Reinforced Deepslate

Reinforced Deepslate

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	None
Blast resistance	1,200
Hardness	55
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	59 DEEPSLATE
Note block instrument	Bass Drum

Reinforced deepslate is a block that generates exclusively in ancient cities. It has the highest hardness of any block, is immune to explosions, and cannot be pushed by pistons or obtained in Survival mode.

Obtaining

Reinforced deepslate is not obtainable in Survival, even with Silk Touch, and is only available through the Creative inventory, pick block, or commands.

Breaking

Reinforced deepslate has no tool associated with it, meaning it is mined at the exact same speed regardless of the tool used.

Reinforced deepslate drops nothing when destroyed. It also cannot be destroyed by the ender dragon or wither.

Block	Reinforced Deepslate
Hardness	55
Breaking time (secs)
Default	182.5 (JE) 82.5 (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

56 blocks of reinforced deepslate are found in the central part of each ancient city, creating a frame-like or portal-like structure.

Usage

Reinforced deepslate has no uses besides decoration. It is also unique in that it can not be destroyed by withers.

Piston interactivity

Reinforced deepslate cannot be pushed by pistons or pulled by sticky pistons.

Sounds

Java Edition:

deepslate sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.deepslate.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.deepslate.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.deepslate.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.deepslate.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.deepslate.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Reinforced Deepslate	reinforced_deepslate	Block & Item	dragon_immune features_cannot_replace lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace wither_immune	block.minecraft.reinforced_deepslate

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Reinforced Deepslate	reinforced_deepslate	721	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -466)	tile.reinforced_deepslate.name

History

Announcement

October 16, 2021							Reinforced Deepslate is shown unnamed at Minecraft Live 2021 as part of an ancient city.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.19			Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1				Added reinforced deepslate.
			22w13a				Added reinforced deepslate to the regular snapshot.
							Reinforced deepslate can no longer be moved by pistons.[1]

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.17.40			beta 1.17.40.20				Added an unobtainable block with the ID mysterious_frame.
1.18.30 Experiment Wild Update			Preview 1.18.30.33				mysterious_frame has been renamed to reinforced deepslate and has been moved behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle. Its ID has also been changed to reinforced_deepslate.
							Reinforced deepslate now has a unique texture instead of using the missing tile texture.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.21				Reinforced deepslate is no longer locked behind Experimental Gameplay.
			Preview 1.19.0.25				Reinforced deepslate can no longer be moved by pistons.
			Preview 1.19.0.27				Reinforced deepslate can no longer be destroyed by the wither and the ender dragon.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Increased the blast resistance of reinforced deepslate from 720 to 1,200.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb reinforced deepslate, 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				Reinforced deepslate can no longer be absorbed by sulfur cubes.

Issues

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

Trivia

• In China Edition Developer Version, a variant of reinforced deepslate once existed containing a hole in its texture. This texture is called "sculk portal".
• According to Brandon Pearce, reinforced deepslate's purpose is to add mystery.^[2]
• Despite being unobtainable in-game, in Craft Your Own Adventure: Wild Tales there is a path where the player is able to mine and obtain it.^[3]
• Reinforced deepslate is the hardest block in Minecraft, with 55 hardness.
• The portal that is made of this block leads to a fourth dimension called The Sift, which will be accessed in Minecraft Dungeons II and the main game.

Gallery

Mojang screenshots

• 
  Wideshot of reinforced deepslate partially covered by sculk veins.
• 
  Closeup of reinforced deepslate

References

External links

• "Block of the Month: Reinforced Deepslate" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, December 20, 2024.