Redstone Ore
| Transparent |
No |
|---|---|
| Luminance |
Yes (9) (when lit) |
| Blast resistance |
15 |
| Tool | |
| Renewable |
No |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Drops |
|
| Data values |
See § Data values |
| Namespaced ID |
See § Data values |
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).
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| — Duncan Geere[1] |
Redstone ore is the ore block from which redstone is obtained.
Contents
Natural generation[edit]
Redstone ore veins form at the bottom 16 layers of the map. Below layer 14, it can be found in 1.025% of stone. There is an average of about 24.8 redstone ores per chunk.
Redstone ore forms in veins made up of 4 to 8 blocks. However, multiple veins together or non-stone surrounding the vein can change those numbers.
Obtaining[edit]
The redstone ore block itself (rather than its redstone drops) can be obtained by mining it with an iron or diamond pickaxe with the Silk Touch enchantment.
| Drops/Fortune level | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1⁄2 | 1⁄4 | 1⁄6 | 1⁄8 |
| 5 | 1⁄2 | 1⁄2 | 1⁄3 | 1⁄4 |
| 6 | 0 | 1⁄4 | 1⁄3 | 1⁄4 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄6 | 1⁄4 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄8 |
| Average | 4.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 6 |
| Block | Redstone Ore | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 3 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[note 1] | ||
| Hand | 15 | |
| Wooden | 7.5 | |
| Stone | 3.75 | |
| Iron | 0.75 | |
| Diamond | 0.6 | |
| Golden | 1.25 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Haste § Instant mining.
Usage[edit]
Redstone ore drops 4 to 5 redstone and 1–5 experience when mined with an iron pickaxe or better. Mining with a Fortune enchanted pickaxe will increase yields.
Light[edit]
Redstone ore will produce light (strength 9) and red particles when clicked, updated, or contacted by any mob (exceptions being a sneaking player and armor stands). This effect will continue 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 will cause it to emit an extra burst of particles per click.
Smelting ingredient[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Redstone Dust | Redstone Ore + Any fuel |
This recipe awards 0.7 experience.
Sounds[edit]
| Sound | Subtitle | Namespaced ID | Subtitle ID | Source | Pitch | Volume | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block breaking | block.stone.hit
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subtitles.block.generic.hit
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Blocks | 0.5 | 0.25 | 16 | |
| Block broken | block.stone.break
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subtitles.block.generic.break
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Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Block placed | block.stone.place
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subtitles.block.generic.place
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Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | block.stone.step
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subtitles.block.generic.footsteps
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Blocks | 1.0 | 0.15 | 16 | |
| No subtitle | block.stone.fall
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(Plays when fallen on from a height) | Blocks | 0.75 | 0.5 | 16 |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
| Block | Namespaced ID |
|---|---|
| Redstone Ore | redstone_ore
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| Block | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| Redstone Ore | redstone_ore
|
73 |
| Lit Redstone Ore | lit_redstone_ore
|
74 |
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.
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| 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 now 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 will give roughly 10 levels of experience. | |||
| Inventory sprites for blocks have now been flipped from left to right, changing to . | |||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w37a | The item form of block ID 74 (lit redstone ore) has now 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 now been merged into 1 ID. | |||
| A lit block state has now 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 now 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 will now drop 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 will now emit light and red particles when walked on. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of redstone ore has now been changed. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added redstone ore. | |
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
| 1.90 | The texture of redstone ore has now 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 the Bedrock Edition, stepping on redstone ore does not cause a block update.
Gallery[edit]
Lots of ore.
A vein of redstone ore next to some lava.
Multiple natural veins of redstone in a 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]
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Redstone" – Minecraft.net, March 2, 2018
