Talk:Slab

When the smooth stone double slab was re-implemented, along with the smooth sandstone double slab and smooth quartz double slab, all the other stone slabs (old wood, cobblestone, bricks, stone bricks and nether bricks) also got "seamless" variants (with data values 10-14, respectively), though they appeared identical to their normal counterparts in-game. In more recent versions, it has been possible to alter the appearance of these separately from their normal counterparts by modifying their blockstate files, and a few resource packs do take advantage of this feature.

However, in the 1.13 snapshots, those five variants have been removed. If they exist in a world, they will turn into the normal double slab counterparts of themselves. Granted, they've been restricted to /setblock only for a while, but that hasn't stopped people from using them. I don't know if it's significant enough to be worth mentioning in the article, though. - Princessnightmoon (talk) 12:19, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

As you can see, slabs have weird behaviour when placed on top of one another. The video is in 0.27_ST but it is the same in 0.30. When was this removed and should this be mentioned somewhere? – Nixinova 👁 Image
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04:59, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

What exactly looks different about the new slabs added in Bedrock 1.9? I've looked at them in-game and they don't seem different from Java. Velentos (talk) 14:50, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Maybe, for cut sandstone and cut red sandstone slab. ~ ImakerB (talk) 21:24, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

There are petrified oak slabs, but I can't find anything else about petrified oak anywhere. Where does the material for this slab come from? Or are they generated in construction somewhere? 174.20.21.130 00:03, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

They cannot be obtained in survival, unless you have a world from 1.2(going from memory) or earlier; it was the wooden slab that acted like stone (needed tool and doesn’t burn), which basically got replaced with the current wooden slabs. FVbico (talk) 06:20, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

The article says "In Bedrock Edition, iron golems do not spawn even on a top slab." I added a 'verify' template on that because in my observation (not thoroughly tested), a slab doesn't prevent an iron golem from spawning. Often, the golem doesn't appear to spawn on the slab, but rather in the slab.

I don't have Java Edition, only Bedrock, but I notice that Iron Golem § Villages says about Java Edition: "Iron golems can spawn inside transparent blocks, stairs, carpets and half-slabs as long as there is a full block underneath them." Bedrock Edition 1.11.0 changed the spawning rules about the volume in which an iron golem spawns. Apparently the types of surfaces it can spawn on were changed also.

This is a key bit of information to get correct. Iron golem farms all broke in the 1.11 update when the spawn rules changed to rely on beds and the definition of the village center. Survival-mode farm designs need a way to prevent iron golems from spawning inside the area where beds are... and apparently laying slabs on the floor is no longer sufficient; you may need to dig out underneath the slabs a bit. ~ Amatulic (talk) 20:49, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

It seems like End Stone Brick Slabs should have 9 blast resistance, instead of the 6 for other stone slabs. From some very simple testing they do seem stronger. Could we mention this on the page, if anyone can confirm? (And maybe double-check sandstone slabs, though they seem to match stone still.) --101.173.8.215 14:44, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Check the code for it's blast resistance. - Melvintnh327 (talk) 13:33, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

In Bedrock Edition, I've noticed that the blackstone slabs (including double blackstone slabs) have the side texture on all sides. Can we get a render of it? I'll move the file to just JE1 as well -FezEmerald (Talk to me|See what I've been up to) 16:01, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Is there even Fake Wooden Slabs? If so how do you obtain it? - Melvintnh327 (talk) 13:29, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Yes, they're from the time before separate slabs for all wood types were added. It's the same as the Petrified Oak Slab in java, it's just called "Fake Wood Slab" in bedrock. It can still be obtained with commands. Check the data values section. Dhranios (talk) (Join the wiki videos project!) 13:31, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for verifying this :D - Melvintnh327 (talk) 13:35, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

It's acutally called Wooden Slab, not sure when this happened, but likely before 1.2-FezEmerald 👁 Image
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03:46, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Real wood slabs were added in 0.7.3. And yes, the fake wood stone slabs still drop real oak slabs. I will remove the verify tag. — Auldrick (talk · contribs) 21:43, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

renders for tuff, polished tuff & tuff brick slabs from 23w43a are missing--The Dab Master (talk) 19:04, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

A user has added in the new tuff variants in the crafting section. The new snapshot has placed all tuff variants after deepslate tiles variants and before regular bricks. So that spot will be where tuff stairs, slabs, and walls, should be placed, at the end of the stone materials portion and before the surface/brick materials portion. Delvin4519 (talk) 23:57, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

So just like the logs or planks they are merged togheter but should we do it to this one? Lolo1010hp (talk) 15:54, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

No, logs and planks are together because they are made from wood, and slabs also are categorised this way (Wooden Slab). The other slabs are too different from each other Bredzisz 15:57, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

oh I didn't see that wooden slabs were togheter, mb Lolo1010hp (talk) 17:52, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

The composter crafting recipe is already mentioned on the Wooden Slab page. This page is a general overview of the main types of slabs, and the crafting recipes would be too many to list here. BDJP ^(t|c) 02:51, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

Please see the resolved feedback above. BDJP ^(t|c) 18:54, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

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