Not to be confused with Weighted Pressure Plate.
| Pressure Plate | |
|---|---|
 A Stone Pressure Plate | |
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Type |
Redstone Block |
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Luminosity |
None |
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Stackable |
Yes (Up to 64) |
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First Appearance |
Update 0.13.0 |
A Pressure Plate is a Block that was added in Update 0.13.0, along with some other Redstone components. They act as a power source when a Player, Mob, entity or Item stands or falls on it.
Types
There are two types of regular Pressure Plates.
- Stone Pressure Plate
- Wooden Pressure Plate
Crafting
- 2 Wooden Planks => 1 Wooden Pressure Plate
- Note: The type of plank used will not affect the Pressure Plate
- 2 Stone Blocks => 1 Stone Pressure Plate
- Note: Cobblestone Blocks don't work, only Stone.
- 1 Stone Pressure Plate + 6 Iron Ingots + 1 Redstone => 6 Detector Rails
Uses
- Pressure plates can be used to activate Redstone devices, Doors, or Trapdoors.
- They are used to craft Detector Rails.
- They are naturally found in Desert Temple traps.
Trivia
- Wooden Pressure Plates will activate if an item falls on it, but Stone ones will not.
- This also works with entities and some falling blocks.
- In other versions of Minecraft, Wooden Pressure Plates are used as table tops in Villages.
- Stone Pressure Plates only work while an object, player, or Mob stands on it.
- Pressure Plates are only 1/16th of a block.
- When activated, they are only half that size.
- If placed on a block inside a Door, the Door will auto open (and close) when the Player is going out, and close the door automatically when going inside.
- When underwater, Pressure Plates create Airlocks.
- There is a variant of Pressure Plates called Weighted Pressure Plates.
- Bug: In Update 0.13.0, Mobs would get hurt when touching a pressure plate.
- Bug: In Update 0.15.0, when Players walk into a Button or Pressure Plate, it is rendered as a full block, making them see inside it.
- The wooden variant of pressure plates can be used as Fuel in a Furnace.
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