Deepslate Tiles

Deepslate Tiles

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	3.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	59 DEEPSLATE
Note block instrument	Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype	Slow Bouncy

Deepslate tiles are a decorative variant of deepslate.

Obtaining

Breaking

Deepslate tiles can be obtained by mining them with a pickaxe. When broken with any other tool, they drop nothing. Mining deepslate tiles takes longer than mining deepslate.

Block	Deepslate Tiles
Hardness	3.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	117.5 (JE) 17.5 (BE)
Wooden	12.65 (JE) 2.65 (BE)
Stone	11.35 (JE) 1.35 (BE)
Copper	11.05 (JE) 1.05 (BE)
Iron	10.9 (JE) 0.9 (BE)
Diamond	10.7 (JE) 0.7 (BE)
Netherite	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Golden	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Deepslate tiles generate naturally in ancient cities.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Deepslate Bricks	4

Stonecutting

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Deepslate Tiles	Cobbled Deepslate or  Polished Deepslate or  Deepslate Bricks
Deepslate Tiles	Deepslate

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Deepslate Tile Slab	Deepslate Tiles	6
Deepslate Tile Stairs	Deepslate Tiles	4
Deepslate Tile Wall	Deepslate Tiles	6

Stonecutting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Deepslate Tile Slab	Deepslate Tiles	2
Deepslate Tile Stairs	Deepslate Tiles
Deepslate Tile Wall	Deepslate Tiles

Deepslate tiles and their slab, stair, and wall variants can also be obtained directly from stonecutting deepslate bricks or cobbled deepslate.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Cracked Deepslate Tiles	Deepslate Tiles + Any fuel	0.1

Sounds

Java Edition:

deepslate_tiles sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.deepslate_tiles.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.92	1.04	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.deepslate_tiles.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.85	0.96	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.deepslate_tiles.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.65	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.deepslate_tiles.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.975	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.deepslate_tiles.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

deepslate_bricks sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.deepslate_bricks	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.deepslate_bricks	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.deepslate_bricks	​ ?	0.3	0.5
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage[sound 1]	fall.deepslate_bricks	​ ?	0.4	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Walking on the block	step.deepslate_bricks	​ ?	0.3	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.deepslate_bricks	​ ?	0.12	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.deepslate_bricks	​ ?	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Deepslate Tiles	deepslate_tiles	Block & Item	block.minecraft.deepslate_tiles

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Deepslate Tiles	deepslate_tiles	642	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -387)	tile.deepslate_tiles.name

Videos

History

Development

February 22, 2021							JAPPA shows new texture of grimstone tiles.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.17			21w07a				Added grimstone tiles. At the time, they were only obtainable from the Creative inventory.
1.17			21w08a				Renamed grimstone tiles to deepslate tiles and changed texture.
1.17			21w10a				Added crafting recipe for deepslate tiles.
1.19			Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1				Deepslate tiles now generate as part of ancient cities.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb deepslate tiles, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
			snap6				Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.17.0			beta 1.16.230.52				Added deepslate tiles.
			beta 1.17.0.52				Deepslate tiles are no longer only available behind the "Caves and Cliffs" experimental gameplay toggle.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Increased the blast resistance of deepslate tiles from 3.6 to 6.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb deepslate tiles, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.27				Deepslate tiles' sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

• 
  Early deepslate tiles texture

Issues

Issues relating to "Deepslate Tiles" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• When originally added to the game, deepslate tiles did not have a crafting recipe. This was a mistake by developer Brandon Pearce.^[1]

References