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{{For|the character in {{MCSM}}|MCSM:Slab}}
[[File:All Slabs.png|thumb|All slabs]]
A '''slab''' is a half-height version of its respective [[Minecraft:block]].

== Variants ==
There are 61/66{{upcoming|Chaos Cubed}} variants of slabs:
{{columns-list|
* [[Minecraft:Wooden Slab]]
** {{BlockLink|Oak Slab}}
** {{BlockLink|Spruce Slab}}
** {{BlockLink|Birch Slab}}
** {{BlockLink|Jungle Slab}}
** {{BlockLink|Acacia Slab}}
** {{BlockLink|Dark Oak Slab}}
** {{BlockLink|Mangrove Slab}}
** {{BlockLink|Cherry Slab}}
** {{BlockLink|Pale Oak Slab}}
** {{BlockLink|Bamboo Slab}}
** {{BlockLink|Crimson Slab}}
** {{BlockLink|Warped Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Bamboo Mosaic Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Stone Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Cobblestone Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Mossy Cobblestone Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Smooth Stone Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Stone Brick Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Mossy Stone Brick Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Granite Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Polished Granite Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Diorite Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Polished Diorite Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Andesite Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Polished Andesite Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Cobbled Deepslate Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Polished Deepslate Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Deepslate Brick Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Deepslate Tile Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Tuff Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Polished Tuff Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Tuff Brick Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Brick Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Mud Brick Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Resin Brick Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Sandstone Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Smooth Sandstone Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Cut Sandstone Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Red Sandstone Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Smooth Red Sandstone Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Cut Red Sandstone Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Prismarine Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Prismarine Brick Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Dark Prismarine Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Nether Brick Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Red Nether Brick Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Blackstone Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Polished Blackstone Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Polished Blackstone Brick Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|End Stone Brick Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Purpur Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Quartz Slab}}
* {{BlockLink|Smooth Quartz Slab}}
* [[Minecraft:Cut Copper Slab]]
** {{BlockLink|link=Cut Copper Slab#Unoxidized|Cut Copper Slab|Unoxidized Cut Copper Slab}} ({{BlockLink|Waxed Cut Copper Slab|Waxed}})
** {{BlockLink|link=Cut Copper Slab#Exposed|Exposed Cut Copper Slab}} ({{BlockLink|Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Slab|Waxed}})
** {{BlockLink|link=Cut Copper Slab#Weathered|Weathered Cut Copper Slab}} ({{BlockLink|Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Slab|Waxed}})
** {{BlockLink|link=Cut Copper Slab#Oxidized|Oxidized Cut Copper Slab}} ({{BlockLink|Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Slab|Waxed}})
* {{BlockLink|Petrified Oak Slab}} (unused)
*{{BlockLink|Cinnabar Slab}}{{upcoming|Chaos Cubed}}
*{{BlockLink|Polished Cinnabar Slab}}{{upcoming|Chaos Cubed}}
*{{BlockLink|Cinnabar Brick Slab}}{{upcoming|Chaos Cubed}}
*{{BlockLink|Sulfur Slab}}{{upcoming|Chaos Cubed}}
*{{BlockLink|Polished Sulfur Slab}}{{upcoming|Chaos Cubed}}
*{{BlockLink|Sulfur Brick Slab}}{{upcoming|Chaos Cubed}}
}}

== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
All slabs have the same crafting recipe format, with one block resulting in two slabs each.
{{Crafting
|ignoreusage=1
|ingredients=[[Minecraft:Planks]], [[Minecraft:Bamboo Mosaic]],<br>stone blocks, brick blocks,<br>[[Minecraft:Quartz Block]], [[Minecraft:Smooth Quartz]],<br>or [[Minecraft:Cut Copper]]
|A3= Matching Planks;Bamboo Mosaic;Stone;Cobblestone;Mossy Cobblestone;Smooth Stone;Stone Bricks;Mossy Stone Bricks;Granite;Polished Granite;Diorite;Polished Diorite;Andesite;Polished Andesite;Cobbled Deepslate;Polished Deepslate;Deepslate Bricks;Deepslate Tiles;Tuff;Polished Tuff;Tuff Bricks;Bricks;Mud Bricks;Sandstone;Smooth Sandstone;Cut Sandstone;Red Sandstone;Smooth Red Sandstone;Cut Red Sandstone;Prismarine;Prismarine Bricks;Dark Prismarine;Nether Bricks;Red Nether Bricks;Blackstone;Polished Blackstone;Polished Blackstone Bricks;End Stone Bricks;Purpur Block;Block of Quartz;Smooth Quartz;Matching Unwaxed Cut Copper;Matching Waxed Cut Copper
|B3= Matching Planks;Bamboo Mosaic;Stone;Cobblestone;Mossy Cobblestone;Smooth Stone;Stone Bricks;Mossy Stone Bricks;Granite;Polished Granite;Diorite;Polished Diorite;Andesite;Polished Andesite;Cobbled Deepslate;Polished Deepslate;Deepslate Bricks;Deepslate Tiles;Tuff;Polished Tuff;Tuff Bricks;Bricks;Mud Bricks;Sandstone;Smooth Sandstone;Cut Sandstone;Red Sandstone;Smooth Red Sandstone;Cut Red Sandstone;Prismarine;Prismarine Bricks;Dark Prismarine;Nether Bricks;Red Nether Bricks;Blackstone;Polished Blackstone;Polished Blackstone Bricks;End Stone Bricks;Purpur Block;Block of Quartz;Smooth Quartz;Matching Unwaxed Cut Copper;Matching Waxed Cut Copper
|C3= Matching Planks;Bamboo Mosaic;Stone;Cobblestone;Mossy Cobblestone;Smooth Stone;Stone Bricks;Mossy Stone Bricks;Granite;Polished Granite;Diorite;Polished Diorite;Andesite;Polished Andesite;Cobbled Deepslate;Polished Deepslate;Deepslate Bricks;Deepslate Tiles;Tuff;Polished Tuff;Tuff Bricks;Bricks;Mud Bricks;Sandstone;Smooth Sandstone;Cut Sandstone;Red Sandstone;Smooth Red Sandstone;Cut Red Sandstone;Prismarine;Prismarine Bricks;Dark Prismarine;Nether Bricks;Red Nether Bricks;Blackstone;Polished Blackstone;Polished Blackstone Bricks;End Stone Bricks;Purpur Block;Block of Quartz;Smooth Quartz;Matching Unwaxed Cut Copper;Matching Waxed Cut Copper
|Output= Matching Wooden Slab,6;Bamboo Mosaic Slab, 6;Stone Slab, 6;Cobblestone Slab, 6;Mossy Cobblestone Slab, 6;Smooth Stone Slab, 6;Stone Brick Slab, 6;Mossy Stone Brick Slab, 6;Granite Slab, 6;Polished Granite Slab, 6;Diorite Slab, 6;Polished Diorite Slab, 6;Andesite Slab, 6;Polished Andesite Slab, 6;Cobbled Deepslate Slab, 6;Polished Deepslate Slab, 6;Deepslate Brick Slab, 6;Deepslate Tile Slab, 6;Tuff Slab, 6;Polished Tuff Slab, 6;Tuff Brick Slab, 6;Brick Slab, 6;Mud Brick Slab, 6;Sandstone Slab, 6;Smooth Sandstone Slab, 6;Cut Sandstone Slab, 6;Red Sandstone Slab, 6;Smooth Red Sandstone Slab, 6;Cut Red Sandstone Slab, 6;Prismarine Slab, 6;Prismarine Brick Slab, 6;Dark Prismarine Slab, 6;Nether Brick Slab, 6;Red Nether Brick Slab, 6;Blackstone Slab, 6;Polished Blackstone Slab, 6;Polished Blackstone Brick Slab, 6;End Stone Brick Slab, 6;Purpur Slab, 6;Quartz Slab, 6;Smooth Quartz Slab, 6;Matching Unwaxed Cut Copper Slab,6; Matching Waxed Cut Copper Slab,6
|type= Building block
}}

