Double slab: No

Single slab: Partial (blocks light)‌[JE only]
Partial (diffuses sky light)‌[BE only]

Waterloggable Yes
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava 		No
Map color
 28 COLOR_RED
Note block instrument Bass Drum

A brick slab is a decorative slab variant of bricks that generates in trail ruins and is used for building.

Obtaining

Breaking

Brick slabs can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block BlockSprite brick-slab.png: Sprite image for brick-slab in MinecraftBrick Slab
Hardness 2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 10.05 (JE)
10 (BE)
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 1.5 (JE)
1.5 (BE)
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 0.75 (JE)
0.75 (BE)
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in MinecraftCopper 0.6 (JE)
0.6 (BE)
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 0.5 (JE)
0.5 (BE)
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.4 (JE)
0.4 (BE)
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.35 (JE)
0.35 (BE)
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.25 (JE)
0.25 (BE)
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined
  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Natural generation

Brick slabs generate as part of trail ruins.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Bricks
Invicon Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bricks with description: BricksInvicon Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bricks with description: BricksInvicon Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bricks with description: Bricks
Invicon Brick Slab.png: Inventory sprite for Brick Slab in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Brick Slab6

Stonecutting

Ingredients Cutting recipe
Bricks
Invicon Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bricks with description: BricksInvicon Brick Slab.png: Inventory sprite for Brick Slab in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Brick Slab.png: Inventory sprite for Brick Slab in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Brick Slab2

Usage

For information about the placement mechanics of all slabs, see Slab § Usage.

Sounds

In Bedrock Edition, when a brick slab is combined into a double slab, the block's use sound is played.[1]

Java Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.370.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.221.0
Bedrock Edition combine sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block placedBlocksWhen a brick slab is combined into a double slabuse.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8
Advertisement Remove ads with Premium →

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tags Translation key
BlockSprite brick-slab.png: Sprite image for brick-slab in Minecraft Brick Slabbrick_slabBlock & Itemslabs
mineable/pickaxe		slabs block.minecraft.brick_slab

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite bricks.png: Sprite image for bricks in Minecraft Brick Double Slabbrick_double_slabdouble_stone_block_slab / 4
double_stone_slab / 4		-880Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]brick_double_slab
Alias ID: real_double_stone_slab / 4		 tile.double_stone_slab.brick.name
BlockSprite brick-slab.png: Sprite image for brick-slab in Minecraft Brick Slabbrick_slabstone_block_slab / 4
stone_slab / 4		-874Block & Giveable Item[i 3]brick_slab
Alias ID: double_stone_slab / 4		 tile.stone_slab.brick.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Unavailable with /give command
  3. ↑ Available with /give command.

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:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 Description
minecraft:vertical_halfNot Supportedbottom bottom
top		UnsupportedWhere the slab is within its block.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.8Pre-release Added bricks slabs.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 The texture of bricks slabs has been changed.
1.1317w47a "Bricks Slab" has been renamed to "Brick Slab".
1.1418w43a The texture of brick slabs has been updated.
1.2023w12a Brick slabs now generate as part of trail ruins.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0 Added bricks 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.
v0.3.2 Bricks are no longer in an infinite stack and can now be gathered, making bricks slabs obtainable in Survival mode.
v0.4.0 The model of bottom bricks slabs now uses the bottom half of the full block's texture.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of bricks slabs has been updated.
1.19.80
Experiment
Next Major Update		Preview 1.19.80.22 Bricks slabs now generate as part of trail ruins.
1.21.30Preview 1.21.30.22 Changed name from "Bricks Slab" to "Brick Slab" to match Java Edition.
1.21.50Preview 1.21.50.25 The texture of brick slabs has been changed.
Preview 1.21.50.28 The previous texture change has been reverted.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU5CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added bricks slabs.
1.90 The texture of bricks slabs has been updated.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added bricks slabs.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47a The different variant block states for the stone_slab and double_stone_slab IDs have been split up and merged into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 43 and 44.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0 Bricks slabs have the stone_slab ID, however their item form's ID is incorrectly registered as double_stone_slab.
The direct item form of double bricks slabs have the real_double_stone_slab ID.
Bedrock Edition
1.19.0Preview 1.19.0.27 The IDs of bricks slabs and double bricks slabs have been changed to stone_block_slab and double_stone_block_slab respectively.
1.20.30Preview 1.20.20.20 Bricks slabs now use the minecraft:vertical_half block state instead of top_slot_bit.
1.21.0Preview 1.21.0.23 The different stone slab type block states for the stone_block_slab ID have been split up into their own IDs.
1.21.20Preview 1.21.10.20 The different stone slab type block states for the double_stone_block_slab ID have been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Brick Slab" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Screenshots

  • Brick slabs
    Brick slabs
  • Brick slabs used to create the impression of half-aligned full blocks.
    Brick slabs used to create the impression of half-aligned full blocks.

References

  1. ↑ MCPE-79659
Advertisement Remove ads with Premium →

More in Slabs

View all 52 →
Andesite SlabAndesite SlabAn andesite slab is a decorative slab variant of andesite that does not generate naturally and is used for building.Baked Potato Brick SlabBaked Potato Brick SlabA baked potato brick slab is a baked potato brick variant of a slab, exclusive to 24w14potato.Bamboo Mosaic SlabBamboo Mosaic SlabA bamboo mosaic slab is a decorative slab variant of bamboo mosaics that does not generate naturally and is used for building.Blackstone SlabBlackstone SlabA blackstone slab is a decorative slab variant of blackstone that generates in bastion remnants and is used for building.Charred Baked Potato Brick SlabCharred Baked Potato Brick SlabA charred baked potato brick slab is a charred baked potato brick variant of a slab, exclusive to 24w14potato.Cobbled Deepslate SlabCobbled Deepslate SlabA cobbled deepslate slab is a decorative slab variant of cobbled deepslate that generates in ancient cities and is used for building.Cobblestone SlabCobblestone SlabA cobblestone slab is a decorative slab variant of cobblestone that generates in overworld structures and is used for building.Cut Copper SlabCut Copper SlabA cut copper slab is a decorative slab variant of cut copper that generates in trial chambers and is used for building. Unlike other types of slabs, cut…
Advertisement Remove ads with Premium →

Related mods

Vertical slabs, bricks & more Vertical slabs, bricks & more Mod · 285 downloads
How to craft Brick Slab
See the exact crafting recipe on a 3×3 grid, the ingredients and step-by-step instructions.
Crafting recipe Wiki home