DEEP DIVESBLOCK OF THE MONTH: REDSTONE ORE
本月方块：红石矿石

Replenish your redstone, or light up your life
科技改变生活


There’s not a lot of light in the depths of the Overworld. At the bottom of a mineshaft, you’ll usually need to bring torches if you want to find your way through the darkness.
主世界的深处大多深暗幽邃。要在黑魆魆的废弃矿井深处探路，多数人都会选择带些火把。

However! There are two notable exceptions to this rule – two sources of light deep underground. The first is lava, and you definitely don’t want to tangle with lava unless you absolutely need to. The second, though, is more appealing to a treasure-seeking adventurer: redstone ore .
但！是！在深邃的地下有两种光源可以打破这条规则。首先是岩浆——当然除非必要没人会想用这玩意。第二种则更令宝藏猎人们感兴趣——红石矿石。



Redstone ore began appearing in the Overworld in July 2010 – in Seecret Friday Update number three. It arrived alongside buttons, levels, pressure plates, and doors, though it didn’t get the name “redstone” until about five days later. More recently, the devs also added a deepslate version – because they’re nice like that. But it does take a little longer to mine.
2010 年 7 月，红石矿石在秘密周五更新 3 中加入了MC主世界的大家庭，但它直到5天后才被命名为“红石”。与之一同到来的还有按钮、拉杆、压力板和门。前段时间，开发者们还为它添加了深层变种，看起来更吸引人——但挖起来更费劲。

Ore is the primary way that most players will gather redstone dust – though it is possible to find dust in chests, from mobs, or in woodland mansions, ancient cities or jungle pyramids. Break a block of redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or higher to get 4-5 redstone dust, or slightly more if you have a Fortune enchantment – up to eight if you’re extremely fortunate.
即使红石粉能从许多结构的箱子中和一些生物身上获得，挖矿仍是多数玩家的主要获得途径。使用铁镐或等级更高的镐破坏红石矿石会掉落 4 - 5 个红石粉，且会被时运附魔提升一点。要是你足够欧皇，一个矿石能掉落 8 个红石粉。



It’s tricky to get hold of redstone ore blocks, because usually they crumble into dust when mined. To obtain the block itself, you’ll need a silk touch pickaxe. You can then smelt those blocks into a single piece of redstone if you like, but it’s a much better idea to break it instead, because you’ll get a lot more redstone.
由于红石矿石被开采时只会掉落粉末，要得到矿石有些难度。唯一的获得方式是给你的镐子打上精准采集附魔。矿石可被熔炼成一个红石粉，但显然挖掘得到的数目更多，所以熔炼相比直接挖掉不是个好主意。

When you do give it a whack, you’ll notice that redstone ore gives off red particles – these high-energy dust motes are as bright as three lit candles. You might think that’d make them good for mood lighting in your base, but the light goes out again after a short while as the energy burns away. To activate it again, you’ll need to hit it again, or have a creature disturb it in some other way.
你会注意到，给它来上一拳它就会散发亮度堪比三根蜡烛的高能红色粒子。也许你会想要用它们作为基地里的氛围灯，但它们的能量很快就会消耗殆尽，亮光也随之熄灭。要再次激活它只能给它再来一拳，或是让其他什么生物触发它。

I wonder what that feature could be used for? Perhaps as an early warning system for a hidden underground base? Or maybe as a dimly-let entrance to a buried temple. Or maybe as a challenging puzzle for visitors to your base to solve – try to get across the room without lighting up a redstone ore block!
我很好奇这个特性还能玩出什么新花样。也许可以用来做秘密基地的警报装置？或者建造一个隐约可见的古庙入口？还是说为你的基地出一个谜题来“欢迎”参观的人——在不触发红石矿石的前提下穿过整个房间！

As always with Minecraft, the possibilities are pretty much infinite.
就像 Minecraft 所一以贯之的，一切都充斥着无限的可能性。




【SPXX User 译自官网 2023 年 11 月 17 日发布的 Redstone Ore；原作者 Duncan Geere】
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