Overview
Mangrove 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 Mangrove Slab as a building block. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Mangrove 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 Mangrove Planks.
Its main value is as a crafting ingredient: 5 recipes need it, Barrel, Chiseled Bookshelf, Composter and 2 more among them.
About the mangrove set
How long it takes to break
Mangrove 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.
You are looking at 0.5 seconds on iron and 0.4 on diamond — the iron step is where the time actually falls.
The drop does not depend on the tool — bare hands work as well as anything — so the table below is purely about speed.
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
Blast resistance on Mangrove Slab is 3, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. A single slot takes 64, the usual full stack. It catches easily (encouragement 5, burn 20), so keep lava and open flame well away from it and from anything next to it. 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
Mangrove Slab ×6
Drops
Mined with any, Mangrove Slab drops itself.
Used to craft
Mangrove 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 Mangrove Slab in Minecraft?
Mangrove Slab is crafted from Mangrove Planks.
What tool do you need to break Mangrove Slab?
No specific tool is required — Mangrove Slab can be broken by hand.
Is Mangrove Slab blast resistant?
Mangrove Slab has a blast resistance of 3, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Mangrove Slab fit in one stack?
Mangrove Slab stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Mangrove Slab take to break?
0.35 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 3 seconds bare-handed.
The rest of the set
Mangrove Slab is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
