How to Find Redstone In Minecraft (4 Ways)
Sep. 4, 2022Minecraft’s truly unique feature is itsRedstone mechanics. They allow you to make amazing Minecraft farms and various creative contraptions using the newcraftertoo. The one item needed for almost all Redstone-related machines is well, Redstone, which is technicallycalled redstone dust. In this tutorial, we’ve discussed all the ways you can use to get redstone dust so you have a sufficient supply for all your creative projects.
1. Find Redstone Ore in Minecraft
The most traditional and fastest way to find redstone dust is bylooking for redstone ore and mining it. Regular and deepslate redstone ores are blocks that generate underground. We have a dedicatedMinecraft ore distributionguide to help you learn exactly where redstone ore generates.
The best Y level to find redstone ore is all the way at the bottom, so from Y level = -63 to -32. The deeper you go, the more redstone you’ll find.
If you mine the Redstone ore withan iron or a better pickaxethat doesn’t have thesilk touch enchantment, it ends up dropping Redstone dust. But if you break it with any other item, the block disappears without dropping anything.
On the other hand, if you have fortunepickaxe enchantment, you’ll receive a lot more redstone dust per ore, which is a far more efficient way of obtaining it in large quantities.
One of theeasiest ways to find Redstone in Minecraftis from chest loot that generates across the blocky world. You can find chests with Redstone dust in the following locations:
The chests instrongholdsandmineshaftsusually have the highest amount of Redstone dust. So, we recommend visiting these locations to get even more Redstone dust for your projects.
In bothMinecraft Bedrock and Java, the novice-levelcleric villagersoffer Redstone dust in exchange foremeralds.
On the Java edition, you can get 2 pieces of Redstone dust in exchange for 1 emerald. Meanwhile, on the Bedrock edition, you will receive 4 pieces of Redstone dust for a single emerald. Alternatively, it is possible to get Redstone dust for free by protecting villagers from araid in Minecraft. On the Java edition, the clerics throw Redstone dust at players with the “Hero of the Village” effect.
MostMinecraft mobsdrop some useful items whenever they die. Luckily, one of those mobs drops redstone dust. Bykilling a witch, starting from theMinecraft 1.21 update, there is a 100% chance that this mob will drop 4-8 redstone dust when killed.
The witch is a hostile mob that spawns in dark places and also in witch huts in the swampMinecraft biome. You can increase the drop quantity up to 11 by enchanting your sword with looting IIIsword enchantment.
With that, you know all the methods that can get you redstone dust in Minecraft. And once you have enough of it, our list ofbest Minecraft farmsis going to help you make the most of it. Moreover, you can read aboutall Redstone componentslike hoppers, dispensers, and more, via our guide.
Having said that, what are you going to use redstone for first? Share with us in the comment section below!
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