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Red Sandstone

Red Sandstone

Red sandstone is a variant of sandstone. It comes in three other variants: cut red sandstone, chiseled red sandstone, and smooth red sandstone.

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Contents (22)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Natural generation
  4. Crafting
  5. Usage
  6. Crafting ingredient
  7. Stonecutting ingredient
  8. Smelting ingredient
  9. Sounds
  10. Data values
  11. ID
  12. Videos
  13. History
  14. Reveal
  15. Java Edition
  16. Bedrock Edition
  17. Legacy Console Edition
  18. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  19. Data history
  20. Issues
  21. Gallery
  22. Screenshots
For the block in Minecraft Earth, see Earth:Red Sandstone.
Red Sandstone
Red Sandstone.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Red Sandstone'
Invicon Red Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red 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
 15 COLOR_ORANGE
Note block instrument Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype Slow Bouncy

Red sandstone is a variant of sandstone. It comes in three other variants: cut red sandstone, chiseled red sandstone, and smooth red sandstone.

Obtaining

Breaking

The suitable tool to break red sandstone is pickaxe. Red sandstone needs to be broken using a pickaxe, otherwise the breaking time will increase and the block drops nothing.

Block BlockSprite red-sandstone.png: Sprite image for red-sandstone in MinecraftRed 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.

Red sandstone drops itself when it's destroyed.

Natural generation

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

Red sandstone replaces red sand in badlands when generated floating, most commonly in noise cave entrances and rarely in floating platforms below structures that overlap with badlands.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Red Sand
Invicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Sand with description: Red SandInvicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Sand with description: Red SandInvicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Sand with description: Red SandInvicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Sand with description: Red Sand
Invicon Red Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sandstone

Usage

Unlike red sand, red sandstone is never affected by gravity.

Crafting ingredient

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

Stonecutting ingredient

Ingredients Cutting recipe
Red Sandstone

Smelting ingredient

Ingredients Smelting recipe
Red Sandstone +
Any fuel
Invicon Red Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sandstone
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: CharcoalInvicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: LogInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Overworld PlanksInvicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lava Bucket with description: Lava BucketInvicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal
Invicon Smooth Red Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Smooth Red Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Smooth Red Sandstone with description: Smooth Red Sandstone0.1
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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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
BlockSprite red-sandstone.png: Sprite image for red-sandstone in Minecraft Red Sandstonered_sandstoneBlock & Item block.minecraft.red_sandstone

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite red-sandstone.png: Sprite image for red-sandstone in Minecraft Red Sandstonered_sandstonered_sandstone / 0179Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.red_sandstone.default.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

Reveal

August 5, 2014 Dinnerbone tweets a screenshot containing red sandstone.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.814w32a Added red sandstone as a solution to MC-55228.
Red sandstone now generates in mesa caves, instead of sandstone.
1.1016w20a Red sandstone no longer generates naturally, as it generated only at the entrances of caves.
1.1418w43a Smooth red sandstone can now be obtained by smelting red sandstone.
The textures of red sandstone have been changed.
18w47a The textures of red sandstone have been changed, once again.
18w50a The top texture of red sandstone has been changed, once again.
19w05a Red sandstone has become renewable, due to wandering traders selling sand and red sand.
1.1821w41a Red sandstone now generates at the entrance to caves again.
26.2snap1 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb red sandstone, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
snap6 Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0build 1 Added red sandstone.
v0.14.0 Red sandstone items with a damage value of 5 or higher would display a grey texture on the sides.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0 Red sandstone can now be used to craft red sandstone walls.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The textures of red sandstone blocks have been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1 Red sandstone can now generate as supporting floating platforms under red sand, if the village building generated in a badlands biome.
beta 1.11.0.4 Red sandstone is now sold by wandering traders.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57 Trading has been changed; wandering traders no longer sell red sandstone.
1.21.20Preview 1.21.20.22 The different block states for the red_sandstone ID have been split up into their own IDs.
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026		Preview 26.20.23 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb red 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 Red sandstone's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 31.0.1 Added red sandstone.
1.88 Red sandstone can now be smelted into smooth red sandstone.
Red sandstone can now be used to craft red sandstone walls.
1.90 The textures of red sandstone blocks have been changed.
1.91 Red sandstone is now sold by wandering traders.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added red sandstone.
  • The first screenshot of red sandstone as tweeted by Nathan Adams.
    The first screenshot of red sandstone as tweeted by Nathan Adams.


Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47a The different type block states for the red_sandstone IDs have been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, the block's numeral ID was 179.

Issues

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

Screenshots

  • Naturally generated red sandstone found at the entrance of a badlands cave
    Naturally generated red sandstone found at the entrance of a badlands cave
  • Naturally generated red sandstone found on the small hill
    Naturally generated red sandstone found on the small hill
  • Towers built from red sandstone
    Towers built from red sandstone
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