Redstone Ore

Redstone Ore is a block in Minecraft. It can be mined and collected.

Redstone Ore is a mineral block that generates in the Overworld and drops Redstone Dust when mined with an iron pickaxe or better. It appears in two forms: regular Redstone Ore and Deepslate Redstone Ore, which is found in deeper layers and takes longer to mine.

Mining Redstone Ore yields 4-5 Redstone Dust, with Fortune increasing the yield up to 8 dust. When activated by player interaction or entity contact, it emits a faint glow and red particles but does not produce Redstone power. Redstone Ore is primarily used to obtain Redstone Dust, a key ingredient in crafting Redstone components and circuits.

Where to find

Find Redstone on the map →Generate a /give command for this item →

Renewable

Hardness

Blast Resistance

Stack Size

1 - 5

Current for Java 26.2 and Bedrock 1.26.30

Gathering Tool	Drops	Amount	Fortune I	Fortune II	Fortune III
Iron Pickaxe	Redstone Dust	4–5	4–6	4–7	4–8
Diamond Pickaxe	Redstone Dust	4–5	4–6	4–7	4–8
Netherite Pickaxe	Redstone Dust	4–5	4–6	4–7	4–8

Redstone Ore

What does Redstone Ore smelt into?

Redstone Ore is used in the following smelting recipe:

Smelting Station:

What does Redstone Ore drop when harvested?

The following items drop when Redstone Ore is harvested: