Reinforced Deepslate

This article describes content that may be included in Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.

This content has appeared in Java Edition 1.19 and Bedrock Edition 1.19.0 development versions, but the full update containing it has not been released yet.

The features on this page are exclusive to Experimental Gameplay in Bedrock Edition.

These features may be properly added in a future update, but currently require enabling one or more settings in the "Wild Update" section of the Game Settings menu.

Reinforced Deepslate

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	None
Blast resistance	1,200
Hardness	55
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Reinforced deepslate is a tough decorative block that spawns in ancient cities.

1 Obtaining
- 1.1 Natural generation
2 Data values
- 2.1 ID
3 History
4 Issues
5 Trivia
6 References

Obtaining[]

Reinforced deepslate is not obtainable by Silk Touch, and is only available through the Creative inventory or commands. It cannot be pushed by a piston, it is highly blast resistant, and it cannot be destroyed by the wither or ender dragon.

It has no tool associated with it.

Block	Reinforced Deepslate
Hardness	55
Breaking time (secs)
Default	82.5

Natural generation[]

Reinforced deepslate is found in the central part of ancient cities, creating a portal-like or frame structure.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Reinforced Deepslate	`reinforced_deepslate`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.reinforced_deepslate`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Reinforced Deepslate	`reinforced_deepslate`	`721`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.reinforced_deepslate.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

History[]

Upcoming Java Edition
October 16, 2021		The Reinforced Deepslate is shown unnamed at Minecraft Live 2021 as part of Ancient City.
1.19	Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1	Added reinforced deepslate.
	Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1	Reinforced deepslate is movable by pistons, this is unintentional.^[1]
	22w11a	Reinforced deepslate is not added yet in this non-experimental snapshot.
	22w13a	Re-added reinforced deepslate.
	22w13a	Reinforced deepslate can no longer be moved by pistons.
Bedrock Edition
Wild Update (Experimental)	beta 1.18.30.32	Added reinforced deepslate behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.19.0	beta 1.19.0.24	Reinforced deepslate can no longer be moved by pistons.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Reinforced Deepslate" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

According to Brandon Pearce, reinforced deesplate's job is to add mystery.^[2]

References[]

↑ "This was unintended, as I've mentioned to some people there is an interesting design space to be explored about wither-proof moveable blocks that you can't obtain by mining, and only moving. In saying that, I don't know if that's a space we're going to explore this update." – @kingbdogz on Twitter, February 18, 2022
↑ "People are talking about it a lot, which shows it did its job of adding mystery." – @kingbdogz on Twitter, February 24, 2022

Blocks

Natural
Soil	Clay Dirt Coarse Rooted Dirt Path Grass Block Gravel Mycelium Nylium Podzol Sand Red Soul Sand Soul Soil
Stone	Andesite Basalt Smooth Bedrock Blackstone Calcite Cobblestone Mossy Deepslate Cobbled Diorite Dripstone Block End Stone Glowstone Granite Infested Block Magma Block Netherrack Obsidian Crying Pointed Dripstone Sandstone Red Stone Terracotta Tuff
Ore/Mineral	Amethyst Bud Cluster Ancient Debris Budding Amethyst Coal Ore Deepslate Copper Ore Deepslate Diamond Ore Deepslate Emerald Ore Deepslate Gilded Blackstone Gold Ore Deepslate Iron Ore Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore Deepslate Nether Gold Ore Nether Quartz Ore Redstone Ore Deepslate
Liquid/Related	Bubble Column Ice Blue Packed Lava Powder Snow Snow Block Water
Non-physical	Air Cave‌^{[JE only]} Void‌^{[JE only]} Fire Soul

Biota
Wood/Hypha	Logs Stripped Wood Stripped Stems Stripped Hyphae Stripped
Plant	Azalea Flowering Bamboo Shoot Beetroots Big Dripleaf Small Stem Cactus Carrots Cave Vines Chorus Plant Flower Cocoa Dead Bush Fern Large Flowers Tall Grass Tall Hanging Roots Leaves Lily Pad Melon Stem Moss Block Carpet Potatoes Pumpkin Carved Stem Saplings Seagrass Tall Spore Blossom Sugar Cane Sweet Berry Bush Vines Wheat Crops Hay Bale
Fungus	Fungi Glow Lichen Mushrooms Blocks Stem Nether Sprouts Nether Wart Nether Wart Block Warped Roots Shroomlight Twisting Vines Weeping Vines
Fauna	Coral Dead Coral Blocks Dead Coral Fans Dead Sea Pickle
Faunal Product	Bee Nest Bone Block Cobweb Dragon Egg Turtle Egg
Algae	Kelp Dried Block

