Red Sandstone is a solid block. It is found naturally at entrances of mesa caves, and can also be crafted from red sand. Unlike regular sandstone, it does not generate under the red sand floor, rather, orange stained clay does this job.
Chiseled Red Sandstone is a decorative form of red sandstone with a Wither carving on it.
Smooth Red Sandstone is a decorative form of red sandstone with a smoother texture.
Obtaining
Red sandstone can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, the block is lost.
| Block | Hardness | Tool | Breaking time[A] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Wooden | Stone | Iron | Diamond | Netherite | Golden | Shears | Sword | |||
| Red Sandstone | 0.8 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 | — | — | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation
Red Sandstone generates naturally at most cave entrances in mesa biomes. The amount of Red Sandstone that generates is highly variable; some caves may generate a large amount of Red Sandstone, while others may generate just one block, or even none. Liquid pools will not generate red sandstone, resulting in floating red sand which will fall when updated.
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Red Sandstone | Red Sand | |
| Smooth Red Sandstone | Red Sandstone | |
| Chiseled Red Sandstone | Red Sandstone Slab |
Crafting ingredient
Data values
Red Sandstone/DV
Video
Red Sandstone/video
History
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1.8{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Fire Charge|Fire Charge]]<br/>{{ItemEntity
|image=Fire Charge.png
|invimage=Fire Charge
|durability=
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|networkid='''[[JE]]''': 64
}}
'''Fire charges''' are items that can be {{control|used}} as a single-use version of a [[flint and steel]] or shot as a [[small fireball]] from a [[dispenser]].
== Obtaining ==
=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|fire-charge}}
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|Blaze Powder
|Coal; Charcoal
|Gunpowder
|Output= Fire Charge, 3
|type= Miscellaneous
}}
=== Bartering ===
[[Piglin]]s may [[barter]] 1 fire charge when given a [[gold ingot]].
== Usage ==
[[File:Natural Fire Charge.png|200px|thumb|Dispensing Fire Charge]]
Fire charges can be used as ammunition for [[dispenser]]s, or as a substitute for [[flint and steel]].
When used, it instantly places a [[fire]], similar to flint and steel. The fire charge is consumed in the process. It can prime [[TNT]], light [[Nether portal|nether portals]], [[Campfire|campfires]], [[Candle|candles]], [[Cake|cakes with candles]] and [[creeper]]s{{only|JE}} like flint and steel.
When a fire charge is fired from a dispenser, it shoots a [[small fireball]].
=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}
== Sounds ==
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|rowspan=4
|sound=Ghast fireball4.ogg
|subtitle=Ghast shoots
|source=hostile
|description=When a fireball is shot by a ghast
|id=entity.ghast.shoot
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.ghast.shoot
|volume=10.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16 {{verify}}}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Blaze shoots <ref group=sound name=LousyEvents>{{Bug|MC-98316||Wrong subtitles caused by missing distinction}}</ref>
|source=hostile
|description=When a fire charge is fired from a dispenser or a blaze
|id=entity.blaze.shoot|idnote=<ref group=sound name=LousyEvents/>
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.blaze.shoot|translationkeynote=<ref group=sound name=LousyEvents/>
|volume=2.0
|pitch=0.8–1.2
|distance=32}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Fireball whooshes
|source=block
|description=When a fire charge is used by hand
|id=item.firecharge.use|idnote=<ref group=sound name=nounderscore>{{bug|MC-177457}}</ref>
|translationkey=subtitles.item.firecharge.use|translationkeynote=<ref group=sound name=nounderscore/>
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Fireball whooshes
|source=hostile
|description=When a fire charge is used to light a creeper
|id=item.firecharge.use|idnote=<ref group=sound name=nounderscore/>
|translationkey=subtitles.item.firecharge.use|translationkeynote=<ref group=sound name=nounderscore/>
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Ghast fireball4.ogg
|source=hostile
|description=When something shoots or uses a fire charge
|id=mob.ghast.fireball
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Fire Charge
|spritetype=item
|nameid=fire_charge
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Fire Charge
|spritetype=item
|nameid=fire_charge
|aliasid=fireball
|id=509
|form=item
|translationkey=item.fireball.name
|foot=1}}
=== Entity data ===
{{main|Small Fireball#Entity data}}
== Achievements ==
{{Load achievements|Into the Nether}}
== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|We Need to Go Deeper}}
