Sandstone is a solid block commonly found in deserts and beaches underneath sand.
Red sandstone is a related block, associated with red sand.
Obtaining[]
Breaking[]
Sandstone can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, the block drops nothing.
Block | Sandstone Chiseled Sandstone Cut Sandstone Red Sandstone Chiseled Red Sandstone Cut Red Sandstone |
Smooth Sandstone Smooth Red Sandstone | |
---|---|---|---|
Hardness | 0.8 | 2 | |
Tool | |||
Breaking time[A] | |||
Default | 4 | 10 | |
Wooden | 0.6 | 1.5 | |
Stone | 0.3 | 0.75 | |
Iron | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
Diamond | 0.15 | 0.4 | |
Netherite | 0.15 | 0.35 | |
Golden | 0.1 | 0.25 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation[]
Regular sandstone generates in deserts and beaches, compressed underneath several blocks of sand. Regular sandstone generates at noise cave entrances in desert and beach biomes, and red sandstone generates at noise cave entrances in badlands biomes.
If a village generates some buildings inside of a badlands biome, any floating platform surrounding village buildings generate with red sandstone below red sand.
Many structures that generate in deserts are made of sandstone. Desert wells are made of normal sandstone, desert villages made of normal, cut, and smooth sandstone, and desert pyramids are made of normal, cut, and chiseled sandstone. Additionally, warm underwater ruins are made greatly of sandstone variants. All the aforementioned structures use sandstone blocks, slabs, stairs, and walls. No naturally generated structures are made of red sandstone.
Crafting[]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|---|
Sandstone or Red Sandstone |
Sand or Red Sand |
|
Cut Sandstone or Cut Red Sandstone |
Sandstone or Red Sandstone |
|
Chiseled Sandstone or Chiseled Red Sandstone |
Sandstone Slab or Red Sandstone Slab |
Stonecutting[]
Name | Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
---|---|---|
Cut Sandstone or Cut Red Sandstone |
Sandstone or Red Sandstone |
|
Chiseled Sandstone or Chiseled Red Sandstone |
Sandstone or Red Sandstone |
Smelting[]
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
---|---|---|
Smooth Sandstone | Sandstone + Any fuel |
|
Smooth Red Sandstone | Red Sandstone + Any fuel |
Usage[]
Unlike sand, sandstone is never affected by gravity.
Crafting ingredient[]
Stonecutting[]
Note blocks[]
All types of sandstone can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
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 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 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 | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sandstone | sandstone | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | block.minecraft.sandstone |
Cut Sandstone | cut_sandstone | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | block.minecraft.cut_sandstone |
Chiseled Sandstone | chiseled_sandstone | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | block.minecraft.chiseled_sandstone |
Smooth Sandstone | smooth_sandstone | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | block.minecraft.smooth_sandstone |
Red Sandstone | red_sandstone | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | block.minecraft.red_sandstone |
Cut Red Sandstone | cut_red_sandstone | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | block.minecraft.cut_red_sandstone |
Chiseled Red Sandstone | chiseled_red_sandstone | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | block.minecraft.chiseled_red_sandstone |
Smooth Red Sandstone | smooth_red_sandstone | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | block.minecraft.smooth_red_sandstone |
Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sandstone | sandstone | 24 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.sandstone.default.name tile.sandstone.chiseled.name tile.sandstone.cut.name tile.sandstone.smooth.name |
Red Sandstone | red_sandstone | 179 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.red_sandstone.default.name tile.red_sandstone.chiseled.name tile.red_sandstone.cut.name tile.red_sandstone.smooth.name |
Block states[]
In Bedrock Edition, sandstone and red sandstone use the following block states:
Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
sand_stone_type | 0x1 0x2 | default
| default | 0 | Sandstone |
heiroglyphs | 1 | Chiseled Sandstone | |||
cut | 2 | Cut Sandstone | |||
smooth | 3 | Smooth Sandstone |
Video[]
History[]
Java Edition Beta | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.2 | Added sandstone. | ||||
1.3 | Sandstone is now found below three blocks of naturally generated sand. | ||||
Added the ability to craft sandstone slabs from sandstone. | |||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.2.1 | release | Two textures have been added to the terrain.png file and might have been used as decorative sandstone variants. However, these textures do not appear in the game, at the moment. | |||
1.2.4 | release | The textures added in 1.2.1 have been changed, and Mojang have actually added sandstone with these textures,[1] using the same in-game name as regular sandstone. | |||
The texture of normal sandstone has been changed. | |||||
1.3.1 | 12w19a | Distinct names (chiseled sandstone and smooth sandstone) have been given to the variants of sandstone. Before this update, chiseled sandstone was often referred to as hieroglyphic sandstone or decorative sandstone. | |||
Prior to this snapshot the sandstone variants used the same tooltip as normal sandstone "Sandstone". | |||||
12w21a | Added desert temples, which use all three variants of sandstone as building materials. | ||||
Added sandstone stairs. | |||||
12w21b | Added a crafting recipe for sandstone stairs, which uses sandstone. | ||||
1.5 | 13w04a | Added the block which would later be called smooth sandstone, as an unobtainable variant of the sandstone double slab. | |||
