Pressure Plate

A pressure plate is a non-solid block that produces a redstone signal when stood on by an entity, with multiple variants that have different properties.

Variants

• Wooden Pressure Plate
  • Oak Pressure Plate
  • Spruce Pressure Plate
  • Birch Pressure Plate
  • Jungle Pressure Plate
  • Acacia Pressure Plate
  • Dark Oak Pressure Plate
  • Mangrove Pressure Plate
  • Cherry Pressure Plate
  • Pale Oak Pressure Plate
  • Bamboo Pressure Plate
  • Crimson Pressure Plate
  • Warped Pressure Plate
• Stone Pressure Plate
• Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate
• Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate
• Light Weighted Pressure Plate

Obtaining

Usage

A pressure plate can be used to detect entities on top of it (players, mobs, items, etc.).

To place a pressure plate, use it while aiming at the face of a block adjacent to the destination space.

A pressure plate can be placed on top of:

• blocks that have a rigid support shape (cauldrons, composters, hoppers, stone, etc).
• blocks that have a center support shape (glass panes, fences, walls, stone, etc).
• any block that has a full top surface, as these blocks fall under the previous two categories ( stone, scaffolding, upside-down stairs, closed trapdoors, etc).
  • Some exceptions may apply.

A pressure plate cannot be attached to the side or bottom of any block, but attempting to make such an attachment may cause the plate to attach to the top of a block under the destination space. For example, if a fence is on the ground, attempting to attach a plate to the side of the fence causes the plate to be attached to the top of the ground next to the fence instead. More information regarding placement on non-conductive blocks can be found at Opacity/Placement.

A minecart traveling on rails can activate a pressure plate diagonally adjacent to a curved rail's corner, but not one next to a straight rail (a stone pressure plate cannot be activated by a minecart, but it can be activated by the minecart's passenger, if present). For a block that works similarly to pressure plates but was designed specifically for minecarts, see Detector Rail.

A pressure plate is not solid (it is not a barrier to entity movement). A block under a pressure plate can provide a solid surface underneath it (for mobs to walk across, items to fall on, etc.), but when a pressure plate is placed on a block with a small collision box, such as a fence or nether brick fence, it is possible for entities to move through the pressure plate while still activating it (walking through it horizontally, or falling through it vertically). Thus, a pressure plate on a fence can be used to detect entities without stopping them. An entity moving fast enough can phase through a pressure plate without actually activating it.

Pressure plates are 0.0625 blocks high (1⁄16 of a block) when inactive and 0.03125 blocks high (1⁄32 of a block) when active, but because they are not solid they do not affect the position of entities "on top" of them, so a player on top of a pressure plate is actually standing on the block beneath it.

Unlike similar redstone components, pressure plates cannot be broken by water and lava, as such they are often used to contain these fluids. In Bedrock Edition, pressure plates can be waterlogged.

Behavior

A pressure plate activates when an entity is on top of it (specifically, when the entity's collision box intersects with a space occupied by the pressure plate that's as large as the pressure plate itself, but is 0.25 blocks (¹⁄₄ of a block) tall instead of 0.0625 blocks (¹⁄₁₆ of a block), which may include entities flying close to the ground). The activation conditions vary depending on the type of pressure plate.

After being activated, the pressure plate periodically^{[n 1]} checks if there are still entities on top of it. If none are found, the pressure plate returns to its inactive state.

While active, a pressure plate provides weak power to its direct neighbors and strong power to the block below itself.

Block states

Java Edition:

Stone and wooden pressure plates

Weighted pressure plates

Bedrock Edition:

Stone and wooden pressure plates

Weighted pressure plates

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Development

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Renders

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  Oak Pressure Plate
• 
  Spruce Pressure Plate
• 
  Birch Pressure Plate
• 
  Jungle Pressure Plate
• 
  Acacia Pressure Plate
• 
  Dark Oak Pressure Plate
• 
  Mangrove Pressure Plate
• 
  Cherry Pressure Plate
• 
  Pale Oak Pressure Plate
• 
  Bamboo Pressure Plate
• 
  Crimson Pressure Plate
• 
  Warped Pressure Plate
• 
  Stone Pressure Plate
• 
  Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate
• 
  Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate
• 
  Light Weighted Pressure Plate

Issues

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