Ores
Deepslate Diamond Ore
Deepslate diamond ore is the deep-layer variant of diamond ore. It has the same diamond, Fortune and Silk Touch behavior as regular diamond ore but takes longer to break.
Deepslate Diamond Ore- Edition
- Java & Bedrock
- Java ID
- minecraft:deepslate_diamond_ore
- Bedrock ID
- minecraft:deepslate_diamond_ore
- Java numeric ID
- 204
- Bedrock numeric ID
- 204
- Hardness
- 4.5
- Blast resistance
- 3
- Best tool
- Pickaxe
- Minimum tier
- Iron
- State combinations
- 1
- Stack size
- 64
Obtaining and breaking Deepslate Diamond Ore
- Mine it with an iron, diamond or netherite pickaxe for diamonds.
- Use Silk Touch on a suitable pickaxe to collect the deepslate diamond ore block.
Mining requirements and drops
- Normal drop
- 1 Diamond
- Silk Touch
- Deepslate Diamond Ore
- Fortune
- Fortune I–III can multiply the diamond drop; Fortune III yields 1–4 diamonds and averages 2.2 diamonds per ore over many blocks.
- Experience
- 3–7 XP when it drops diamonds
Where it generates
- Replaces regular diamond ore where diamond ore generates inside deepslate in the lower Overworld.
- It is most common at deep negative Y levels and is less likely to generate exposed to air.
What to use Deepslate Diamond Ore for
1 current recipe relationship is recorded for Deepslate Diamond Ore. These links include recipes that produce the block and recipes that consume it as an ingredient.
- Mine it for diamonds; Fortune increases the expected yield.
- Collect the block with Silk Touch for building or storage.
- Diamond Recipe has 6 current variants.
Build and technical notes
- Deepslate Diamond Ore is an ore block whose mining tool and drop behaviour matter more than its decorative role. Check the mining section before collecting it so the intended drop is not lost.
- The recorded collision shape is “block”. Collision is a gameplay property, so do not infer it only from the block's visible model.
- Deepslate Diamond Ore has 1 recorded Java block-state combination, so its base state is comparatively simple.
- Its recorded blast resistance is 3; this is separate from hardness and should be used for explosion-risk comparisons.
Java and Bedrock differences
- Deepslate Diamond Ore exists in both tracked editions. Java uses minecraft:deepslate_diamond_ore; Bedrock uses minecraft:deepslate_diamond_ore.
- The available hardness, blast-resistance and preferred-tool records do not show a cross-edition conflict for this block.
Command and version data
/give @p minecraft:deepslate_diamond_ore 64/give- Gives a block item to the selected target.
@p- The nearest player to where the command runs.
minecraft:deepslate_diamond_ore- The namespaced identifier for Deepslate Diamond Ore.
64- The number of block items to give.
Numeric IDs and states can differ between versions and editions. The related links preserve each available current source record.