Overview
Spruce 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.
Minecraft classifies Spruce Slab as a building block. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Spruce Slab. Its hardness of 2 makes it a normal, unhurried block to mine.
Mining it returns the block itself, so it is safe to relocate. A full stack holds 64. It is crafted from Spruce Planks.
Its main value is as a crafting ingredient: 5 recipes need it, Barrel, Chiseled Bookshelf, Composter and 2 more among them.
About the spruce set
How long it takes to break
Hardness 2 puts Spruce Slab at 3 seconds a block bare-handed, or 0.35 seconds with the right tool at netherite tier.
You are looking at 0.5 seconds on iron and 0.4 on diamond — the iron step is where the time actually falls.
There is no tier requirement to worry about. Any tool, or none, returns the drop; the numbers below just say how fast.
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 | 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
Spruce Slab has a blast resistance of 3, so a nearby explosion will usually destroy it. It blocks light completely and emits no light of its own. A single slot takes 64, the usual full stack. Fire spreads to it readily (encouragement 5, burn 20), so keep it away from lava and away from anything you would rather not lose. An axe 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
- Any
- Flammable
- Yes (5/20)
- Fuel value
- 7.5 s
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Spruce Slab ×6
Drops
Mined with any, Spruce Slab drops itself.
Used to craft
Spruce 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 Spruce Slab in Minecraft?
Spruce Slab is crafted from Spruce Planks.
What tool do you need to break Spruce Slab?
No specific tool is required — Spruce Slab can be broken by hand.
Is Spruce Slab blast resistant?
Spruce Slab has a blast resistance of 3, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Spruce Slab fit in one stack?
64 per stack, so a double chest holds 3,456 Spruce Slab.
How long does Spruce Slab take to break?
With the correct tool at netherite tier it takes 0.35 seconds; by hand it takes 3 seconds.
The rest of the set
Spruce Slab is one of 30 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
