{{Block
|group=Sandstone
|group2=Cut
|group3=Chiseled
|group4=Smooth
|1-1=Sandstone.png
|1-2=Red Sandstone.png
|2-1=Cut Sandstone.png
|2-2=Cut Red Sandstone.png
|3-1=Chiseled Sandstone.png
|3-2=Chiseled Red Sandstone.png
|4-1=Smooth Sandstone.png
|4-2=Smooth Red Sandstone.png
|invimage=Sandstone
|invimage2=Chiseled Sandstone
|invimage3=Cut Sandstone
|invimage4=Smooth Sandstone
|invimage5=Red Sandstone
|invimage6=Chiseled Red Sandstone
|invimage7=Cut Red Sandstone
|invimage8=Smooth Red Sandstone
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=wooden pickaxe
|tntres=
'''Smooth''': {{Blast resistance values|Smooth Sandstone}}<br>
'''All others''': {{Blast resistance values|Sandstone}}
|hardness=
'''Smooth''': {{Hardness values|Smooth Sandstone}}<br>
'''All others''': {{Hardness values|Sandstone}}
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=No
|renewable=Yes
}}
'''Sandstone''' is a solid [[block]] commonly found in [[desert]]s and [[beach]]es 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.
{{breaking row
|horizontal=1
|Sandstone, Chiseled Sandstone, Cut Sandstone, Red Sandstone, Chiseled Red Sandstone, Cut Red Sandstone; Smooth Sandstone, Smooth Red Sandstone
|Pickaxe;Pickaxe
|Wood;Wood
|link=none;none
}}

=== Natural generation ===
Regular sandstone generates in [[desert]]s and [[beach]]es, 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 [[badland]]s 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 [[well]]s are made of normal sandstone, desert [[village]]s made of normal, cut, and smooth sandstone, and [[desert pyramid]]s are made of normal, cut, and chiseled sandstone. Additionally, warm [[underwater ruins]] are made greatly of sandstone variants. All the aforementioned structures use sandstone [[block]]s, [[slab]]s, [[stairs]], and [[wall]]s. No naturally generated structures are made of red sandstone.

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
  |head=1
  |A2=Sand; Red Sand
  |B2=Sand; Red Sand
  |A3=Sand; Red Sand
  |B3=Sand; Red Sand
  |Output=Sandstone; Red Sandstone
  |type=Building block
}}
{{Crafting
  |ignoreusage=1
  |A2=Sandstone; Red Sandstone
  |B2=Sandstone; Red Sandstone
  |A3=Sandstone; Red Sandstone
  |B3=Sandstone; Red Sandstone
  |Output=Cut Sandstone,4;Cut Red Sandstone,4
  |type=Building block
}}
{{Crafting
  |B2=Sandstone Slab; Red Sandstone Slab
  |B3=Sandstone Slab; Red Sandstone Slab
  |Output=Chiseled Sandstone; Chiseled Red Sandstone
  |type=Building block
  |foot=1
}}

=== Stonecutting ===
{{Stonecutting
|head=1
|Sandstone; Red Sandstone
|Cut Sandstone; Cut Red Sandstone
}}
{{Stonecutting
|Sandstone; Red Sandstone
|Chiseled Sandstone; Chiseled Red Sandstone
|foot=1
}}

=== Smelting ===
{{Smelting
|head=1
|Sandstone
|Smooth Sandstone
|0,1
}}
{{Smelting
|foot=1
|Red Sandstone
|Smooth Red Sandstone
|0,1
}}

== Usage ==
Unlike [[sand]], sandstone is never affected by [[gravity]].

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage|Sandstone|match=end}}

=== Stonecutting ===
{{Stonecutting
|head=1
|Sandstone
|Sandstone Slab, 2; Sandstone Stairs; Sandstone Wall; Cut Sandstone; Cut Sandstone Slab, 2; Chiseled Sandstone
}}
{{Stonecutting
|Cut Sandstone
|Cut Sandstone Slab, 2
}}
{{Stonecutting
|Smooth Sandstone
|Smooth Sandstone Slab, 2; Smooth Sandstone Stairs
}}
{{Stonecutting
|Red Sandstone
|Red Sandstone Slab, 2; Red Sandstone Stairs; Red Sandstone Wall; Cut Red Sandstone; Cut Red Sandstone Slab, 2; Chiseled Red Sandstone
}}
{{Stonecutting
|Cut Red Sandstone
|Cut Red Sandstone Slab, 2
}}
{{Stonecutting
|Smooth Red Sandstone
|Smooth Red Sandstone Slab, 2; Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs
|foot=1
}}

=== Note blocks ===
All types of sandstone can be placed under [[note block]]s to produce "bass drum" sounds.

