Redstone Torch

Redstone Torch

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminant	Yes (7) (when lit)
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

A redstone torch is a non-solid block that can be used as a toggleable redstone power source, as well as a signal inverter.

Obtaining

In Java Edition, the inactive redstone torch cannot be obtained as an item. In Bedrock Edition, it can be obtained via inventory editing.

Breaking

Redstone torches can be broken instantly using anything, and drop themselves as an item.

A redstone torch is removed and drops itself as an item if:

• its attachment block is moved, removed, or destroyed
• water or lava flows into its space
• a piston pushes it or moves a block into its space

Natural generation

Redstone torches can be found in igloos.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Redstone Dust + Stick

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Redstone torches can be used to craft activator rails, redstone comparators, and redstone repeaters.

Redstone component

See also: Redstone circuit

Redstone torches can be used to power blocks and transmission components such as redstone dust, activate mechanism components such as pistons, or invert redstone signals like a NOT Gate.

Placement

See also: Opacity/Placement

File:Redstone torch as power source.png

Examples of redstone torch placement and behavior.

To place a redstone torch, use the Place Block control while aiming at the surface to which the redstone torch should be attached.

A redstone torch can be attached to:

• the top or side of any full solid opaque block (stone, dirt, blocks of gold, etc.), including full-block mechanism components (command blocks, dispensers, droppers, note blocks, and redstone lamps)
• the top only or side only of certain block. SeeOpacity/Placement.

Redstone torches cannot be attached to the bottoms of any blocks.

Attempting to attach a redstone torch to an invalid surface can cause it to "snap" to a valid surface adjacent to the same space. For example, if a fence is on the ground, attempting to attach a redstone torch to the side of the fence causes the redstone torch to be attached to the top of the ground next to the fence instead.

Activation

A redstone torch is active unless the block it is attached to is powered. Effectively, a redstone torch inverts the signal applied to its attachment block: power level 0 is changed to 15 and power levels 1 to 15 are changed to 0 (for an alternative that produces a greater range of output power levels, consider a redstone comparator in subtraction mode).

Walls, fences, glass, slabs, hoppers, and stairs cannot be powered so redstone torches attached to them cannot be deactivated.

A redstone torch takes 1 redstone tick (2 game ticks, or 0.1 seconds barring lag) to change state and usually does not respond to 1-tick fluctuations of power.

Behavior

While active, a redstone torch:

• powers adjacent redstone dust to power level 15, including beneath the redstone torch if it is attached to the side of a block
• powers adjacent redstone comparators or redstone repeaters facing away from the redstone torch to power level 15
• strongly powers a full solid opaque block above the redstone torch to power level 15 (but not next to or below it)
• activates adjacent mechanism components, including above or below, such as pistons, redstone lamps, etc.
• produces "reddust" particles

A redstone torch never affects the block it is attached to, even if it is a mechanism component. For example, a redstone torch attached to a redstone lamp does not activate the lamp.

A redstone torch experiences "burn-out" when it is forced to change state (by powering and de-powering the block it is attached to) more than eight times in 60 game ticks (three seconds, barring lag). After burning out, a redstone torch produces a "smoke" particle and a hiss similar to an extinguished fire, deactivates, and then ignores attempts to change its state until the number of state changes in the last 60 game ticks drops to fewer than eight—after that it re-activates when it receives a block update (an adjacent block changing its state) or a redstone update that would not normally deactivate the redstone torch. There is no limit on how often a single redstone torch can burn out.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
File:Wood dig1.oggFile:Wood dig2.oggFile:Wood dig3.oggFile:Wood dig4.ogg	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.ogg	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.ogg	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
File:Wood dig1.oggFile:Wood dig2.oggFile:Wood dig3.oggFile:Wood dig4.ogg	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.ogg	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.wood	1.0	0.8

Unique

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
File:Fizz.ogg	Torch fizzes	Blocks	Flickering torch	block.redstone_torch.burnout	subtitles.block.redstone_torch.burnout	?	?	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Redstone Torch	redstone_torch	wall_post_override	Block & Item	block.minecraft.redstone_torch
Redstone Wall Torch	redstone_wall_torch	None	Block	block.minecraft.redstone_wall_torch

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Redstone Torch	redstone_torch	76	Block & Item	tile.redstone_torch.name
Unlit Redstone Torch	unlit_redstone_torch	75	Block	tile.unlit_redstone_torch.name

Metadata

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, a redstone torch's block data specifies its orientation.

