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Slime Block

A bouncy storage block crafted from nine slimeballs. It bounces entities and sticks to most blocks when moved by pistons.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.8

Item ID

slime_block

Slime Block at a glance

Crafting gives you Slime Block, a block filed under Utility Blocks. Carrying Slime Block is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

Slime Block has no mining time at all. It sits between Sign and Small Dripleaf in Utility Blocks, number 283 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

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Checked against Java Edition 26.2.

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Notes

Negates fall damage and bounces entities. Sticky in redstone contraptions, pulling adjacent blocks when pushed or pulled by pistons. Can be uncrafted back into 9 slimeballs.

Frequently asked questions about Slime Block

  1. Slime Ball going into Slime Block, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Slime Block in Minecraft?

    Slime Block is crafted from Slime Ball at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

  2. Slime Block coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.8

    When was Slime Block added to Minecraft?

    Slime Block was added in version 1.8.

  3. Slime Block on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Slime Block used for?

    A bouncy storage block crafted from nine slimeballs. It bounces entities and sticks to most blocks when moved by pistons.

  4. 64 Slime Block drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Slime Block can you stack?

    64 Slime Block fills a slot, and that slot costs 576 Slime Ball, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A shulker box of Slime Block comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

Building with it

Nine slime balls make a slime block, and it does two things nothing else does: it bounces anything that lands on it, and it drags adjacent blocks when a piston pushes it. Every flying machine and most piston doors in the game are built around that second property.