Sandstone


Obtaining

Any sandstone can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, the block will drop nothing and be lost.

Block
Sandstone


Red Sandstone
Hardness 0.8
Tool
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Hand 4
Wooden 0.65
Stone 0.35
Iron 0.2
Diamond 0.2
Golden 0.1
  1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Info

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Trivia

  • The idea of the wither appearing on chiseled red sandstone was suggested by Reddit user ULiopleurodon.

Natural generation

Regular sandstone will generate in deserts and beaches, compressed below a few meters of sand blocks. This protects sand from falling into natural caves and ravines. Red sandstone will not generate beneath red sand, as orange stained clay does this instead.

Naturally-generated structures will also comprise normal sandstone if generated in a desert. The desert wells Every specific group of blocks purposefully formed in Minecraft based on coding is part of a natural structure. Contents 1 The Overworld 1.1 Terrain 1.1.1 Mountain 1.1.2 Floating "island" 1.1.3 Hollows 1.1.4 Hill 1.1.5 Beach minecraft will be made of normal sandstone, NPC villages Village Biome Plains, desert, savanna, taiga Consists of See Structure Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History See villages. For how to build the natural village style, see Village Blueprints. “ minecraft made of normal and smooth sandstone, and desert temples Desert Temple Biome Desert Consists of See Blocks Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History Desert temples are generated structures. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 Loot 2.2 Blocks 3 Video 4 History 5 minecraft made of normal, smooth and chiseled sandstone. All of these will also be made partially of sandstone slabs and stairs. No naturally generated structures are made of red sandstone.

Crafting

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft Ingredients Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid minecraft recipe
Sandstoneor
Red Sandstone
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Smooth Sandstoneor
Smooth Red Sandstone
Sandstoneor
Red Sandstone
Chiseled Sandstoneor
Chiseled Red Sandstone
Sandstone Slabor
Red Sandstone Slab














Usage

Unlike sand Sand Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Smelted: 0.1 Drops Itself Data values Sand dec: 120 hex: C0 bin: 11000 Red Sand dec: 121 hex: C1 bin: 11001 Name sand This minecraft , sandstone is not affected by gravity, and it will not fall if placed without a supporting block underneath it.

Crafting ingredient

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft Ingredients Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid minecraft recipe
Red Sandstone Slab Any Red Sandstone
Red Sandstone Stairs Any Red Sandstone
Sandstone Slab Any Sandstone
Sandstone Stairs Any Sandstone

Data values

Sandstone has the ID name minecraft:sandstone, while red sandstone has the ID name of minecraft:red_sandstone. Both types of sandstone are further defined by its block data. They also have a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.

Block data

See also: Data values
Block 24
DV Description

0 Sandstone

1 Chiseled sandstone

2 Smooth sandstone
Block 179
DV Description

0 Red Sandstone

1 Chiseled Red Sandstone

2 Smooth Red Sandstone

Block state

See also: Block states
sandstone
Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft Value Description

⃂type
sandstone
Sandstone
chiseled_sandstone
Chiseled Sandstone
smooth_sandstone
Smooth Sandstone
red_sandstone
Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft Value Description

⃂type
red_sandstone
Red Sandstone
smooth_red_sandstone
Smooth Red Sandstone
chiseled_red_sandstone
Chiseled Red Sandstone

Video

History

Beta
1.2 Sandstone.png Added sandstone.
1.3 Sandstone is now found below three blocks of naturally generated sand Sand Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Smelted: 0.1 Drops Itself Data values Sand dec: 120 hex: C0 bin: 11000 Red Sand dec: 121 hex: C1 bin: 11001 Name sand This minecraft .
Added the ability to craft sandstone slabs from sandstone.
1.8 Sandstone does not occur naturally in chunks generated in this version.
1.8.1 Resolved the issue from Beta 1.8.
Official release
1.2.1 SandstoneGlyphs-Unused.png SandstoneFace-Unused.png Two textures were added to the terrain.png and were to be/would have been used as decorative sandstone variants; be that as it may, these textures did not appear in the game at the time.
1.2.4 Chiseled Sandstone.pngSmooth Sandstone.png The textures added in 1.2 were changed, and the blocks which use them were actually implemented, using the same in-game name as regular sandstone.
1.3.1 12w19a Distinct names (chiseled sandstone and smooth sandstone) were given to the variants of sandstone. Before this update, chiseled sandstone was often referred to as hieroglyphic sandstone or decorative sandstone.
12w21a Added desert temples Desert Temple Biome Desert Consists of See Blocks Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History Desert temples are generated structures. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 Loot 2.2 Blocks 3 Video 4 History 5 minecraft , which use all three variants of sandstone as building materials.
Added sandstone stairs.
12w21b Added crafting recipe for sandstone stairs.
1.8 14w20a Sandstone now generates at the entrances of caves.
14w29a Smooth sandstone can no longer be crafted into itself.
Aug. 5, 2014 Dinnerbone tweets a screenshot containing red sandstone.
14w32a Red Sandstone.pngSmooth Red Sandstone.pngChiseled Red Sandstone.png Added red sandstone.
Red sandstone now generates at mesa caves instead of sandstone.
1.10 16w20a Sandstone no longer generates at the entrances of caves; the sand is now left unsupported in these locations.
Red sandstone now no longer generates naturally, as it only ever generated at the entrances of caves.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0 Sandstone.png Added regular sandstone.
0.6.0 Chiseled Sandstone.pngSmooth Sandstone.png Added chiseled and smooth sandstone. Sandstone is now crafted in the stonecutter.
0.7.3 Sandstone stairs were made craftable.
0.13.0 build 1 Sandstone is no longer crafted in the stonecutter.
0.14.0 build 1 Red Sandstone.pngSmooth Red Sandstone.pngChiseled Red Sandstone.png Added red sandstone.
Console Edition
TU1 CU1 1.0 Patch 1 Sandstone.png Added sandstone.
Chiseled Sandstone.pngSmooth Sandstone.png Added the variants of sandstone. They would drop the original sandstone upon breaking.
TU14 1.04 Added crafting recipes for smooth & chiseled sandstone.
Smooth and chiseled sandstone now drop themselves.
TU31 CU19 1.22 Patch 3 Red Sandstone.pngSmooth Red Sandstone.pngChiseled Red Sandstone.png Added red sandstone and its variants.

Issues

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