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Brick Slab in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Brick Slab is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Brick Slab.

What is Brick Slab?

Brick Slab is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 2 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Brick Slab does not emit light. Brick Slab filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:brick_slab. Command: /give @p minecraft:brick_slab 1.

How to mine Brick Slab

Brick Slab requires one of the following tools to drop its item — mining with a lower tier or by hand destroys it:

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 3 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 10 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Brick Slab drops

When broken, Brick Slab drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Craftable

Brick Slab technical properties

  • Waterloggable: Yes
  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Brick Slab (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:brick_slab
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 2
  • Blast resistance: 6
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:brick_slab 1

Overview

Brick Slab is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Prerequisites and materials

  • Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Brick Slab with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Brick Slab once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Brick Slab with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Brick Slab once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 3s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 10s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:brick_slab 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
  • Carry a spare tool of the correct tier - breaking with the wrong one wastes the drop.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Estimated time per run: 1-5 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Brick Slab?

You need one of: Wooden Pickaxe, Stone Pickaxe, Golden Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, Diamond Pickaxe, Netherite Pickaxe. Mining with a lower tier tool (or by hand) will break the block without dropping its item.

What does Brick Slab drop when mined?

Breaking Brick Slab drops Brick Slab.

How hard is Brick Slab to mine?

Brick Slab has a hardness value of 2. That works out to roughly 3s with the correct tool or 10s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Brick Slab?

Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Brick Slab.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Brick Slab?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:brick_slab, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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