Overview
Cut Copper Slab is a building block in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Cut Copper Slab. Its hardness of 3 makes it a normal, unhurried block to mine.
Anything below a stone pickaxe breaks it without leaving a drop. It drops as the same block you mined. It stacks to 64.
You make it with Cut Copper. You can also cut it from Block of Copper on a stonecutter. It is used to craft Chiseled Copper and Waxed Cut Copper Slab.
How long it takes to break
Cut Copper Slab has a hardness of 3. By hand that is 15 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.5 seconds.
Iron manages 0.75 seconds and diamond 0.6, which makes iron the tier that changes how this block feels.
It will break below stone, and you will get nothing for it. That combination of time spent and drop lost is the classic mining mistake.
The Efficiency formula is level² + 1 added to tool speed — at V that is about 3.3 times the unenchanted rate.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 15 s | 15 s | 15 s |
| Wooden * | 7.5 s | 1.3 s | 0.55 s |
| Stone | 1.2 s | 0.35 s | 0.15 s |
| Iron | 0.75 s | 0.3 s | 0.15 s |
| Diamond | 0.6 s | 0.25 s | 0.15 s |
| Netherite | 0.5 s | 0.25 s | 0.15 s |
| Golden * | 1.3 s | 0.7 s | 0.4 s |
Properties
Cut Copper Slab has a blast resistance of 6, so a nearby explosion will usually destroy it. It blocks light completely and emits no light of its own. 64 fit in a slot — a full stack. A pickaxe is fastest here; any other class mines it at bare-hand speed, because the bonus only applies to the class the block is tagged for.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Stone Pickaxe
How to get it
Crafting Table
Cut Copper Slab ×6
Stonecutter
Cut Copper Slab ×8
Stonecutter
Cut Copper Slab ×2
Drops
Mined with Stone Pickaxe, Cut Copper Slab drops itself.
Used to craft
Cut Copper Slab is an ingredient in 1 recipes, producing Chiseled Copper.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Cut Copper Slab in Minecraft?
Cut Copper Slab is crafted from Cut Copper.
What tool do you need to break Cut Copper Slab?
Stone Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Cut Copper Slab blast resistant?
Cut Copper Slab has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Cut Copper Slab fit in one stack?
Cut Copper Slab stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Cut Copper Slab take to break?
About 0.5 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 15 seconds with your fists.
The rest of the set
Cut Copper Slab is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
