Sandstone
Renewable |
Yes |
---|---|
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Tool | |
Blast resistance |
Smooth Sandstone & Smooth Red Sandstone: 6 |
Hardness |
Smooth Sandstone & Smooth Red Sandstone: 2 |
Luminant |
No |
Transparent |
No |
Flammable |
No |
Catches fire from lava |
No |
Sandstone is a solid block commonly found in deserts and beaches underneath sand. Red sandstone is a related block, associated with red sand.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Breaking[edit]
Sandstone can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, the block won't drop.
Block | Sandstone Chiseled Sandstone Cut Sandstone Red Sandstone Chiseled Red Sandstone Cut Red Sandstone |
Smooth Sandstone Smooth Red Sandstone | |
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Hardness | 0.8 | 2 | |
Tool | |||
Breaking time[A] | |||
Default | 4 | 10 | |
Wooden | 0.6 | 1.5 | |
Stone | 0.3 | 0.75 | |
Iron | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
Diamond | 0.15 | 0.4 | |
Netherite | 0.15 | 0.35 | |
Golden | 0.1 | 0.25 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation[edit]
Regular sandstone generates in deserts and beaches, compressed underneath several blocks of sand. Orange terracotta replaces what would be the sandstone layer for red sand, so red sandstone cannot be found naturally unless from village floating structure. It must be crafted from the red sand in badlands biomes.
However, if a village generates some buildings inside of a badlands biome, any floating platform surrounding village buildings generate with red sandstone below red sand.
Many structures that generate in deserts are made of sandstone. Desert wells are made of normal sandstone, desert villages made of normal, cut, and smooth sandstone, and desert pyramids are made of normal, cut, and chiseled sandstone. Additionally, warm underwater ruins are made greatly of sandstone variants. All the aforementioned structures use sandstone blocks, slabs, stairs, and walls. No naturally generated structures are made of red sandstone.
Crafting[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Sandstone or Red Sandstone |
Sand or Red Sand |
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Cut Sandstone or Cut Red Sandstone |
Sandstone or Red Sandstone |
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Chiseled Sandstone or Chiseled Red Sandstone |
Sandstone Slab or Red Sandstone Slab |
Stonecutting[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
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Cut Sandstone or Cut Red Sandstone |
Sandstone or Red Sandstone |
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Chiseled Sandstone or Chiseled Red Sandstone |
Sandstone or Red Sandstone |
From smelting[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
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Smooth Sandstone | Sandstone + Any fuel |
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Smooth Red Sandstone | Red Sandstone + Any fuel |
Usage[edit]
Unlike sand, sandstone is never affected by gravity.
Crafting ingredient[edit]
Stonecutting[edit]
Note Blocks[edit]
All types of sandstone can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
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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 |
Sound | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Volume | Pitch |
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Blocks | Breaking the block | dig.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall.stone | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | Mining the block | hit.stone | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
? | Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump.stone | 0.12 | 1.0 |
? | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land.stone | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Blocks | Walking on the block | step.stone | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | Placing the block | use.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Translation key |
---|---|---|
Sandstone | sandstone | block.minecraft.sandstone |
Cut Sandstone | cut_sandstone | block.minecraft.cut_sandstone |
Chiseled Sandstone | chiseled_sandstone | block.minecraft.chiseled_sandstone |
Smooth Sandstone | smooth_sandstone | block.minecraft.smooth_sandstone |
Red Sandstone | red_sandstone | block.minecraft.red_sandstone |
Cut Red Sandstone | cut_red_sandstone | block.minecraft.cut_red_sandstone |
Chiseled Red Sandstone | chiseled_red_sandstone | block.minecraft.chiseled_red_sandstone |
Smooth Red Sandstone | smooth_red_sandstone | block.minecraft.smooth_red_sandstone |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Sandstone | sandstone | 24 | tile.sandstone.default.name tile.sandstone.chiseled.name tile.sandstone.cut.name tile.sandstone.smooth.name |
Red Sandstone | red_sandstone | 179 | tile.red_sandstone.default.name tile.red_sandstone.chiseled.name tile.red_sandstone.cut.name tile.red_sandstone.smooth.name |
Block data[edit]
In Bedrock Edition, sandstone and red sandstone use the following data values:
- Sandstone
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Sandstone | |
1 | Chiseled Sandstone | |
2 | Cut Sandstone | |
3 | Smooth Sandstone |
- Red Sandstone
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Red Sandstone | |
1 | Chiseled Red Sandstone | |
2 | Cut Red Sandstone | |
3 | Smooth Red Sandstone |
