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How to Craft Stone Slab in Minecraft

Stone Slab in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Smooth stone half-block for building.

Stone Slabs cost you 3 Stone, put together at a Crafting Table. On the grid you want three Stone in a row. You end up with 6 Stone Slabs each time.

Stone Slab Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Stone Slabs are made from smooth stone and have a clean appearance. Stone Slab uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

The stone slab was already in the game in Minecraft Beta 1.0, the oldest release with an English language file to read, so this recipe is at least that old.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with stone (smelt cobblestone).

One Stack, Counted

Feed 3 stone a craft, so 64 covers 21 of them: 126 stone slabs. The box keeps 1 stone.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Stone3xSmelt cobblestone

Stone Slab needs 3x Stone (smelt cobblestone), worked together at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

3 Cobblestone makes 3 Stone, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 3 Cobblestone.

  1. 1
    33StoneFurnace, repeat 3x
  2. 2
    Stone Slabthis page

Gather this first

3Cobblestone

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    3x Stone

  2. 2

    6x Stone Slab

Minecraft crafting recipe for Stone Slab: 3 x Stone in a crafting table, making 6 Stone Slab.

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 3x Stone. Start with the Stone: smelt cobblestone.
  • The recipe returns 6 Stone Slab at a time.

Uses for Stone Slab

  • Smooth stone half-block for building

What Stone Slab Goes Into

One other recipe on this site lists Stone Slab as an ingredient.

GrindstoneCrafting Table

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Stone Slab in Minecraft?
To craft a Stone Slab you need 3 Stone at a Crafting Table. Lay them out exactly as the grid above shows, and one craft produces 6 Stone Slabs.
What can you make with Stone Slab?
Stone Slab is an ingredient in 1 other recipe on this site, including Grindstone. The section above links to each of them.
Can you craft a Stone Slab without a crafting table?
You need a table for a Stone Slab. It is laid out as three Stone 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 Stone Slab?
A Stone Slab draws its parts from several different places. Stone: smelt cobblestone.
How many Stone Slabs do you get from one craft?
The Stone Slab recipe makes 6 Stone Slabs in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Stone Slab in Minecraft?
The Stone Slab item ID is minecraft:stone_slab, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write stone_slab on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Stone Slab?
The command for Stone Slab is /give @p stone_slab. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p stone_slab 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.
What version of Minecraft added the Stone Slab?
The files run out before the stone slab does. Minecraft Beta 1.0 is the oldest language file Mojang publishes and stone slab was listed in it. Today the game builds it from 3 Stone, as shown above.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
3 Stone in, 6 Stone Slabs out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
How far back it goes
Present in Minecraft Java Beta 1.0, the oldest release that exists to check. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
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 Stone Slabs per craft against the stack size.

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