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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 |
This article is about the ore. For the item, see Redstone Dust. For the powered mineral block, see Block of Redstone. For other topics related to "redstone", see Redstone (disambiguation).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 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]
- In Bedrock Edition, armor stands cause redstone ore to have a block update.
- 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 with a diamond ore (bottom right) and a vein of iron ore (bottom left) next to it.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
