Overview
Mud Brick 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.
Mud Brick Slab is a naturally generated block in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. Mud Brick 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 Mud Bricks. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Mud Bricks gives one of these. No recipe takes it as an ingredient.
About the mud brick set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 1.5, Mud Brick Slab takes 7.5 seconds to punch out and 0.25 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
Iron takes 0.4 seconds against diamond's 0.3, so the upgrade worth making for this block is the one to diamond.
The block still breaks with a weaker tool, but below wooden it yields nothing at all — the time is spent and the drop is lost, which is the single most common way players waste a vein.
Efficiency adds its level squared plus one to the tool speed, so Efficiency V is about 2.5 times faster than the same tool unenchanted.
| 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 Mud Brick Slab is 3, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. One inventory slot holds 64, the normal full stack. A pickaxe 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.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
How to get it
Crafting Table
Mud Brick Slab ×6
Stonecutter
Mud Brick Slab ×2
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Mud Brick Slab drops itself.
Guides and tools that cover this
Frequently asked questions
How do you get Mud Brick Slab in Minecraft?
Mud Brick Slab is crafted from Mud Bricks.
What tool do you need to break Mud Brick Slab?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Mud Brick Slab blast resistant?
Mud Brick Slab has a blast resistance of 3, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Mud Brick Slab fit in one stack?
A stack is 64, and a double chest of them comes to 3,456.
How long does Mud Brick Slab take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.25 seconds. Bare hands take 7.5.
The rest of the set
Mud Brick Slab is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
