Redstone Dust

When Redstone Ore is destroyed, it drops 4-5 piles of Redstone Dust. This can be placed on the ground to make Redstone Wire. Redstone can also be crafted into a Redstone Torch. These items can be used in more complex Traps or Redstone circuits.

Other crafting recipes involving Redstone include:
 * A Compass, made by placing 4 iron ingots around a piece of Redstone dust.
 * A Clock, made by placing 4 gold ingots around a piece of Redstone dust.
 * A Dispenser, which involves Redstone, cobblestone, and a bow.
 * A Note Block, made by placing 8 wood planks around a piece of Redstone dust.

Redstone is a "magic" material in the game. Switches and Redstone Torches can provide "magical" power to wires or objects, akin to electrical charge or digital circuits.

The introduction of Redstone was a large step towards interactivity, and brought with it the mechanics of Redstone circuits, making it possible to create circuits linked with switches, buttons, levers, pressure plates and logic gates, which can currently be tied to things like doors, minecart tracks and TNT. It is possible, however, to connect levers, buttons and pressure plates directly to these objects, as Redstone wire is not needed when switches are directly adjacent to objects.

Redstone Dust's appearance resembles Glowstone Dust and, to a lesser extent, Gunpowder and Sugar.

Related pages

 * Redstone
 * Redstone (Wire)
 * Redstone (Ore)
 * Redstone (Torch)
 * Redstone circuits
 * Mechanisms
 * Traps

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