=== Stonecutting ===
All slabs except wooden slabs and bamboo mosaic slabs can be obtained by stonecutting, at the same rate as with crafting.
{{Stonecutting
|ingredients=Stone block, brick block,<br>[[Minecraft:Quartz Block]], [[Minecraft:Smooth Quartz]],<br>or [[Minecraft:Cut Copper]]
|Stone;Cobblestone;Mossy Cobblestone;Smooth Stone;Stone Bricks;Mossy Stone Bricks;Granite;Polished Granite;Diorite;Polished Diorite;Andesite;Polished Andesite;Cobbled Deepslate;Polished Deepslate;Deepslate Bricks;Deepslate Tiles;Tuff;Polished Tuff;Tuff Bricks;Bricks;Mud Bricks;Sandstone;Smooth Sandstone;Cut Sandstone;Red Sandstone;Smooth Red Sandstone;Cut Red Sandstone;Prismarine;Prismarine Bricks;Dark Prismarine;Nether Bricks;Red Nether Bricks;Blackstone;Polished Blackstone;Polished Blackstone Bricks;End Stone Bricks;Purpur Block;Block of Quartz;Smooth Quartz;Matching Cut Copper; Matching Waxed Cut Copper
|Stone Slab, 2;Cobblestone Slab, 2;Mossy Cobblestone Slab, 2;Smooth Stone Slab, 2;Stone Brick Slab, 2;Mossy Stone Brick Slab, 2;Granite Slab, 2;Polished Granite Slab, 2;Diorite Slab, 2;Polished Diorite Slab, 2;Andesite Slab, 2;Polished Andesite Slab, 2;Cobbled Deepslate Slab, 2;Polished Deepslate Slab, 2;Deepslate Brick Slab, 2;Deepslate Tile Slab, 2;Tuff Slab, 2;Polished Tuff Slab, 2;Tuff Brick Slab, 2;Brick Slab, 2;Mud Brick Slab, 2;Sandstone Slab, 2;Smooth Sandstone Slab, 2;Cut Sandstone Slab, 2;Red Sandstone Slab, 2;Smooth Red Sandstone Slab, 2;Cut Red Sandstone Slab, 2;Prismarine Slab, 2;Prismarine Brick Slab, 2;Dark Prismarine Slab, 2;Nether Brick Slab, 2;Red Nether Brick Slab, 2;Blackstone Slab, 2;Polished Blackstone Slab, 2;Polished Blackstone Brick Slab, 2;End Stone Brick Slab, 2;Purpur Slab, 2;Quartz Slab, 2;Smooth Quartz Slab, 2;Matching Cut Copper Slab, 2; Matching Waxed Cut Copper Slab, 2
}}

== Usage ==
=== Placement ===
Slabs can occupy either the top half or the bottom half of a block, or both:
* Placing a slab on top of a [[Minecraft:block]] or on the side of a block in the lower half of the side surface creates a bottom slab.
* Placing a slab on the underside of a block or on the top half of the side surface creates a top slab.
* Placing a top and bottom slab of the same type in the same block creates a double slab block.
* It is possible to place two different kinds of slabs in the same block, but only by pushing one type of slab onto another type of slab which is right next to the world border via a piston.
* When a bottom slab has a top or bottom slab of a different type in the block above it (i.e., with one or two half blocks of air between the two different slabs), placing a slab that matches the one above onto the lower slab causes the slab above to become a double slab. The same behavior also occurs when placing different slabs underneath a top slab.

Slabs cannot be oriented vertically.

=== Behavior ===
[[File:Upside-downRedstone.png|right|thumb|An example of how top slabs can make redstone travel compactly "up stairs". Do note that redstone cannot travel down slabs.]]
[[File:Redstoneless Slab.png|thumb|right|Slabs do not block a vertical redstone connection as it is a transparent block.]]
[[File:Player sneaking under a slab.png|thumb|right|A player sneaking under a slab]]

{{IN|bedrock}} a single slab (top or bottom) is [[Minecraft:transparent]] to light and diffuses sky light, while a double slab is opaque. The empty half of a slab block is also transparent to mobs, unlike other transparent blocks such as [[Minecraft:fence]]s and [[Minecraft:glass]], which players can see through but mobs cannot.

