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Polished Deepslate in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Polished Deepslate is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Polished Deepslate.
What is Polished Deepslate?
Polished Deepslate 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. Polished Deepslate does not emit light. Polished Deepslate filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:polished_deepslate. Command: /give @p minecraft:polished_deepslate 1.
How to mine Polished Deepslate
Polished Deepslate 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×.
Polished Deepslate drops
When broken, Polished Deepslate drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What Polished Deepslate is used to craft
Polished Deepslate appears as an ingredient in 11 known Minecraft recipes:
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Requires Tool
- Craftable
- Crafting Material
Polished Deepslate 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: Polished Deepslate (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:polished_deepslate
- 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:polished_deepslate 1
Overview
Polished Deepslate 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 Polished Deepslate with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Polished Deepslate once it breaks.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Polished Deepslate with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Polished Deepslate once it breaks.
- 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:polished_deepslate 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 Polished Deepslate?
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 Polished Deepslate drop when mined?
Breaking Polished Deepslate drops Polished Deepslate.
How hard is Polished Deepslate to mine?
Polished Deepslate 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 Polished Deepslate?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Polished Deepslate.
What is Polished Deepslate used to craft?
Polished Deepslate is used as an ingredient in 11 other recipes.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Polished Deepslate?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:polished_deepslate, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.