This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft smooth red sandstone with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
In Minecraft, smooth red sandstone is one of the many building blocks that you can make. This block is not made with a crafting table but rather with a furnace.
Let’s explore how to add smooth red sandstone to your inventory.
Where to find Smooth Red Sandstone in Creative Mode
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
Here is where you can find smooth red sandstone in the Creative Inventory menu:
Platform
Version(s)
Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)
1.8 – 1.19.4
Building Blocks
Platform is the platform that applies.
Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.
Required Materials to make Smooth Red Sandstone
In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft smooth red sandstone:
1 Red Sandstone
How to craft Smooth Red Sandstone in Survival Mode
1. Open the Furnace Menu
First, open your furnace so that you have the Furnace menu that looks like this:
2. Add Fuel to the Furnace
Next, you need to add fuel to the bottom fuel box in the furnace.
In this tutorial, we are going to use coal as our fuel.
TIP: Read our tutorial called How to Add Fuel to a Furnace if you aren’t sure what items can be used as fuel, the length of time each fuel will burn, or how many items each fuel can smelt/cook.
3. Add Items to make Smooth Red Sandstone
Next, place the red sandstone in the top box of the furnace. You should see the flames cooking the red sandstone.
Once the red sandstone is cooked/smelted in the furnace, the smooth red sandstone will appear in the box to the right.
4. Move the Smooth Red Sandstone to Inventory
Now that you have made smooth red sandstone in your furnace, you need to move the new item to your inventory.
Congratulations, you have made smooth red sandstone in Minecraft!
Item ID and Name
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, smooth red sandstone has the following Name, ID and DataValue:
Item
Description
(Minecraft ID Name)
Data Value
Stack Size
Platform
Version(s)
Smooth Red Sandstone
(minecraft:red_sandstone)
2
64
Java
1.8 – 1.12
Smooth Red Sandstone
(minecraft:smooth_red_sandstone)
64
Java
1.13 – 1.19.4
Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
Platform is the platform that applies.
Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.
Block States for Smooth Red Sandstone
Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE)
In Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE), the block states for Smooth Red Sandstone are:
Block State
Value
Default
Required
Example
Description
sand_stone_type
smooth
No
Yes
[“sand_stone_type”:“smooth”]
Item is smooth
Block State is the internal name for the block state.
Value is the value for the block state.
Default indicates that it is the default, if omitted.
Required indicates that it must be included in command to properly identify this item/block.
Example shows how to format the block state to be used in the /fill, /setblock, /clone, or /testforblock command.
Give Command for Smooth Red Sandstone
Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.19.4, the /give command for Smooth Red Sandstone is:
/give @p smooth_red_sandstone 1
In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Smooth Red Sandstone is:
/give @p red_sandstone 1 2
Things to Make with Smooth Red Sandstone
You can use smooth red sandstone to make items in Minecraft such as:
How to make Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs How to make a Smooth Red Sandstone Slab