Minecraft: Finding redstone ore - the best ideas

In addition to gold and diamonds, redstone ore is the most sought after in Minecraft. We'll show you the best tips on how to find the blocks.

Find redstone ore in Minecraft

With Redstone, you can build complex switching systems and automatic systems in Minecraft. The ore required for this is hidden relatively deep:

• Redstone ore is most commonly found in layers 5 through 12. So dig deep or explore a cave. With [F3] you open a menu in which you can read your current height under the Y-coordinate.
• The ore occurs in veins of 2 to 8 blocks. For this reason, dig up and down as soon as you have found a block so that you do not miss a redstone.
• There are up to 8 redstone veins in a chunk. A chunk is a 16 x 16 x 256 block section in Minecraft. If you have found a lot of redstone in a small radius, you should work your way into another area.
• Statistically not proven, but always useful: If you get to a large lava pit, you should search the walls exactly for redstone. You will usually find it here very quickly.
• Insider tip: If you mine a redstone block with an iron pickaxe, you will receive 4 to 5 pieces of redstone dust. Enchant your pickaxe beforehand at a magic table with "Glück III" and jump up to 20 redstones per block.

Redstone isn't the only rare ore in Minecraft. On the next few pages we will tell you how to find gold and coal.