Deepslate Tiles
For the cracked variant, see Cracked Deepslate Tiles.
Deepslate Tiles

| Renewable |
No |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
6 |
| Hardness |
3.5 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
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Deepslate tiles are a decorative variant of deepslate.
Obtaining
Breaking
Deepslate tiles can be obtained by mining them with a pickaxe. When broken with any other tool, they drop nothing. Mining deepslate tiles takes longer than mining deepslate.
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 3.5 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 17.5 | |
| 2.65 | ||
| 1.35 | ||
|
1.05 | |
| 0.9 | ||
| 0.7 | ||
| 0.6 | ||
| 0.45 | ||
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
- ↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation
Deepslate tiles generate naturally in ancient cities.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Deepslate Bricks |
| Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|
| Cobbled Deepslate or Polished Deepslate or Deepslate Bricks |
Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Deepslate Tile Slab | ||
| Deepslate Tile Stairs | ||
| Deepslate Tile Wall |
Stonecutting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Deepslate Tile Slab | ||
| Deepslate Tile Stairs | ||
| Deepslate Tile Wall |
Deepslate tiles and their slab, stair, and wall variants can also be obtained directly from stonecutting deepslate bricks or cobbled deepslate.
Smelting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Cracked Deepslate Tiles | + Any fuel |
Sounds
deepslate_tiles sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 0.92 | 1.04 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 0.85 | 0.96 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.65 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.975 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.2 | 16 | |
deepslate_bricks sound type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | place | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 | |
- ↑ MCPE-176849 — use.deepslate_bricks and fall.deepslate_bricks refer to non-existent sound
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
deepslate_tiles | Block & Item | block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
deepslate_tiles | 642 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile |
Video
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.17 | 21w07a | ||||||
| February 22, 2021 | |||||||
| 1.17 | 21w08a | ||||||
| 1.17 | 21w10a | Added crafting recipe for deepslate tiles. | |||||
| 1.19 | Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1 | Deepslate tiles now generate as part of ancient cities. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.16.230.52 | ||||||
| beta 1.17.0.52 | Deepslate tiles are no longer only available behind the "Caves and Cliffs" experimental gameplay toggle. | ||||||
| 1.20.30 | Preview 1.20.20.21 | Increased the blast resistance of deepslate tiles from 3.6 to 6. | |||||

Issues
Issues relating to "Deepslate Tiles" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
- When originally added to the game, deepslate tiles did not have a crafting recipe. This was a mistake by developer Brandon Pearce.[1]
References
- ↑ "Whoops! Someone forgot the Grimstone Tiles recipe. It was totally not someone named kingbdogz. I don't even know who that guy is." – @kingbdogz on X (formerly Twitter), February 17, 2021
| Deepslate | |
|---|---|
| Cobbled | |
| Polished | |
| Brick | |
| Tile | |
| Ore | |