How do you get Oak Slab in Minecraft?

Oak Slab is crafted from Oak Planks at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 6.

How long does Oak Slab take to break?

For Oak Slab the game keeps hardness at 2, and it holds blast resistance 3. Explosions and tools work against separate figures on Oak Slab, which is why it breaks at two speeds. The game files it under an axe, without a minimum tier attached to Oak Slab. Java 26.2 publishes Oak Slab this way, and we print it the same.

Can Oak Slab be used as fuel?

It burns, but thinly: 7.5 seconds per Oak Slab against the 10 a furnace needs, so 2 Oak Slab go into one smelted item. Nothing on Oak Slab is wasted: the furnace keeps what is left of a Oak Slab and spends it on the next item.

How many Oak Slab can you stack?

64 Oak Slab fill one slot, and filling it costs 33 Oak Planks, since each one returns 6: 11 crafts. A shulker box of Oak Slab comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

Utility BlocksCraftable

Oak Slab

Oak Slab is a half-height block crafted from oak planks. Two slabs can be combined to form a full block, and they can be placed on the top or bottom of a block's space.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Oak Slab at a glance

Oak Slab, a block out of crafting, sits under Utility Blocks. Carrying Oak Slab is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest. A furnace accepts Oak Slab, though 2 go into one smelt, 32 items to a stack.

Hardness 2 is what Oak Slab is worth in the block data. The game files it under an axe, without a minimum tier attached to Oak Slab. Its blast resistance is 3. Oak Slab sits between Oak Sign and Oak Stairs in Utility Blocks, number 222 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting

How to obtain

Crafting

Fuel value

Oak Slab burns for 7.5 seconds (150 ticks), so 2 Oak Slab smelt one item

Notes

Crafts 6 slabs from 3 planks.

Frequently asked questions about Oak Slab

How do you get Oak Slab in Minecraft?
Oak Slab is crafted from Oak Planks at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 6.
How long does Oak Slab take to break?
For Oak Slab the game keeps hardness at 2, and it holds blast resistance 3. Explosions and tools work against separate figures on Oak Slab, which is why it breaks at two speeds. The game files it under an axe, without a minimum tier attached to Oak Slab. Java 26.2 publishes Oak Slab this way, and we print it the same.
What is Oak Slab used for?
Oak Slab is a half-height block crafted from oak planks. Two slabs can be combined to form a full block, and they can be placed on the top or bottom of a block's space.
Can Oak Slab be used as fuel?
It burns, but thinly: 7.5 seconds per Oak Slab against the 10 a furnace needs, so 2 Oak Slab go into one smelted item. Nothing on Oak Slab is wasted: the furnace keeps what is left of a Oak Slab and spends it on the next item.
How many Oak Slab can you stack?
64 Oak Slab fill one slot, and filling it costs 33 Oak Planks, since each one returns 6: 11 crafts. A shulker box of Oak Slab comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

Building with it

An Oak Slab is half a block, three planks giving six slabs, and it is the cheapest way to change a floor height without changing the ceiling. Two slabs stack back into a full block, and a slab placed on the upper half of a block stops mobs from spawning on it.

In practice

Three planks give six slabs, which is the best material return of any wood recipe in the game. Slabs also stop mobs spawning when laid as a top half, so a slab roof over a farm does double duty as a floor and as a spawn proofing layer.

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