Overview
Bamboo Slab is one of the 30 variants of this shape in the game. What changes between them is the material, and with it the hardness, the drops, the durability and the recipe — so every figure on this page is this variant's own. Oak Slab is the same shape in a different material.
Bamboo Slab counts as a plant block in Minecraft 1.21.4. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Bamboo Slab. Its hardness of 2 makes it a normal, unhurried block to mine.
Mining it returns the block itself, so it is safe to relocate. A full stack holds 64. It is crafted from Bamboo Planks.
Its main value is as a crafting ingredient: 6 recipes need it, Bamboo Mosaic, Barrel, Chiseled Bookshelf and 3 more among them.
About the bamboo set
How long it takes to break
Bamboo Slab sits at hardness 2: 3 seconds per block with your fists, 0.35 with the correct netherite tool.
You are looking at 0.5 seconds on iron and 0.4 on diamond — the iron step is where the time actually falls.
There is no tier requirement to worry about. Any tool, or none, returns the drop; the numbers below just say how fast.
The Efficiency formula is level² + 1 added to tool speed — at V that is about 3.5 times the unenchanted rate.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | 3 s | 3 s | 3 s |
| Wooden | 1.5 s | 0.25 s | 0.15 s |
| Stone | 0.75 s | 0.25 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.5 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.4 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.35 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
Properties
Bamboo Slab has a blast resistance of 3, so a nearby explosion will usually destroy it. It blocks light completely and emits no light of its own. Stack size is 64 — the standard full stack. It renews, so a single world will never run out. Fire spreads to it readily (encouragement 5, burn 20), so keep it away from lava and away from anything you would rather not lose. An axe is the fastest choice here. A tool of the wrong class is no better than your fist — the speed bonus is tied to the block's own tool tag. As furnace fuel it burns for 7.5 seconds — 0.8 smelting operations.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Any
- Flammable
- Yes (5/20)
- Renewable
- Yes
- Fuel value
- 7.5 s
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Bamboo Slab ×6
Drops
Mined with any, Bamboo Slab drops itself.
Used to craft
Bamboo Slab is an ingredient in 6 recipes, producing Bamboo Mosaic, Barrel, Chiseled Bookshelf, Composter, Daylight Detector, and Lectern.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Bamboo Slab in Minecraft?
Bamboo Slab is crafted from Bamboo Planks.
What tool do you need to break Bamboo Slab?
No specific tool is required — Bamboo Slab can be broken by hand.
Is Bamboo Slab blast resistant?
Bamboo Slab has a blast resistance of 3, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Bamboo Slab fit in one stack?
Bamboo Slab stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
Is Bamboo Slab renewable?
Yes. Bamboo Slab can be obtained again and again in one world, so building with it does not exhaust the supply.
How long does Bamboo Slab take to break?
With the correct tool at netherite tier it takes 0.35 seconds; by hand it takes 3 seconds.
The rest of the set
Bamboo Slab is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
