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Smooth Sandstone in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

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

What is Smooth Sandstone?

Smooth Sandstone is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 2 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Smooth Sandstone does not emit light. Smooth Sandstone filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

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

How to mine Smooth Sandstone

Smooth 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 3 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 10 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×.

Smooth Sandstone drops

When broken, Smooth Sandstone drops:

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

What Smooth Sandstone is used to craft

Smooth Sandstone appears as an ingredient in 2 known Minecraft recipes:

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Crafting Material

Smooth Sandstone technical properties

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

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:smooth_sandstone
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 2
  • Blast resistance: 6
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 15
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: No
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:smooth_sandstone 1

Overview

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

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Smooth Sandstone with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Smooth Sandstone once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 3s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 10s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:smooth_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 Smooth 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 Smooth Sandstone drop when mined?

Breaking Smooth Sandstone drops Smooth Sandstone.

How hard is Smooth Sandstone to mine?

Smooth Sandstone has a hardness value of 2. That works out to roughly 3s with the correct tool or 10s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

What is Smooth Sandstone used to craft?

Smooth Sandstone is used as an ingredient in 2 other recipes.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Smooth Sandstone?

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

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