How do you get Slimeball in Minecraft?

Slimeball is obtained through mob drops. No crafting grid makes Slimeball, and 3 recipes take it as an ingredient.

When was Slimeball added to Minecraft?

Slimeball was added in the early Alpha development period.

How many Slimeball can you stack?

Slimeball at 64 a slot, and Lead takes 1 per craft, so a full slot is 64 Lead with nothing left over. A double chest of Slimeball comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

What is Slimeball used for?

Slimeball is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Lead, Magma Cream, and Sticky Piston.

Miscellaneous

Slimeball

A sticky item dropped by slimes. It is used to craft slime blocks, leads, sticky pistons and magma cream.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Slimeball at a glance

Slimeball, an item out of mob drops, sits under Miscellaneous. Stack Slimeball 64 high: 576 across a hotbar, 1728 in a shulker box, and 3456 in a double chest.

Slimeball is also a hub ingredient, feeding 3 different recipes in this catalogue, so a stock in a chest unlocks that many crafts at once. It sits between Silence Armor Trim Smithing Template and Snout Armor Trim in Miscellaneous, number 117 of 147 there.

Used to craft

Follow Slimeball forward and you land on 3 recipes: 1 in Transportation, the rest spread over 2 other categories, Lead through Sticky Piston. The links below go straight to the recipes that take Slimeball.

How to obtain

Mob drops

Notes

Also dropped by baby pandas and from sneezing pandas. Used to craft Sticky Pistons, Leads, Slime Blocks and Magma Cream.

Frequently asked questions about Slimeball

How do you get Slimeball in Minecraft?
Slimeball is obtained through mob drops. No crafting grid makes Slimeball, and 3 recipes take it as an ingredient.
When was Slimeball added to Minecraft?
Slimeball was added in the early Alpha development period.
How many Slimeball can you stack?
Slimeball at 64 a slot, and Lead takes 1 per craft, so a full slot is 64 Lead with nothing left over. A double chest of Slimeball comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.
What is Slimeball used for?
Slimeball is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Lead, Magma Cream, and Sticky Piston.

Building with it

Slimes drop slimeballs in swamps at night and in slime chunks underground. Sticky pistons, leads, slime blocks and magma cream all need them, and since sticky pistons are the base of most redstone contraptions, a slime farm unlocks an entire style of building.

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