A block of redstone acts as a piston-movable redstone power source that cannot be turned off.
Obtaining
Breaking
Blocks of redstone can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.
| Block | Block of Redstone | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 5 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | 25 | |
| Wooden | 3.75 | |
| Stone | 1.9 | |
| Iron | 1.25 | |
| Diamond | 0.95 | |
| Netherite | 0.85 | |
| Golden | 0.65 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Redstone Dust |
Usage
A block of redstone can be used as a redstone power source and can be crafted back into redstone. It can also be used as storage when you have too much redstone dust in your inventory from mining.
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.).
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Redstone Dust | Block of Redstone |
Redstone component
A block of redstone powers dust and repeaters, deactivates attached torches, and activate mechanisms (left) – but does not power adjacent opaque blocks (right).
To place a block of redstone, use the Place Block 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. Water and lava flows around a block of redstone without affecting it.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.2 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.2 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 1.25 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.5 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 1.1-1.2 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | use | 1.0 | 1.2-1.25 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.3 | 0.75 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.35 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Block of Redstone | redstone_block | block.minecraft.redstone_block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block of Redstone | redstone_block | 152 | tile.redstone_block.name |
History
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 13w01a | ||||
| The unused locked chest texture has been changed to have a block of redstone texture on the side, due to the redstone block taking up its texture space. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 152. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w10a | Blocks of redstone can now support ladders and tripwire hooks.[1] | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.11.0 | build 1 | ||||
| The only purpose of blocks of redstone is to store redstone dust. | |||||
| 0.13.0 | build 1 | Redstone blocks now have a proper purpose. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| 1.90 | |||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Block of Redstone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- As the block of redstone is not fully opaque, chests can be opened when covered by one.
- 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.

