Redstone Ore

Redstone ore was introduced in Minecraft Alpha, version 1.0.1_01, and requires no smelting to be used. The material is common and can often be found in tiny ores (generally, a vein of redstone contains 2–6 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. When struck or stepped on, redstone ore will emit light and dust particles for a few seconds.

Redstone ore drops approximately 4–5 piles of redstone dust when destroyed with Pickaxes made of Iron or Diamond. Redstone dust requires no smelting to be used.

If you click on or step on a redstone ore, it will emit light of level 9.


 * Note: Map areas generated before the Redstone Update was applied will not contain Redstone.

Related pages

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

Redstone (Erz)