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How to Craft Redstone Lamp in Minecraft

Redstone Lamp in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Redstone-powered light source. Minecraft has used the name Redstone Lamp since 1.2.1.

A Redstone Lamp costs you 4 Redstone Dust and 1 Glowstone, put together at a Crafting Table. Read it row by row: Redstone Dust in the middle column, then two Redstone Dust down either side and a Glowstone in the middle column, then Redstone Dust in the middle column. That comes out as 1 Redstone Lamp.

Redstone Lamp Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Redstone Lamp is minecraft:redstone_lamp. In commands the namespace may be left off, so redstone_lamp works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p redstone_lamp
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p redstone_lamp 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve redstone_lamp 1

Cheats have to be on for Redstone Lamp to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Redstone Lamps emit light level 15 when powered by a redstone signal. They turn off when the signal stops. Redstone Lamp uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft has used the name Redstone Lamp since 1.2.1, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with redstone dust (mine redstone ore) and glowstone (craft from glowstone dust).

Per Stack

16 crafts drain a stack: 64 redstone dust become 16 redstone lamps. You supply 16 glowstones to go with it. Craft 16 takes the last redstone dust, with nothing spare.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Redstone DustRedstone DustRedstone Dust4xMine redstone ore
Glowstone1xCraft from glowstone dust

Collect 4x Redstone Dust (mine redstone ore) and Glowstone (craft from glowstone dust) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

The Full Chain

4 Glowstone Dust makes 1 Glowstone, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 4 Redstone Dust and 4 Glowstone Dust.

  1. 1
    Glowstone DustGlowstone Dust4Glowstone
  2. 2
    Redstone Lampthis page

Gather this first

Redstone DustRedstone Dust4Redstone DustGlowstone DustGlowstone Dust4Glowstone Dust

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Redstone DustRedstone Dust4x Redstone Dust

  2. 2

    Glowstone

  3. 3

    Redstone Lamp

Minecraft crafting recipe for Redstone Lamp: 4 x Redstone Dust, 1 x Glowstone in a crafting table, making 1 Redstone Lamp.

Tips & Notes

  • Line up 4x Redstone Dust and 1x Glowstone before you open the Crafting Table. Redstone Dust: mine redstone ore.

Uses for Redstone Lamp

  • Redstone-powered light source
  • Decorative lighting

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Redstone Lamp on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Redstone Lamp in Minecraft?
4 Redstone Dust and 1 Glowstone at a Crafting Table: that is the whole shopping list for a Redstone Lamp. Arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above, and one craft produces one Redstone Lamp.
What do you need to make a Redstone Lamp from scratch?
Gather 4 Redstone Dust and 4 Glowstone Dust and you have everything a Redstone Lamp needs. The in-between items are all crafted, 2 crafts from start to finish.
Can you craft a Redstone Lamp without a crafting table?
The inventory grid is too small for a Redstone Lamp, so you need a table. It is laid out as four Redstone Dust and a single Glowstone in the centre cell, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Where do you find the materials for a Redstone Lamp?
A Redstone Lamp draws its parts from several different places. Redstone Dust: mine redstone ore. Glowstone: craft from glowstone dust.
How many Redstone Lamps do you get from one craft?
The Redstone Lamp recipe makes one Redstone Lamp per craft.
What is the item ID for Redstone Lamp in Minecraft?
The Redstone Lamp item ID is minecraft:redstone_lamp, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write redstone_lamp on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
Can you farm everything you need for a Redstone Lamp?
Redstone Lamp needs nothing you have to go find: redstone dust from witches and glowstone from glowstone dust. Set those up once and you can keep making redstone lamp.
What is the give command for Redstone Lamp?
The command for Redstone Lamp is /give @p redstone_lamp. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p redstone_lamp 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.
What version of Minecraft added the Redstone Lamp?
Minecraft 1.2.1 is the earliest release that spells out redstone lamp. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. Nothing about it has changed since: the pattern above is today's.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
4 Redstone Dust and 1 Glowstone in, 1 Redstone Lamp out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes
Java 1.2.1 is the earliest release that calls it this. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
That the ingredients come back
What drops, what villagers trade and what farms regrow in Minecraft Java, followed through the recipes to see what those ingredients can be turned into.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Redstone Lamp per craft against the stack size.

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