== Video ==
<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|IiCTxsHg6SQ}}</div>
== History ==
{{for|information pertaining to smallmfireballs (which fire charges produce when shot from a dispenser)|Small Fireball#History}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|[[File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added the fire charge texture. It is currently only used by [[fireball]]s and [[small fireball]]s, both of which are entities, and is not used by any items.}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w04a|Added fire charges, which use the above texture. They can be crafted only with [[coal]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w05a|Fire charges can now be crafted with charcoal.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w38b|The [[sound]] when using the fire charge has now been changed; it now uses the same sound as [[flint and steel]].}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|Fire charges can now be used to craft [[Firework Rocket|fireworks]].}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w31a|The sound when using fire charges to set fire has now been changed; it now uses the same sound as when fired from [[dispenser]]s.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w33c|Fire charges now appear purple and explode with [[dragon's breath]] when fired from dispensers. Whether a true dragon fireball entity is created or if this effect is purely visual is unknown.}}
{{History|||snap=15w44b|Fire charges once again appear as [[small fireball]]s when fired from dispensers.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w40a|The <code>life</code> tag is no longer used for anything, but still saved/read.{{info needed|Is this even relevant to the fire charge, or is it a remnant from the blaze page or something?}}}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 385.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Fire Charge JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of fire charges has now been changed.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w42a|Dispensed fire charges{{info needed|as in the fireball, or a dispenser facing straight into a campfire?}} can now light campfires.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w07a|Fire charges have a {{frac|5|109}} (~4.59%) chance of being given by the new [[piglin]]s when [[bartering]], in a stack size of 1.}}
{{History|||snap=20w09a|Fire charges now have a {{frac|20|226}} (~8.85%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.}}
{{History|||snap=20w10a|Fire charges now have a {{frac|40|411}} (~9.73%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.}}
{{History|||snap=20w11a|Fire charges now have a {{frac|40|417}} (~9.59%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.}}
{{History|||snap=20w13a|Fire charges now have a {{frac|40|424}} (~9.43%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.}}
{{History|||snap=20w16a|Fire charges now generate in [[ruined portal]] chests.}}
{{History|||snap=20w20a|Fire charges now have a {{frac|40|423}} (~9.46%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=20w28a|Fire charges now have a {{frac|40|459}} (~8.71%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1.}}
{{History||1.19.3|snap=Pre-release 2|Fire charges can now be {{control|use|text=used}} to forcibly detonate [[creeper]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-185618|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.19.4|snap=23w06a|Added the [[fire charge]] to the "Ingredients" tab in the creative inventory.}}
{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added fire charges.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Fire charges can now be used to craft [[firework star]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Fire Charge JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of fire charges has now been changed.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.57|Fire charges can now be obtained from bartering with piglin.
|Fire charges can now be found in [[ruined portal]] chests.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.56|The ID of fire charges has been changed from <code>fireball</code> to <code>fire_charge</code>.}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU9|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added fire charges.}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|Fire charges now make [[sound]]s when igniting [[block]]s.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Fire Charge JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of fire charges has now been changed.}}
{{History|3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added fire charges.}}
{{History|foot}}
== Issues ==
{{issue list}}
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
GodPortal.png|A fire charge found in a [[ruined portal]] chest, together with an [[enchanted golden apple]].
