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Cherry Slab in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Cherry Slab is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Cherry Slab.
What is Cherry Slab?
Cherry Slab is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/axe material group. It has a hardness of 2 and a blast resistance of 3. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Cherry Slab does not emit light. Cherry Slab filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:cherry_slab. Command: /give @p minecraft:cherry_slab 1.
How to mine Cherry Slab
Cherry Slab can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.
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×.
Cherry Slab drops
When broken, Cherry Slab drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What Cherry Slab is used to craft
Cherry Slab appears as an ingredient in 5 known Minecraft recipes:
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Hand-Mineable
- Craftable
- Crafting Material
Cherry Slab technical properties
- Waterloggable: Yes
- Flammable: Yes — spreads fire
- Burns from lava: Yes
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
- Map color: Varies
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Wooden Slab (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Cherry Slab natural generation
- Generates in biomes / dimensions: Plains, Taiga, Savanna
- World features & structures: Woodland mansion, Shipwreck, Igloo
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:cherry_slab
- Material family: mineable/axe
- Hardness: 2
- Blast resistance: 3
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 0
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:cherry_slab 1
Overview
Cherry Slab is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Cherry Slab can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- Expect to collect Cherry Slab once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 3s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 10s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:cherry_slab 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
- No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.
Difficulty and time commitment
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated time per run: 1-5 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Cherry Slab?
Cherry Slab can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does Cherry Slab drop when mined?
Breaking Cherry Slab drops Cherry Slab.
How hard is Cherry Slab to mine?
Cherry 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 Cherry Slab?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Cherry Slab.
What is Cherry Slab used to craft?
Cherry Slab is used as an ingredient in 5 other recipes.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Cherry Slab?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:cherry_slab, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.