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Deepslate Diamond Ore in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Deepslate Diamond Ore is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Iron Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Deepslate Diamond Ore.
What is Deepslate Diamond Ore?
Deepslate Diamond Ore is a Minecraft block classified under the Requires better than wooden tool material group. It has a hardness of 4.5 and a blast resistance of 3. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Deepslate Diamond Ore does not emit light. Deepslate Diamond Ore filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:deepslate_diamond_ore. Command: /give @p minecraft:deepslate_diamond_ore 1.
How to mine Deepslate Diamond Ore
Deepslate Diamond Ore 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 6.75 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 22.5 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 Diamond Ore drops
When broken, Deepslate Diamond Ore drops:
- Deepslate Diamond Ore (Silk Touch required)
- Diamond (Only without Silk Touch)
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What Deepslate Diamond Ore is used to craft
Deepslate Diamond Ore appears as an ingredient in 1 known Minecraft recipes:
Block tags & properties
- Ore
- Opaque
- Requires Tool
- Crafting Material
- Silk Touch Sensitive
Deepslate Diamond Ore 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: Diamond Ore (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Deepslate Diamond Ore natural generation
- Y range: -63 to 16
- Generates in biomes / dimensions: Overworld
- World features & structures: Ore (feature)
- Replaces on generation: Stone, Andesite, Diorite, Granite, Tuff, Deepslate
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:deepslate_diamond_ore
- Material family: Requires better than wooden tool
- Hardness: 4.5
- Blast resistance: 3
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 15
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: No
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:deepslate_diamond_ore 1
Overview
Deepslate Diamond Ore 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 Diamond Ore with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Deepslate Diamond Ore (silk touch required), Diamond (only without silk touch) once it breaks.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Deepslate Diamond Ore with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Deepslate Diamond Ore (silk touch required), Diamond (only without silk touch) once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 6.75s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 22.5s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:deepslate_diamond_ore 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.
- Use a Silk Touch tool if you want the block itself instead of its normal 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 Diamond Ore?
You need one of: 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 Diamond Ore drop when mined?
Breaking Deepslate Diamond Ore drops Deepslate Diamond Ore (silk touch required), Diamond (only without silk touch).
How hard is Deepslate Diamond Ore to mine?
Deepslate Diamond Ore has a hardness value of 4.5. That works out to roughly 6.75s with the correct tool or 22.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
What is Deepslate Diamond Ore used to craft?
Deepslate Diamond Ore is used as an ingredient in 1 other recipe.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Deepslate Diamond Ore?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:deepslate_diamond_ore, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.