Polished Deepslate Slab

Polished Deepslate Slab
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	3.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Double slab: No; Single slab: Partial (blocks light)‌; Partial (diffuses sky light)‌
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire; from lava	No
Map color (JE)	; 59 DEEPSLATE

A polished deepslate slab is a polished deepslate variant of a slab.

Obtaining

Polished deepslate slabs can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Legend

↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Polished deepslate slabs generate as part of ancient cities.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Deepslate	6

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Cobbled Deepslate or Polished Deepslate	2

Polished deepslate slabs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

In Bedrock Edition, when a polished deepslate slab is combined into a double slab, the block's use sound is played.^[1]

v t e `polished_deepslate` sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.polished_deepslate.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.polished_deepslate.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.polished_deepslate.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.polished_deepslate.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.polished_deepslate.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

v t e `deepslate` sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.deepslate`	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.deepslate`	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.deepslate`	0.3	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.deepslate`	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	`step.deepslate`	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.deepslate`	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.deepslate`	0.22	1.0

Bedrock Edition combine sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a polished deepslate slab is combined into a double slab	`use.deepslate`	1.0	0.8

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Polished Deepslate Slab	`polished_deepslate_slab`	Block & Item	`slabs` `mineable/pickaxe`	`slabs`	`block.minecraft.polished_deepslate_slab`

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Polished Deepslate Double Slab	`polished_deepslate_double_slab`	`652`	Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.polished_deepslate_double_slab.name`
Polished Deepslate Slab	`polished_deepslate_slab`	`639`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 4]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.polished_deepslate_slab.name`

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
type	`bottom`	`bottom` `top`	Where the slab is within its block.
type	`bottom`	`double`	The block is a double slab.
waterlogged	`false`	`false` `true`	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this slab.

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
minecraft:vertical_half	Not Supported	`bottom`	`bottom` `top`	`Unsupported`	Where the slab is within its block.

Java Edition
1.17	21w07a	Added polished grimstone slabs.
	21w08a	"Polished Grimstone Slab" has been renamed to "Polished Deepslate Slab".
	21w08a	The texture of polished deepslate slabs has been changed.
1.19	22w13a	Polished deepslate slabs now generate as part of ancient cities.
Bedrock Edition
1.17.0	beta 1.16.230.52	Added polished deepslate slabs.
1.19.0	Preview 1.19.0.27	Polished deepslate slabs now generate as part of ancient cities.
1.20.30	Preview 1.20.20.21	Increased the blast resistance of polished deepslate slabs from 3.6 to 6.

Bedrock Edition
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.20				Polished deepslate slabs now use the `minecraft:vertical_half` block state instead of `top_slot_bit`.

Issues relating to "Polished Deepslate Slab" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

v t e Deepslate
Deepslate	Block Chiseled Reinforced Infested
Cobbled	Block Stairs Slab Wall
Polished	Block Stairs Wall
Brick	Block Cracked Stairs Slab Wall
Tile	Block Cracked Stairs Slab Wall
Ore	Coal Iron Copper Gold Redstone Emerald Lapis Lazuli Diamond

v t e Slabs
Wood-based	Oak Spruce Birch Jungle Acacia Dark Oak Mangrove Cherry Pale Oak Bamboo Mosaic Crimson Warped
Stone-based	Stone Cobblestone Mossy Cobblestone Smooth Stone Stone Brick Mossy Stone Brick Granite Polished Granite Diorite Polished Diorite Andesite Polished Andesite Cobbled Deepslate Deepslate Brick Deepslate Tile Tuff Polished Tuff Tuff Brick
Overworld	Brick Mud Brick Resin Brick Sandstone Smooth Sandstone Cut Sandstone Red Sandstone Smooth Red Sandstone Cut Red Sandstone Prismarine Prismarine Brick Dark Prismarine
The Nether	Nether Brick Red Nether Brick Blackstone Polished Blackstone Polished Blackstone Brick
The End	End Stone Brick Purpur
Mineral-based	Quartz Smooth Quartz
Metal-based	Cut Copper Waxed Exposed Waxed Exposed Weathered Waxed Weathered Oxidized Waxed Oxidized
Unused	Petrified Oak
Unimplemented	Coral Dead Dirt
Joke	Etho Potato Potone Taterstone Baked Potato Brick Expired Charred
Removed	Seamless Stone