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Polished Deepslate Slab in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

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

What is Polished Deepslate Slab?

Polished Deepslate Slab 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 Slab does not emit light. Polished Deepslate Slab filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

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

How to mine Polished Deepslate Slab

Polished Deepslate Slab 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 Slab drops

When broken, Polished Deepslate Slab drops:

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

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Craftable

Polished Deepslate Slab technical properties

  • Waterloggable: Yes
  • 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 Slab (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

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

Overview

Polished Deepslate Slab 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 Slab with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Polished Deepslate Slab once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Polished Deepslate Slab with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Polished Deepslate Slab 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:polished_deepslate_slab 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 Slab?

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 Slab drop when mined?

Breaking Polished Deepslate Slab drops Polished Deepslate Slab.

How hard is Polished Deepslate Slab to mine?

Polished Deepslate Slab 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 Slab?

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

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Polished Deepslate Slab?

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

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