Minecraft Wiki: Redstone Dust

Cite as: Minecraft Wiki: Redstone Dust
Original: https://minecraft.wiki/w/Redstone_Dust
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Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20261013030750/https://minecraft.wiki/w/Redstone_Dust
Accessed: 2026-10-26
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Credit: Minecraft Wiki editors; the Java Edition history section is the part used here.
Notes: The redstone-dust block and its history: added in Alpha v1.0.1, tinted by signal strength in Beta 1.3, and the source of repeaters (Beta 1.3), powered and detector rails (Beta 1.5) and pistons (Beta 1.7).

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Redstone dust was added in Alpha v1.0.1, either fully on or fully off, and was used to craft redstone torches. Beta 1.3 shaded the wire darker with distance from its source, where before it stayed fully on until its limit, and brought redstone repeaters; Beta 1.5 used redstone for powered and detector rails, and Beta 1.7 for pistons.	`History, Java Edition Alpha v1.0.1History, Java Edition Beta 1.3History, Java Edition Beta 1.3History, Java Edition Beta 1.5History, Java Edition Beta 1.7`	Wiki