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Red Sandstone in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Red Sandstone is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Red Sandstone.

What is Red Sandstone?

Red Sandstone is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 0.8 and a blast resistance of 0.8. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Red Sandstone does not emit light. Red Sandstone filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:red_sandstone. Command: /give @p minecraft:red_sandstone 1.

How to mine Red Sandstone

Red Sandstone requires one of the following tools to drop its item — mining with a lower tier or by hand destroys it:

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 1.2 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 4 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Red Sandstone drops

When broken, Red Sandstone drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

What Red Sandstone is used to craft

Red Sandstone appears as an ingredient in 6 known Minecraft recipes:

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Craftable
  • Crafting Material

Red Sandstone technical properties

  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Red Sandstone (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:red_sandstone
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 0.8
  • Blast resistance: 0.8
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 15
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:red_sandstone 1

Overview

Red Sandstone is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Prerequisites and materials

  • Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Red Sandstone with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Red Sandstone once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Red Sandstone with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Red Sandstone once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 1.2s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 4s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:red_sandstone 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
  • Carry a spare tool of the correct tier - breaking with the wrong one wastes the drop.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Estimated time per run: 1-5 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Red Sandstone?

You need one of: Wooden Pickaxe, Stone Pickaxe, Golden Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, Diamond Pickaxe, Netherite Pickaxe. Mining with a lower tier tool (or by hand) will break the block without dropping its item.

What does Red Sandstone drop when mined?

Breaking Red Sandstone drops Red Sandstone.

How hard is Red Sandstone to mine?

Red Sandstone has a hardness value of 0.8. That works out to roughly 1.2s with the correct tool or 4s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Red Sandstone?

Yes - this page lists 1 known crafting recipe for Red Sandstone.

What is Red Sandstone used to craft?

Red Sandstone is used as an ingredient in 6 other recipes.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Red Sandstone?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:red_sandstone, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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