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Smooth Red Sandstone

Smooth Red Sandstone

Smooth red sandstone is a variant of red sandstone, obtained by smelting.

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Contents (18)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Smelting
  4. Usage
  5. Crafting ingredient
  6. Stonecutting ingredient
  7. Sounds
  8. Data values
  9. ID
  10. Videos
  11. History
  12. Java Edition
  13. Bedrock Edition
  14. PlayStation 4 Edition
  15. Data history
  16. Issues
  17. References
  18. External links
For the block in Minecraft Earth, see Earth:Smooth Red Sandstone.
Smooth Red Sandstone
Smooth Red Sandstone.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Smooth Red Sandstone'
Invicon Smooth Red Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Smooth Red Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Smooth Red Sandstone
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft
Blast resistance 6
Hardness 2
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

Smooth red sandstone is a variant of red sandstone, obtained by smelting.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block BlockSprite smooth-red-sandstone.png: Sprite image for smooth-red-sandstone in MinecraftSmooth Red Sandstone
Hardness 2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 10.05 (JE)
10 (BE)
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 1.5 (JE)
1.5 (BE)
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 0.75 (JE)
0.75 (BE)
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in MinecraftCopper 0.6 (JE)
0.6 (BE)
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 0.5 (JE)
0.5 (BE)
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.4 (JE)
0.4 (BE)
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.35 (JE)
0.35 (BE)
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.25 (JE)
0.25 (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.

Despite regular red sandstone having hardness and blast resistances of 0.8, smooth red sandstone has a blast resistance of 6 and hardness of 2. This is likely due to historical reasons, specifically as a result of hardness being inherited from slab blocks,[1] however the "correct"/"expected" values were changed to the "incorrect" values in Bedrock Edition.[2]

Smelting

Ingredients Smelting recipe
Red Sandstone +
Any fuel
Invicon Red Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Sandstone 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 with description: Smooth Red Sandstone0.1

Usage

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

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Smooth Red Sandstone Slab Smooth Red Sandstone
Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs Smooth Red Sandstone

Stonecutting ingredient

Ingredients Cutting recipe
Smooth Red Sandstone
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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 smooth-red-sandstone.png: Sprite image for smooth-red-sandstone in Minecraft Smooth Red Sandstonesmooth_red_sandstoneBlock & Item block.minecraft.smooth_red_sandstone

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite smooth-red-sandstone.png: Sprite image for smooth-red-sandstone in Minecraft Smooth Red Sandstonesmooth_red_sandstonered_sandstone / 31213Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -958)		 tile.red_sandstone.smooth.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
1.814w32a Added smooth red sandstone.
It acted as a double slab; see #Data history for an explanation.
Breaking smooth red sandstone drops two red sandstone slabs.
1.1317w47a Smooth red sandstone now has a proper item form, which also now exists in the Creative inventory.
Breaking smooth red sandstone now drops itself as an item, rather than two red sandstone slabs.
1.1418w43a Smooth red sandstone can now be obtained by smelting red sandstone.
The texture of smooth red sandstone has changed.
18w47a The texture of smooth red sandstone has changed.
18w50a The texture of smooth red sandstone has changed.
26.2snap1 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb smooth red sandstone, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
snap6 Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0 Added smooth red sandstone. These are obtainable by smelting red sandstone, and can be crafted into smooth red sandstone slabs and stairs.
Added smooth red sandstone to the Creative inventory.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The textures of smooth red sandstone blocks have been changed.
1.21.20Preview 1.21.20.22 Increased the hardness of smooth red sandstone from 0.8 to 2.
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026		Preview 26.20.23 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb smooth 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 Smooth red sandstone's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

PlayStation 4 Edition

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.88 Added smooth red sandstone. These are obtainable both in the Creative inventory and in Survival.
1.90 The textures of smooth red sandstone blocks have been changed.

Data history

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.814w32a Smooth red sandstone exists as a metadata variant of the secondary double slab block (block ID 181): if such a block had a metadata value of 8, it would use the top texture on all six sides. This logic continued from the primary double slab block (ID 43).
Smooth sandstone existed as block 181, metadata 8.
1.1317w47a The different type block states for the double_stone_slab2 ID have been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 181.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.20Preview 1.21.20.22 The different block states for the red_sandstone ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

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

References

  1. ↑ MC-53641
  2. ↑ https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/27935763028237
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