Deepslate Brick Slab

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

Deepslate Brick 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

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Obtaining

Breaking

Deepslate brick slabs can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Deepslate Brick Slab
Hardness	3.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	17.5
Wooden	2.65
Stone	1.35
Iron	0.9
Diamond	0.7
Netherite	0.6
Golden	0.45
Options
Efficiency	0
Haste	0 JEBE

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

Natural generation

Deepslate brick slabs generate as part of ancient cities.

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Deepslate Bricks	6

Stonecutting

Ingredients	[hide]Cutting recipe
Cobbled Deepslate or Polished Deepslate or Deepslate Bricks	2

Usage

Note blocks

Deepslate brick slabs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

In Bedrock Edition, when a deepslate brick slab is combined into a double slab, the block's use sound is played.

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e deepslate_bricks sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.deepslate_bricks.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.85	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.deepslate_bricks.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.85	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.deepslate_bricks.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.deepslate_bricks.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.deepslate_bricks.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	0.9	16

Bedrock Edition:

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

[hide]Bedrock Edition combine sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a deepslate brick slab is combined into a double slab	use.deepslate_bricks	1.0	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	[hide]Translation key
Deepslate Brick Slab	deepslate_brick_slab	Block & Item	slabs mineable/pickaxe	slabs	block.minecraft.deepslate_brick_slab

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Deepslate Brick Double Slab	deepslate_brick_double_slab	654	Block & Ungiveable Item	Identical	tile.deepslate_brick_double_slab.name
Deepslate Brick Slab	deepslate_brick_slab	647	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.deepslate_brick_slab.name

Block states

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

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

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.17			21w07a				Added grimstone brick slabs.
			21w08a				"Grimstone Brick Slab" has been renamed to "Deepslate Brick Slab".
							The texture of deepslate brick slabs has been changed.
1.19			Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1				Deepslate brick slabs now generate as part of ancient cities.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.17.0			beta 1.16.230.52				Added deepslate brick slabs.
1.18.30 Experiment Wild Update			Preview 1.18.30.33				Deepslate brick slabs now generate as part of ancient cities.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Increased the blast resistance of deepslate brick slabs from 3.6 to 6.

Data history

[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.20				Deepslate brick slabs now use the minecraft:vertical_half block state instead of top_slot_bit.

Issues

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

Java Edition

• No open issues found.

Bedrock Edition

• No open issues found.