Cinnabar Brick Slab

Cinnabar Brick Slab

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Double slab: No Single slab: Partial (blocks light)‌[JE only] Partial (diffuses sky light)‌[BE only]
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	28 COLOR_RED
Note block instrument	Bass Drum

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A cinnabar brick slab is a decorative slab variant of cinnabar bricks.

Obtaining

Breaking

Cinnabar brick slabs drop as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Polished Cinnabar Slab
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	17.5 (JE) 7.5 (BE)
Wooden	11.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE)
Stone	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Copper	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE)
Iron	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Diamond	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE)
Netherite	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Golden	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

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	Crafting recipe
Cinnabar Bricks	6

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Cinnabar or  Polished Cinnabar or  Cinnabar Bricks	2

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e cinnabar sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.cinnabar.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.cinnabar.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.cinnabar.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.cinnabar.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.cinnabar.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e cinnabar sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.cinnabar.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.cinnabar.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.cinnabar.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.3–0.5	0.5
	​Something falls on a block	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.cinnabar.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	1.0	0.75
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.cinnabar.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps​[until: BE 26.70]	Blocks	Jumping from the block	block.cinnabar.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps​[until: BE 26.70]	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	block.cinnabar.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Cinnabar Brick Slab	cinnabar_brick_slab	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cinnabar_brick_slab

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Block tags	Translation key
Cinnabar Brick Double Slab	cinnabar_brick_double_slab	1376	Block & Ungiveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -1121)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.cinnabar_brick_double_slab.name
Cinnabar Brick Slab	cinnabar_brick_slab	1375	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -1120)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.cinnabar_brick_slab.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	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	Description
minecraft:vertical_half	Not Supported	bottom	bottom top	Unsupported	Where the slab is within its block.

History

Announcement

March 21, 2026							Cinnabar brick slabs are announced at Minecraft Live – March 2026.

Java Edition

Java Edition
26.2			snap1				Added cinnabar brick slabs.
			snap3				The texture of cinnabar brick slabs has been changed.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added cinnabar brick slabs.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.29				The texture of cinnabar brick slabs has been changed to match Java Edition.

Issues

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