Sandstone

Transparent	No
Luminant	No
Blast resistance	0.8
Tool
Renewable	Sandstone : Yes‌^{[JE only]} Red Sandstone : Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

	“	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^[1]

Sandstone is a solid block commonly found in deserts and beaches underneath sand. Red sandstone is a related block which is associated with red sand.

Occurrence[edit]

Natural generation[edit]

Regular sandstone generates in deserts and beaches, compressed underneath several meters of sand. This naturally protects sand from falling into caves and ravines. 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.

Obtaining[edit]

Sandstone can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, the block drops nothing.

Block	Sandstone Red Sandstone
Hardness	0.8
Tool
Breaking time^{[note 1]}
Default	4
Wooden	0.65
Stone	0.35
Iron	0.2
Diamond	0.2
Netherite	0.15
Golden	0.1

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Haste § Instant mining.

Crafting[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Sandstone or Red Sandstone	Sand or Red Sand
Cut Sandstone or Cut Red Sandstone	Sandstone or Red Sandstone	44
Chiseled Sandstone or Chiseled Red Sandstone	Sandstone Slab or Red Sandstone Slab

Stonecutting[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Cut Sandstone or Cut Red Sandstone	Sandstone or Red Sandstone
Chiseled Sandstone or Chiseled Red Sandstone	Sandstone or Red Sandstone

Smelting[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Smooth Sandstone	Sandstone + Any fuel	0.1
Smooth Red Sandstone	Red Sandstone + Any fuel	0.1

Trading[edit]

Wandering traders sell 4 red sandstone for one emerald.

Usage[edit]

Unlike sand, sandstone is never affected by gravity.

Loot[edit]

Namespaced ID	Source	Incorrect tool	Correct tool
`blocks/sandstone`	Sandstone	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
`blocks/cut_sandstone`	Cut Sandstone	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
`blocks/chiseled_sandstone`	Chiseled Sandstone	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
`blocks/smooth_sandstone`	Smooth Sandstone	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
`blocks/red_sandstone`	Red Sandstone	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
`blocks/cut_red_sandstone`	Cut Red Sandstone	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
`blocks/chiseled_red_sandstone`	Chiseled Red Sandstone	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
`blocks/smooth_red_sandstone`	Smooth Red Sandstone	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)

Crafting ingredient[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Cut Sandstone Slab or Cut Red Sandstone Slab	Cut Sandstone or Cut Red Sandstone	66
Sandstone Slab or Red Sandstone Slab	Sandstone or Red Sandstone	66
Sandstone Stairs or Red Sandstone Stairs	Sandstone or Red Sandstone	44
Sandstone Wall or Red Sandstone Wall	Sandstone or Red Sandstone	66
Smooth Sandstone Slab or Smooth Red Sandstone Slab	Smooth Sandstone or Smooth Red Sandstone	66
Smooth Sandstone Stairs or Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs	Smooth Sandstone or Smooth Red Sandstone	44

Stonecutting[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Sandstone Slab or Sandstone Stairs or Sandstone Wall or Cut Sandstone or Cut Sandstone Slab or Chiseled Sandstone	Sandstone	22
Cut Sandstone Slab	Cut Sandstone	2
Smooth Sandstone Slab or Smooth Sandstone Stairs	Smooth Sandstone	2
Red Sandstone Slab or Red Sandstone Stairs or Red Sandstone Wall or Cut Red Sandstone or Cut Red Sandstone Slab or Chiseled Red Sandstone	Red Sandstone	22
Cut Red Sandstone Slab	Cut Red Sandstone	2
Smooth Red Sandstone Slab or Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs	Smooth Red Sandstone	2

Sounds[edit]

Java Edition:

Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Subtitle key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
None^[2]	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	`None`	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]

Java Edition:

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`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Sandstone	`sandstone`	`24`	`?`
Red Sandstone	`red_sandstone`	`179`	`?`

Block data[edit]

Block states[edit]

History[edit]

