Redstone Ore

This article is about the ore. For the item, see Redstone Dust. For the powered mineral block, see Block of Redstone.

Redstone Ore

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Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	Redstone Ore: 3 Deepslate Redstone Ore: 4.5
Luminant	Yes (9) (when lit)
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Redstone ore is the ore block from which redstone is obtained.

Deepslate redstone ore is a variant found in the deepslate layer of the world, below Y=0‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.18]} or within the deepslate and tuff blobs from Y=16 to Y=0 ‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.17]}, as it generates whenever redstone ore replace deepslate or tuff.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Redstone ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of blobs. Redstone ore attempts to generate 8 times per chunk in blobs of size 0–10, from altitudes 1 to 16, in all biomes. On average they generate 29.5 ores per chunk.

‌In Java Edition 1.18‌^[upcoming], redstone ore generates in two batches per chunk. The first batch attempts to generate 4 time per chunk, in blobs of 0–10, evenly from levels -63 to 15. The second batch attempts to generate 8 times per chunk, in blobs of 0–10, from levels -63 to -34, being more common the lower the elevation. Redstone ore can replace stone, granite, diorite, andesite, tuff, and deepslate. If it replaces tuff or deepslate, it will become deepslate redstone ore.

Breaking

Redstone ore must be mined with an iron pickaxe or higher to drop redstone dust. When mined, it drops 4–5 redstone dust (or more with Fortune, averaging at 6 redstone dust with Fortune level 3). If mined with Silk Touch, it drops itself instead of redstone dust.

Block	Redstone Ore	Deepslate Redstone Ore
Hardness	3	4.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	15	22.5
Wooden	7.5	11.25
Stone	3.75	5.65
Iron	0.75	1.15
Diamond	0.6	0.85
Netherite	0.5	0.75
Golden	1.25	1.9

Usage

Light

Redstone ore produces light (strength 9) and red particles when clicked, updated, or contacted by any mob (exception being a sneaking player). This effect continues until the redstone ore block receives a random block tick (averaging 68.27 seconds). This effect does not actually produce redstone power, but the block changes can be detected with an observer or a block update detector.

Subsequent clickings on a redstone ore block causes it to emit an extra burst of particles per click.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Redstone Dust	Redstone Ore or Deepslate Redstone Ore + Any fuel	0.7

Note Blocks

Redstone ore can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.ogg	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	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
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.ogg	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.ogg	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
?	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
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.ogg	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	0.8

Data values

File:Redstone Ore lit.gif

A redstone ore that glows and emits particles in the dark.

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Form	Translation key
Redstone Ore	redstone_ore	Block & Item	block.minecraft.redstone_ore
Deepslate Redstone Ore	deepslate_redstone_ore	Block & Item	block.minecraft.deepslate_redstone_ore

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Redstone Ore	redstone_ore	73	Block & Item	tile.redstone_ore.name
Lit Redstone Ore	lit_redstone_ore	74	Block	tile.lit_redstone_ore.name
Deepslate Redstone Ore	deepslate_redstone_ore	658	Block & Item	tile.deepslate_redstone_ore.name
Lit Deepslate Redstone Ore	lit_deepslate_redstone_ore	659	Block	tile.lit_deepslate_redstone_ore.name

Block states

See also: Block states

History

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					32px Added redstone ore in Seecret Friday Update 3.
					The mining time of redstone ore takes far longer compared to other ores (4.5 seconds with iron pickaxe).
July 7, 2010					Redstone ore now has a name (previously all redstone-related blocks had no official name).
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			The mining time of redstone ore has been significantly reduced - it now has the same mining time as other ores.
1.3.1		12w22a			Mining redstone ore, along with other ores, now gives the player experience orbs. One stack of redstone ore gives roughly 10 levels of experience.
1.13		17w47a			The different block IDs for the redstone ore have been merged into 1 ID.
					A lit block state has been added to redstone ore.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 73 and 74.
1.14		18w43a			32px The texture of redstone ore has been changed.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		21w07a			32px The texture of redstone ore has been changed.
		February 17, 2021			32px Henrik Kniberg shows grimstone variant of redstone ore.
		February 18, 2021			32px JAPPA shows new texture grimstone variant of redstone ore.
		February 22, 2021			32px 32px JAPPA shows updated redstone ore and grimstone variant of redstone ore.
		21w08a			32px Added deepslate redstone ore.
					32px The texture of redstone ore has been changed again.
					Added redstone_ores block tag.
		21w10a			32px The texture of deepslate redstone ore has been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0					32px Added redstone ore.
v0.4.0					Redstone ore added to creative mode.
v0.8.0		build 2			Redstone ore now drops redstone when mined.
v0.12.1		build 1			Redstone ore can now be obtained if mined with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch.
v0.13.0		build 1			Redstone ore now emits light and red particles when walked on.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			32px The texture of redstone ore has been changed.
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.50			32px The texture of redstone ore has been changed.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.230		beta 1.16.230.52			32px Added deepslate redstone ore.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	32px Added redstone ore.
		1.90			32px The texture of redstone ore has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					32px Added redstone ore.

Lit redstone ore "item"

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Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					32px Lit redstone ore has an unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID, which is probably identical to the model of its normal, unlit form. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 74.
Java Edition Beta
1.0					The item is generically labelled "Redstone Ore" in the inventory.
1.6		Test Build 3			32px Block items have changed in this version to be brighter and mirrored from their prior appearances.
					Lit redstone ore items can be obtained from the newly added debug chests, mainly from the 16th slot of the 3rd chest from the left, and the 27th slot of the 5th chest from the left.
		release			Debug chests no longer spawn, preventing lit redstone ore items from being obtained this way.
1.8		Pre-release			32px Block items are now far brighter than before.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4			Lit redstone ore can be obtained with the Silk Touch enchantment by breaking a block with an appropriate tool enchanted with it.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			Lit redstone ore can no longer be obtained via Silk Touch.
		RC2			32px Block items are now more shaded again.
1.3.1		12w16a			Lit redstone ore can now be obtained as an item in singleplayer worlds via the /give command using the respective numeric ID.
		12w22a			32px Block items have been flipped back to their pre-Beta 1.6 orientations.
1.4.2		12w34a			32px Block items have been brightened to an almost unnoticable degree.
1.7.2		13w37a			The direct item form of lit redstone ore has been removed from the game. It can no longer exist as an item in any way, only as a placed block.
Pocket Edition Alpha
?					Lit redstone ore exists as an item.
v0.1.0					32px Interestingly, lit redstone ore has a distinct defined item sprite in gui_blocks.png, despite being unobtainable normally.
v0.2.0					Lit redstone ore no longer has an item sprite.

Issues

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Gallery

• Redstonemass.png

  Lots of ore.

• Three redstone ore near lava.png

  A blob of redstone ore next to some lava.

• Redstoneores.png

  Multiple natural blobs of redstone in to the cave.

• RedstoneOreInMine.png

  Redstone ore in a mine.

• RedstoneOre.png

  4 blocks of redstone ore.

• Natural Diamond Ore.png

  Naturally generated diamond and redstone ores in a cave.

• Deepslate redstone and gold 21w08b.png

  Deepslate redstone ore and Gold Ore, as seen in 21w08b.

• Multiple ores.png

  Multiple ores, found in the new big cave.

• New texture redstone ore.png

  The new texture of redstone ore, seen in beta 1.16.220.50 next to the lava.

• Deep ores.png

  Naturaly generated Diamond Ore, redstone ore and Lapis Lazuli Ore found in a Canyon. Check the image for seed and cords.

See also

• Mechanisms
• Traps

References

Redstone

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