Polished Blackstone Brick Slab

Polished Blackstone Brick Slab
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	2
Luminous	No
Transparent	Double slab: No; Single slab: Partial (blocks light)‌; Partial (diffuses sky light)‌
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire; from lava	No

A polished blackstone brick slab is a polished blackstone brick variant of a slab.

Obtaining

Polished blackstone brick slabs can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Polished Blackstone Brick Slab
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)^[A]
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Copper	0.6
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Polished blackstone brick slabs generate as part of ruined portals in the Nether.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Blackstone Bricks	6

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Blackstone or Polished Blackstone or Polished Blackstone Bricks	2

Polished blackstone brick slabs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

In Bedrock Edition, when a polished blackstone brick slab is combined into a double slab, the block's use sound is played.^[1]

v t e `stone` sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.stone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

v t e `stone` sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	0.22	1.0

Bedrock Edition combine sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a polished blackstone brick slab is combined into a double slab	`use.stone`	1.0	0.8

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Polished Blackstone Brick Slab	`polished_blackstone_brick_slab`	Block & Item	`slabs` `mineable/pickaxe`	`slabs`	`block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_brick_slab`

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Polished Blackstone Brick Double Slab	`polished_blackstone_brick_double_slab`	`540`	Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	—
Polished Blackstone Brick Slab	`polished_blackstone_brick_slab`	`539`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.polished_blackstone_brick_slab.name`

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
type	`bottom`	`bottom` `top`	Where the slab is within its block.
type	`bottom`	`double`	The block is a double slab.
waterlogged	`false`	`false` `true`	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`	`bottom` `top`	`Unsupported`	Where the slab is within its block.

Java Edition
1.16	20w15a	Added polished blackstone brick slabs.
1.16	20w16a	Polished blackstone brick slabs now generate as part of ruined portals.
1.16.2	20w28a	Polished blackstone brick slabs are now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to trade 8-16 blackstone during bartering.
1.17	21w07a	The texture of polished blackstone brick slabs has been changed.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.57	Added polished blackstone brick slabs.
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.59	Polished blackstone brick slabs now generate as part of ruined portals.

Bedrock Edition
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.20				Polished blackstone brick slabs now use the `minecraft:vertical_half` block state instead of `top_slot_bit`.

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v t e Blackstone
Blackstone	Block Gilded Stairs Slab Wall
Polished	Block Chiseled Stairs Slab Wall Pressure Plate Button
Polished Brick	Block Cracked Stairs Wall

v t e Slabs
Wood-based	Oak Spruce Birch Jungle Acacia Dark Oak Mangrove Cherry Pale Oak Bamboo Mosaic Crimson Warped
Stone-based	Stone Cobblestone Mossy Cobblestone Smooth Stone Stone Brick Mossy Stone Brick Granite Polished Granite Diorite Polished Diorite Andesite Polished Andesite Cobbled Deepslate Polished Deepslate Deepslate Brick Deepslate Tile Tuff Polished Tuff Tuff Brick
Overworld	Brick Mud Brick Resin Brick Sandstone Smooth Sandstone Cut Sandstone Red Sandstone Smooth Red Sandstone Cut Red Sandstone Prismarine Prismarine Brick Dark Prismarine
The Nether	Nether Brick Red Nether Brick Blackstone Polished Blackstone
The End	End Stone Brick Purpur
Mineral-based	Quartz Smooth Quartz
Metal-based	Cut Copper Waxed Exposed Waxed Exposed Weathered Waxed Weathered Oxidized Waxed Oxidized
Unused	Petrified Oak
Unimplemented	Coral Dead Dirt
Joke	Etho Potato Potone Taterstone Baked Potato Brick Expired Charred
Removed	Seamless Stone