Overview
Diorite 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.
Diorite Slab counts as a stone-family block in Minecraft 1.21.4. Diorite Slab has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 1.5 it takes a moment to break but never slows a build down.
It needs at least a wooden pickaxe to drop anything; a weaker tool destroys it for nothing. Mining it returns the block itself, so it is safe to relocate. A full stack holds 64.
It is crafted from Diorite. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Diorite gives one of these. No recipe takes it as an ingredient.
About the diorite set
How long it takes to break
Hardness 1.5 puts Diorite Slab at 7.5 seconds a block bare-handed, or 0.25 seconds with the right tool at netherite tier.
Iron takes 0.4 seconds against diamond's 0.3, so the upgrade worth making for this block is the one to diamond.
Below wooden the block breaks and simply vanishes. Bring the right tier or leave it in the ground.
The Efficiency formula is level² + 1 added to tool speed — at V that is about 2.5 times the unenchanted rate.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 7.5 s | 7.5 s | 7.5 s |
| Wooden | 1.2 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Stone | 0.6 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.4 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.3 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.2 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
Properties
Blast resistance on Diorite Slab is 6, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. Stack size is 64 — the standard 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. As furnace fuel it burns for 7.5 seconds — 0.8 smelting operations.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
- Fuel value
- 7.5 s
How to get it
Crafting Table
Diorite Slab ×6
Stonecutter
Diorite Slab ×2
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Diorite Slab drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Diorite Slab in Minecraft?
Diorite Slab is crafted from Diorite.
What tool do you need to break Diorite Slab?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Diorite Slab blast resistant?
Diorite Slab has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Diorite Slab fit in one stack?
64 per stack, so a double chest holds 3,456 Diorite Slab.
How long does Diorite Slab take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.25 seconds. Bare hands take 7.5.
The rest of the set
Diorite Slab is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
