Redstone Ore

 For the advanced Redstone circuitry, see Redstone circuits. Redstone ore is the form that Redstone takes when generated in a Beta map. The block was added on Alpha version 1.0.1 (Seecret Friday update 3) on July 3, 2010.

Redstone ore drops 4 - 5 piles of Redstone dust when mined with a Iron Pickaxe or better. Redstone ore forms in veins made up of 1 - 8 blocks. This makes it relatively easy to obtain large amounts of Redstone.

If a player left or right clicks on, or an Entity moves or falls on Redstone ore, the block will emit level 9 light.

Redstone ore veins form at elevations from 1 to 19 meters above the bottom of the map. Below elevation 18, it occurs in about 0.7% of the Stone layer in a map. Redstone ore is commonly found near lava, sometimes in the vicinity of Gold ore or Diamond ore.



Trivia

 * Though it is called an "ore" it is not a metal and cannot be smelted into a pure substance.
 * When added to the game, all Redstone related blocks had no official name. In 1.0.4, July 9, 2010, the name Redstone was given by Notch after demands from the community.

Related pages

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

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