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Deepslate Bricks

A dark refined building block made from polished deepslate, used for stone-themed construction below the Overworld. It can be cut into stairs, slabs and walls.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.17

Item ID

deepslate_bricks

Deepslate Bricks at a glance

Minecraft file Deepslate Bricks under Utility Blocks: blocks you get from crafting and Stonecutter. Carrying Deepslate Bricks are cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

Deepslate Bricks have a hardness of 3.5. Use a pickaxe on Deepslate Bricks to speed them up; no particular tier is required. Their blast resistance is 6. Deepslate Bricks sits between Dark Prismarine and Diorite in Utility Blocks, number 117 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Polished DeepslatePolished Deepslate
Polished DeepslatePolished Deepslate
Polished DeepslatePolished Deepslate
Polished DeepslatePolished Deepslate
Deepslate BricksDeepslate Bricks4
Checked against Java Edition 26.2.

How to obtain

  • Crafting
  • Stonecutter

Notes

Crafted from 4 Polished Deepslate in a 2x2 square (yields 4), or cut from Polished Deepslate at a stonecutter.

Frequently asked questions about Deepslate Bricks

  1. Polished Deepslate going into Deepslate Bricks, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Deepslate Bricks in Minecraft?

    Deepslate Bricks is crafted from Polished Deepslate at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 4. They also comes from Stonecutter, not just the recipe above.

  2. Deepslate Bricks coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.17

    When was Deepslate Bricks added to Minecraft?

    Deepslate Bricks was added in version 1.17.

  3. Deepslate Bricks as a block, next to the pickaxe its 3.5 hardness asks for

    How long does Deepslate Bricks take to break?

    For Deepslate Bricks the game keeps hardness at 3.5, and they hold blast resistance 6. Explosions and tools work against separate figures on Deepslate Bricks, which is why they break at two speeds. Use a pickaxe on Deepslate Bricks to speed them up; no particular tier is required. Java 26.2 lists Deepslate Bricks exactly this way, which is how they are printed here.

  4. Deepslate Bricks on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Deepslate Bricks used for?

    A dark refined building block made from polished deepslate, used for stone-themed construction below the Overworld. It can be cut into stairs, slabs and walls.

  5. 64 Deepslate Bricks drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Deepslate Bricks can you stack?

    64 Deepslate Bricks fill one slot, and filling it costs 64 Polished Deepslate, since each one returns 4: 16 crafts. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once. A double chest of Deepslate Bricks comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

Building with it

Deepslate bricks come from polished deepslate, and they carry the dark blue gray of the deep underground. Built into a wall they read colder than stone bricks, which is why ancient city builds and anything meant to feel buried tend to use them.