Better Slabs is a Fabric mod for Minecraft 26.2 that lets you combine two different slab types into a single full block. The bottom half and the top half can use different materials (for example brick on top and smooth stone on the bottom), so you get a true mixed double slab in one block space instead of being limited to two halves of the same slab.
Purpose
The mod expands building options: any ordered pair of distinct slabs from the mod’s supported list becomes its own block. That gives on the order of 9,900 different combo blocks (each pair is directional: bottom slab A + top slab B is not the same as A on top and B on the bottom). The list includes vanilla slabs (pale oak, plus sulfur and cinnabar slabs from Minecraft 26.2) and Moar Concrete Unofficial concrete slabs and concrete brick slabs.
How it works
There are no crafting recipes for these combo blocks. You create them in the world:
- Place or find a slab (bottom or top half).
- Hold a different slab item from the supported list and use it on the correct face: the top face of a bottom slab to add the second half on top, or the bottom face of a top slab to add a half from below.
- You can also complete the empty half by clicking an adjacent block in a way that would normally place a slab into that half (same idea as vanilla slab placement).
- The mod only combines slabs that appear on its internal list; you cannot pair a slab with itself.
In creative mode, all combo blocks are listed in a dedicated Double slabs tab. There is a small easter-egg block at the end of that tab.
Breaking blocks
In survival, breaking a combo block removes only the half you are targeting. The other half stays as a normal slab. Drops and tool rules match that slab type. Mining speed depends on the half you are breaking. In creative mode, the whole combo breaks at once like a normal block.
Requirements
- Minecraft 26.2
- Fabric Loader and Fabric API
- Moar Concrete Unofficial (https://modrinth.com/mod/moar-concrete-unofficial — mod id remains
moarconcrete) - Java 25 or newer
For multiplayer, the mod must be installed on the server and on clients that join that world.
Credits and license
Author: Honarek. Distributed under the MIT License.
How to Install Better Slabs (Mod)
Better Slabs by Honarek is verified for Fabric across Minecraft versions 1.21.11, 26.2, 26.3 (latest release: V3, file size: 10.8 MB). Follow the steps below to install it safely from ModCraft.tv:
- Click the Download button above and select your Minecraft version (1.21.11, 26.2, 26.3) and platform (Fabric).
- Make sure you have the compatible loader or environment installed for Fabric.
- Move the downloaded Better Slabs file into your Minecraft
.minecraft/modsfolder and launch the game.
All Versions
+ Add Version- Requires Moar Concrete Unofficial (replaces the official Moar Concrete dependency on this version)
- Added sulfur and cinnabar slabs from 26.2 (more combo blocks)
- You can now complete a mixed double slab by placing against an adjacent block, not only by clicking the slab face
Requires Fabric API, Moar Concrete Unofficial, and Java 25+.
- Better Slabs**
Fabric mod for Minecraft 1.21.11. It adds full blocks made of two different slabs (bottom and top can be different materials).
- What you get**
- About 8,700 ordered pairs from a fixed slab list: vanilla slabs, pale oak, and Moar Concrete concrete slabs and concrete brick slabs.
- No crafting: merge slabs by using a different slab item on a slab in the world (top face of a bottom slab, or bottom face of a top slab).
- A creative tab lists every combo block for quick access.
- Breaking**
- Survival: breaks one half at a time; drops and tool rules match that slab. Mining speed depends on the half you target.
- Creative: breaks the whole block like a normal block.
- Dependencies**
- Fabric API, Moar Concrete, Java 21+. License: MIT.
- Author**
- Honarek.