How do you get Sandstone in Minecraft?

Sandstone is crafted from Sand at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from mining, not just the recipe above.

How many Sandstone can you stack?

64 Sandstone fills a slot, and that slot costs 256 Sand, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

How long does Sandstone take to break?

Sandstone has hardness 0.8, and it has blast resistance 0.8. Most blocks share the pattern on Sandstone, and it is not one of the exceptions. Any pickaxe will do on Sandstone, from wood upward. Java 26.2 holds Sandstone at exactly those figures, timing on it aside.

What is Sandstone used for?

Sandstone is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Sandstone Stairs.

When was Sandstone added to Minecraft?

Sandstone was added in the early Alpha development period.

Utility BlocksCraftable

Sandstone

A pale building block crafted from four sand blocks that also generates naturally beneath deserts and beaches. It can be cut into stairs, slabs, walls and chiseled variants.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Sandstone at a glance

Minecraft files Sandstone under Utility Blocks: a block you get from crafting and mining. A slot of Sandstone holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

Sandstone additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Sandstone Stairs. Breaking Sandstone works against a hardness of 0.8. Any pickaxe will do on Sandstone, from wood upward. It takes the same 0.8 from an explosion. It sits between Sand and Sandstone Stairs in Utility Blocks, number 275 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Sand
Sand
Sand
Sand
Sandstone
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Sandstone has the grid for Sandstone

Used to craft

Sandstone goes into one recipe, Sandstone Stairs, and the link below shows the grid for it. The links below go straight to the recipes that take Sandstone.

Sandstone Stairs

How to obtain

Crafting
Mining

Notes

Crafted from 4 Sand blocks. Smelting Sandstone produces Smooth Sandstone.

Frequently asked questions about Sandstone

How do you get Sandstone in Minecraft?
Sandstone is crafted from Sand at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from mining, not just the recipe above.
How many Sandstone can you stack?
64 Sandstone fills a slot, and that slot costs 256 Sand, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.
How long does Sandstone take to break?
Sandstone has hardness 0.8, and it has blast resistance 0.8. Most blocks share the pattern on Sandstone, and it is not one of the exceptions. Any pickaxe will do on Sandstone, from wood upward. Java 26.2 holds Sandstone at exactly those figures, timing on it aside.
What is Sandstone used for?
Sandstone is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Sandstone Stairs.
When was Sandstone added to Minecraft?
Sandstone was added in the early Alpha development period.

Building with it

Four sand give one sandstone, and that is the block that turns a desert from a hazard into a quarry. It does not fall, it cuts into stairs and slabs at a stonecutter, and desert temples and villages are already built from it, so the colour reads as native to the biome.

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