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Deepslate Bricks in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Deepslate Bricks is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Deepslate Bricks.

What is Deepslate Bricks?

Deepslate Bricks is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 3.5 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Deepslate Bricks does not emit light. Deepslate Bricks filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:deepslate_bricks. Command: /give @p minecraft:deepslate_bricks 1.

How to mine Deepslate Bricks

Deepslate Bricks requires one of the following tools to drop its item — mining with a lower tier or by hand destroys it:

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 5.25 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 17.5 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Deepslate Bricks drops

When broken, Deepslate Bricks drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

What Deepslate Bricks is used to craft

Deepslate Bricks appears as an ingredient in 8 known Minecraft recipes:

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Craftable
  • Crafting Material

Deepslate Bricks technical properties

  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: No — finite in a given world
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Deepslate Bricks (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:deepslate_bricks
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 3.5
  • Blast resistance: 6
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 15
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:deepslate_bricks 1

Overview

Deepslate Bricks is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Prerequisites and materials

  • Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Deepslate Bricks with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Deepslate Bricks once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Deepslate Bricks with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Deepslate Bricks once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 5.25s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 17.5s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:deepslate_bricks 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
  • Carry a spare tool of the correct tier - breaking with the wrong one wastes the drop.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Estimated time per run: 5-20 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Deepslate Bricks?

You need one of: Wooden Pickaxe, Stone Pickaxe, Golden Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, Diamond Pickaxe, Netherite Pickaxe. Mining with a lower tier tool (or by hand) will break the block without dropping its item.

What does Deepslate Bricks drop when mined?

Breaking Deepslate Bricks drops Deepslate Bricks.

How hard is Deepslate Bricks to mine?

Deepslate Bricks has a hardness value of 3.5. That works out to roughly 5.25s with the correct tool or 17.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Deepslate Bricks?

Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Deepslate Bricks.

What is Deepslate Bricks used to craft?

Deepslate Bricks is used as an ingredient in 8 other recipes.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Deepslate Bricks?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:deepslate_bricks, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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