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Pale Oak Slab in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Pale Oak Slab is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Pale Oak Slab.
What is Pale Oak Slab?
Pale Oak 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. Pale Oak Slab does not emit light. Pale Oak Slab filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:pale_oak_slab. Command: /give @p minecraft:pale_oak_slab 1.
How to mine Pale Oak Slab
Pale Oak 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×.
Pale Oak Slab drops
When broken, Pale Oak Slab drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What Pale Oak Slab is used to craft
Pale Oak Slab appears as an ingredient in 5 known Minecraft recipes:
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Hand-Mineable
- Craftable
- Crafting Material
Pale Oak 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.
Pale Oak Slab natural generation
- Generates in biomes / dimensions: Plains, Taiga, Savanna
- World features & structures: Woodland mansion, Shipwreck, Igloo
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:pale_oak_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:pale_oak_slab 1
Overview
Pale Oak Slab is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Pale Oak Slab can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- Expect to collect Pale Oak 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:pale_oak_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 Pale Oak Slab?
Pale Oak Slab can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does Pale Oak Slab drop when mined?
Breaking Pale Oak Slab drops Pale Oak Slab.
How hard is Pale Oak Slab to mine?
Pale Oak 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 Pale Oak Slab?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Pale Oak Slab.
What is Pale Oak Slab used to craft?
Pale Oak Slab is used as an ingredient in 5 other recipes.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Pale Oak Slab?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:pale_oak_slab, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.