Overview
Red Sandstone Slab is one of the 30 variants of Oak Slab: same recipe, same hardness, same drops — only the look differs. The full write-up for the set is on the Oak Slab page.
Red Sandstone Slab counts as a building block in Minecraft 1.21.4. Red Sandstone 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 Red Sandstone. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Red Sandstone gives one of these. No recipe takes it as an ingredient.
About the red set
How long it takes to break
Red Sandstone Slab sits at hardness 2: 10 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.
A weaker tool still breaks it, but anything under wooden returns nothing — you spend the time and lose the drop, which is how most veins get wasted.
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
Blast resistance on Red Sandstone Slab is 6, 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. The block is tagged for pickaxes, and only that class gets the speed bonus; everything else mines at bare-hand rate. 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
Red Sandstone Slab ×6
Stonecutter
Red Sandstone Slab ×2
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Red Sandstone Slab drops itself.
Used to craft
Red Sandstone Slab is an ingredient in 1 recipes, producing Chiseled Red Sandstone.
Guides and tools that cover this
Frequently asked questions
How do you get Red Sandstone Slab in Minecraft?
Red Sandstone Slab is crafted from Red Sandstone.
What tool do you need to break Red Sandstone Slab?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Red Sandstone Slab blast resistant?
Red Sandstone Slab has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Red Sandstone Slab fit in one stack?
Red Sandstone Slab stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Red Sandstone Slab take to break?
About 0.35 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 10 seconds with your fists.
The rest of the set
Red Sandstone Slab is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
