Cut Sandstone Slab

A cut sandstone slab is a cut sandstone variant of a slab.

Cut Sandstone Slab

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes  (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	2
Luminous	No
Transparent	Double slab: No Single slab: Partial (blocks light)‌ Partial (diffuses sky light)‌
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	2 SAND

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Obtaining

Breaking

Cut sandstone slabs can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Cut Sandstone Slab
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25
Options
Efficiency	0
Haste	0 JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Cut Sandstone	6

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe	[hide]Description
Sandstone or Cut Sandstone	2	‌

Usage

Note blocks

Cut sandstone slabs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

In Bedrock Edition, when a cut sandstone slab is combined into a double slab, the block's use sound is played.

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

[hide]Bedrock Edition combine sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a cut sandstone slab is combined into a double slab	use.stone	1.0	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	[hide]Translation key
Cut Sandstone Slab	cut_sandstone_slab	Block & Item	slabs mineable/pickaxe	slabs	block.minecraft.cut_sandstone_slab

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Cut Sandstone Double Slab	cut_sandstone_double_slab	double_stone_block_slab4 / 3 double_stone_slab4 / 3	-927	Block & Ungiveable Item	cut_sandstone_double_slab Alias ID: real_double_stone_slab4 / 3	—
Cut Sandstone Slab	cut_sandstone_slab	stone_block_slab4 / 3 stone_slab4 / 3	-900	Block & Giveable Item	cut_sandstone_slab Alias ID: double_stone_slab4 / 3	tile.stone_slab4.cut_sandstone.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
type	bottom	bottom top	Where the slab is within its block.
		double	The block is a double slab.
waterlogged	false	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this slab.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	[hide]Description
minecraft:vertical_half	Not Supported	bottom	bottom top	Unsupported	Where the slab is within its block.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.14			19w12a				Added cut sandstone slabs.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Added cut sandstone slabs.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of cut sandstone slabs has been updated.
[hide]PlayStation 4 Edition
1.88							Added cut sandstone slabs.
1.90							The texture of cut sandstone slabs has been updated.

Data history

[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Cut sandstone slabs have the stone_slab4 ID, however their item form's ID is incorrectly registered as double_stone_slab4.
							The direct item form of double cut sandstone slabs have the real_double_stone_slab4 ID.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.27				The IDs of cut sandstone slabs and double cut sandstone slabs have been changed to stone_block_slab4 and double_stone_block_slab4 respectively.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.20				Cut sandstone slabs now use the minecraft:vertical_half block state instead of top_slot_bit.
1.21.20			Preview 1.21.10.21				The different stone slab type block states for the stone_block_slab4 ID have been split up into their own IDs.
			Preview 1.21.10.22				The different stone slab type block states for the double_stone_block_slab4 ID have been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Cut Sandstone Slab" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Java Edition

• No open issues found.

Bedrock Edition

• MCPE-42734 – Cut Sandstone Slabs and Cut Red Sandstone Slabs can't be crafted with Stonecutter