Building
Ornamental	Bookshelf Carpets Chain Fences Iron Bars Glass Pane Stained Glass Pane Tinted Glass Glazed Terracotta Honeycomb Block Slabs Stairs Walls Wool
Mineral Block	Block of Amethyst Block of Coal Block of Copper Cut Raw Block of Diamond Block of Emerald Block of Gold Raw Block of Iron Raw Block of Lapis Lazuli Block of Netherite Block of Quartz Bricks Chiseled Pillar Smooth Block of Redstone
Structural	Bricks Concrete Powder Cut Sandstone Chiseled Smooth Cut Red Sandstone Chiseled Smooth Deepslate Bricks Cracked Deepslate Tiles Cracked End Stone Bricks Nether Bricks Chiseled Cracked Red Planks Polished Andesite Polished Basalt Polished Blackstone Bricks Cracked Chiseled Polished Diorite Polished Granite Polished Deepslate Chiseled Prismarine Bricks Dark Purpur Block Pillar Smooth Stone Stone Bricks Chiseled Cracked Mossy
Lighting	Candle End Rod Jack o'Lantern Lantern Soul Sea Lantern Torch Soul
BE & EE only	Elements Hardened Glass Pane

Utility
Interactable	Anvil Barrel Beacon Blast Furnace Brewing Stand Cartography Table Chest Ender Crafting Table Enchanting Table Fletching Table Furnace Grindstone Lectern Loom Shulker Box Sign Smithing Table Smoker Stonecutter
Utilizable	Banners Beehive Beds Bell Cake with Candle Campfire Soul Cauldron Lava Powder Snow Water Composter Conduit End Gateway End Portal End Portal Frame Farmland Flower Pot Frosted Ice Heads Jukebox Ladder Lodestone Nether Portal Respawn Anchor Scaffolding Spawner Sponge Wet TNT
Mechanical	Button Daylight Detector Dispenser Doors Dropper Fence Gates Honey Block Hopper Lever Lightning Rod Note Block Observer Piston Sticky Head Moving Pressure Plates Rail Activator Detector Powered Redstone Wire Comparator Repeater Lamp Torch Slime Block Target Trapdoors Trapped Chest Tripwire Hook Tripwire
Bedrock Edition only	Item Frame Glow
Education Edition only	Chalkboard
BE & EE only	Compound Creator Element Constructor Lab Table Material Reducer Colored Torches Underwater Torch Underwater TNT Allow Border Deny Heat Block

Upcoming JE 1.19 & BE 1.19.0
Natural	Mud Reinforced Deepslate
Biota	Frogspawn Froglight Mangrove Roots Muddy Mangrove Roots Sculk Sculk Vein
Building	Mud Bricks Packed Mud
Utility	Sculk Catalyst Sculk Sensor Sculk Shrieker

Creative only
All editions	Player Head
Java Edition only	Petrified Oak Slab
Bedrock Edition only	Empty Monster Spawner
BE & EE only	Allow Border Deny

Commands only
All editions	Barrier Command Block Chain Repeating Unstable TNT
Java Edition only	Custom Player Head
JE & BE only	Jigsaw Block Light Block Structure Block Structure Void
Bedrock Edition only	Chiseled Purpur Wooden Slab Smooth Stone Bricks tile.purpur_block.smooth.name
Education Edition only	Camera

Unimplemented
All editions	Branches Colored Wood Planks Coral Slab Dirt Slab Empty Barrel Fish Barrel Furniture Paeonia Spike Block Wax Block Copper Button

Unused
Bedrock Edition only	Bell Stand Glowing Obsidian Invisible Bedrock Nether Reactor Core Smokeless Campfire info_update info_update2 reserved6 Unknown Stonecutter (old)

Joke features
Java Edition only	An Ant Block of Coal Box of Infinite Books Burnt-out Torch Cursor Etho Slab Funky Portal How did we get here? Leftover Swaggiest stairs ever Tinted Glass USB Charger Block

Removed

Java Edition only

Bedrock Edition only

Extreme metadata variants
All editions	Seamless Stone Slab Six-sided Hay Bale Weird Piston
Java Edition only	Faceless Jack o'Lantern Overripe Melon Stem Overripe Pumpkin Stem Potted non-flower block Green Shrub
Bedrock Edition only	Diorite Bell Granite Bell Polished Six-sided Bone Block Six-sided Purpur Pillar Six-sided Quartz Pillar

Reinforced Deepslate

Contents

Obtaining[]

Natural generation[]

Data values[]

ID[]

History[]

Issues[]

Trivia[]

References[]

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