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How to Make Cut Sandstone Slab in Minecraft

Cut Sandstone Slab — Minecraft block

Cut Sandstone Slab

Cut Sandstone Slab is a half-height decorative building block crafted from cut sandstone, made for smooth floors, window sills, and layered walls.

Block ID minecraft:cut_sandstone_slab
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Cut Sandstone Slab is a decorative half-block crafted from cut sandstone, and the slab never generates naturally in Minecraft — every piece comes from a crafting table or a stonecutter. Mining Cut Sandstone Slab requires a pickaxe, and even a wooden pickaxe qualifies, while mining without any pickaxe drops nothing. Cut Sandstone Slab stacks to 64, does not catch fire, and survives contact with lava. A single Cut Sandstone Slab fills only the bottom or top half of a block space, and placing two slabs together combines the pair into one solid double slab.

Crafting places three cut sandstone blocks in one horizontal row and yields six Cut Sandstone Slabs, so three ingredient blocks become six finishing pieces. A stonecutter cuts one sandstone or one cut sandstone into two slabs at a time, and accepting plain sandstone directly saves the step of crafting cut sandstone first. Builders choose Cut Sandstone Slab when floors, window sills, cornices, and stepped roof edges need the look of cut sandstone in a thinner profile than a full block. In Java Edition a single Cut Sandstone Slab partially blocks light, while the double slab leaves no gap for light at all.

Block properties

Item ID minecraft:cut_sandstone_slab
/give command /give @p minecraft:cut_sandstone_slab
Stackable Yes (64)
Best tool Pickaxe
Renewable Yes
Java Edition 1.14
Bedrock Edition 1.9.0

Guide

How to Get Cut Sandstone Slab in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Collect cut sandstone

    Mine cut sandstone with any pickaxe in desert villages, desert pyramids, or warm ocean ruins, or craft four cut sandstone blocks from four sandstone blocks in a 2×2 square.

  2. 2

    Craft six slabs

    Place three cut sandstone blocks in one horizontal row of the crafting grid to receive six Cut Sandstone Slabs.

  3. 3

    Cut slabs with a stonecutter

    Put sandstone or cut sandstone into a stonecutter to receive two Cut Sandstone Slabs per input block.

  4. 4

    Recover placed slabs

    Break placed Cut Sandstone Slab pieces with any pickaxe, because mining the slab without a pickaxe drops nothing.

Slabs and water

Cut Sandstone Slab is waterloggable, so placing the slab into a water source keeps the water in the same block space.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Cut Sandstone Cut Sandstone x3
Crafting
Cut Sandstone Cut Sandstone Cut Sandstone
Cut Sandstone Slab
6
Cut Sandstone Slab

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Frequently asked questions

Does Cut Sandstone Slab generate naturally in Minecraft?

Cut Sandstone Slab never generates naturally; every slab comes from a crafting table or a stonecutter.

How many Cut Sandstone Slabs does one crafting recipe give?

One crafting recipe gives six Cut Sandstone Slabs from three cut sandstone blocks placed in a horizontal row.

What tool breaks Cut Sandstone Slab?

Any pickaxe breaks Cut Sandstone Slab, starting with a wooden pickaxe, and mining the slab without a pickaxe drops nothing.

Can Cut Sandstone Slab burn or be destroyed by lava?

Cut Sandstone Slab does not catch fire and lava does not destroy the slab, which makes the slab a safe trim near fireplaces and lava lighting.

Which Minecraft versions have Cut Sandstone Slab?

Cut Sandstone Slab was added in Java Edition 1.14 and Bedrock Edition 1.9.0.

Does light pass through a single Cut Sandstone Slab?

A single slab partially blocks light in Java Edition; combining two slabs into a double slab closes the block space completely.