How to Mine Redstone in Minecraft

1. 1
   Find a cave, preferably near sea-level, that goes down.

   • If it goes straight down, you can mine out a staircase around the edges of the pit to get down.
2. 2
   Follow the cave as far down as you can
3. 3
   If your cave ends not much further down than it began, try another cave.
4. 4
   When you find either standing lava or bedrock, you've reached the right level for redstone ore.
5. 5
   You can either start mining straight back into the cave wall, or explore more cave branches that go out or further down, to find redstone in the walls, ceiling, or floor.
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Jungle Temples only spawn in the Jungle biome, when you have 'Generate Structures' turned on.

1. 1
   Find a jungle

   • A jungle is characterized by tall trees, vines, and bright green grass
2. 2
   Find a jungle temple

   • They are large, cobblestone and mossy cobblestone buildings.
3. 3
   Walk into the door of the temple, then follow the stairs down.
4. 4
   Walk down the hallway away from the levers.
5. 5
   Walk down the hallway, sticking closely to the side to avoid being shot by the dispenser.

   • Sometimes the dispenser can be hidden by vines, so be careful!
6. 6
   After you round the first corner, you can dig up the redstone that leads from the tripwire to the dispenser.
7. 7
   Continue down the hallway, towards the chest, again sticking to the wall.
8. 8
   To the side of the chest is another trail of redstone that leads to the dispenser above the chest.
9. 9
   Go back the way you came, but walk towards the levers instead of heading up the stairs.
10. 10
    There is a correct sequence of levers to pull to open up a hole on the left side of the stairs on the upper level, which you can then drop through.

    • Alternatively, you can knock the middle lever off the wall and dig through the wall behind it.
11. 11
    In this room you can find another few pieces of redstone, as well as a chest, redstone repeaters, and sticky pistons.
12. 12
    There are 15 pieces of redstone dust total in a jungle temple.
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Occasionally, a village priest will offer to trade 2-4 pieces of redstone for an emerald. Emeralds can be found while mining only in the Extreme Hills biome.

1. 1
   Find a village.
2. 2
   A large tower may be present, and this is the best location to find a priest.

   • Priests wear purple robes.
3. 3
   Right-click on the priest, and see what he is offering to trade.
4. 4
   If he has redstone, place an emerald in the trade box, and drag your redstone to your inventory.
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Witches are ranged enemies that only spawn in swamp huts, found in the swamp biome, that can drop redstone dust.

1. 1
   Find a swamp biome

   • These are characterized by lily pads, vines on the trees, and dark water and grass.
2. 2
   Locate a swamp hut, and the witch inside.

   • The witch.
3. 3
   Kill the witch.
4. 4
   There is a chance of a witch dropping up to 6 pieces of redstone dust when killed.
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