Minecraft
How to Craft a Redstone Lamp in Minecraft
To craft a redstone lamp in Minecraft you need four redstone dust and one glowstone. On the Crafting Table put the glowstone in the center and four dust in a plus around it, and one redstone lamp comes out. Below are the items, the recipe, and where those pieces come from.
Redstone Lamp| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
 Redstone Dust |
4 | Mine redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better. Fortune adds extra dust. |
 Glowstone |
1 | Break glowstone in the Nether. Four glowstone dust in the inventory 2×2 make one block. Silk Touch keeps the block. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
Redstone Lamp specs
- Difficulty
- Mid game
- Where it lives
- Crafted.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table: glowstone in the center, redstone dust above, below, left, and right.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:redstone_lamp - Legacy item ID
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minecraft:redstone_lamp - Numerical ID
-
123 - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 0.3
- Blast resistance
- 0.3
- Material
- Glass
- Diggable
- Yes
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:redstone_lamp 1
| Item | Time to break |
|---|---|
| Hand | 0.45s |
Ingredient specs
Redstone Dust
Mid game- Where to get it
- Mine redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better. Fortune adds extra dust.
- Where it lives
- Overworld deepslate and stone, mostly below Y 16 down toward -64.
- Item ID
minecraft:redstone- Numerical ID
331- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Glowstone
Mid game- Where to get it
- Break glowstone in the Nether. Four glowstone dust in the inventory 2×2 make one block. Silk Touch keeps the block.
- Where it lives
- Nether ceilings, especially in nether wastes and soul sand valleys.
- Item ID
minecraft:glowstone- Numerical ID
89- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 0.3
- Blast resistance
- 0.3
- Material
- Glass
- Diggable
- Yes
Glowstone Dust
Mid game- Where to get it
- Break glowstone in the Nether. Witches can drop dust too.
- Where it lives
- Nether ceilings. Also from witches.
- Item ID
minecraft:glowstone_dust- Numerical ID
348- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
How to craft these materials
Four dust, one glowstone
Mine redstone ore in the Overworld with an iron pickaxe or better; keep four dust. Break glowstone in the Nether for glowstone dust, then put four dust in the inventory 2×2 to rebuild one glowstone block. That is the whole lamp.
Dust in a plus
Open the Crafting Table. Glowstone in the center. Redstone dust above, below, left, and right. Corners stay empty. One redstone lamp appears on the right; take it. The 2×2 inventory cannot hold this plus.
Lights when the wire is on
Place it, then feed it a redstone signal from a torch, a lever, or a repeater. The block stays lit while that signal holds. A lantern stays on by itself; this one waits for power. Any tool breaks it. Lamps stack to sixty-four.
