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Image For the block in Minecraft Earth, see Earth:Smooth Sandstone.
Smooth Sandstone
Smooth Sandstone.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Smooth Sandstone'
Invicon Smooth Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Smooth Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Smooth Sandstone
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft
Blast resistance 6
Hardness 2
Luminous No
Transparent No
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava 		No
Map color
 2 SAND
Note block instrument Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype Slow Bouncy 
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Smooth sandstone is a variant of sandstone, obtained by smelting sandstone.

Obtaining

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Breaking

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Smooth sandstone can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, the block drops nothing.

Block BlockSprite smooth-sandstone.png: Sprite image for smooth-sandstone in MinecraftSmooth Sandstone
Hardness 2
Tool Image
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 10
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 1.5
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 0.75
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in MinecraftCopper 0.6
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 0.5
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.4
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.35
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.25
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined
  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Despite regular sandstone having hardness and blast resistances of 0.8, smooth sandstone has a blast resistance of 6 and hardness of 2. This is likely due to historical reasons, specifically as a result of hardness being inherited from slab blocks,[1] however the "correct"/"expected" values were changed to the "incorrect" values in Bedrock Edition.[2]

Natural generation

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Smooth sandstone generates in desert villages.

Smelting

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Ingredients Smelting recipe
Sandstone +
Any fuel
Invicon Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sandstone with description: Sandstone
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: CharcoalInvicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: LogInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Overworld PlanksInvicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lava Bucket with description: Lava BucketInvicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal
Invicon Smooth Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Smooth Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Smooth Sandstone0.1

Usage

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Unlike sand, smooth sandstone is never affected by gravity.

Crafting ingredient

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Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Smooth Sandstone Slab Smooth Sandstone
Smooth Sandstone Stairs Smooth Sandstone

Stonecutting ingredient

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Ingredients Cutting recipe
Smooth Sandstone

Sounds

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Java Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.370.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.221.0

Data values

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ID

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Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tags Translation key
BlockSprite smooth-sandstone.png: Sprite image for smooth-sandstone in Minecraft Smooth Sandstonesmooth_sandstoneBlock & Itemmineable/pickaxe
blocks_motion_no_leaves		 block.minecraft.smooth_sandstone

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite smooth-sandstone.png: Sprite image for smooth-sandstone in Minecraft Smooth Sandstonesmooth_sandstonesandstone / 31201Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -946)		 tile.sandstone.smooth.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Videos

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History

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Image For the old block previously named "Smooth Sandstone", see Cut Sandstone § History.

Development

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January 22, 2013Smooth sandstone is first mentioned by Jeb.

Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.513w04aImage Added smooth sandstone.
It acted as a double slab; see #Data history for an explanation.
Breaking smooth sandstone drops two sandstone slabs.
1.814w10aImage Smooth sandstone's block model has been removed, presumably on accident due to this block being unobtainable in normal gameplay, resulting in the missing model being used as a fallback.
14w10cImage Smooth sandstone's model has been reinstated.[3]
14w25aThe item form of double slabs has been removed entirely.
1.1317w47aSmooth sandstone now has a proper item form, which also now exists in the Creative inventory.
Breaking smooth sandstone now drops itself as an item, rather than two sandstone slabs.
1.1418w43aImage The texture of smooth sandstone has changed.
Smooth sandstone can now be obtained by smelting sandstone.
18w44aImage The texture of smooth sandstone has changed.
18w47aImage The texture of smooth sandstone has changed.
18w50aImage The texture of smooth sandstone has changed.
26.2snap1Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb smooth sandstone, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
snap6Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

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Bedrock Edition
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0Image Added smooth sandstone.[verify]
Smooth sandstone is obtainable by smelting regular sandstone and can be crafted into smooth sandstone slabs and stairs.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Image The textures of smooth sandstone blocks have been changed.
Smooth sandstone now generates in the new desert villages.
1.21.20Preview 1.21.20.21Increased the hardness of smooth sandstone from 0.8 to 2.
Increased the blast resistance of smooth sandstone from 0.8 to 6.
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026		Preview 26.20.23Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb smooth sandstone, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30Preview 26.30.20Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
Preview 26.30.27Smooth sandstone's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Legacy Console Edition

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PlayStation 4 Edition
1.88Image Added smooth sandstone. These are obtainable both in the Creative inventory and in Survival.
1.90Image The textures of smooth sandstone blocks have been changed.

Data history

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.513w04aSmooth sandstone exists as a metadata variant of the double slab block (block ID 43): if such a block had a metadata value from 8 to 15, it would use the top texture on all six sides. In practice, this affected stone slabs (creating smooth stone), sandstone slabs (creating this block) and quartz slabs (creating smooth quartz).
Smooth sandstone existed as block 43, metadata 9.
1.1317w47aThe different type block states for the double_stone_slab IDs have been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, the block's numeral ID was 43.

Bedrock Edition

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Bedrock Edition
1.21.20Preview 1.21.20.21The different block states for the sandstone ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Smooth Sandstone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

References

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  1. ↑ MC-53641
  2. ↑ https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/27935763028237
  3. ↑ MC-50351
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BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in Minecraft Structural
Lumber
Stone/Deepslate
ImageOverworld
ImageThe Nether
ImageThe End
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