Overview
Pale 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.
Pale Oak Slab is a building block in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. Pale Oak Slab is made at a crafting table. Hardness 2 puts it in the middle of the pack for mining speed.
It drops as the same block you mined. It stacks to 64. You make it with Pale Oak Planks.
5 recipes call for it, including Barrel, Chiseled Bookshelf, Composter and 2 more.
About the pale oak set
How long it takes to break
Pale Oak Slab sits at hardness 2: 3 seconds per block with your fists, 0.35 with the correct netherite tool.
An iron tool takes 0.5 seconds and a diamond one 0.4, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to iron.
Nothing here needs a minimum tier: whatever you swing, the block still drops, and the only difference is how long it takes.
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 Pale Oak Slab is 3, 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. Flammable, at encouragement 5 and burn 20: build with it away from lava, and do not use it as a wall you care about. The fastest tool for it is an axe; any other kind of tool mines it no faster than a bare hand does, because the speed bonus only applies to the tool class the block is tagged for. 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
Pale Oak Slab ×6
Drops
Mined with any, Pale Oak Slab drops itself.
Used to craft
Pale 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 Pale Oak Slab in Minecraft?
Pale Oak Slab is crafted from Pale Oak Planks.
What tool do you need to break Pale Oak Slab?
No specific tool is required — Pale Oak Slab can be broken by hand.
Is Pale Oak Slab blast resistant?
Pale Oak Slab has a blast resistance of 3, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Pale Oak Slab fit in one stack?
64 per stack, so a double chest holds 3,456 Pale Oak Slab.
How long does Pale Oak Slab take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.35 seconds. Bare hands take 3.
The rest of the set
Pale Oak Slab is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
