[MC-44417] Redstone blocks can be mined with any pickaxe, while redstone ore can only be mined with an iron or diamond pickaxe

Redstone ore can only be mined using an iron or diamond pickaxe, but redstone blocks can be mined with any pickaxe.

Linked issues

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MC-225155 Redstone blocks drop if mined with a wooden pickaxe Resolved

MC-64178 A Redstone Block can be mined with a stone and a wood pickaxe when a Redstone Ore has to be mined with an Iron pickaxe Resolved

Comments 3

fienxjox 2014-01-10T07:18:31Z

It has been this way as long as I can recall, the Wiki even mentions it in the trivia section of the "Block of Redstone" page.

branza 2014-01-10T12:39:21Z

MC-5 is a similar issue with emeralds, and it has been fixed, so I think this one is also a bug.

Torabi 2014-01-26T16:24:18Z

However, redstone dust can be picked up with your bare hands. Redstone blocks are probably intentionally easy to pick up so that they are similar to dust.