Redstone Ore

Redstone ore is quite common and typically appears in veins containing 1–8 blocks. It shows up at elevations ranging from 1 to 19 blocks above the bottom of the map (for comparison, sea level is around 64 blocks above the bottom of the map). Below elevation 18, it occurs in about 0.7% of rock. Redstone is very commonly found near lava, sometimes in the vicinity of Gold or Diamond.



Redstone ore requires no smelting to be used, instead dropping 4–5 piles of Redstone Dust when destroyed with Pickaxes made of Iron or Diamond.

If you click on (left or right) or step on a redstone ore, it will emit light of level 9. Though it is called an "ore" it is not a metal and cannot be smelted into a pure substance.

Related pages

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

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