Tuff Brick Slab
Tuff Brick Slab

| Renewable |
No |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
6 |
| Hardness |
1.5 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
Double slab: No |
| Waterloggable |
Yes |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
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A tuff brick slab is a decorative slab variant of tuff bricks that does not generate naturally and is commonly used for building.
Obtaining
Breaking
Tuff brick slabs can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.5 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 7.5 | |
| 1.15 | ||
| 0.6 | ||
| 0.45 | ||
| 0.4 | ||
| 0.3 | ||
| 0.25 | ||
| 0.2 | ||
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 any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Tuff Bricks |
Stonecutting
| Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|
| Tuff or Polished Tuff or Tuff Bricks |
Usage
For information about the placement mechanics of all slabs, see Slab § Usage.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Chiseled Tuff Bricks | Tuff Brick Slab |
Note blocks
Tuff brick slabs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
Sounds
In Bedrock Edition, when a tuff brick slab is combined into a double slab, the block's use sound is played.[1]
tuff_bricks sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | 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 | |
tuff_bricks sound type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions [upcoming: BE 26.0] | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key [upcoming: BE 26.0] | Volume | Pitch |
| Block placed | Blocks | Once the block has broken | place | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | place | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | step | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | step | subtitles | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | step | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Jumping from the block | step | subtitles | 0.12 | 1.1 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | step | subtitles | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
tuff_brick_slab | Block & Item | slabsmineable/pickaxe | slabs |
block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
tuff_brick_double_slab | -756 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | — | |
tuff_brick_slab | -755 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | 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. |
Videos
History
Announcement
| October 15, 2023 | Tuff brick slabs are shown at Minecraft Live 2023. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.20.3 Experiment | 23w43a | ||||||
| 23w44a | |||||||
| 23w46a | |||||||
| 1.21 | 24w18a | Tuff brick slabs are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.20.50 Experiment | Preview 1.20.50.22 | ||||||
| Preview 1.20.50.23 | |||||||
| Can now be crafted. | |||||||
| 1.20.60 Experiment | Preview 1.20.60.20 | ||||||
| 1.21.0 | Preview 1.21.0.22 | Tuff brick slabs are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Tuff Brick Slab" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
In other media
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Artwork featuring a tuff brick slab.
References
| Tuff | |
|---|---|
| Bricks | |
| Polished | |
| Wood-based | |
|---|---|
| Stone-based | |
| Mineral-based | |
| Metal-based | |