Sandstone

Sandstone

Transparency	No
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	4
Tool
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Itself
Data values	Sandstone dec: 24 hex: 18 bin: 11000 Red Sandstone dec: 179 hex: B3 bin: 10110011
Name	Sandstone  sandstone Red Sandstone  red_sandstone

	“	Sandstone is pretty easy to find in Minecraft. Find a desert and start digging. The upper layers of the ground will be regular sand, but below that the weight has compressed the sand into tougher sandstone blocks that hold their shape and won't fall. If all that digging sounds like hard work, then track down a desert village, well or temple instead - all of which are made of different kinds of sandstone. Or - for the very laziest amongst you - just combine four sand in a crafting grid.	„
		—Duncan Geere

Sandstone and red sandstone are solid blocks, with sandstone commonly found in deserts and beaches.

Obtaining

Any sandstone can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, the block will drop nothing and be lost.

Block	Sandstone Red Sandstone
Hardness	0.8
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	4
Wooden	0.65
Stone	0.35
Iron	0.2
Diamond	0.2
Golden	0.1

Natural generation

Regular sandstone will generate in deserts and beaches, compressed below a few meters of sand blocks. This protects sand from falling into natural caves and ravines. Red sandstone generates at mesa cave entrances, and will not generate beneath red sand, as orange stained clay does this instead.

Naturally-generated structures will also comprise normal sandstone if generated in a desert. The desert wells will be made of normal sandstone, NPC villages made of normal and smooth sandstone, and desert temples made of normal, smooth and chiseled sandstone. All of these will also be made partially of sandstone slabs and stairs. No naturally generated structures are made of red sandstone.

Usage

Unlike sand, sandstone is not affected by gravity, and it will not fall if placed without a supporting block underneath it.

Data values

Sandstone has the ID name minecraft:sandstone, while red sandstone has the ID name of minecraft:red_sandstone. Both types of sandstone are further defined by its block data. They also have a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.

Block data

See also: Data values

Block 24

	DV	Description
	0	Sandstone
	1	Chiseled sandstone
	2	Smooth sandstone

Block 179

	DV	Description
	0	Red Sandstone
	1	Chiseled Red Sandstone
	2	Smooth Red Sandstone

Block state

See also: Block states

sandstone

Name	Value	Description
type	sandstone	Sandstone
	chiseled_sandstone	Chiseled Sandstone
	smooth_sandstone	Smooth Sandstone

red_sandstone

Name	Value	Description
type	red_sandstone	Red Sandstone
	smooth_red_sandstone	Smooth Red Sandstone
	chiseled_red_sandstone	Chiseled Red Sandstone

History

Beta
1.2					Added sandstone.
1.3					Sandstone is now found below three blocks of naturally generated sand.
					Added the ability to craft sandstone slabs from sandstone.
1.8					Sandstone does not occur naturally in chunks generated in this version.
1.8.1					Resolved the issue from Beta 1.8.
Official release
1.2.1					Two textures were added to the terrain.png and were to be/would have been used as decorative sandstone variants; however, these textures did not appear in the game at the time.
1.2.4					The textures added in 1.2 were changed, and the blocks which use them were actually implemented, using the same in-game name as regular sandstone.
1.3.1			12w19a		Distinct names (chiseled sandstone and smooth sandstone) were 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 crafting recipe for sandstone stairs.
1.8			14w20a		Sandstone now generates at the entrances of caves.
			14w29a		Smooth sandstone can no longer be crafted into itself.
			August 5, 2014		Dinnerbone tweets a screenshot containing red sandstone.
			14w32a		Added red sandstone.
					Red sandstone now generates at 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 now no longer generates naturally, as it only ever generated at the entrances of caves.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added regular sandstone.
0.6.0					Added chiseled and smooth sandstone. Sandstone is now crafted in the stonecutter.
0.7.3					Sandstone stairs were made craftable.
0.13.0			build 1		Sandstone is no longer crafted in the stonecutter.
0.14.0			build 1		Added red sandstone.
Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added sandstone.
					Added the variants of sandstone. They would drop the original sandstone upon breaking.
TU14		1.04			Added crafting recipes for smooth & chiseled sandstone.
					Smooth and chiseled sandstone now drop themselves.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added red sandstone and its variants.

Issues

Issues relating to “Sandstone” are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• The idea of the wither appearing on chiseled red sandstone was suggested by Reddit user ULiopleurodon.

Gallery

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  Natural sandstone

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  Natural sandstone found at the bottom of a stack of sand

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  Natural sandstone blocking sand from entering a cave system

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  Natural sandstone well

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  A player-made pyramid made out of sandstone, smooth sandstone and chiseled sandstone

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  The different kinds of sand-based blocks

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  The first image of red sandstone, as tweeted by Nathan Adams

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  Red sandstone generating at the entrance of a mesa cave

References

Blocks

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