A bottom placed on top of a [[Minecraft:hopper]] is transparent to items; the items fall through the bottom slab into the hopper. Without a hopper attached below, a bottom slab behaves as a solid surface.

Falling block entities (like sand, gravel, and concrete powder) turn into their dropped form if they land on a bottom slab, as when they fall on a torch.

[[Minecraft:Mob]]s see a slab as a full block when pathfinding. They can spawn on top slabs and double slabs, but not on bottom slabs. This can be used to prevent mob spawning in certain areas, such as [[Minecraft:Tutorial:Mob farm|mob farms]].

Generally, the top face of top slabs, the bottom face of bottom slabs, and all faces of double slabs are handled as solid blocks. Due to this, blocks that require a solid surface for placement can be placed on these faces.

Double slabs are handled as a single block instead of two different slabs; as such, breaking one destroys the whole block and drops two slabs, as opposed to breaking only one slab within the same block-space. "Double slabs" that are not aligned to the grid (i.e. a bottom slab on top of a top slab) are handled as separate blocks and are broken individually.

Redstone dust placed on a top slab receives signals from redstone dust one block lower and adjacent, but cannot transmit signals down to that block.

Due to the way blast rays propagate from an [[Minecraft:explosion]], bottom slabs provide extremely effective absorption to explosions directly on top of them. In some cases, only the slab is destroyed from a TNT explosion directly on top of it. Explosions from [[Minecraft:end crystal]]s and [[Minecraft:creeper]]s are also weakened.

[[Minecraft:Sneaking]] reduces the [[Minecraft:player]]'s hitbox height to 1.5 blocks, allowing the player to fit through such a gap (for example, walking over a bottom slab with one block of air above it, or in a two block high tunnel with an upper slab on the ceiling). A player cannot walk from a block of [[Minecraft:soul sand]] directly up to a bottom slab without jumping – this applies not just to soul sand, but to [[Minecraft:Solid block#Heights|any block]] {{frac|7|8}} of a block high or shorter, because the maximum step height of the player is 0.6 of a block. The player can walk off a bottom slab while sneaking, because the sneaking prevents falling only when the distance is higher than one half block.

If a single slab is placed in a water source block, or water is placed onto a single slab using a [[Minecraft:water bucket]], the empty half of that slab's block is waterlogged. If a slab is placed in flowing water, a pocket of air is created in the unfilled half of the block. If the player's head is in this pocket, the player can breathe and see as clearly as from an air block. {{IN|Java}}, if a single slab is placed in between two water sources or waterlogged blocks, the slab becomes waterlogged.

A minecart on powered rails is not repelled by a slab, although it is repelled by a slab with a minecart on top.

== Block states ==
{{see also|Block states}}

<section begin="block states"/>{{el|je}}:
{{bst|type|bottom
|bottom,top|Where the slab is within its block.
|double|The block is a double slab.}}
{{bst|waterlogged|false|false,true|Whether or not there's water in the same place as this slab.|foot=1}}

{{el|be}}:
{{bst|showaux=1|bits=|minecraft:vertical_half|bottom
|bottom,top|Where the slab is within its block.
|Unsupported|foot=1}}<section end="block states"/>