	DV	Description
	0	(unused)
	1	Facing east (attached to a block to its west)
	2	Facing west (attached to a block to its east)
	3	Facing south (attached to a block to its north)
	4	Facing north (attached to a block to its south)
	5	Facing up (attached to a block beneath it)

Block states

See also: Block states

History

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Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added redstone torches.
					Redstone torches currently make flame particles.
v1.0.2_01					Redstone torches, NOT gates, now signal into blocks only above or beside them.
v1.1.0					Redstone torches can no longer be placed on tree leaves, but only in fancy mode.
v1.2.0_02					Redstone torches no longer duplicate in multiplayer.
Java Edition Beta
1.2_01					Redstone torches acting proper weird when placed has now been fixed.
1.3					Redstone torches are now used to craft redstone repeaters.
1.6.6					Redstone torches can now be placed on glowstone.
1.7.3					A redstone torch duplication bug when using pistons has now been corrected.
Java Edition
1.2.1		?			'Burn-out' time of redstone torches has now been reduced from 100 ticks to 60 ticks.
		12w07a			Redstone torches can now be placed on the top of glass.
1.3.1		12w25a			Redstone torches can now be placed on upside-down slabs and stairs.
1.4.2		?			Redstone torches are now destroyed when an anvil falls on them.
1.4.4		1.4.3			Redstone torches now have a bottom texture, visible on wall torches or torches placed on top of glass.
1.5		13w01a			Redstone torches can now be used to craft redstone comparators and activator rails.
1.8		14w07a			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Redstone torches placed on walls are now rotated cuboids rather than a parallelpiped. Their top texture now also rotates accordingly.
		14w25a			Burnt-out redstone torches no longer randomly fix themselves.
					32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Redstone torches are now incorrectly affected by ambient occlusion.
		14w33c			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Redstone torches are no longer affected by ambient occlusion.
1.9		15w43a			A redstone torch now generates as part of igloos.
1.12		?			Redstone torches can now be placed on the side of jack o'lanterns.
1.13		17w47a			The different block IDs have been split up and merged into redstone_torch for on the ground, and redstone_wall_torch for on a wall.
					A lit block state has been added for redstone torches.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 75 and 76.
		17w48a			Redstone torches can now be placed on the top of jack o'lanterns.
1.14		18w43a			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The texture of redstone torches has now been changed.
		19w12b			Redstone torches can now be placed on ice, glowstone and sea lanterns.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.13.0		build 1			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added redstone torches.
v0.15.0		?			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The back faces of redstone torches now render.Template:Testing needed
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			A redstone torch now generates as part of igloos.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The texture of redstone torches has now been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px[verify] 32px Added redstone torches.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		A redstone torch now generates as part of igloos.
		1.90			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The texture of redstone torches has now been changed. Whether anything happened to the unlit torch is unknown.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px[verify] 32px Added redstone torches.

Unlit redstone torch "item"

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Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					32px Unlit redstone torches have an unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID, which uses the inactive texture. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 75.
Java Edition Beta
?					The item is generically labelled "Redstone Torch" in the inventory.
1.6		Test Build 3			Unlit redstone torch items can be obtained from the newly added debug chests, mainly from the 17th slot of the 3rd chest from the left, and the 1st slot of the 7th chest from the left.
		release			Debug chests no longer spawn, preventing unlit redstone torch items from being obtained this way.
Java Edition
1.3.1		12w16a			Unlit redstone torch items can now be obtained in singleplayer worlds via the /give command using the respective numeric ID.
1.7.2		13w37a			The direct item form of unlit redstone torches has been removed from the game. It can no longer exist as an item in any way, only as a placed block.
Bedrock Edition
?					Unlit redstone torches probably exist as an item.

Trivia

• In Minecraft Earth, the icon in the inventory shows an unlit redstone torch.

Issues

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References

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