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Tuff Slab in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

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

What is Tuff Slab?

Tuff Slab is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 1.5 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Tuff Slab does not emit light. Tuff Slab filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

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

How to mine Tuff Slab

Tuff 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 2.25 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 7.5 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×.

Tuff Slab drops

When broken, Tuff Slab drops:

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

What Tuff Slab is used to craft

Tuff Slab appears as an ingredient in 1 known Minecraft recipes:

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Craftable
  • Crafting Material

Tuff Slab technical properties

  • Waterloggable: Yes
  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: No — finite in a given world
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:tuff_slab
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 1.5
  • Blast resistance: 6
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:tuff_slab 1

Overview

Tuff 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 Tuff Slab with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Tuff Slab once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Tuff Slab with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Tuff Slab once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 2.25s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 7.5s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:tuff_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 Tuff 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 Tuff Slab drop when mined?

Breaking Tuff Slab drops Tuff Slab.

How hard is Tuff Slab to mine?

Tuff Slab has a hardness value of 1.5. That works out to roughly 2.25s with the correct tool or 7.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Tuff Slab?

Yes - this page lists 1 known crafting recipe for Tuff Slab.

What is Tuff Slab used to craft?

Tuff Slab is used as an ingredient in 1 other recipe.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Tuff Slab?

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

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