Redstone Ore
| Renewable |
No |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
3 |
| Hardness |
3 |
| Luminant |
Yes (9) (when lit) |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
Redstone ore is the ore block from which redstone is obtained.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Natural generation[edit]
Redstone ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Redstone ore attempts to generate 8 times per chunk in veins of size 1-8, from altitudes 0 to 15, in all biomes.
Breaking[edit]
Redstone ore can be mined with an iron pickaxe or higher, or it drops nothing. If mined with Silk Touch, the block drops itself. Otherwise, the block drops 4 or 5 redstone dust (or more with Fortune, averaging at 6 redstone dust with Fortune level 3[1]).
| Block | Redstone Ore | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 3 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[note 1] | ||
| Default | 15 | |
| Wooden | 7.5 | |
| Stone | 3.75 | |
| Iron | 0.75 | |
| Diamond | 0.6 | |
| Netherite | 0.5 | |
| Golden | 1.25 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Usage[edit]
Light[edit]
Redstone ore produces light (strength 9) and red particles when clicked, updated, or contacted by any mob (exceptions being a sneaking player and spiders). This effect continues until the redstone ore block receives a block tick (averaging 68.27 seconds). This effect does not actually produce redstone power, but the block changes can be detected with an observer or a block update detector.
Subsequent clickings on a redstone ore block causes it to emit an extra burst of particles per click.
Smelting ingredient[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Redstone Dust | Redstone Ore + Any fuel |
Sounds[edit]
| Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Breaking the block | block.stone.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.stone.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | Mining the block | block.stone.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | Placing the block | block.stone.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.stone.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Bedrock Edition: [needs in-game testing]
| Sound | Description | Namespaced ID | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking the block | dig.stone | ? | 0.8 | |
| Falling on the block with fall damage | fall.stone | ? | ? | |
| Mining the block | hit.stone | ? | 0.5 | |
| ? | Jumping from the block | jump.stone | ? | ? |
| ? | Falling on the block without fall damage | land.stone | ? | ? |
| Walking on the block | step.stone | ? | ? | |
| Placing the block | use.stone | ? | 0.8 |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
| Name | Namespaced ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Redstone Ore | redstone_ore | block.minecraft.redstone_ore |
| Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redstone Ore | redstone_ore | 73 | tile.redstone_ore.name |
| Lit Redstone Ore | lit_redstone_ore | 74 | tile.lit_redstone_ore.name |
Block states[edit]
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| lit | false | falsetrue | If the redstone ore is lit. |
Video[edit]
History[edit]
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.1 |  Added redstone ore in Seecret Friday Update 3.
| ||||
| The mining time of redstone ore takes far longer compared to other ores (4.5 seconds with iron pickaxe). | |||||
| v1.0.4 | Redstone ore now has a name (previously all redstone-related blocks had no official name). | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 | The mining time of redstone ore has been significantly reduced - it now has the same mining time as other ores. | |||
| 1.3.1 | 12w22a | Mining redstone ore, along with other ores, now gives the player experience orbs. One stack of redstone ore gives roughly 10 levels of experience. | |||
| 1.7.2 | 13w37a | The item form of block ID 74 (lit redstone ore) has been removed from the game. It can no longer exist in inventories, only as a block in the world. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The different block IDs for the redstone ore have been merged into 1 ID. | |||
| A lit block state has been added to redstone ore. | |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 73 and 74. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | The texture of redstone ore has been changed. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added redstone ore. | ||||
| 0.4.0 | Redstone ore added to creative mode. | ||||
| 0.8.0 | build 2 | Redstone ore now drops redstone when mined. | |||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Redstone ore can now be obtained if mined with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch. | |||
| 0.13.0 | build 1 | Redstone ore now emits light and red particles when walked on. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of redstone ore has been changed. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added redstone ore. |
| 1.90 | The texture of redstone ore has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added redstone ore. | ||||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Redstone Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- Attempting to place a bucket of water on redstone ore causes it to produce light.
Gallery[edit]
Lots of ore.
A vein of redstone ore next to some lava.
Multiple natural veins of redstone in to the cave.
Redstone ore in a mine.
4 blocks of redstone ore.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
