Redstone Ore

Block

minecraft:redstone_ore

Redstone Ore is a Minecraft block. It can be collected with a Silk Touch tool. It generates widely across the Overworld. It is used to craft Redstone Dust.

Tool used to collect

PickaxeSilk TouchRequired

How to obtain Redstone Ore

Natural generation

Collect naturally generated ones (see the generation map below).
Requires a tool enchanted with Silk Touch.

Naturally Generated Areas

Overworld × Height (Y)

320630-64

Y=-96 to -32peak Y=-64Everywhere

Y=-64 to 15Everywhere

The wider the bar, the more commonly it generates at that height.

Overworld

✔ Mushroom Fields ✔ Deep Frozen Ocean ✔ Frozen Ocean ✔ Deep Cold Ocean ✔ Cold Ocean ✔ Deep Ocean ✔ Ocean ✔ Deep Lukewarm Ocean ✔ Lukewarm Ocean ✔ Warm Ocean ✔ Stony Shore ✔ Swamp ✔ Mangrove Swamp ✔ Snowy Slopes ✔ Snowy Plains ✔ Snowy Beach ✔ Windswept Gravelly Hills ✔ Grove ✔ Windswept Hills ✔ Snowy Taiga ✔ Windswept Forest ✔ Taiga ✔ Plains ✔ Meadow ✔ Beach ✔ Forest ✔ Old Growth Spruce Taiga ✔ Flower Forest ✔ Birch Forest ✔ Dark Forest ✔ Pale Garden ✔ Savanna Plateau ✔ Savanna ✔ Jungle ✔ Badlands ✔ Desert ✔ Wooded Badlands ✔ Jagged Peaks ✔ Stony Peaks ✔ Frozen River ✔ River ✔ Ice Spikes ✔ Old Growth Pine Taiga ✔ Sunflower Plains ✔ Old Growth Birch Forest ✔ Sparse Jungle ✔ Bamboo Jungle ✔ Eroded Badlands ✔ Windswept Savanna ✔ Cherry Grove ✔ Frozen Peaks ✔ Dripstone Caves ✔ Lush Caves ✔ Deep Dark

Nether

✕ Nether Wastes ✕ Soul Sand Valley ✕ Crimson Forest ✕ Warped Forest ✕ Basalt Deltas

The End

✕ The End ✕ End Highlands ✕ End Midlands ✕ Small End Islands ✕ End Barrens

What you can craft with Redstone Ore