Chiseled Sandstone
For the red variant, see Chiseled Red Sandstone.
Chiseled Sandstone

| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
0.8 |
| Hardness |
0.8 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
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Chiseled sandstone is a decorative variant of sandstone, crafted from sandstone slabs.
Obtaining
Breaking
Chiseled sandstone can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, the block drops nothing.
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 0.8 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 4 | |
| 0.6 | ||
| 0.3 | ||
|
0.25 | |
| 0.2 | ||
| 0.15 | ||
| 0.15 | ||
| 0.1 | ||
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
- ↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation
Chiseled sandstone can generate in desert pyramids, warm ocean ruins and trial chambers.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Sandstone Slab |
Stonecutting
| Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|
| Sandstone |
Usage
Unlike sand, chiseled sandstone is never affected by gravity.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Sandstone Slab | ||
| Sandstone Stairs |
Note blocks
Chiseled sandstone can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
Sounds
stone sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
stone sound type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
chiseled_sandstone | Block & Item | block |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
chiseled_sandstone | sandstone / 1 | -944 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile |
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2.1 | release | ||||||
| 1.2.4 | release | ||||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w19a | Distinct names (chiseled sandstone) have been given to the sandstone variant. Before this update, chiseled sandstone was often referred to as hieroglyphic sandstone or decorative sandstone. | |||||
| Prior to this snapshot the sandstone variants used the same tooltip as normal sandstone "Sandstone". | |||||||
| 12w21a | Added desert pyramids, which use chiseled sandstone as building materials. | ||||||
| 1.13 | 18w09a | Chiseled sandstone now generates in warm underwater ruins. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 18w44a | |||||||
| 18w47a | |||||||
| 18w50a | |||||||
| 1.20.3 Experiment | 23w45a | Chiseled sandstone now generates in trial chambers. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.6.0 | |||||||
| v0.13.0 | build 1 | Chiseled sandstone now generates in desert pyramids. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Chiseled sandstone now generates in warm underwater ruins. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| 1.20.60 Experiment | Preview 1.20.60.20 | Chiseled sandstone now generates in trial chambers. | |||||
| 1.21.20 | Preview 1.21.20.21 | The different block states for the sandstone ID have now been split up into their own IDs. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU9 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| Chiseled sandstone is currently unobtainable. | |||||||
| TU14 | 1.04 | Added crafting recipes for chiseled sandstone. | |||||
| Chiseled sandstone now drop themselves. | |||||||
| Chiseled sandstone can now be obtained in the Creative inventory. | |||||||
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Chiseled sandstone now generates in warm underwater ruins. | ||
| 1.90 | |||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
Data history
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| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 14w06a | Sandstone now uses the newly-implemented model json file models/block/cube.json; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The different type block states for the sandstone ID have been split up into their own IDs.
| |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, the block's numeral ID was 24. | |||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.21.20 | Preview 1.21.20.21 | The different block states for the sandstone ID have been split up into their own IDs. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Chiseled Sandstone" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
See also: Easter eggs § Mobs on chiseled blocks
- Chiseled sandstone depicts a creeper's face.