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How to Craft Dark Oak Slab in Minecraft

Dark Oak Slab in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Half-height building block.

Dark Oak Slabs come from 3 Dark Oak Planks, worked on a Crafting Table. Copy this shape: three Dark Oak Planks in a row. One go makes 6 Dark Oak Slabs. It doubles as fuel at 150 ticks apiece, so 86 Dark Oak Slabs will smelt 64 items.

Dark Oak Slab Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Dark Oak Slab is minecraft:dark_oak_slab. In commands the namespace may be left off, so dark_oak_slab works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p dark_oak_slab
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p dark_oak_slab 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve dark_oak_slab 1

Cheats have to be on for Dark Oak Slab to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Dark Oak Slabs are half-height blocks. Mobs cannot spawn on top slabs, making them useful for mob-proofing. Dark Oak Slab uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

How far back this one goes cannot be read out of the files: Minecraft 1.13 renamed hundreds of items and every recipe file with them, and the dark oak slab was one of them, so the trail stops there.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with dark oak planks (craft from dark oak logs).

The Stack Arithmetic

Bring 64 dark oak planks, leave with 126 dark oak slabs, after 21 rounds of 3 for 6. You keep 1 dark oak planks for later.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Dark Oak Planks3xCraft from dark oak logs

A Crafting Table and 3x Dark Oak Planks (craft from dark oak logs): that is everything Dark Oak Slab asks for.

The Full Chain

1 Dark Oak Log makes 4 Dark Oak Planks, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 1 Dark Oak Log.

  1. 1
    4Dark Oak Planks
  2. 2
    Dark Oak Slabthis page

Gather this first

Dark Oak Log

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    3x Dark Oak Planks

  2. 2

    6x Dark Oak Slab

Minecraft crafting recipe for Dark Oak Slab: 3 x Dark Oak Planks in a crafting table, making 6 Dark Oak Slab.

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 3x Dark Oak Planks. Start with the Dark Oak Planks: craft from dark oak logs.
  • The recipe returns 6 Dark Oak Slab at a time.

Uses for Dark Oak Slab

  • Half-height building block
  • Floor detailing
  • Mob-proofing surfaces

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Dark Oak Slab on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Dark Oak Slab in Minecraft?
The list for a Dark Oak Slab is short: 3 Dark Oak Planks, worked at a Crafting Table. The pattern above is exact, so match it square by square, and one craft produces 6 Dark Oak Slabs.
What do you need to make a Dark Oak Slab from scratch?
Starting with nothing, a Dark Oak Slab costs 1 Dark Oak Log. Everything else in the recipe is something you craft on the way there, over 2 crafts in total.
Can you craft a Dark Oak Slab without a crafting table?
Not this one: a Dark Oak Slab will not fit the inventory grid. It is laid out as three Dark Oak Planks in a row, and that takes 3 columns, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Where do you find the materials for a Dark Oak Slab?
Here is where each part of a Dark Oak Slab comes from. Dark Oak Planks: craft from dark oak logs.
How many Dark Oak Slabs do you get from one craft?
The Dark Oak Slab recipe makes 6 Dark Oak Slabs in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Dark Oak Slab in Minecraft?
The Dark Oak Slab item ID is minecraft:dark_oak_slab, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write dark_oak_slab on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Dark Oak Slab?
/give @p dark_oak_slab gives you a Dark Oak Slab. Swap @p for a player name to hand it to someone else, and put 64 on the end for a whole stack.
What version of Minecraft added the Dark Oak Slab?
The dark oak slab has carried this name since Minecraft 1.13, the release that renamed hundreds of items at once, and the files cannot say how much older than that it is: anything earlier is the same thing filed under a different name. The current release still makes a Dark Oak Slab exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
3 Dark Oak Planks in, 6 Dark Oak Slabs out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Present from Minecraft Java 1.13, the release that renamed it. Anything earlier carries a different name and cannot be matched to this page. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size, burn time
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 6 Dark Oak Slabs per craft against the stack size.

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