</gallery>
== See also ==
* [[Flint and Steel]]
* [[Dragon Fireball]]
* [[Ghast]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory-fire-charge Taking Inventory: Fire Charge] – Minecraft.net on January 11, 2019
{{Items}}
[[Category:Recipe using Charcoal]]
[[cs:Ohnivá koule]]
[[de:Feuerkugel]]
[[es:Carga ígnea]]
[[fr:Boule de feu]]
[[hu:Tűzgolyó]]
[[ja:ファイヤーチャージ]]
[[ko:화염구]]
[[nl:Vuurbal]]
[[pl:Ognista kula]]
[[pt:Bola de fogo]]
[[ru:Огненный шар]]
[[th:ลูกไฟ]]
[[zh:火焰弹]]</li><li>[[Suspicious Stew|Suspicious Stew]]<br/>{{For|the block|Suspicious Sand}}
{{Item
| title = Suspicious Stew
| heals = {{hunger|6}}
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = No
|effects=See {{slink||Food}}
}}
'''Suspicious stew''' is a [[food]] item that can give the [[player]] a [[effect|status effect]] that depends on the [[flower]] used to craft it.
== Obtaining ==
{{IN|Bedrock}}, suspicious stew is the only food item in the game that can be obtained from the [[Creative]] inventory only by searching. However, it can be crafted and can also be found in [[shipwreck]] chests. Suspicious stew can be given with [[commands]] like {{cmd|give}}, but {{in|java}}, unless NBT data like that listed in the data values section is included, consuming it has no effect and still restores the same hunger points as a normal suspicious stew. In [[Bedrock Edition]], giving the player a suspicious stew through commands causes the stew to choose an allowable status effect at random.
=== Harvesting ===
Suspicious stew can be obtained by "milking" a brown [[mooshroom]] with a [[bowl]] after using a small flower on it. When a small flower is used on a brown mooshroom, the brown mooshrom produces a suspicious stew related to that small flower the next time it is milked with a bowl. Red mooshrooms do not produce suspicious stew. The brown mooshroom returns to producing [[mushroom stew]] until fed another small flower.
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|Red Mushroom
|Brown Mushroom
|Bowl
|Any Flower
|Output=Suspicious Stew
|shapeless=true
|type=Foodstuff
}}
Suspicious stew is not listed in the recipe book. However, it can be quickly assembled by clicking the [[Mushroom Stew|mushroom stew]] recipe and adding one small flower to it.
=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|suspicious-stew}}
=== Mob loot ===
After being given a flower, a brown [[mooshroom]] can be "milked" for suspicious stew by {{control|using}} a [[bowl]] on it. The flower type determines the stew's effect using the same rule as a crafted stew. Milking a red mooshroom after feeding it a flower does not yield a suspicious stew specific to that flower.
=== Trading ===
{{IN|java}}, expert-level farmer [[villager]]s can offer either 1 or 2 suspicious stew trades, each stew for one [[emerald]].
{{IN|bedrock}}, expert-level farmer villager offers to sell suspicious stew for one emerald as well.
The [[trading]] interface does not indicate the type of suspicious stew being sold, but each trade entry consistently yields the same type of stew, so the player can remember or make a note of the types offered by a given villager, such as "this villager's first stew gives [[blindness]], and their second entry gives saturation".
== Usage ==
=== Food ===
{{see also|Tutorials/Hunger management}}
To eat suspicious stew, press and hold {{control|use}} while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores {{hunger|6}} hunger and 7.2 hunger [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]] and gives a few seconds of a [[effect|status effect]] that varies depending on which flower was used to craft it. The effect is not displayed in the tooltip, texture, etc., meaning that the player cannot know in advance what the effect is without knowing which flower was used.
{{/Effects}}
The [[bowl]] is emptied and returned to the player after the suspicious stew has been eaten, and can be re-used to craft more stews. Unlike most foods, suspicious stew can be eaten even if the player's hunger bar is full.
