Sulfur Slab

Sulfur Slab

Renewable	Yes
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	18 COLOR_YELLOW
Note block instrument	Bass Drum

A sulfur slab is a decorative slab variant of sulfur.

Obtaining

Breaking

Sulfur slabs drop as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Sulfur 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
Sulfur	6

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Sulfur	2

Usage

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

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Chiseled Sulfur	Sulfur Slab

Sounds

Java Edition:

sulfur sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.sulfur.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.sulfur.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.sulfur.hit	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.sulfur.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.sulfur.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	1.0	10	16

Bedrock Edition:

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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Sulfur Slab	sulfur_slab	Block & Item	slabs mineable/pickaxe	slabs	block.minecraft.sulfur_slab

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Block tags	Translation key
Sulfur Double Slab	sulfur_double_slab	1349	Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1094)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.sulfur_double_slab.name
Sulfur Slab	sulfur_slab	1348	Block & Giveable Item[i 4]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1093)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.sulfur_slab.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

History

Announcement

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

Java Edition

Java Edition
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur slabs.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur 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 sulfur can now be crafted with sulfur slabs.

Issues

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