Block of Redstone

A block of redstone acts as a piston-movable redstone power source that cannot be turned off.

Obtaining
Blocks of redstone can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

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

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.).

Redstone component


To place a block of redstone, use the control.

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 (doors, redstone lamps, etc.), including above or below, with the exception of pistons, which cannot be activated by any power source directly in front of them

Adjacent opaque blocks are not powered.

If a redstone torch is attached to a block of redstone, it deactivates after 1 redstone tick and does not reactivate (which is normal behavior for a redstone torch attached to a powered block).

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

Trivia

 * As the block of redstone is not fully opaque, chests can be opened when covered by one. Also, two non-solid blocks, namely ladders and tripwire hooks, cannot be placed onto its sides.
 * In earlier Java Edition 1.5 snapshots, its texture was used for the locked chest along with the block of emerald in Java Edition 1.3.1.