== Videos ==
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== History ==
{{See technical block|Slabs}}
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java pre-classic}}
|{{HistoryLine||May 16, 2009|link=https://archive.org/download/Minecraft_IRC_Logs_2009/history/files/May-15-to-June-03-2009/2009-05-16.075419-0400EDT.txt.~1~|[[Minecraft:Notch]] mentions wanting to add "half-height tiles for [[Minecraft:stairs]]".}}
|{{HistoryLine|java classic}}
|{{HistoryLine||May 17, 2009|link=http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6273.msg201025#msg201025|Slabs were suggested on the [https://www.tigsource.com/ TIGSource] forums.}}
|{{HistoryLine||October 22, 2009|link=https://notch.tumblr.com/post/220243988/half-sized-blocks-all-dirt-tiles-so-it-kinda|Dirt slabs were shown in a blog post.}}
|{{HistoryLine||October 23, 2009|link=https://notch.tumblr.com/post/220508711/half-size-tiles-not-finished-yet-but-its|[[Minecraft:Notch]] says the new half [[Minecraft:block]] has nearly been finished and gives a video.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.26 SURVIVAL TEST|Added stone (now smooth stone) slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java indev}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.31|dev=20100128-2200|Slabs no longer [[Minecraft:drop]] from [[Minecraft:coal ore]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100130|Slabs have now received a [[Minecraft:crafting]] recipe: 3 slabs from 3 [[Minecraft:cobblestone]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.3|Added "wooden" (now petrified oak), "stone" (now cobblestone), and sandstone slabs.
|Stone slabs are now crafted from 3 stone.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=Pre-release|Added stone brick and brick slabs.
|"Stone" slabs are renamed to cobblestone slabs.
|The [[Minecraft:sprinting]] feature has been added in this update. While stairs cancel the [[Minecraft:player]]'s sprinting, slabs allow a player to continue sprinting.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=?|Slabs placed above other slabs no longer combine into a double slab unless the top slab is placed directly on the bottom slab.{{more info|This doesn't make sense, slabs seem to have this behavior when they were added. Please clarify.}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.1|dev=1.2| All types of slabs are now able to be placed upside down and under [[Minecraft:block]]s; these occupy the ''top'' half of their block space rather than the bottom half.
|The [[Minecraft:crafting]] recipe has been changed, so that 6 slabs would be crafted rather than 3.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.3.1|dev=12w17a|New slabs have been added for the four different types of wood [[Minecraft:planks]], replacing the functionality of the now-unobtainable petrified oak slab. These new slabs are vulnerable to [[Minecraft:fire]], and can be collected faster with an [[Minecraft:axe]] than with a [[Minecraft:pickaxe]]. Petrified oak slabs already crafted or placed in the world remain as-is.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=12w19a|Double slabs broken with [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]] now drop both slabs instead of one.{{verify|This cannot be tested in 12w18a due to enchanting being broken.}}}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=12w22a|Upside down slabs can now be placed by generally looking at the top half of the side of a block, rather than strictly the underside of a block.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=12w25a|[[Minecraft:Redstone]] (including [[Minecraft:repeater]]s, [[Minecraft:torch]]es. [[Minecraft:lever]]s and [[Minecraft:pressure plate]]s) and [[Minecraft:rail]]s can now be placed on slabs positioned upside down.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=12w26a|[[Minecraft:Mob]]s can now spawn on upside down slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.2|dev=12w39a|Slabs now interact properly with [[Minecraft:lighting]].
|When slabs are placed upside down, they now accept light from light sources themselves, and no longer block light to surrounding [[Minecraft:block]]s.
|Slabs no longer cast the shadow of a full-sized block.<ref>{{reddit|10g4mi/dinnerbone_at_this_point_i_think_its_almost}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.6|dev=12w49a|Added nether brick slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|dev=13w02a|Added quartz slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||April 1, 2013|link=Java Edition 2.0|Added TNT slabs, called Etho Slabs, to the April Fools update, [[Minecraft:Java Edition 2.0|Minecraft 2.0]]. They exploded like TNT, producing a larger explosion that caused anvils to spawn over any player in the explosion's range.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=1.7|Added acacia and dark oak slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w32a|Added red sandstone slabs.