1.8 | 14w20a | Sandstone now generates at the entrances of caves. | |||
14w29a | Smooth sandstone can no longer be crafted into itself.[2] | ||||
August 5, 2014 | Dinnerbone tweets a screenshot containing red sandstone. | ||||
14w32a | Added red sandstone as a solution to MC-55228. | ||||
Red sandstone now generates in mesa caves, instead of sandstone. | |||||
Added the block which would later be called smooth red sandstone, as an unobtainable variant of the red sandstone double slab. | |||||
1.10 | 16w20a | Sandstone no longer generates at the entrances of caves; the sand is now left unsupported in these locations. | |||
Red sandstone no longer generates naturally, as it generated only at the entrances of caves. | |||||
1.13 | 17w47a | "Smooth Sandstone" and "Smooth Red Sandstone" have been renamed to "Cut Sandstone" and "Cut Red Sandstone". | |||
Added item forms for the smooth double slab sandstone and red sandstone, now officially named "Smooth Sandstone" and "Smooth Red Sandstone". These can be obtained in the Creative inventory. | |||||
18w09a | Sandstone now generates in underwater ruins. | ||||
1.14 | 18w43a | Smooth and smooth red sandstone can now be obtained by smelting sandstone and red sandstone, respectively. | |||
The textures of all sandstone blocks have been changed. | |||||
18w44a | The textures of all sandstone blockshave been changed, once again. | ||||
18w47a | The top textures of all sandstone blocks have been changed. | ||||
The textures of red sandstone have been changed, once again. | |||||
18w50a | The top textures of all sandstone blocks have been changed, once again. | ||||
19w05a | Both types of sandstone have become renewable, due to wandering traders selling sand and red sand. | ||||
1.18 | ? | Sandstone and red sandstone now generate at the entrance to caves again.[verify] | |||
1.20 (Experimental) | 23w04a | Sandstone can now be used to craft smithing templates. | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
Pre-release | Added regular sandstone. | ||||
v0.6.0 | Added chiseled and smooth sandstone. | ||||
Sandstone is now crafted in the stonecutter. | |||||
v0.7.3 | Sandstone stairs have been made craftable. | ||||
v0.8.0 | build 2 | The texture of regular sandstone has been changed. | |||
v0.9.0 | build 2 | Sandstone and cut sandstone now generates in desert villages. | |||
v0.11.0 | build 1 | Sandstone now generates in desert wells. | |||
v0.13.0 | build 1 | Sandstone is no longer crafted in the stonecutter. | |||
Sandstone, cut sandstone and chiseled sandstone now generate in desert temples. | |||||
v0.14.0 | build 1 | Added red sandstone. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Sandstone, cut sandstone and chiseled sandstone now generate in warm underwater ruins. | |||
1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.0 | "Smooth Sandstone" and "Smooth Red Sandstone" have been renamed to "Cut Sandstone" and "Cut Red Sandstone". | |||
Sandstone and red sandstone can now be used to craft sandstone and red sandstone walls. | |||||
Cut sandstone and cut red sandstone can now be used to craft cut sandstone and cut red sandstone slabs. | |||||
Added smooth sandstone and smooth red sandstone. These are obtainable by smelting regular sandstone or red sandstone, and can be crafted into smooth sandstone or smooth red sandstone slabs and stairs. | |||||
Added smooth sandstone and smooth red sandstone to the Creative inventory.[verify] | |||||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The textures of all sandstone blocks have been changed. | |||
Smooth sandstone now generates in the new desert villages. | |||||
1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Red sandstone can now generate as supporting floating platforms under red sand, if the village building generated in a badlands biome. | |||
beta 1.11.0.4 | Red sandstone is now sold by wandering traders. | ||||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Trading has been changed; wandering traders no longer sell red sandstone. | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | [verify] Added sandstone. |
Added the variants of sandstone. They drop the original sandstone upon breaking. | |||||
TU14 | 1.04 | Added crafting recipes for smooth and chiseled sandstone. | |||
Smooth and chiseled sandstone now drop themselves. | |||||
Smooth and chiseled sandstone can now be obtained in the Creative inventory. Prior to this update only regular sandstone was obtainable in Creative. | |||||
TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Added red sandstone and its variants. | |
1.88 | The old blocks of "Smooth Sandstone" and "Smooth Red Sandstone" have been renamed to "Cut Sandstone" and "Cut Red Sandstone".[verify][more information needed] | ||||
Added the new blocks of smooth sandstone and smooth red sandstone. They are obtainable both in the Creative inventory and in Survival. | |||||
1.90 | The textures of all sandstone blocks have been changed. | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | Added sandstone and its variants. | ||||
Added red sandstone and its variants. |
The first screenshot of red sandstone as tweeted by Nathan Adams.
Data history[]
Java Edition | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.13 | 17w47a | The different type block states for both the sandstone and red_sandstone IDs have been split up into their own IDs.
| |||
Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 24, 43, 179 and 180.[more information needed] |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Sandstone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- Chiseled sandstone has the symbol of a Creeper on it.
- Chiseled red sandstone has the symbol of a wither on it. The idea of the wither appearing on chiseled red sandstone was suggested by Reddit user ULiopleurodon.[3]
Gallery[]
References[]
External Links[]
- Block of the Week: Sandstone – Minecraft.net on August 25, 2017