Cinnabar Slab

Cinnabar Slab

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
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 cinnabar slab is a decorative slab variant of cinnabar used for building.

Obtaining

Breaking

Cinnabar slabs drop as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Cinnabar Slab
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	17.5 (JE) 7.5 (BE)
Wooden	11.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE)
Stone	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Copper	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE)
Iron	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Diamond	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE)
Netherite	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Golden	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

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

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Cinnabar	6

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Cinnabar	2

Usage

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

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Chiseled Cinnabar	Cinnabar Slab

Sounds

Java Edition:

cinnabar sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.cinnabar.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.cinnabar.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.cinnabar.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.cinnabar.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.cinnabar.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

cinnabar sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.cinnabar.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.cinnabar.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.cinnabar.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.3–0.5	0.5
	​Something falls on a block	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.cinnabar.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	1.0	0.75
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.cinnabar.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	block.cinnabar.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	block.cinnabar.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0

Data values

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Cinnabar Slab	cinnabar_slab	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cinnabar_slab

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Block tags	Translation key
Cinnabar Double Slab	cinnabar_double_slab	1366	Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1111)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.cinnabar_double_slab.name
Cinnabar Slab	cinnabar_slab	1365	Block & Giveable Item[i 4]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1110)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.cinnabar_slab.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

History

Announcement

March 21, 2026							Cinnabar slabs are announced at Minecraft Live – March 2026.

Java Edition

Java Edition
26.2			snap1				Added cinnabar slabs.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added cinnabar slabs.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.27				Chiseled cinnabar can now be crafted with cinnabar slabs.

Issues

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