Block states[edit]
In Bedrock Edition, sandstone and red sandstone use the following block states:
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
sand_stone_type | default
| default | Sandstone |
heiroglyphs | Chiseled Sandstone | ||
cut | Cut Sandstone | ||
smooth | Smooth Sandstone |
History[edit]
Java Edition Beta | |||||
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1.2 | ![]() | ||||
1.3 | Sandstone is now found below three blocks of naturally generated sand. | ||||
Added the ability to craft sandstone slabs from sandstone. | |||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.2.1 | release | ![]() ![]() | |||
1.2.4 | release | ![]() ![]() | |||
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1.3.1 | 12w19a | Distinct names (chiseled sandstone and smooth sandstone) have been given to the variants of sandstone. Before this update, chiseled sandstone was often referred to as hieroglyphic sandstone or decorative sandstone. | |||
12w21a | Added desert temples, which use all three variants of sandstone as building materials. | ||||
Added sandstone stairs. | |||||
12w21b | Added a crafting recipe for sandstone stairs, which uses sandstone. | ||||
1.5 | 13w04a | Added the block which would later be called smooth sandstone, as an unobtainable variant of the sandstone double slab. | |||
1.8 | 14w20a | Sandstone now generates at the entrances of caves. | |||
14w29a | Smooth sandstone can no longer be crafted into itself.[2] | ||||
August 5, 2014 | Dinnerbone tweets a screenshot containing red sandstone. | ||||
14w32a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Red sandstone now generates in mesa caves, instead of sandstone. | |||||
1.10 | 16w20a | Sandstone no longer generates at the entrances of caves; the sand is now left unsupported in these locations. | |||
Red sandstone no longer generates naturally, as it generated only at the entrances of caves. | |||||
1.13 | 17w47a | The different type block states for both the sandstone and red_sandstone IDs have been split up into their own IDs.
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Smooth (red) sandstone has been renamed to cut (red) sandstone. | |||||
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Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 24, 43, 179 and 180.[verify] | |||||
18w09a | Sandstone now generates in underwater ruins. | ||||
1.14 | 18w43a | Smooth and smooth red sandstone can now be obtained by smelting sandstone and red sandstone, respectively. | |||
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18w44a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w47a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
Pre-release | ![]() | ||||
v0.6.0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Sandstone is now crafted in the stonecutter. | |||||
v0.7.3 | Sandstone stairs have been made craftable. | ||||
v0.9.0 | ? | Sandstone and cut sandstone now generates in desert villages. | |||
? | Sandstone now generates in desert wells. | ||||
v0.13.0 | build 1 | Sandstone is no longer crafted in the stonecutter. | |||
Sandstone, cut sandstone and chiseled sandstone now generate in desert temples. | |||||
v0.14.0 | build 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Sandstone, cut sandstone and chiseled sandstone now generate in warm underwater ruins. | |||
1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.0 | "Smooth Sandstone" and "Smooth Red Sandstone" have been renamed to "Cut Sandstone" and "Cut Red Sandstone". | |||
Sandstone and red sandstone can now be used to craft sandstone and red sandstone walls. | |||||
Cut sandstone and cut red sandstone can now be used to craft cut sandstone and cut red sandstone slabs. | |||||
Smooth sandstone has been made obtainable by smelting regular sandstone, which can be used to craft smooth sandstone slabs and stairs. | |||||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Smooth sandstone now generates in the new desert villages. | |||||
1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Red sandstone can now generate as supporting floating platforms under red sand, if the village building generated in a badlands biome. | |||
beta 1.11.0.4 | Red sandstone is now sold by wandering traders. | ||||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Trading has been changed; wandering traders no longer sell red sandstone. | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() |
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TU14 | 1.04 | Added crafting recipes for smooth and chiseled sandstone. | |||
Smooth and chiseled sandstone now drop themselves. | |||||
TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
1.90 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Sandstone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- Chiseled sandstone has the image of a creeper on it, while chiseled red sandstone has the image of a wither on it.
- The idea of the wither appearing on chiseled red sandstone was suggested by Reddit user ULiopleurodon.[3]
- Chiseled sandstone, chiseled red sandstone, chiseled polished blackstone, chiseled nether brick and cyan glazed terracotta are the only five blocks in the game that implement a mob into the design.
- Cut sandstone and cut red sandstone are two of the three blocks with a slab equivalent, but not a stair equivalent. The other one is smooth stone.
Gallery[edit]
Java Edition[edit]
The first screenshot of red sandstone as tweeted by Nathan Adams.