Sandstone

Sandstone and red sandstone are solid blocks, with sandstone commonly found in deserts, and red sandstone found in mesas.

Obtaining
Any sandstone can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, the block will drop nothing and be lost.

Natural generation
Sandstone and red sandstone generate at the lips of cave entrances in desert and mesa biomes, respectively. The amount of sandstone generated here varies highly; some cave entrances may generate a lot of sandstone, where others may not generate any sandstone at all. Sometimes, random patches of sandstone can be found randomly on desert/mesa floors, which is actually a sign of a cave one block below.

Regular sandstone will generate in deserts and beaches, compressed below a few meters of sand blocks. This protects sand from falling into natural caves and ravines, however pools of water will erode through the sandstone, resulting in random floating sand patches which will fall if touched. Red sandstone will not generate beneath red sand, as orange stained clay does this instead.

Naturally generated structures will also be comprised of sandstone if generated in a desert. The desert wells will be made of normal sandstone, NPC villages made of normal and smooth sandstone, and desert temples made of normal, smooth and chiseled sandstone. All of these will also be made partially of sandstone slabs and stairs. No naturally generated structures are currently made of red sandstone.

Usage
Unlike sand, sandstone is not affected by gravity, and it will not fall if placed without a supporting block underneath it.

Data values
Sandstone has the ID name, while red sandstone has the ID name of. Both types of sandstone are further defined by its block data. They also have a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.

Block data

 * Block 24


 * Block 179

Block state

 * sandstone


 * red_sandstone

Trivia

 * The idea of the wither appearing on chiseled red sandstone was suggested by Reddit user ULiopleurodon.