Red Sandstone

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Red Sandstone
First Appearance Java Edition: 1.8 14w32a
Pocket Edition: 0.14.0
Type of Block Solid Block
Stackable Yes 64
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For other sand-related objects in Minecraft, see Sand (Disambiguation).

Red Sandstone is a naturally-occurring block, found 4-5 blocks below natural red sand deposits, but only in Mesa biomes.

Red Sandstone will not generate beneath red sand, as orange terracotta does this instead.

Generated Structures will also comprise normal sandstone if generated in a desert. desert wells will comprise of normal sandstone; villages in the desert will comprise of cut, smooth, and normal sandstone; and desert temples will comprise of normal, cut, and chiseled sandstone. No naturally generated structures are made entirely of red sandstone.

Crafting[edit | edit source]

Both regular and red sandstone can be crafted using four blocks of sand or red sand in the 2x2 crafting area. Cut Sandstone of both variants can be crafted as well using 4 Sandstone of either variant. Chiseled Sandstone can be crafted using sandstone slabs of either variant.

Both smooth sandstone variants can be smelted into their respective sand variants.

Wandering Traders sell four red sandstone for one emerald.

Crafting[edit | edit source]

Red Sandstone Red Sandstone Slab
None None None None None None
Red Sand Red Sand None Red Sandstone Red Sandstone Red Sandstone
Red Sand Red Sand None None None None
Red Sandstone Stairs x6 Chiseled Red Sandstone
None None Red Sandstone None None None
None Red Sandstone Red Sandstone None Red Sandstone Slab None
Red Sandstone Red Sandstone Red Sandstone None Red Sandstone Slab None
Smooth Red Sandstone
None None None
Red Sandstone Red Sandstone None
Red Sandstone Red Sandstone None

Mining[edit | edit source]

Red Sandstone requires a pickaxe to harvest, otherwise it will drop nothing.

Tool This block requires a Wooden Pickaxe to be mined
Hardness 0.8
Breaking time[note 1]
Default
4
Wood
0.6
Stone
0.3
Iron
0.2
Diamond
0.15
Netherite
0.15
Gold
0.1
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • Red sandstone is very similar in appearance to its regular counterpart, and the crafting recipes for its smooth and chiseled versions are identical to those of smooth sandstone and chiseled sandstone, respectively.
  • Chiseled red sandstone has an image on its sides that bears a resemblance to the Wither.
  • Wandering Traders will sell red sandstone for emeralds.
  • Smelting red sandstone in a furnace will result in smooth red sandstone.