Deepslate lapis lazuli ore is a deep underground variant of regular lapis lazuli ore that spawns in the new cave systems below Y-level 0. You can’t craft it, so you’ll need to find it and mine it with the right pickaxe.
Where to Find Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore
Deepslate lapis lazuli ore spawns in deep cave systems, typically below Y-coordinate 0. The lower you go, the more likely you’ll find it. It has a distinctive blue texture mixed into the dark deepslate blocks, so it’s easy to spot once you know what you’re looking for.
Creative Mode
You can find deepslate lapis lazuli ore in the Creative Inventory under Building Blocks (versions 1.17-1.19) or Natural Blocks (version 1.19.3+).
How to Mine Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore
What You Need
To collect deepslate lapis lazuli ore as a block, you’ll need a pickaxe with the Silk Touch enchantment. Any of these will work:
- Stone pickaxe with Silk Touch
- Iron pickaxe with Silk Touch
- Diamond pickaxe with Silk Touch
- Netherite pickaxe with Silk Touch
Without Silk Touch, you’ll only get lapis lazuli items as drops, not the ore block itself.
Mining Steps
Once you find deepslate lapis lazuli ore and have a Silk Touch pickaxe:
- Hold your Silk Touch pickaxe
- Left-click and hold the ore block (PC/Mac), or tap and hold on mobile
- Wait for the block to break completely
- Pick up the deepslate lapis lazuli ore that drops
Pro tip: Mining without Silk Touch drops lapis lazuli items instead of the ore block. You’ll get more items this way if you’re just collecting the resource, but you won’t get the ore block to display or reuse.
Item Details
Minecraft ID
In Java Edition, the Minecraft ID for deepslate lapis lazuli ore is deepslate_lapis_ore. You can use this in commands like:
/give @p deepslate_lapis_ore 1
Available Versions
Deepslate lapis lazuli ore is available in Minecraft Java Edition versions 1.17 through 1.19.3 and later.
Related Items
Other deep ore variants include deepslate coal ore, deepslate iron ore, deepslate copper ore, deepslate gold ore, deepslate redstone ore, deepslate emerald ore, and deepslate diamond ore. You’ll encounter these while mining for deepslate lapis lazuli ore.
Other items that require Silk Touch to gather include amethyst clusters, regular ores, coral blocks, mushroom blocks, ice variants, and various sculk blocks.