Talk:Redstone Torch/Archive 1

Is redstone copper?
Does anyone else think this mysterious "red powder" is similar to this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper%28I%29_oxide

And in its unmined form: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuprite -Rossco 20:32, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
 * There is no doubt in that, good find.--Quatroking - Garble Garble! 00:19, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
 * It's copper...yes, that makes sense. Colordutiful 00:04, 29 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I think so, someone should delete the pages people have been spamming with different names for it and just call it cuprite...--Kingkai8 (what time is it? xD)

Speculative remark
"Useful for raiding parties in multiplayer..." That seems to be implying a lot of unknowns and speculation, IMO --pokemaughan

Efficiency
Since redstone drops at a rate of 4-5 per ore block mined, doesn't this actually mean that redstone torches are at least as efficient as regular torches? Consider: 1 coal block -> 4 torches, 1 redstone block -> 4 to 5 redstone torches. Harbinger0x7c0 18:16, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Just use normal torches, they're brighter and easier to make. By the way, coal is easier to find than redstone. iamninja28

Effected Blocks
This is a problem with most redstone pages, it doesn't say exactly which blocks it will affect. So does it work with the blocks on it's four sides, or the blocks above and below it too?