|[[Minecraft:Armor stand]]s are now [[Minecraft:crafting|crafted]] using any slab.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w32b|Armor stands can now be crafted only using stone slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w31a|Added purpur slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||April 17, 2018|link={{tweet|db|986324905045184513}}|[[Minecraft:Dinnerbone]] confirms that [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.14]] contains many new [[Minecraft:stairs]] and slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Old non-flammable wooden slabs, which are now called "Petrified oak slabs", have been re-implemented into the [[Minecraft:creative]] [[Minecraft:inventory]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w07a|Added slabs for prismarine, prismarine bricks, and dark prismarine.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w10c|[[Minecraft:Water]] can now be placed on the same [[Minecraft:block]] as slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||October 10, 2018|link={{tweet|db|1050023267082391552}}|[[Minecraft:Dinnerbone]] tweets that there are going to be 14 new slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|Added stone, mossy cobblestone, mossy stone brick, granite, polished granite, diorite, polished diorite, andesite, polished andesite, smooth sandstone, cut sandstone, smooth red sandstone, cut red sandstone, red nether brick, end stone brick, and smooth quartz slabs.
|Stone slabs had been renamed to smooth stone slabs, and now crafted out of 3 smooth stone.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w46a|Slabs now allow light to pass through certain faces.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w12a|Added cut sandstone and cut red sandstone slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w13a|Slabs no longer block [[Minecraft:light]], except at their full faces.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w06a|Added crimson and warped slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w15a|Added blackstone, polished blackstone, and polished blackstone brick slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=20w45a|Added four variants of cut copper slabs and three variants of waxed cut copper slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w07a|Added grimstone (cobbled deepslate), polished grimstone (polished deepslate), grimstone brick (deepslate brick), and grimstone tile (deepslate tile) slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=22w11a|Added mangrove and mud brick slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.3|dev=22w42a|exp=Update 1.20|Added bamboo and bamboo mosaic slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.4|dev=23w07a|exp=Update 1.20|Added cherry slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.3|dev=23w43a|exp=Update 1.21|Added tuff, tuff brick, and polished tuff slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.2|dev=24w40a|exp=Winter Drop|Added pale oak slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.4|dev=24w44a|Added resin brick slabs.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.1.0|Added wood, cobblestone, stone, and sandstone slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.0|Added brick slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.6.0|Added stone brick slabs.
|Slabs can now be placed on the top half of [[Minecraft:block]]s.
|The recipes for [[Minecraft:crafting]] slabs now give 6 slabs, instead of 3 slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.7.3|Added quartz slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.8.0|dev=build 1|Added spruce, birch, and jungle wood slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.9.0|dev=build 1|Added acacia and dark oak wood slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Added nether brick slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.14.0|dev=build 1|Added red sandstone slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=alpha 0.17.0.1|Added purpur slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.13|dev=beta 1.2.13.8|Added slabs for prismarine, prismarine brick and dark prismarine.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9.0|dev=beta 1.9.0.0|Added stone, mossy cobblestone, mossy stone brick, granite, polished granite, diorite, polished diorite, andesite, polished andesite, smooth sandstone, cut sandstone, smooth red sandstone, cut red sandstone, red nether brick, end stone brick, and smooth quartz slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.12.0|dev=beta 1.12.0.2|Single slabs now only block sky [[Minecraft:light]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.51|Added crimson and warped slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.0.57|Added blackstone, polished blackstone, and polished blackstone brick slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.210|dev=beta 1.16.210.57|exp=Caves and Cliffs|Added four variants of cut copper slabs and three variants of waxed cut copper slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|dev=beta 1.16.230.52|Added cobbled deepslate, polished deepslate, deepslate brick, and deepslate tile slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.0|dev=Preview 1.19.0.21|Added mangrove and mud brick slab.