Overview
Waxed Cut Copper 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. Cut Copper Slab is the same shape in a different material.
In Minecraft 1.21.4, Waxed Cut Copper Slab is a building block. Waxed Cut Copper Slab has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 3 it takes a moment to break but never slows a build down.
It needs at least a stone 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 Waxed Cut Copper. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Waxed Block of Copper gives one of these. The one thing it makes is Waxed Chiseled Copper.
How long it takes to break
Waxed Cut Copper Slab has a hardness of 3. By hand that is 15 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.5 seconds.
You are looking at 0.75 seconds on iron and 0.6 on diamond — the iron step is where the time actually falls.
The block still breaks with a weaker tool, but below stone it yields nothing at all — the time is spent and the drop is lost, which is the single most common way players waste a vein.
Efficiency contributes its level squared plus one to tool speed, which makes Efficiency V roughly 3.3 times faster than the plain tool.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 15 s | 15 s | 15 s |
| Wooden * | 7.5 s | 1.3 s | 0.55 s |
| Stone | 1.2 s | 0.35 s | 0.15 s |
| Iron | 0.75 s | 0.3 s | 0.15 s |
| Diamond | 0.6 s | 0.25 s | 0.15 s |
| Netherite | 0.5 s | 0.25 s | 0.15 s |
| Golden * | 1.3 s | 0.7 s | 0.4 s |
Properties
Waxed Cut Copper Slab has a blast resistance of 6, so a nearby explosion will usually destroy it. It blocks light completely and emits no light of its own. Stack size is 64 — the standard full stack. The block is tagged for pickaxes, and only that class gets the speed bonus; everything else mines at bare-hand rate.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Stone Pickaxe
How to get it
Crafting Table
Waxed Cut Copper Slab ×6
Crafting Table
Shapeless recipe
Waxed Cut Copper Slab
Stonecutter
Waxed Cut Copper Slab ×8
Stonecutter
Waxed Cut Copper Slab ×2
Drops
Mined with Stone Pickaxe, Waxed Cut Copper Slab drops itself.
Used to craft
Waxed Cut Copper Slab is an ingredient in 1 recipes, producing Waxed Chiseled Copper.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Waxed Cut Copper Slab in Minecraft?
Waxed Cut Copper Slab is crafted from Waxed Cut Copper.
What tool do you need to break Waxed Cut Copper Slab?
Stone Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Waxed Cut Copper Slab blast resistant?
Waxed Cut Copper Slab has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Waxed Cut Copper Slab fit in one stack?
Waxed Cut Copper Slab stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Waxed Cut Copper Slab take to break?
0.5 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 15 seconds bare-handed.
The rest of the set
Waxed Cut Copper Slab is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
