Overview
Tuff Brick Slab is one of the 5 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. Brick Slab is the same shape in a different material.
Tuff Brick Slab is a stone-family block in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. Tuff Brick Slab has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 1.5 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 Tuff Bricks. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Polished Tuff gives one of these. The one thing it makes is Chiseled Tuff Bricks.
About the tuff set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 1.5, Tuff Brick Slab takes 7.5 seconds to punch out and 0.25 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
Iron takes 0.4 seconds against diamond's 0.3, so the upgrade worth making for this block is the one to diamond.
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 2.5 times faster than an unenchanted one.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 7.5 s | 7.5 s | 7.5 s |
| Wooden | 1.2 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Stone | 0.6 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.4 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.3 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.2 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
Properties
Blast resistance on Tuff Brick Slab is 6, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It stops light entirely and gives off 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.
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- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
How to get it
Crafting Table
Tuff Brick Slab ×6
Stonecutter
Tuff Brick Slab ×2
Stonecutter
Tuff Brick Slab ×2
Stonecutter
Tuff Brick Slab ×2
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Tuff Brick Slab drops itself.
Used to craft
Tuff Brick Slab is an ingredient in 1 recipes, producing Chiseled Tuff Bricks.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Tuff Brick Slab in Minecraft?
Tuff Brick Slab is crafted from Tuff Bricks.
What tool do you need to break Tuff Brick Slab?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Tuff Brick Slab blast resistant?
Tuff Brick Slab has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Tuff Brick Slab fit in one stack?
A stack is 64, and a double chest of them comes to 3,456.
How long does Tuff Brick Slab take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.25 seconds. Bare hands take 7.5.
The rest of the set
Tuff Brick Slab is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