==Sounds==
{{Sound table/Block/Stone}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Sandstone
|spritetype=block
|nameid=sandstone
|showblocktags=y|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Cut Sandstone
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cut_sandstone
|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Chiseled Sandstone
|spritetype=block
|nameid=chiseled_sandstone
|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Smooth Sandstone
|spritetype=block
|nameid=smooth_sandstone
|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Red Sandstone
|spritetype=block
|nameid=red_sandstone
|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Cut Red Sandstone
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cut_red_sandstone
|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Chiseled Red Sandstone
|spritetype=block
|nameid=chiseled_red_sandstone
|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Smooth Red Sandstone
|spritetype=block
|nameid=smooth_red_sandstone
|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Sandstone
|spritetype=block
|nameid=sandstone
|translationkey=tile.sandstone.default.name, tile.sandstone.chiseled.name, tile.sandstone.cut.name, tile.sandstone.smooth.name
|id=24}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Red Sandstone
|spritetype=block
|nameid=red_sandstone
|translationkey=tile.red_sandstone.default.name, tile.red_sandstone.chiseled.name, tile.red_sandstone.cut.name, tile.red_sandstone.smooth.name
|id=179
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}
{{IN|be}}, sandstone and red sandstone use the following block states:

{{/BS}}

== Video ==
{{yt|hTnaJFMLPUo}}

== History ==
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.2|[[File:Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sandstone.}}
{{History||1.3|Sandstone is now found below three [[block]]s of naturally generated [[sand]].
|Added the ability to [[crafting|craft]] sandstone [[slab]]s from sandstone.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=release|[[File:Chiseled Sandstone (side texture) JE0.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Sandstone (side texture) JE0.png|32px]] Two textures have been added to the <samp>[[terrain.png]]</samp> file and might have been used as decorative sandstone variants. However, these textures do not appear in the game, at the moment.}}
{{History||1.2.4|snap=release|[[File:Cut Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] The textures added in 1.2.1 have been changed, and Mojang have actually added sandstone with these textures,<ref>{{tweet|jeb|181993436365336576}}</ref> using the same in-game name as regular sandstone.
|[[File:Sandstone JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of normal sandstone has been changed.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=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".}}
{{History|||snap=12w21a|Added [[desert temple]]s, which use all three variants of sandstone as building materials.
|Added sandstone [[stairs]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w21b|Added a [[crafting]] recipe for sandstone stairs, which uses sandstone.}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w04a|[[File:Smooth Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added the block which would later be called smooth sandstone, as an unobtainable variant of the sandstone double slab.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w20a|Sandstone now generates at the entrances of [[cave]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=14w29a|Smooth sandstone can no longer be [[crafting|crafted]] into itself.<ref>{{bug|MC-506}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=August 5, 2014|slink={{tweet|Dinnerbone|496649440896503808}}|[[Dinnerbone]] tweets a screenshot containing red sandstone.}}
{{History|||snap=14w32a|[[File:Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added red sandstone as a solution to {{bug|MC-55228}}.
|Red sandstone now generates in [[badlands|mesa]] [[cave]]s, instead of sandstone.
|[[File:Smooth Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added the block which would later be called smooth red sandstone, as an unobtainable variant of the red sandstone double slab.}}
{{History||1.10|snap=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.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|"Smooth Sandstone" and "Smooth Red Sandstone" have been renamed to "Cut Sandstone" and "Cut Red Sandstone".
|[[File:Smooth Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Smooth Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] 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.}}
{{History|||snap=18w09a|Sandstone now generates in [[underwater ruins]].}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|Smooth and smooth red sandstone can now be obtained by smelting sandstone and red sandstone, respectively.
|[[File:Sandstone JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Sandstone JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Sandstone JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Red Sandstone JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Red Sandstone JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Red Sandstone JE2.png|32px]] The textures of all sandstone blocks have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w44a|[[File:Sandstone JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Sandstone JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Sandstone JE3.png|32px]] The textures of all sandstone blockshave been changed, once again.}}
{{History|||snap=18w47a|[[File:Sandstone JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Sandstone JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Sandstone JE4.png|32px]] The top textures of all sandstone blocks have been changed.
|[[File:Red Sandstone JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Red Sandstone JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Red Sandstone JE3.png|32px]] The textures of red sandstone have been changed, once again.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|[[File:Sandstone JE6 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Sandstone JE5 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Sandstone JE5 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Smooth Sandstone JE5 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Red Sandstone JE4 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Red Sandstone JE4 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Red Sandstone JE4 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Smooth Red Sandstone JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The top textures of all sandstone blocks have been changed, once again.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Both types of sandstone have become [[renewable]], due to [[wandering trader]]s selling [[sand]] and [[red sand]].}}
{{History||1.18|snap=?|Sandstone and red sandstone now generate at the entrance to caves again.{{verify}}}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w04a|Sandstone can now be used to craft [[smithing template]]s.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||Pre-release|[[File:Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added regular sandstone.}}
{{History||v0.6.0|[[File:Cut Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added chiseled and smooth sandstone. 
|Sandstone is now [[crafting|crafted]] in the [[stonecutter]].}}
{{History||v0.7.3|Sandstone stairs have been made [[crafting|craftable]].}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 2|[[File:Sandstone JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of regular sandstone has been changed.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 2|Sandstone and cut sandstone now generates in [[desert]] [[village]]s.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|Sandstone now generates in [[desert well]]s.}}
{{History||v0.13.0|snap=build 1|Sandstone is no longer crafted in the [[stonecutter]].
|Sandstone, cut sandstone and chiseled sandstone now generate in [[desert temple]]s.}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added red sandstone.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.20.1|Sandstone, cut sandstone and chiseled sandstone now generate in warm [[underwater ruins]].}}
{{History||1.9.0|snap=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 [[crafting|craft]] sandstone and red sandstone [[wall]]s.
|Cut sandstone and cut red sandstone can now be used to craft cut sandstone and cut red sandstone [[slab]]s.
|[[File:Smooth Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Smooth Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] 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|Correct snapshot of Creative inventory addition?}}}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Sandstone JE6 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Sandstone JE5 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Sandstone JE5 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Smooth Sandstone JE5 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Red Sandstone JE4 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Red Sandstone JE4 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Red Sandstone JE4 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Smooth Red Sandstone JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of all sandstone blocks have been changed.
|Smooth sandstone now generates in the new [[desert]] [[village]]s.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=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.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Red sandstone is now [[trading|sold]] by [[wandering trader]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.57|Trading has been changed; wandering traders no longer sell red sandstone.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|this was almost certainty not the texture, but when was it changed?}} Added sandstone.
|[[File:Cut Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added the variants of sandstone. They drop the original sandstone upon [[breaking]].}}
{{History||xbox=TU14|ps=1.04|Added [[crafting]] recipes for smooth and chiseled sandstone. 
|Smooth and chiseled sandstone now [[drops|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.}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|[[File:Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added red sandstone and its variants.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.88|wiiu=none|switch=none|The old blocks of "Smooth Sandstone" and "Smooth Red Sandstone" have been renamed to "Cut Sandstone" and "Cut Red Sandstone".{{verify|Is this info correct?}}{{info needed}}
|[[File:Smooth Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Smooth Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added the new blocks of smooth sandstone and smooth red sandstone. They are obtainable both in the [[Creative inventory]] and in Survival.}}
{{History||ps=1.90|[[File:Sandstone JE6 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Sandstone JE5 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Sandstone JE5 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Smooth Sandstone JE5 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Red Sandstone JE4 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Red Sandstone JE4 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Red Sandstone JE4 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Smooth Red Sandstone JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of all sandstone blocks have been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Sandstone JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sandstone and its variants.
|[[File:Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cut Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added red sandstone and its variants.}}
{{History|foot}}

