Polished Deepslate
Polished Deepslate


| Rarity tier | Common | 
|---|---|
| Renewable | No | 
| Stackable | Yes (64) | 
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance | 6 | 
| Hardness | 3.5 | 
| Luminous | No | 
| Transparent | No | 
| Flammable | No | 
| Catches fire from lava | No | 
| Map color (JE) | 
 | 
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Polished deepslate is the stone-like polished version of deepslate.
Obtaining
Breaking
Polished deepslate can be obtained by mining it with a pickaxe. When mined using any other tool, it drops nothing.
| Block |   | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 3.5 | |
| Tool |   | |
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 17.5 | |
|  Wooden | 2.65 | |
|  Stone | 1.35 | |
|  Copper  | 1.05 | |
|  Iron | 0.9 | |
|  Diamond | 0.7 | |
|  Netherite | 0.6 | |
|  Golden | 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
Polished deepslate generates naturally in ancient cities.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | 
|---|---|
| Cobbled Deepslate | 
Stonecutting
| Ingredients | Cutting recipe | 
|---|---|
| Cobbled Deepslate | 
Usage
Using a stonecutter instead of a crafting table can produce all the derivative deepslate blocks directly. All of the blocks below, including polished deepslate, can also be obtained directly from cobbled deepslate.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | 
|---|---|---|
| Deepslate Bricks | ||
| Polished Deepslate Slab | ||
| Polished Deepslate Stairs | ||
| Polished Deepslate Wall | 
Stonecutting ingredient
Sounds
|   polished_deepslatesound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance | 
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
|   deepslatesound 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 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Polished Deepslate | polished_deepslate | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | block | 
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Polished Deepslate | polished_deepslate | 638 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile | 
Video
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.17 | 21w07a |  Added polished grimstone. | |||||
| February 22, 2021 |  JAPPA shows new texture of polished grimstone. | ||||||
| 1.17 | 21w08a |  The texture has been changed. | |||||
| Renamed polished grimstone to polished deepslate. | |||||||
| 1.19 | Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1 | Polished deepslate now generate as part of ancient city. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.16.230.52 |  Added polished deepslate. | |||||
| beta 1.17.0.52 | Polished deepslate is no longer available only through Experimental Gameplay. | ||||||
| 1.20.30 | Preview 1.20.20.21 | Increased the blast resistance of polished deepslate from 3.6 to 6. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Polished Deepslate" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
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			 A house made of polished deepslate A house made of polished deepslate
| Deepslate | |
|---|---|
| Cobbled | |
| Polished | |
| Brick | |
| Tile | |
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