Polished Cinnabar Slab

Polished 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 polished cinnabar slab is a decorative slab variant of polished cinnabar.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Polished 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
Polished Cinnabar	6

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Cinnabar or  Polished Cinnabar	2

Usage

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

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

ID

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Block tags	Translation key
Polished Cinnabar Double Slab	polished_cinnabar_double_slab	1371	Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1116)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.polished_cinnabar_double_slab.name
Polished Cinnabar Slab	polished_cinnabar_slab	1370	Block & Giveable Item[i 4]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1115)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.polished_cinnabar_slab.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

History

Announcement

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

Java Edition

Java Edition
26.2			snap1				Added polished cinnabar slabs.
			snap3				The texture of polished cinnabar slabs has been changed.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added polished cinnabar slabs.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.29				The texture of polished cinnabar slabs has been changed to match Java Edition.

Issues

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