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Block of Redstone

Block of Redstone

A block of redstone, internally known as a redstone block, is a mineral block equivalent to nine redstone dust. It acts as an always active redstone power…

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Contents (23)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Natural generation
  4. Crafting
  5. Usage
  6. Crafting ingredient
  7. Redstone component
  8. Sounds
  9. Data values
  10. ID
  11. Videos
  12. History
  13. Java Edition
  14. Bedrock Edition
  15. Legacy Console Edition
  16. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  17. Data history
  18. Issues
  19. Gallery
  20. Screenshots
  21. In other media
  22. References
  23. External links
This article is about the mineral block. For the Minecraft Dungeons mob, see Dungeons:Redstone Cube. For other uses, see Redstone.
Block of Redstone
Block of Redstone.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Block of Redstone'
Invicon Block of Redstone.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Redstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Redstone
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft
Blast resistance 6
Hardness 5
Luminous No
Transparent Partial (blocks light, mob spawning possible)
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava 		No
Map color
 4 FIRE
Note block instrument Default (Harp)

A block of redstone, internally known as a redstone block, is a mineral block equivalent to nine redstone dust. It acts as an always active redstone power source that can be moved by pistons.

Obtaining

Breaking

A block of redstone can be mined using any pickaxe (unlike redstone ore, which requires an iron pickaxe or better).[1] If mined without a pickaxe, a block of redstone drops nothing.

Block Block of Redstone
Hardness 5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 25 (JE)
25 (BE)
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 3.75 (JE)
3.75 (BE)
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 1.9 (JE)
1.9 (BE)
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in MinecraftCopper 1.5 (JE)
1.5 (BE)
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 1.25 (JE)
1.25 (BE)
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.95 (JE)
0.95 (BE)
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.85 (JE)
0.85 (BE)
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.65 (JE)
0.65 (BE)
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined
  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Natural generation

In each ancient city, 2 blocks of redstone can be found integrated into circuitry within a secret room at the city center.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Redstone Dust
Invicon Redstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Dust with description: Redstone DustInvicon Redstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Dust with description: Redstone DustInvicon Redstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Dust with description: Redstone DustInvicon Redstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Dust with description: Redstone DustInvicon Redstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Dust with description: Redstone DustInvicon Redstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Dust with description: Redstone DustInvicon Redstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Dust with description: Redstone DustInvicon Redstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Dust with description: Redstone DustInvicon Redstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Dust with description: Redstone Dust
Invicon Block of Redstone.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Redstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Redstone

Usage

A block of redstone can be used as a redstone power source and to craft redstone dust.

Crafting ingredient

Blocks of redstone can be crafted back into redstone dust, and thus provide compact storage for redstone, like other blocks of materials (block of iron, block of gold, etc.).

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Redstone Dust Block of Redstone

Redstone component

A block of redstone that's currently powering redstone dust, a redstone repeater, an attached redstone torch, and a redstone lamp (left) – However, redstone blocks cannot power through conductive blocks (right).
See also: Redstone circuits

Blocks of redstone provide weak power to their direct neighbors at signal strength 15. Unlike redstone torches, redstone blocks do not require a support block and can be moved by pistons, but they also cannot be turned off.

Blocks of redstone are accepted by comparators as a side input.‌[Java Edition only]

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Sounds

Blocks of redstone, unlike placed redstone wire, use "metal" sounds, despite redstone not being a metal.[2]

Java Edition:

BlockSprite block-of-gold.png: Sprite image for block-of-gold in Minecraft metal sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.metal.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.01.216
​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.metal.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.01.216
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.metal.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.7516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.metal.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.51.2516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.metal.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.516

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite block-of-gold.png: Sprite image for block-of-gold in Minecraft metal sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.01.1–1.2
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placeduse.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.01.2–1.25
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.30.75
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.351.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.221.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
BlockSprite block-of-redstone.png: Sprite image for block-of-redstone in Minecraft Block of Redstoneredstone_blockBlock & Item block.minecraft.redstone_block

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite block-of-redstone.png: Sprite image for block-of-redstone in Minecraft Block of Redstoneredstone_block152Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.redstone_block.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.
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Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.513w01a Added blocks of redstone.
The unused locked chest texture has been changed to have a block of redstone texture on the side, due to the redstone block taking up its texture space.
1.814w02a Mobs now suffocate inside of redstone blocks.
1.915w46a Blocks of redstone now emit strong power instead of weak power. This change was made to fix MC-5951, but only for redstone blocks.[3] However their block update range was left unchanged, causing issues when interacting with other redstone components.
15w47a Blocks of redstone now emit weak power again.[4]
Redstone blocks now work as a side input for redstone comparators.
1.1418w43a The texture of the block of redstone has been changed.
1.1620w10a Blocks of redstone can now support ladders and tripwire hooks.[5]
1.1922w13a Blocks of redstone can now be found within redstone circuits in ancient cities.
26.2snap1 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb blocks of redstone, giving them the regular archetype.
snap6 Sulfur cubes can no longer absorb blocks of redstone.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0build 1 Added blocks of redstone.
Blocks of redstone can be used only to store redstone dust as no redstone components exist in this version.
v0.13.0build 1 Redstone blocks can now power redstone components.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of blocks of redstone has now been changed.
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026		Preview 26.20.23 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb blocks of redstone, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30Preview 26.30.20 Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
Preview 26.30.27 Blocks of redstone can no longer be absorbed by sulfur cubes.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU19CU71.121.121.12Patch 11.0.1 Added blocks of redstone.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 15 Redstone blocks now work as a side input for redstone comparators.
1.90 The texture of blocks of redstone has now been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added blocks of redstone.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47a Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 152.

Issues

Issues relating to "Block of Redstone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Screenshots

  • Block of redstone as a circuit component
    Block of redstone as a circuit component
  • Example of how blocks of redstone can be used to power rails (from beneath)
    Example of how blocks of redstone can be used to power rails (from beneath)

In other media

References

  1. ↑ MC-44417 – resolved as "Works As Intended".
  2. ↑ MC-265459
  3. ↑ https://bugs-legacy.mojang.com/browse/MC-5951?focusedId=263628&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-263628
  4. ↑ MC-92562 – resolved as "fixed".
  5. ↑ MC-146824
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