Redstone Dust
Redstone dust is a mineral used in crafting, brewing, trimming, and as a placeable wire. Redstone wire is a non-solid block that can transmit a redstone power signal up to 15 blocks in distance; signal strengths below 15 have reduced distance. Redstone wire can power blocks it is placed on or pointing at.
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Redstone Wire
Redstone dust is a mineral used in crafting, brewing, trimming, and as a placeable wire. Redstone wire is a non-solid block that can transmit a redstone power signal up to 15 blocks in distance; signal strengths below 15 have reduced distance. Redstone wire can power blocks it is placed on or pointing at.
Breaking
Redstone dust is immediately destroyed when broken. Redstone dust is removed and drops as an item if: its attachment block is moved, removed, or destroyed water or lava flows into its space a piston tries to push it or moves a block into its space
Redstone dust drops itself when destroyed.
Mining
Redstone ore mined using an iron pickaxe or higher drops 4 or 5 redstone dust (or more with Fortune, averaging at 6 redstone dust with Fortune III). If mined with Silk Touch, the block drops itself instead of redstone dust. When the ore itself is clicked on/touched, it emits a light level of 9 and glows.
Natural generation
15 lengths of redstone dust are naturally generated as part of the trap in each jungle pyramid. 5 lengths of redstone dust can be found in one type of a jail cell room in a woodland mansion. In ancient cities, multiple pieces of redstone dust can be found integrated into circuitry. 1 piece of redstone dust can be found in the "Encounter 4" room in trial chambers.
Crafting
Redstone dust can be crafted from blocks of redstone.
Villager gifts
, when the player has the Hero of the Village status effect, clerics might throw that player a redstone dust as a gift.
Usage
Redstone dust is used for brewing, crafting, and in redstone circuits by placing it on the ground to create redstone wire. It can also be used to power redstone components.