Overview
Dark Oak 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.
Minecraft classifies Dark Oak Slab as a building block. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Dark Oak 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 Dark Oak Planks.
Its main value is as a crafting ingredient: 5 recipes need it, Barrel, Chiseled Bookshelf, Composter and 2 more among them.
About the dark oak set
How long it takes to break
Dark Oak Slab has a hardness of 2. By hand that is 3 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.35 seconds.
Iron manages 0.5 seconds and diamond 0.4, which makes iron the tier that changes how this block feels.
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
With 3 blast resistance Dark Oak Slab usually goes down to a nearby explosion. It is fully opaque and produces no light. One inventory slot holds 64, the normal full stack. Fire takes to it quickly — encouragement 5, burn 20 — which makes it a poor neighbour for lava or a lit campfire. 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)
- Fuel value
- 7.5 s
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Dark Oak Slab ×6
Drops
Mined with any, Dark Oak Slab drops itself.
Used to craft
Dark Oak Slab is an ingredient in 5 recipes, producing Barrel, Chiseled Bookshelf, Composter, Daylight Detector, and Lectern.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Dark Oak Slab in Minecraft?
Dark Oak Slab is crafted from Dark Oak Planks.
What tool do you need to break Dark Oak Slab?
No specific tool is required — Dark Oak Slab can be broken by hand.
Is Dark Oak Slab blast resistant?
Dark Oak Slab has a blast resistance of 3, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Dark Oak Slab fit in one stack?
Dark Oak Slab stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Dark Oak Slab take to break?
About 0.35 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 3 seconds with your fists.
The rest of the set
Dark Oak Slab is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