The Saturation effect effectively makes those two stews a superfood: In those 6 or 7 ticks it can restore up to 6(7) hunger and 12(14) saturation points ''on top of'' their food value, for a total of at least {{hunger|12}} hunger, and effectively maximizing saturation. This is the largest amount of hunger and saturation the player can get from a single food item. Regeneration can restore up to {{Health|3}} health, and Poison or Wither can inflict up to {{Health|4}} damage.
Consuming suspicious stew is the only way to obtain the Saturation and Blindness effects in vanilla ''Minecraft'' without the use of commands.
== Sounds ==
=== Generic ===
{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}
=== Unique ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Mooshroom eat1.ogg
|sound2=Mooshroom eat2.ogg
|sound3=Mooshroom eat3.ogg
|sound4=Mooshroom eat4.ogg
|subtitle=Mooshroom eats
|source=neutral
|description=Plays when a brown mooshroom is fed a flower.
|id=entity.mooshroom.eat
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.mooshroom.eat
|volume=2.0
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Can be 1.0, 0.95, or 1.05 for each sound</ref>
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Mooshroom milk1.ogg
|sound2=Mooshroom milk2.ogg
|sound3=Mooshroom milk3.ogg
|subtitle=Mooshroom gets milked suspiciously
|source=neutral
|description=Plays when a brown mooshroom is milked with a bowl after being fed a flower.
|id=entity.mooshroom.suspicious_milk
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.mooshroom.suspicious_milk
|volume=1.0
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Can be 1.0, 0.9, or 1.1 for each sound</ref>
|distance=16
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Mooshroom eat1.ogg
|sound2=Mooshroom eat2.ogg
|sound3=Mooshroom eat3.ogg
|sound4=Mooshroom eat4.ogg
|subtitle=Mooshroom eats
|source=Friendly Creatures
|description=When a brown mooshroom is fed a flower
|id=mob.mooshroom.eat
|volume=1.0/0.95/1.05
|pitch=0.8-1.2}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Mooshroom milk1.ogg
|sound2=Mooshroom milk2.ogg
|sound3=Mooshroom milk3.ogg
|subtitle=Mooshroom gets milked
|source=Friendly Creatures
|description=When a mooshroom is milked with a bowl
|id=mob.mooshroom.suspicious_milk
|volume=1.0/0.9/1.1
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Suspicious Stew
|spritetype=item
|nameid=suspicious_stew
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Suspicious Stew
|spritetype=item
|nameid=suspicious_stew
|id=590
|form=item
|foot=1}}
=== Item data ===
{{IN|je}}, suspicious stew uses the following NBT data:
<div class="treeview">
* {{nbt|compound|tag}}: The item's '''tag''' tag.
{{:Player.dat format/Suspicious Stew}}
</div>
=== Metadata ===
{{IN|be}}, suspicious stew uses the following data values:
{{dvt|spritetype=item|sprite=suspicious-stew|{{EffectLink|Night Vision}} from {{BlockLink|Poppy}}}}
{{dvt|sprite=suspicious-stew|{{EffectLink|Jump Boost}}}}
{{dvt|sprite=suspicious-stew|{{EffectLink|Weakness}}}}
{{dvt|sprite=suspicious-stew|{{EffectLink|Blindness}}}}
{{dvt|sprite=suspicious-stew|{{EffectLink|Poison}}}}
{{dvt|sprite=suspicious-stew|{{EffectLink|Saturation}} from {{BlockLink|Dandelion}}}}
{{dvt|sprite=suspicious-stew|{{EffectLink|Saturation}} from {{BlockLink|Blue Orchid}}}}
{{dvt|spritetype=item|sprite=suspicious-stew|{{EffectLink|Fire Resistance}}}}
{{dvt|sprite=suspicious-stew|{{EffectLink|Regeneration}}}}
{{dvt|sprite=suspicious-stew|{{EffectLink|Wither}}}}
{{dvt|sprite=suspicious-stew|{{EffectLink|Night Vision}} from {{BlockLink|Torchflower}}|foot=1}}
== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Time for Stew}}
== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|A Furious Cocktail;How Did We Get Here;Husbandry;A Balanced Diet}}
== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Suspicious Stew JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added suspicious stew.
