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Redstone Dust

How to Craft Redstone Dust in Minecraft

REDSTONE SHAPED INVENTORY 2×2
Block of Redstone
Redstone Dust9

Ingredients

Result: 9× Redstone Dust

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Crafting Redstone Dust step by step

Redstone Dust is a shaped crafting recipe that uses 1 item: 1 Block of Redstone. Place the ingredients exactly in the pattern shown above. The pattern can sit anywhere on the grid as long as its shape stays the same. Because it fits into 2×2 slots, you can craft it directly in your inventory — no crafting table needed.

  1. Open your inventory (2×2 crafting grid) or a crafting table.
  2. Place 1 Block of Redstone in the pattern shown above.
  3. Take the 9× Redstone Dust from the result slot and move it into your inventory.
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How to get the ingredients

Block of Redstone
Block of Redstone Crafting recipe

What you can make with Redstone Dust 23 recipes

Block of RedstoneBlock of RedstoneClockClockCompassCompassCopper BulbCopper BulbCrafterCrafterDetector RailDetector RailDispenserDispenserDropperDropperExposed Copper BulbExposed Copper BulbNote BlockNote BlockObserverObserverOxidized Copper BulbOxidized Copper Bulb

… and 11 more recipes that use Redstone Dust.

Other ways to get Redstone Dust

Dropped byEditionQuantityChance
WitchWitch Java4–8100%
WitchWitch Bedrock4–8100%
Sold byLevelPriceYou get
ClericNovice Emerald1 Emerald 2× Redstone Dust

Redstone Dust recipe FAQ

What do you need to craft Redstone Dust in Minecraft?

You need 1 Block of Redstone — 1 item in total, arranged as shown in the crafting grid. The recipe gives you 9× Redstone Dust.

Do you need a crafting table to make Redstone Dust?

No. The recipe fits into 2×2 slots, so you can craft it in your inventory's crafting grid. A crafting table works as well.

Is the Redstone Dust recipe shaped or shapeless?

It is a shaped recipe: the arrangement matters. You can shift the pattern around the grid, but the shape must stay the same.

What can you make with Redstone Dust?

Redstone Dust is an ingredient in 23 crafting recipes, for example Block of Redstone, Clock and Compass.

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More Redstone recipes

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