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.50|dev=Preview 1.19.50.21|exp=Next Major Update|Added bamboo and bamboo mosaic slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.50|dev=Preview 1.20.50.22|exp=Update 1.21|Added tuff, tuff brick, and polished tuff slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.50|dev=Preview 1.21.50.20|Added pale oak slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Preview 1.21.50.25|Added resin brick slabs.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added wood (original oak), cobblestone, stone, and sandstone slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU5|Added stone brick and brick slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU9|Added spruce wood, birch wood, and nether brick slabs.|The [[Minecraft:crafting]] recipe has been changed, so that 6 slabs would be crafted rather than 3.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU12|Added jungle wood slabs.
|Slabs can now be placed upside down. 
|[[Minecraft:Item]]s can now be placed directly on upside down slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU14|ps3=1.04|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|Added quartz slabs.
|The placement of half [[Minecraft:block]]s and other blocks on half blocks has been changed.
|The placement of upside down slabs has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU25|xbone=CU14|ps3=1.17|psvita=1.17|ps4=1.17|Added acacia and dark oak wood slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|switch=1.0.1|Armor stands can now be crafted using stone slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU46|xbone=CU36|ps3=1.38|psvita=1.38|ps4=1.38|wiiu=Patch 15|Added purpur slabs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps3=1.76|psvita=1.76|ps4=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|Added slabs for prismarine, prismarine bricks and dark prismarine.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.88|wiiu=none|Added stone, mossy cobblestone, mossy stone brick slab, granite, polished granite, diorite, polished diorite, andesite, polished andesite, smooth sandstone, cut sandstone, smooth red sandstone, cut red sandstone, red nether brick, end stone brick, and smooth quartz slabs.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|new 3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|Added 6 types of wooden slabs.
|Added cobblestone, smooth stone, stone brick, brick, sandstone, red sandstone, nether brick, and quartz slabs }}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.10|Added purpur slabs.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Any light directed through a slab does not affect any block's light values north of the source.
* Though single slabs in an otherwise flat floor composed of solid blocks are darkened as one would expect, the indented areas created by 2×1 or 2×2 stairs darken less because they have fewer surrounding solid blocks.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-31503}} resolved as "Works as Intended"</ref>
* When [[Minecraft:water]] or [[Minecraft:lava]] is on top of an upside-down slab, the water-dripping particles appear in midair below the slab instead of from the slab itself. This was fixed in [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.13-pre7]]<ref>{{bug|MC-1390}}</ref> but will not be fixed {{in|bedrock}}.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-32639}}</ref>
* In 2017, Notch said that he regretted introducing slabs to the game because half blocks unnecessarily double the resolution of the game by adding detail outside of the game's otherwise cubic constraints.<ref>{{tweet|notch|909801759572414464|The only game related thing I regret is adding half-size slabs to Minecraft.|September 18, 2017}}</ref>
* Unlike [[Minecraft:stairs]], many stone-type slabs have different [[Minecraft:hardness]] values (and thus, breaking time) compared to their full-block counterparts.<ref>{{bug|MC-53641}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
=== Historical images ===
<gallery>
DirtSlab.png|The unimplemented dirt slab
Vertical Redstone with Slabs.png|Slabs can carry redstone signals.
QVA1C.png|First image of upside down slabs as shown on [[Minecraft:Jeb]]'s {{w|Twitter}}
Jeb Nether Brick Slabs.png|First image of nether brick slabs as shown on Jeb's Twitter
Waterlogged Slab.jpg|First image of waterlogged slabs as shown on [[Minecraft:Dinnerbone]]'s Twitter
Diorite Slabs.jpg|First image of diorite slabs as shown on [[Minecraft:LadyAgnes]]' Twitter
Minecraft 2012-09-26 12-39-06.png|Light shining through slabs
Minecraft 2012-09-26 12-39-34.png|Light shining through slabs
Tavern StoneSlabs.png|Naturally occurring smooth stone slabs in a butcher shop before the [[Minecraft:Village and Pillage]] update
Smithy Stone Slab.png|Naturally occurring smooth stone slabs in a [[Minecraft:village]] blacksmith before the [[Minecraft:Village and Pillage]] update
</gallery>


== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Mcnet|slab|Taking Inventory: Slab|November 3, 2025|[[Minecraft:Duncan Geere]]}}

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