How to Make Sandstone Wall in Minecraft
Sandstone Wall
Sandstone Wall is a desert-village decoration block in Minecraft that turns six sandstone into six matching walls.
Description
Six sandstone blocks filling two full rows of a crafting table yield six Sandstone Walls. A stonecutter converts one sandstone into one Sandstone Wall. Since Java Edition 1.16 and Bedrock Edition 1.16.0, stacked Sandstone Walls leave no vertical gaps. Desert-themed builds use Sandstone Wall for garden borders, courtyard edges, and accents that match surrounding sandstone. Creative inventory keeps Sandstone Wall in the Decoration Blocks tab, ready without crafting.
Block properties
| Item ID |
minecraft:sandstone_wall
|
|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p minecraft:sandstone_wall
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| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Best tool | Pickaxe |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Java Edition | 1.14 |
| Bedrock Edition | 1.9.0 |
Guide
How to craft and use Sandstone Walls in Minecraft
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Gather six sandstone blocks
Collect six sandstone blocks for one crafting batch; the recipe turns six sandstone into six Sandstone Walls.
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Craft six walls on a crafting table
Place the six sandstone blocks in two full horizontal rows — the middle row and the bottom row of the 3×3 grid — and take six Sandstone Walls from the output slot.
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Cut single walls at a stonecutter
A stonecutter turns one sandstone block into one Sandstone Wall, which suits quick single-wall repairs.
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Place walls and mine them with a pickaxe
Place Sandstone Wall like any building block, and mine Sandstone Wall with any pickaxe; mining without a pickaxe drops nothing.
Desert villages generate Sandstone Walls naturally, so a pickaxe collects the block with no crafting at all.
How to craft this block
Sandstone
x6
Frequently asked questions
What is the minimum pickaxe for Sandstone Wall?
A wooden pickaxe is the minimum tier, and every stronger pickaxe works too. Mining Sandstone Wall without a pickaxe drops nothing.
Can lava or fire destroy Sandstone Walls?
Sandstone Wall is not flammable and is not susceptible to lava. Sandstone Wall is also waterloggable (can share its space with a water source).
Since which version do desert villages generate Sandstone Walls?
Java Edition desert villages started generating Sandstone Walls in snapshot 18w50a during the 1.14 cycle; Bedrock Edition villages followed in 1.10.0.
Did Sandstone Wall change in recent Bedrock versions?
Bedrock Edition 1.21.30 decreased the hardness of Sandstone Walls from 2 to 0.8 and gave Sandstone Wall its own block ID separate from cobblestone_wall.
Is Sandstone Wall renewable?
Yes, Sandstone Wall is a renewable block, so a desert-themed project never depends on a finite world supply.