<gallery>
Red Sandstone Coloured Beacon.png|The first screenshot of red sandstone as tweeted by [[Nathan Adams]].
</gallery>

=== Data history ===
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different <code>type</code> block states for both the <code>sandstone</code> and <code>red_sandstone</code> IDs have been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], these blocks' numeral IDs were 24, 43, 179 and 180.{{info needed|was 180 the sandstone double slab?}}}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== 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 [[wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]] user ULiopleurodon.<ref>{{reddit|2csdt0/minecraft_snapshot_14w32a|cjilmil/}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Sandstone Cluster.png|A naturally generated sandstone cluster. 
Natural Sandstone.png|Naturally generated sandstone found below sand layers. 
Desert Well by Ocean.png|Naturally generated sandstone in a desert well. 
DesertDunes.png|Naturally generated sandstone in a desert village. (far left) 
Desert Temple Interior.png|Naturally generated sandstone found in a desert pyramid. 
Pyramid Chests.png|Naturally generated sandstone found in a desert pyramid secret interior. 
Red Sandstone Cave.png|Naturally generated red sandstone found at the entrance of a badlands cave.
Red Sandstone without village.png|Naturally generated red sandstone found on the small hill.
Underwater ruins Lukewarm Ocean.png|Naturally generated sandstone as part of an underwater ruin.
Three Textures of Sandstone.png|Sandstone variants.
SandBlocks.png|Sandstone block types.
Red Sandstone Towers.jpg|Towers built from red sandstone.
Sandstone City.jpg|Palaces built from yellow sandstone.
Sandstone Greenhouse.jpg|A greenhouse built from yellow sandstone.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-sandstone Block of the Week: Sandstone] – Minecraft.net on August 25, 2017

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