Purpur Slab
Purpur Slab

| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
6 |
| Hardness |
2 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
Double slab: No |
| Waterloggable |
Yes |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Map color (JE) |
|
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A purpur slab is a purpur variant of a slab that can be used to craft purpur pillars.
Obtaining
Breaking
Purpur slabs can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 10 | |
| 1.5 | ||
| 0.75 | ||
|
0.6 | |
| 0.5 | ||
| 0.4 | ||
| 0.35 | ||
| 0.25 | ||
Legend
- incorrect tool, drops nothing
- correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
- correct tool, drops the block itself
- italicized can be instant mined
- ↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation
Purpur slabs generate as part of end cities and end ships.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Any Purpur Block |
Stonecutting
| Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|
| Purpur Block |
Usage
For information about the placement mechanics of all slabs, see Slab § Usage.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Purpur Pillar |
Note blocks
Purpur slabs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
Sounds
In Bedrock Edition, when a purpur slab is combined into a double slab, the block's use sound is played.[1]
stone sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
stone sound type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 | |
| Bedrock Edition combine sounds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | When a purpur slab is combined into a double slab | use | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
purpur_slab | Block & Item | slabsmineable/pickaxe | slabs | block |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
purpur_double_slab | double_stone_block_slab2 / 1double_stone_slab2 / 1 | -911 | Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2] | purpur_double_slabAlias ID: real_double_stone_slab2 / 1 | — | |
purpur_slab | stone_block_slab2 / 1stone_slab2 / 1 | -884 | Block & Giveable Item[i 3] | purpur_slabAlias ID: double_stone_slab2 / 1 | tile |
Block states
See also: Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| type | bottom
| bottomtop | Where the slab is within its block. |
double | The block is a double slab. | ||
| waterlogged | false | falsetrue | Whether or not there's water in the same place as this slab. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minecraft:vertical_half | Not Supported | bottom
| bottomtop | Unsupported | Where the slab is within its block. |
History
| June 22, 2015 | Jeb reveals purpur slabs on Instagram, with the caption "MINECON 2015 HYPE!". | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | ||||||
| Purpur slabs generate as part of end cities and end ships. | |||||||
| 1.13.1 | 18w32a | Purpur slabs can now be crafted with purpur pillars. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | ||||||
| Purpur slabs generate as part of end cities and end ships. | |||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| 1.21.50 | Preview 1.21.50.20 | Purpur slabs can now be crafted using purpur pillars. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | 1.0.1 | |
| Purpur slabs generate as part of end cities and end ships. | |||||||
| TU57 | CU49 | 1.57 | 1.56 | 1.56 | Patch 27 | 1.0.7 | Purpur slabs can now be crafted with purpur pillars. |
| 1.90 | |||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 1.7.10 | |||||||
| Purpur slabs generate as part of end cities and end ships. | |||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The purpur_double_slab ID has been merged with the purpur_slab ID.
| |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 204 and 205. | |||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Purpur slabs have the stone_slab2 ID, however their item form's ID is incorrectly registered as double_stone_slab2.
| |||||
The direct item form of double purpur slabs have the real_double_stone_slab2 ID. | |||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.19.0 | Preview 1.19.0.27 | The IDs of purpur slabs and double purpur slabs have been changed to stone_block_slab2 and double_stone_block_slab2 respectively. | |||||
| 1.20.30 | Preview 1.20.20.20 | Purpur slabs now use the minecraft:vertical_half block state instead of top_slot_bit. | |||||
| 1.21.20 | Preview 1.21.10.20 | The different stone slab type block states for the stone_block_slab2 ID have been split up into their own IDs. | |||||
| Preview 1.21.10.22 | The different stone slab type block states for the double_stone_block_slab2 ID have been split up into their own IDs. | ||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Purpur Slab" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
References
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| Unused | |
| Unimplemented | |
| Joke | |
| Removed | |