How To Make Deepslate Tiles in Minecraft

In Minecraft, a deepslate tile slab is a new type of slab that was introduced in the Caves & Cliffs Update: Part I. The process of crafting them will create 6 deepslate tile slabs at a time. Deepslate is a stone type found deep underground in the Overworld that functions similarly to regular stone, but is significantly more difficult to break. And we want to teach you how to craft it because we like you. If you mine it out with a pickaxe, you’ll get cobbled deepslate, which can be smelted back into deepslate in a furnace or blast furnace. But wait, there’s more.

Cobbled deepslate can be used to craft anything than can be crafted with cobblestone, with the exception of a few redstone-related recipes. But the real question here is how to make it. And we got the secret recipe, folks. Dig on!

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How To Craft Deepslate Tiles

Just follow this simple step-by-step guide and you’ll be crafting deepslate like there’s no tomorrow.

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid. This step is pretty obvious.

2. Add Items to make Deepslate Tile Slab

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make a deepslate tile slab, place 3 deepslate tiles in the 3×3 crafting grid. Getting a little more complicated, but not too bad.

When making a deepslate tile slab, it is important that the deepslate tiles are placed in the exact pattern we advise. In the second row, there should be 3 deepslate tiles. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for a deepslate tile slab.

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the 6 deepslate tile slabs will appear in the box to the right. Almost there, champ!

3. Move the Deepslate Tile Slab to Inventory

Once you have crafted a deepslate tile slab, you need to move the new items to your inventory. Congratulations, you have made a deepslate tile slab in Minecraft! See, we told you we believed in you!

You Did It!

Deepslate is well worth the time, and with this handy guide even your little brother could do it. Nothing aganist little brothers, of course.