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Cut Sandstone

Cut Sandstone

Cut sandstone is a variant of sandstone, obtained through crafting and stonecutting.

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Contents (20)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Natural generation
  4. Crafting
  5. Stonecutting
  6. Usage
  7. Crafting ingredient
  8. Stonecutting ingredient
  9. Sounds
  10. Data values
  11. ID
  12. Videos
  13. History
  14. Java Edition
  15. Bedrock Edition
  16. Legacy Console Edition
  17. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  18. Data history
  19. Issues
  20. References
For the block in Minecraft Earth, see Earth:Cut Sandstone.
Cut Sandstone
Cut Sandstone.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Cut Sandstone'
Invicon Cut Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Cut Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Cut Sandstone
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft
Blast resistance 0.8
Hardness 0.8
Luminous No
Transparent No
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava 		No
Map color
 2 SAND
Note block instrument Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype Slow Bouncy

Cut sandstone is a variant of sandstone, obtained through crafting and stonecutting.

Obtaining

Breaking

Cut sandstone can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, the block drops nothing.

Block BlockSprite cut-sandstone.png: Sprite image for cut-sandstone in MinecraftCut Sandstone
Hardness 0.8
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 4 (JE)
4 (BE)
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 0.6 (JE)
0.6 (BE)
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 0.3 (JE)
0.3 (BE)
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in MinecraftCopper 0.25 (JE)
0.25 (BE)
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 0.2 (JE)
0.2 (BE)
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.15 (JE)
0.15 (BE)
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.15 (JE)
0.15 (BE)
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.1 (JE)
0.1 (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

Cut sandstone generates in desert villages, desert pyramids, and warm ocean ruins.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Sandstone
Invicon Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sandstone with description: SandstoneInvicon Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sandstone with description: SandstoneInvicon Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sandstone with description: SandstoneInvicon Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sandstone with description: Sandstone
Invicon Cut Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Cut Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Cut Sandstone4

Stonecutting

Ingredients Cutting recipe
Sandstone
Invicon Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sandstone with description: SandstoneInvicon Cut Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Cut Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Cut Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Cut Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Cut Sandstone

Usage

Unlike sand, cut sandstone is never affected by gravity.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Cut Sandstone Slab Cut Sandstone
Sandstone Stairs Cut Sandstone

Stonecutting ingredient

Ingredients Cutting recipe Notes
Cut Sandstone

Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.370.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​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
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Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
BlockSprite cut-sandstone.png: Sprite image for cut-sandstone in Minecraft Cut Sandstonecut_sandstoneBlock & Item block.minecraft.cut_sandstone

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite cut-sandstone.png: Sprite image for cut-sandstone in Minecraft Cut Sandstonecut_sandstonesandstone / 21200Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -945)		 tile.sandstone.cut.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.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.2.1release A texture has been added to the terrain.png file and might have been used as decorative sandstone variants. However, these textures do not appear in the game, at the moment.
1.2.4release The textures added in 1.2.1 have been changed, and Mojang have actually added sandstone with these textures,[1] using the same in-game name as regular sandstone.
1.3.112w19a Distinct names (smooth sandstone) have been given to the sandstone variant.
Prior to this snapshot the sandstone variants used the same tooltip as normal sandstone "Sandstone".
12w21a Added desert temples, which use smooth sandstone as building materials.
1.814w29a Smooth sandstone can no longer be crafted into itself.[2]
1.1317w47a "Smooth Sandstone" has been renamed to "Cut Sandstone".
18w09a Cut sandstone now generates in ocean ruins.
1.1418w43a The textures of cut sandstone blocks have been changed.
18w44a The textures of cut sandstone blocks have been changed, once again.
18w47a The top textures of cut sandstone blocks have been changed.
18w50a The top textures of cut sandstone blocks have been changed, once again.
26.2snap1 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb cut sandstone, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
snap6 Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0 Added smooth sandstone.
v0.9.0build 2 Smooth sandstone now generates in desert villages.
v0.13.0build 1 Smooth sandstone now generate in desert temples.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1 Smooth sandstone now generate in warm ocean ruins.
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0 "Smooth Sandstone" has been renamed to "Cut Sandstone".
Cut sandstone can now be used to craft cut sandstone slabs.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The textures of cut sandstone blocks have been changed.
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026		Preview 26.20.23 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb cut sandstone, 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 Cut sandstone's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU9CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added smooth sandstone. They drop the original sandstone upon breaking.
Smooth sandstone is currently unobtainable.
TU141.04 Added crafting recipes for smooth sandstone.
Smooth sandstone now drop themselves.
Smooth sandstone can now be obtained in the Creative inventory.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Smooth sandstone now generate in warm ocean ruins.
1.88 "Smooth Sandstone" has been renamed to "Cut Sandstone".​
1.90 The textures of cut sandstone blocks have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added smooth sandstone.

Data history

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.814w06a Sandstone now uses the newly-implemented model json file models/block/cube.json; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.
1.1317w47a The different type block states for the sandstone ID have been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, the block's numeral ID was 24.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.20Preview 1.21.20.21 The different block states for the sandstone ID have been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Cut Sandstone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/181993436365336576
  2. ↑ MC-506
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