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Red Sandstone

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.8
Hardness	0.8
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	15 COLOR_ORANGE

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Red sandstone is a variant of sandstone. Red sandstone comes in three other variants: cut red sandstone, chiseled red sandstone, and smooth red sandstone.

Obtaining

Breaking

Red Sandstone can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Red Sandstone
Hardness	0.8
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	4
Wooden	0.6
Stone	0.3
Iron	0.2
Diamond	0.15
Netherite	0.15
Golden	0.1
Options
Efficiency	0
Haste	0 JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Red sandstone generates at noise cave entrances in badlands biomes.

If a village generates some buildings inside of a badlands biome, any floating platform surrounding village buildings generate with red sandstone below red sand.

No naturally generated structures are made of red sandstone.

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Red Sand

Usage

Unlike red sand, red sandstone is never affected by gravity.

Stonecutting ingredient

Ingredients	[hide]Cutting recipe
Red Sandstone	22

Smelting ingredient

Ingredients	[hide]Smelting recipe
Red Sandstone + Any fuel	0.1

Note blocks

Red sandstone can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Red Sandstone	red_sandstone	Block & Item	block.minecraft.red_sandstone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Red Sandstone	red_sandstone	red_sandstone / 0	179	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.red_sandstone.default.name

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.8			August 5, 2014				Dinnerbone tweets a screenshot containing red sandstone.
			14w32a				Added red sandstone as a solution to MC-55228.
							Red sandstone now generates in mesa caves, instead of sandstone.
1.10			16w20a				Red sandstone no longer generates naturally, as it generated only at the entrances of caves.
1.14			18w43a				Smooth red sandstone can now be obtained by smelting red sandstone.
							The textures of red sandstone blocks have been changed.
			18w47a				The textures of red sandstone have been changed, once again.
			18w50a				The top textures of red sandstone blocks have been changed, once again.
			19w05a				Red sandstone have become renewable, due to wandering traders selling sand and red sand.
1.18			21w41a				Red sandstone now generate at the entrance to caves again.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0			build 1				Added red sandstone.
v0.14.0							Red sandstone items with a damage value of 5 or higher would display a grey texture on the sides.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Red sandstone can now be used to craft red sandstone walls.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of red sandstone blocks have been changed.
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.
1.21.20			Preview 1.21.20.22				The different block states for the red_sandstone ID have been split up into their own IDs.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added red sandstone.
			1.88				Red sandstone can now be smelted into smooth red sandstone.
							Red sandstone can now be used to craft red sandstone walls.
			1.90				The textures of red sandstone blocks have been changed.
			1.91				Red sandstone is now sold by wandering traders.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added red sandstone.

• 

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

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				The different type block states for the red_sandstone IDs have been split up into their own IDs.
							Prior to The Flattening, the block's numeral ID was 179.

Issues

Issues relating to "Red Sandstone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Java Edition

• MC-137957 – Sandstone and red sandstone walls have side texture on the top and bottom faces
• MC-274891 – Chiseled (red) sandstone cannot be converted into (red) sandstone slabs in a stonecutter

Bedrock Edition

• MCPE-42734 – Cut Sandstone Slabs and Cut Red Sandstone Slabs can't be crafted with Stonecutter
• MCPE-12953 – Red Sandstone does not generate at mesa caves.
• MCPE-132427 – Sandstone/Red Sandstone stairs texture inconsistency

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  Naturally generated red sandstone found at the entrance of a badlands cave.

• 

  Naturally generated red sandstone found on the small hill.

• 

  Towers built from red sandstone.