Quartz Slab
Quartz 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 |
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A quartz slab is a quartz variant of a slab.
Obtaining
Breaking
Quartz 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.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Any Quartz Block | | |
| Block of Quartz | |
Stonecutting
| Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|
| Block of Quartz |
Usage
For information about the placement mechanics of all slabs, see Slab § Usage.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Chiseled Quartz Block |
Note blocks
Quartz slabs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
Sounds
In Bedrock Edition, when a quartz 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 quartz slab is combined into a double slab | use | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
quartz_slab | Block & Item | slabsmineable/pickaxe | slabs | block |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
quartz_double_slab | double_stone_block_slab / 6double_stone_slab / 6 | -882 | Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2] | quartz_double_slabAlias ID: real_double_stone_slab / 6 | tile | |
quartz_slab | stone_block_slab / 6stone_slab / 6 | -876 | Block & Giveable Item[i 3] | quartz_slabAlias ID: double_stone_slab / 6 | 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. |
Video
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 13w02a | ||||||
| 13w09c | Quartz slabs and double slabs now use the top, side, and bottom textures of the block of quartz. | ||||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The different variant block states for the stone_slab and double_stone_slab IDs have been split up and merged into their own IDs.
| |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 43 and 44. | |||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 19w13b | |||||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.7.3 | |||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | ||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU14 | CU1 | 1.04 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| 1.90 | |||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The different variant block states for the stone_slab and double_stone_slab IDs have been split up and merged into their own IDs.
| |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 43 and 44. | |||||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.7.3 | Quartz slabs have the stone_slab ID, however their item form's ID is incorrectly registered as double_stone_slab.
| ||||||
The direct item form of double quartz slabs have the real_double_stone_slab ID. | |||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.19.0 | Preview 1.19.0.27 | The IDs of quartz slabs and double quartz slabs have been changed to stone_block_slab and double_stone_block_slab respectively. | |||||
| 1.20.30 | Preview 1.20.20.20 | Quartz slabs now use the minecraft:vertical_half block state instead of top_slot_bit. | |||||
| 1.21.0 | Preview 1.21.0.23 | The different stone slab type block states for the stone_block_slab ID have been split up into their own IDs. | |||||
| 1.21.20 | Preview 1.21.10.20 | The different stone slab type block states for the double_stone_block_slab ID have been split up into their own IDs. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Quartz Slab" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
- Because of the low blast resistance of regular quartz blocks, it may be preferable to use two quartz slabs or smooth quartz blocks when making fortifications using quartz, as their blast resistance is higher than the other quartz block variants.
References
- ↑ MCPE-79659
- ↑ MCPE-16195 — Quartz slab has the wrong texture. — resolved as "Fixed".
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| Stone-based | |
| Mineral-based | |
| Metal-based | |
| Unused | |
| Unimplemented | |
| Joke | |
| Removed | |