Block of Redstone

This article is about the mineral block. For the Minecraft Dungeons mob, see Redstone Cube. For other uses, see Redstone (disambiguation).

Block of Redstone

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	5
Luminant	No
Transparent	Partial (blocks light, mob spawning possible)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

A block of redstone acts as a piston-movable redstone power source that cannot be turned off.

Obtaining

Breaking

Blocks of redstone can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Block of Redstone
Hardness	5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	25
Wooden	3.75
Stone	1.9
Iron	1.25
Diamond	0.95
Netherite	0.85
Golden	0.65

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Redstone Dust

Usage

A block of redstone can be used as a redstone power source and can be crafted back into redstone. It can also be used as storage if the player's inventory is full of redstone dust from mining.

Crafting ingredient

Blocks of redstone can be crafted back into redstone, and thus provide compact storage for redstone like other blocks of minerals (block of iron, block of gold, etc.).

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Redstone Dust	Block of Redstone	9

Redstone component

File:Block of redstone behavior.png

A block of redstone powers dust and repeaters, deactivates attached torches, and activate mechanisms (left) – but does not power adjacent opaque blocks (right).

See also: Redstone circuit

To place a block of redstone, use the Place Block control.

Blocks of redstone are always active and cannot be turned off. A block of redstone:

• powers any adjacent redstone dust, including above or below, to power level 15
• powers any adjacent redstone comparators or redstone repeaters facing away from the block of redstone to power level 15
• activates any adjacent mechanism components (doors, redstone lamps, etc.), including above or below, with the exception of pistons, which cannot be activated by any power source directly in front of them

Adjacent opaque blocks are not powered.

If a redstone torch is attached to a block of redstone, it deactivates after 1 redstone tick and does not reactivate (which is normal behavior for a redstone torch attached to a powered block).

A block of redstone can be moved by a piston. Water and lava flows around a block of redstone without affecting it.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Form	Translation key
Block of Redstone	redstone_block	Block & Item	block.minecraft.redstone_block

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Block of Redstone	redstone_block	152	Block & Item	tile.redstone_block.name

History

Java Edition
1.5		13w01a			32px Added blocks of redstone.
					The unused locked chest texture has been changed to have a block of redstone texture on the side, due to the redstone block taking up its texture space.
1.8		14w02a			Mobs now suffocate inside of the redstone block.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 152.
1.14		18w43a			32px The texture of blocks of redstone has now been changed.
1.16		20w10a			Blocks of redstone can now support ladders and tripwire hooks.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0		build 1			32px Added blocks of redstone.
					The only purpose of blocks of redstone is to store redstone dust.
v0.13.0		build 1			Redstone blocks now have an unspecified proper purpose.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			32px The texture of blocks of redstone has now been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19	CU7	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	32px Added blocks of redstone.
		1.90			32px The texture of blocks of redstone has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					32px Added blocks of redstone.

Issues

Issues relating to "Block of Redstone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• As the block of redstone is not fully opaque, chests can be opened when covered by one.
• In earlier Java Edition 1.5 snapshots, its texture was used for the locked chest along with the block of emerald in Java Edition 1.3.1.

Gallery

• Block of redstone as circuit component.png

  Block of redstone as a circuit component.

• Redblockrails.png

  Example of how blocks of redstone can be used to power rails (from beneath).

References

Redstone

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