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How to Make Red Sandstone in Minecraft

Red Sandstone — Minecraft block

Red Sandstone

Red Sandstone converts four Red Sand into one building block that never falls like Red Sand, forming the base of badlands-style walls and floors.

Block ID minecraft:red_sandstone
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Red Sandstone is a building block crafted from four Red Sand in a 2×2 crafting grid. Unlike Red Sand, Red Sandstone is never affected by gravity. Breaking Red Sandstone requires a pickaxe — even a wooden one works — because mining without a pickaxe drops nothing. Red Sandstone has a hardness of 0.8, a blast resistance of 0.8, stacks to 64, and appeared in Java Edition 1.8 and Bedrock Edition 0.14.0. In Java Edition, Red Sandstone generates where floating Red Sand appears in badlands, most often at cave entrances — generation restored in version 1.18. Bedrock Edition generates red sandstone platforms that support red sand beneath village buildings in badlands.

A crafting table turns Red Sandstone into matching parts: three blocks give six slabs, six give four stairs, six give six walls, and four give four cut blocks. A stonecutter converts a single Red Sandstone into stairs, walls, cut or chiseled versions, or two slabs. A furnace smelts Red Sandstone into smooth red sandstone, a variant Java Edition added in 1.14. Wandering traders sell Red Sand in Java Edition, making Red Sandstone renewable — a trade added in 1.14 — while Bedrock Edition wandering traders stopped selling red sandstone in 1.16. The warm red tone suits badlands outposts, terraces, and accent walls without the falling behavior of Red Sand.

Block properties

Item ID minecraft:red_sandstone
/give command /give @p minecraft:red_sandstone
Stackable Yes (64)
Best tool Pickaxe
Renewable Yes
Hardness 0.8
Blast resistance 0.8
Java Edition 1.8
Bedrock Edition 0.14.0

Guide

How to Craft Red Sandstone in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Collect four Red Sand

    Travel to badlands and dig four Red Sand, or buy Red Sand from a wandering trader in Java Edition.

  2. 2

    Fill a 2×2 crafting grid

    Place the four Red Sand in a square on a crafting grid to craft one Red Sandstone.

  3. 3

    Mine with a pickaxe

    Break placed Red Sandstone with any pickaxe, wooden or better, because mining without a pickaxe drops nothing.

  4. 4

    Shape blocks on a stonecutter

    Use a stonecutter to turn one Red Sandstone into stairs, walls, cut or chiseled versions, or two slabs.

  5. 5

    Smelt for the smooth variant

    Put Red Sandstone and fuel into a furnace to smelt smooth red sandstone for clean surfaces.

Red Sandstone does not fall

Unlike Red Sand, Red Sandstone ignores gravity, so overhangs and floating edges keep their shape without support blocks.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Red Sand Red Sand x4
Crafting
Red Sand Red Sand
Red Sand Red Sand
Red Sandstone
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Red Sandstone

Used in crafts

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Frequently asked questions

When could you buy Red Sandstone from wandering traders?

Bedrock Edition wandering traders sold Red Sandstone from version 1.11 until trading changed in 1.16. Java Edition wandering traders sell Red Sand, and four Red Sand craft into one Red Sandstone.

How much Red Sand does a full stack need?

A stack holds 64 Red Sandstone blocks, and each one costs four Red Sand, so a full stack takes 256 Red Sand.

Did Red Sandstone always generate at cave entrances?

No. Red Sandstone generated in badlands caves in Java 1.8, stopped generating naturally in Java 1.10, and returned at cave entrances in Java 1.18.

Is Red Sandstone flammable?

No, Red Sandstone is not flammable and does not catch fire from lava contact.