Overview
Cut Sandstone is one of the 5 variants of this shape in the game. What changes between them is the material, and with it the hardness, the drops, the durability and the recipe — so every figure on this page is this variant's own. Sandstone is the same shape in a different material.
Cut Sandstone counts as a building block in Minecraft 1.21.4. Cut Sandstone has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 0.8 it takes a moment to break but never slows a build down.
It needs at least a wooden pickaxe to drop anything; a weaker tool destroys it for nothing. Mining it returns the block itself, so it is safe to relocate. A blast resistance of 0.8 means a single creeper will clear it away.
It stacks to 64. You make it with Sandstone. You can also cut it from Sandstone on a stonecutter.
It is used to craft Cut Sandstone Slab and Sandstone Stairs.
About the sandstone set
How long it takes to break
Cut Sandstone has a hardness of 0.8. By hand that is 4 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.15 seconds.
An iron tool takes 0.2 seconds and a diamond one 0.15, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to diamond.
It will break below wooden, and you will get nothing for it. That combination of time spent and drop lost is the classic mining mistake.
Efficiency contributes its level squared plus one to tool speed, which makes Efficiency V roughly 3 times faster than the plain tool.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 4 s | 4 s | 4 s |
| Wooden | 0.6 s | 0.1 s | instant |
| Stone | 0.3 s | 0.1 s | instant |
| Iron | 0.2 s | 0.1 s | instant |
| Diamond | 0.15 s | 0.1 s | instant |
| Netherite | 0.15 s | 0.1 s | instant |
| Golden | 0.1 s | 0.1 s | instant |
Properties
Blast resistance on Cut Sandstone is 0.8, so any explosion nearby takes it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. Stack size is 64 — the standard full stack. The block is tagged for pickaxes, and only that class gets the speed bonus; everything else mines at bare-hand rate.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
How to get it
Crafting Table
Cut Sandstone ×4
Stonecutter
Cut Sandstone
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Cut Sandstone drops itself.
Used to craft
Cut Sandstone is an ingredient in 2 recipes, producing Cut Sandstone Slab and Sandstone Stairs.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Cut Sandstone in Minecraft?
Cut Sandstone is crafted from Sandstone.
What tool do you need to break Cut Sandstone?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Cut Sandstone blast resistant?
Cut Sandstone has a blast resistance of 0.8, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Cut Sandstone fit in one stack?
Cut Sandstone stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Cut Sandstone take to break?
0.15 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 4 seconds bare-handed.
The rest of the set
Cut Sandstone is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
