Overview
Purpur 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.
In Minecraft 1.21.4, Purpur Slab is an End block. Purpur Slab is made at a crafting table. Hardness 2 puts it in the middle of the pack for mining speed.
Mine it with a wooden pickaxe or better, or you get no drop at all. Broken correctly, it drops itself. Sixty-four fit in one inventory slot.
The recipe calls for Purpur Block. A stonecutter can cut it straight from Purpur Block, with nothing wasted. Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
About the purpur set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 2, Purpur Slab takes 10 seconds to punch out and 0.35 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
You are looking at 0.5 seconds on iron and 0.4 on diamond — the iron step is where the time actually falls.
Below wooden the block breaks and simply vanishes. Bring the right tier or leave it in the ground.
Efficiency adds its level squared plus one to the tool speed, so Efficiency V is about 3.5 times faster than the same tool unenchanted.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 10 s | 10 s | 10 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 6 blast resistance Purpur 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. 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. 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
Purpur Slab ×6
Stonecutter
Purpur Slab ×2
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Purpur Slab drops itself.
Used to craft
Purpur Slab is an ingredient in 1 recipes, producing Purpur Pillar.
Guides and tools that cover this
Frequently asked questions
How do you get Purpur Slab in Minecraft?
Purpur Slab is crafted from Purpur Block.
What tool do you need to break Purpur Slab?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Purpur Slab blast resistant?
Purpur Slab has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Purpur Slab fit in one stack?
64 per stack, so a double chest holds 3,456 Purpur Slab.
How long does Purpur Slab take to break?
0.35 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 10 seconds bare-handed.
The rest of the set
Purpur Slab is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