|Suspicious stew is not obtainable in the [[Creative inventory]].}}
{{History|||snap=19w08a|Suspicious stew can be obtained by milking brown [[mooshroom]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|[[Trading]] has been changed, expert-level farmer villagers now sell suspicious stew for an [[emerald]].}}
{{History||1.14.4|snap=Pre-Release 1|Suspicious stew made from [[poppies]] now gives [[Night Vision]] to the [[player]] instead of [[Speed]].}}
{{History||1.16|snap=Pre-release 1|Mooshrooms can now be milked for suspicious stew in Creative mode.<ref>{{bug|MC-90969}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w13a|Suspicious stew can now be eaten even if the player is at full [[hunger]].}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w13a|Suspicious stew may now be found in [[ancient city]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.19.3|snap=22w45a|Suspicious stew is now available in the [[Creative]] [[inventory]].}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|Suspicious stew now drops when brushing [[suspicious sand]] in [[desert well]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=1.19.4-pre1|[[Torchflower]]s can now be used to make suspicious stew.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|The probability for the suspicious stew to generate in the [[suspicious sand]] in [[desert well]] has been changed from 1/7 to 1/8.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.13.0|snap=beta 1.13.0.9|[[File:Suspicious Stew JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added suspicious stew.
|Suspicious stew is not obtainable in the Creative inventory.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.13.0.15|Master-level farmer [[villager]]s can now [[trading|sell]] suspicious stew.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.57|[[Trading]] has been changed, expert-level farmer villagers now sell suspicious stew for an [[emerald]].}}
{{History||1.20.0<br>(Experimental)|link=Bedrock Edition 1.19.70|snap=beta 1.19.70.23|Suspicious stew now drops when brushing [[suspicious sand]] in [[desert well]]s.}}
{{History||1.20.10|Added one type of suspicious stew to the Items tab in the Creative inventory.}}
{{History||1.20.30|snap=beta 1.20.20.20|Suspicious stew can no longer be found in the Creative inventory.}}
{{History|foot}}
== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}
== Trivia ==
* Suspicious stew was introduced because developers wanted a way of communicating that [[wikipedia:Lily_of_the_valley|lilies of the valley]] are poisonous.<ref>{{ytl|YUM7XiEX1DI|Items: Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft @ 3:32|Minecraft|November 29, 2019|t=212s}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
<references group="loot"/>
{{Items}}
[[Category:Food]]
[[de:Seltsame Suppe]]
[[es:Estofado sospechoso]]
[[fr:Soupe suspecte]]
[[ja:怪しげなシチュー]]
[[ko:수상한 스튜]]
[[nl:Geheimzinnige stoofpot]]
[[pl:Podejrzana potrawka]]
[[pt:Ensopado suspeito]]
[[ru:Подозрительный суп]]
[[th:สตูว์พิศวง]]
[[zh:迷之炖菜]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]</li></ul> | August 5, 2014 | Dinnerbone tweets a screenshot containing red sandstone. | |||
| 14w32a | Added red sandstone. Before this update, mesa caves would be coated with regular sandstone instead. | ||||
Trivia
- The idea of the Wither appearing on Chiseled Red Sandstone was suggested by Reddit user ULiopleurodon.[1]
- Jeb stated that "maybe one day" he might design a desert temple-like structure to generate in mesas, using Red Sandstone and its variants.[2]
- The Red sandstone slab was the first to use a separate block ID from the rest of the stone slabs were to them being already occupied, similarly to the wood species added in 1.7. This is also why red sandstone slabs could not be used to craft armor stands in the initial 14w32a release, until the only usable slab became the stone slab.
Gallery
References

