Cracked Deepslate Bricks
Cracked Deepslate Bricks are smelted bricks with weathered fractures — the go-to texture for ruined castles and aged architecture.
Description
For builders, this is the single most useful material for ruin-themed constructions in dark colours. Replace twenty percent of regular deepslate brick walls with the cracked variant, scatter cobblestone and gravel patches at floor level, and the result reads instantly as an ancient or war-damaged structure without any further intervention. The full variant set — slabs, stairs, walls — exists at the cracked level, allowing entire ruined cities to be built without ever switching back to pristine bricks. The block has no functional difference from regular bricks; the change is purely cosmetic.
How to obtain
How to get Cracked Deepslate Bricks in Minecraft
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Mine Cobbled Deepslate
Head below Y=0 in the deepslate layer and mine Cobbled Deepslate with any pickaxe — even a wooden one works. Cobbled Deepslate drops whenever you break naturally generated deepslate without Silk Touch.
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Craft Polished Deepslate
Place 4 Cobbled Deepslate in a 2×2 pattern in a crafting table (or your 2×2 inventory grid) to craft 4 Polished Deepslate.
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Craft Deepslate Bricks
Arrange 4 Polished Deepslate in a 2×2 pattern in a crafting table to craft 4 Deepslate Bricks.
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Smelt Deepslate Bricks
Place Deepslate Bricks in the top slot of a furnace with any fuel below. Each Deepslate Brick smelts into 1 Cracked Deepslate Brick in 10 seconds. For faster production, use a blast furnace — it halves the time to 5 seconds per brick.
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Build with Cracked Deepslate Bricks
Cracked Deepslate Bricks are ready to place as a full decorative block. They suit ruin-themed, dungeon, or underground builds perfectly thanks to their weathered texture.
A blast furnace smelts Cracked Deepslate Bricks at double speed using the same amount of fuel — ideal for bulk production. Note that Cracked Deepslate Bricks only exist as a full block in vanilla Minecraft; there are no cracked deepslate brick slabs, stairs, or walls.
How to craft this block
Deepslate Bricks
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Cracked Deepslate Bricks in Minecraft?
Cracked Deepslate Bricks are obtained by smelting Deepslate Bricks in a furnace — not by crafting. Each Deepslate Brick takes 10 seconds to smelt into one Cracked Deepslate Brick. A blast furnace reduces the time to 5 seconds.
What version added Cracked Deepslate Bricks?
Cracked Deepslate Bricks were added in Java Edition 1.17 (Caves & Cliffs Part I, released June 2021) and Bedrock Edition 1.17.0.
What is the best tool to mine Cracked Deepslate Bricks?
Any pickaxe breaks Cracked Deepslate Bricks, but a pickaxe is required to drop the block. Without a pickaxe, Cracked Deepslate Bricks are destroyed without dropping. Higher-tier pickaxes mine faster thanks to the block's hardness of 3.5.
Are there Cracked Deepslate Brick slabs, stairs, or walls?
No. In vanilla Minecraft, Cracked Deepslate Bricks exist only as a full block. There are no cracked deepslate brick slabs, stairs, or walls.
What is the blast resistance of Cracked Deepslate Bricks?
Cracked Deepslate Bricks have a blast resistance of 6.0, making them moderately resistant to explosions — the same resistance as regular Deepslate Bricks.
Can you use a blast furnace to make Cracked Deepslate Bricks faster?
Yes. A blast furnace smelts Deepslate Bricks into Cracked Deepslate Bricks in 5 seconds instead of the standard 10 seconds in a regular furnace, using the same amount of fuel.
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