What is Slime Block in Minecraft?
A slime block is a bouncy, jiggly, translucent green block. Its main purpose is to be a unique utility block with two special properties: bounciness and stickiness. Players and mobs that fall onto a slime block will bounce high into the air, taking no fall damage. When a slime block is moved by a piston, it will also pull any adjacent blocks along with it. These two properties make the slime block an incredibly powerful tool for redstone engineers, who use it to build everything from trampolines and elevators to complex flying machines. It is a fun and versatile block that adds a lot of dynamic movement to the game.
How to get Slime Block in Minecraft
The only way to get a slime block is by crafting it. It does not generate naturally in the world. The crafting recipe is very simple. You will need nine slimeballs. To get slimeballs, you need to find and defeat slimes. Slimes are the bouncy, green, cube shaped mobs that spawn in swamp biomes, especially at night, and in special underground "slime chunks". When you defeat a large or medium slime, it will split into smaller ones. Only the smallest slimes will drop slimeballs when defeated. You can also get slimeballs from baby pandas when they sneeze, or by trading with a Wandering Trader. Once you have nine slimeballs, open a crafting table and fill the entire 3 by 3 grid with them. This will create one slime block.
How to use Slime Block in Minecraft
A slime block has many fun and useful applications. Its most simple use is as a trampoline. If you fall from a great height onto a slime block, you will bounce safely. You can create fun bounce pads to get around your base. Its most powerful use is in redstone. When you push a slime block with a piston, it will also push all the blocks attached to it. When you pull a slime block with a sticky piston, it will pull all the attached blocks with it. This is the key to building flying machines. By creating a simple engine with pistons, observers, and slime blocks, you can build a machine that will fly in one direction forever, which is great for long distance travel or for building massive automated farms.
How to craft Slime Block in Minecraft
Crafting Table
