Smooth Sandstone Slab

For the block in Minecraft Earth, see Earth:Smooth Sandstone Slab.

Smooth Sandstone Slab

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
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	2 SAND
Note block instrument	Bass Drum

A smooth sandstone slab is a decorative slab variant of smooth sandstone that generates in desert villages and is used for building.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Smooth Sandstone Slab
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	110.05 (JE) 10 (BE)
Wooden	11.5 (JE) 1.5 (BE)
Stone	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Copper	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Iron	10.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE)
Diamond	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Netherite	10.35 (JE) 0.35 (BE)
Golden	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (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

Natural generation

Smooth sandstone slabs generate as part of desert villages.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Smooth Sandstone	6

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Smooth Sandstone	2

Usage

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

Sounds

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

Java Edition:

stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.stone	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.37	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Smooth Sandstone Slab	smooth_sandstone_slab	Block & Item	slabs mineable/pickaxe	slabs	block.minecraft.smooth_sandstone_slab

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Smooth Sandstone Double Slab	smooth_sandstone_double_slab	double_stone_block_slab2 / 6 double_stone_slab2 / 6	-916	Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]	smooth_sandstone_double_slab Alias ID: real_double_stone_slab2 / 6	—
Smooth Sandstone Slab	smooth_sandstone_slab	stone_block_slab2 / 6 stone_slab2 / 6	-889	Block & Giveable Item[i 3]	smooth_sandstone_slab Alias ID: double_stone_slab2 / 6	tile.stone_slab2.sandstone.smooth.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.14			18w43a				Added smooth sandstone slabs.
			18w44a				The texture of smooth sandstone slabs has been changed.
			18w47a				The texture of smooth sandstone slabs has been changed again.
			18w50a				The texture of smooth sandstone slabs has been changed again.
							Smooth sandstone slabs now generate as part of desert villages.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Added smooth sandstone slabs.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of smooth sandstone slabs has been updated.
							Smooth sandstone slabs now generate as part of desert villages.

PlayStation 4 Edition

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.88							Added smooth sandstone slabs.
1.90							The texture of smooth sandstone slabs has been updated.
1.91							Smooth sandstone slabs now generate as part of desert villages.

Data history

Issues

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

References