Redstone is by far one of the most useful ores in Minecraft. It is the key ingredient to various recipes and mechanisms in the game, which automate certain processes so that you don't have to do the hard work. Plus, it gives lots of EXP for you to level up faster.After the Minecraft 1.18 Caves and Cliffs update, Redstone gets a new generation mechanic and becomes more accessible. In subsequent updates, including 1.21 (Tricky Trials) and the recent 1.21.9 (start of The Copper Age), the methods to obtain redstone have seen some refinements, such as guaranteed higher drops from witches and new natural generation in trial chambers. In this article, Gurugamer is going to showcase how to find Redstone in Minecraft 1.21 update.
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1. Mine Redstone Ore/Find Redstone Dust
Players can find Redstone ores generate in the Overworld in the form of blobs. Redstone ore generates in two batches per chunk. The first batch attempts to generate 4 times per chunk in blobs of 0–10, evenly from levels -64 to 15. The second batch attempts to generate 8 times per chunk in blobs of 0–10, from levels -63 to -32, being more common at lower elevations. Redstone ore can replace stone, andesite, diorite, granite, tuff, and deepslate. When replacing tuff or deepslate, it becomes deepslate redstone ore.For guaranteed spawn:
- 5 lengths of redstone dust can be found in one type of jail cell room in a woodland mansion.
- 15 lengths of redstone dust are naturally generated as part of the trap in each jungle pyramid.
- Multiple pieces of redstone dust can be found integrated into circuitry in Ancient Cities.
- 1 piece of redstone dust generates in the "Encounter 4" room of trial chambers (Java Edition 1.21.2).
When mining Redstone Ore, players can get 4 or 5 redstone dust (or more with Fortune, averaging at 6 redstone dust with Fortune III). The block drops itself when mined with Silk Touch. Redstone ore or deepslate redstone ore can also be smelted in a furnace to obtain redstone dust, yielding 0.7 experience points.
2. Witch farm
Witches always drop 4–8 redstone dust upon death. This is increased by the Looting enchantment, for a maximum of 4–11 redstone dust with Looting III. Witch huts are one of the best places to farm witches, but they require spawning platforms and light levels of 0.
To farm witches, players need to build a spawning platform from the hut, then create a flushing structure to funnel the spawning mobs into one small area. Afterward, just hit them for items and XP. Besides redstone, players can also get glowstone, sugar, gunpowder, glass bottles, spider eyes, and sticks.
3. Chest loot
Players can find a large number of redstone dust inside chests from generated structures. The village temple chests have the highest spawn rate, at 44.8%.
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Redstone Dust | Dungeon | Chest | 1–4 | 26.6% |
| Mineshaft | Chest | 4–9 | 14.5% | |
| Stronghold | Storeroom chest | 4–9 | 18.6% | |
| Altar chest | 4–9 | 11.9% | ||
| Village | Temple chest | 1–4 | 44.8% | |
| Woodland mansion | Chest | 1–4 | 19.7% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Redstone Dust | Dungeon | Chest | 1–4 | 26.6% |
| Mineshaft | Chest | 4–9 | 14.5% | |
| Stronghold | Storeroom chest | 4–9 | 15.2% | |
| Altar chest | 4–9 | 11.6% | ||
| Village | Temple chest | 1–4 | 44.8% | |
| Woodland mansion | Chest | 1–4 | 23.3% | |
4. Trading with villagers
Players can trade some Redstone dust from Cleric villagers. This trade is available at novice level.
- Novice-level cleric villagers sell 2 redstone dust for one emerald in both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.
5. Villager gifts
In Java Edition, when the player has the Hero of the Village status effect, clerics might throw that player a redstone dust as a gift. Players can get a decent amount of Redstone if they run a raid farm.
6. Crafting from Block of Redstone
Redstone dust can be crafted from a block of redstone, yielding 9 redstone dust.
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