Best Y Level for Redstone in Minecraft
Redstone gets more common the deeper you go, so mine at Y -59, the same level as diamonds.
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Choose Overworld or Nether to see the ores that spawn there.
Each ore shows where it spawns and the Y level where you find the most.
Click an ore for its own page with the best level, the pickaxe it needs and where it spawns.
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Y -59, the same as diamonds. Redstone gets more common the deeper you go, all the way down to the bedrock.
In every Overworld biome, from Y 15 down to the bedrock. Unlike diamonds, it spawns just as well next to caves, so deep caves are full of it.
An iron pickaxe or better. A weaker pickaxe breaks redstone ore without dropping anything.
4 or 5 redstone dust. Fortune adds up to 1 more per level, so Fortune III drops up to 8.