Java Edition Beta
1.2				Added sandstone.
1.3				Sandstone is now found below three blocks of naturally generated sand.
1.3				Added the ability to craft sandstone slabs from sandstone.
1.8		?		Sandstone no longer occurs naturally in chunks generated.
1.8.1				The issue from Beta 1.8 has now been resolved, allowing sandstone to now naturally occur in generated chunks.
Java Edition
1.2.1		release		Two textures have now been added to the terrain.png file and might be used as decorative sandstone variants. However, these textures do not appear in the game, at the moment.
1.2.4		release		The textures added in 1.2.1 have now been changed, and added sandstone with these textures,^[3] using the same in-game name as regular sandstone.
1.2.4		release		The texture of normal sandstone has now been changed.
1.3.1		12w19a		Distinct names (chiseled sandstone and smooth sandstone) have now 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.
		12w21a		Added sandstone stairs.
		12w21b		Added a crafting recipe for sandstone stairs, which uses sandstone.
		12w22a		Inventory sprites for blocks have now been flipped from left to right, changing to .
1.8		14w20a		Sandstone now generates at the entrances of caves.
		14w29a		Smooth sandstone can now no longer be crafted into itself.^[4]
		August 5, 2014		Dinnerbone tweets a screenshot containing red sandstone.
		14w32a		Added red sandstone as a solution to MC-55228.
		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.
1.10		16w20a		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 now been split up into their own IDs.
				Smooth (red) sandstone has now been renamed to cut (red) sandstone.
				Added item form for the smooth double slab sandstone.
				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.
				The textures of all sandstone have now been changed.
				The textures of all red sandstone have now been changed.
		18w44a		The textures of all sandstone textures have been changed, once again.
		18w47a		The top textures of all sandstone blocks have now been changed.
		18w47a		The textures of red sandstone have been changed, once again.
		18w50a		The top textures of all sandstone blocks have now been changed, once again.
		18w50a		The top textures of all red sandstone blocks have now been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release				Added regular sandstone.
0.6.0				Added chiseled and smooth sandstone.
0.6.0				Sandstone is now crafted in the stonecutter.
0.7.3				Sandstone stairs have now been made craftable.
0.9.0		?		Sandstone and cut sandstone now generates in desert villages.
?				Sandstone now generates in desert wells.
0.13.0		build 1		Sandstone is now no longer crafted in the stonecutter.
0.13.0		build 1		Sandstone, cut sandstone and chiseled sandstone now generate in desert temples.
0.14.0		build 1		Added red sandstone.
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 now 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 now 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		The textures of all sandstone blocks have now been changed.
				The textures of all red sandstone blocks have now been changed.
				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.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4		Red sandstone is now sold by wandering traders.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	^[verify] Added sandstone.
TU1		1.0		Added the variants of sandstone. They drop the original sandstone upon breaking.
TU14		1.04		Added crafting recipes for smooth and chiseled sandstone.
TU14		1.04		Smooth and chiseled sandstone now drop themselves.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3	Added red sandstone and its variants.
		1.90		The textures of all sandstone blocks have now been changed.
		1.90		The textures of all red sandstone blocks have now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0				Added sandstone and its variants.
0.1.0				Added red sandstone and its variants.

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.^[5]
Cut sandstone and cut red sandstone are two of the three blocks with a slab equivalent, but not a stair equivalent.

Gallery[edit]

A naturally generated sandstone cluster.
Naturally generated sandstone found below sand layers.
Naturally generated sandstone in a desert well.
Naturally generated sandstone in a desert village. (far left)
Naturally generated sandstone found in a desert pyramid.
Naturally generated sandstone found in a desert pyramid secret interior.
Naturally generated red sandstone found at the entrance of a badlands cave.
Naturally generated sandstone as part of an underwater ruin.

Java Edition[edit]

The first screenshot of red sandstone as tweeted by Nathan Adams.

References[edit]

↑ "Block of the Week: Sandstone" – Minecraft.net, August 25, 2017
↑ MC-177082
↑ https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/181993436365336576
↑ MC-506
↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/2csdt0/minecraft_snapshot_14w32a/cjilmil/?context=1

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[breakingtimenote-2] Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Haste § Instant mining.

[1] "Block of the Week: Sandstone" – Minecraft.net, August 25, 2017

[3] MC-177082

[4] ttps://twitter.com/jeb_/status/181993436365336576

[5] MC-506

[6] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/2csdt0/minecraft_snapshot_14w32a/cjilmil/?context=1

[1]

[note 1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
sand_stone_type	`default`	`default`	Sandstone
		`heiroglyphs`	Chiseled Sandstone
		`cut`	Cut Sandstone
		`smooth`	Smooth Sandstone

Sandstone

Contents

Occurrence[edit]

Natural generation[edit]

Obtaining[edit]

Crafting[edit]

Stonecutting[edit]

Smelting[edit]

Trading[edit]

Usage[edit]

Loot[edit]

Crafting ingredient[edit]

Stonecutting[edit]

Sounds[edit]

Data values[edit]

ID[edit]

Block data[edit]

Block states[edit]

History[edit]

Issues[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Java Edition[edit]

References[edit]

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