Overview
Quartz 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.
Quartz Slab is a Nether block in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. Quartz Slab has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 2 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 Block of Quartz. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Block of Quartz gives one of these. No recipe takes it as an ingredient.
About the quartz set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 2, Quartz 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.
It will break below wooden, and you will get nothing for it. That combination of time spent and drop lost is the classic mining mistake.
Each Efficiency level adds level² + 1 to the tool's speed, so a level V tool clears this about 3.5 times faster than an unenchanted one.
| 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 Quartz Slab usually goes down to a nearby explosion. It is fully opaque and produces no light. A single slot takes 64, the usual 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
Quartz Slab ×6
Stonecutter
Quartz Slab ×2
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Quartz Slab drops itself.
Used to craft
Quartz Slab is an ingredient in 1 recipes, producing Chiseled Quartz Block.
Guides and tools that cover this
Frequently asked questions
How do you get Quartz Slab in Minecraft?
Quartz Slab is crafted from Block of Quartz.
What tool do you need to break Quartz Slab?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Quartz Slab blast resistant?
Quartz Slab has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Quartz Slab fit in one stack?
Quartz Slab stacks to 64, which puts 3,456 of them in a double chest.
How long does Quartz 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
Quartz Slab is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
