Block of Redstone

A block of redstone (also known as redstone block) acts as a piston-movable redstone power source which cannot be turned off.

Obtaining
Blocks of redstone can be crafted from redstone.

Usage
A block of redstone can be used as a redstone power source, and can be crafted back into redstone.

As a crafting ingredient
Blocks of redstone can be crafted back into redstone, and thus provide compact storage for redstone like other blocks of minerals (block of iron, block of gold, etc.).

As a redstone component


To place a block of redstone, use the "Use Item/Place Block" control (right-click, by default).

Blocks of redstone are always active and cannot be turned off. A block of redstone:
 * powers any adjacent redstone dust, including above or below, to power level 15
 * powers any adjacent redstone comparators or redstone repeaters facing away from the block of redstone to power level 15
 * activates any adjacent mechanism components, including above or below, such as pistons, redstone lamps, etc.

Adjacent opaque blocks will not be powered.

If a redstone torch is attached to a block of redstone, it will deactivate after 1 redstone tick and will not reactivate.

A block of redstone can be moved by a piston, and water and lava will flow around a block of redstone without affecting it.

To remove a block of redstone, use the "Attack/Destroy" control (left-click, by default). A block of redstone takes up to 3.75 seconds to remove with a pickaxe and will drop itself as an item. If removed by hand, it takes 25 seconds and the block of redstone will not drop itself as an item.

Trivia

 * Even though redstone ore must be mined with iron or diamond pickaxes, blocks of redstone can be mined with any pickaxe.
 * As the block of redstone is not fully opaque, chests can be opened when covered by one. Also, non-solid blocks such as ladders cannot be placed onto its sides.

Gallery
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