Slabs Expanded (Discontinued)
Slabs Expanded gives blocks such as stone, glass, coral and copper ore their own slab variants, so slabs exist for many more blocks than in vanilla Minecraft.
What it does
Each added slab is crafted from its block with a stonecutter, and mining a double slab drops the slabs it was built from. Hardness, explosion resistance and luminance follow the source block where possible, and a slab can be stacked on another slab of a different type. Which blocks receive a slab is controlled by the slabs.json tag, so pack makers can extend the set.
The mod covers a wide spread of content: stained glass and its colored variants, coral and coral blocks, ores in both stone and deepslate form, copper in its weathered, oxidized and waxed stages, and utility blocks such as bookshelves, glowstone and carved pumpkins. The goal is to make slabs feel complete and to add the functionality that the base game leaves out.
Slabs Expanded is a Cursed-category mod that runs on Fabric, Forge and Quilt. Both the server and every player need it, and builds cover 1.18 – 1.20.4 with the latest Fabric and Quilt files for 1.20.4 and the latest Forge file for 1.20.2 on the beta channel. Development has stopped, and the mod is released under the BSD 2-Clause License, which means it is not open source.
Key features
Slab variants for many blocks
Ores, stained glass, coral blocks, copper stages and utility blocks each get a matching slab.
Stackable slabs
Slabs of different types can be placed on top of one another, and a full stack becomes a double slab.
Stonecutter crafting
Slabs are crafted from the source block with a stonecutter, keeping recipes close to vanilla.
Preserved block properties
Hardness, explosion resistance and luminance are kept from the source block where the mod can carry them over.
Tag-based block list
The slabs.json tag decides which blocks gain a slab, so data pack authors can add or remove entries.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Slabs to Blocks: Create is a Forge mod for 1.19.2 – 1.20.6 under the MIT License, with the same client and server environment as Slabs Expanded. Colorize covers 1.18 – 26.3 with Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt files under the MIT License, so it reaches more loaders and versions. Dyeable Color Variants is server-required with optional client support, published under All rights reserved, and it adds color variants rather than slabs.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slabs Expanded (Discontinued) | Fabric, Forge and Quilt | 1.18 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-01-24 |
| Slabs to Blocks: Create | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-05-27 |
| Colorize | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-15 |
| Dyeable Color Variants | Fabric, Forge and Quilt | 1.13 – 1.19.4 | Server required, client optional | 2023-04-28 |
Questions
Which loaders does Slabs Expanded support?
Does Slabs Expanded need to be installed on the server?
Why does a slab drop when a double slab is mined?
In the catalog
Slabs Expanded (Discontinued) is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
This mod makes slabs feel complete and adds functionality to them that I feel like should be in the base game. These double slab blocks calculate their hardness based on the slabs they are built from
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/slabs-expanded
- Owner
- MarsThePlanet
- Published
- 2023-11-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-01-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15