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Red Sandstone Wall in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

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

What is Red Sandstone Wall?

Red Sandstone Wall 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 Wall does not emit light. Red Sandstone Wall filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

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

How to mine Red Sandstone Wall

Red Sandstone Wall 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 Wall drops

When broken, Red Sandstone Wall drops:

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

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Craftable

Red Sandstone Wall technical properties

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

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

Technical properties

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

Overview

Red Sandstone Wall 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 Wall with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Red Sandstone Wall once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Red Sandstone Wall with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Red Sandstone Wall 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_wall 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 Wall?

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 Wall drop when mined?

Breaking Red Sandstone Wall drops Red Sandstone Wall.

How hard is Red Sandstone Wall to mine?

Red Sandstone Wall 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 Wall?

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

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Red Sandstone Wall?

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

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