Pressure Plate

"Plate" redirects here. For the armor, see MCD:Plate Armor.

Pressure Plate

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tools
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Overworld wood: Yes All others: No

A pressure plate is a non-solid block that can be used to detect players, mobs, items, etc. It has four variants:

Wooden pressure plate: Can detect all entities, giving out a maximum signal strength.

Stone pressure plate: Can detect only players and mobs, giving out a maximum signal strength.

Light weighted pressure plate: Can detect all entities. The signal strength increases as more entities are added.

Heavy weighted pressure plate: Similar to a light weighted pressure plate but measures groups of 10 entities.

Obtaining

Breaking

A wooden pressure plate can be mined using any tool, or without a tool, however, axes are the fastest. All other types can be mined only with a pickaxe.

Block	Stone Polished Blackstone Weighted Pressure Plates	Wooden Pressure Plates
Hardness	0.5	0.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	2.5	0.75
Wooden	0.4	0.4
Stone	0.2	0.2
Iron	0.15	0.15
Diamond	0.1	0.1
Netherite	0.1	0.1
Golden	0.1	0.1

A pressure plate is removed and drops itself as an item if:

• the block beneath it is moved, removed, or destroyed
• a piston tries to push it or moves a block into its space

Natural generation

One stone pressure plate is generated naturally in each desert pyramid.

Oak pressure plates can generate in some plains village houses.

Acacia pressure plates can generate in some savanna village houses.

Spruce pressure plates can generate in some snowy tundra village houses.

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Ruined portal	Chest	1	7.3%
Bedrock Edition
Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Ruined portal	Chest	1	7.3%

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stone Pressure Plate	Stone
Wooden Pressure Plate	Matching Planks
Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate	Polished Blackstone
Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate	Iron Ingot
Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Gold Ingot

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Detector Rail	Iron Ingot + Stone Pressure Plate + Redstone Dust	6

Redstone component

See also: Redstone circuit

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

Placement

File:Pressure plate as power source.png

Pressure plate placement and behavior.

File:Pressure plate.png

Pressure plates on fences.

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 attached to:

• the top 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 of a hopper, fence, nether brick fence, an upside-down slab, or upside-down stairs.

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 transparent blocks can be found at Opacity/Placement.

Activation

A pressure plate activates when an entity is on top of it (specifically, when the entity's collision mask intersects the bottom quarter-block of the pressure plate's space, which may include entities flying close to the ground) and deactivates 5 redstone ticks (0.5 seconds, barring lag) after no entities are on top of it, with a minimum activation time of 10 redstone ticks (1 second, barring lag).

A stone pressure plate is activated only by mobs (including players), while a wooden pressure plate or a weighted pressure plate is activated by all entities (including players, mobs, items, arrows, experience orbs, fishing bobs, etc.) besides snowballs.

A minecart traveling on rails activates a pressure plate next to a diagonal track but not one next to a straight track (stone pressure plates are activated only if the minecart contains a mob or player).

Behavior

Required Entities for Weighted Pressure Plate Signal Strength Table

Signal Strength	Number of entities required
	Light Weighted (Golden)	Heavy Weighted (Iron)
0	0	0
1	1	1–10
2	2	11–20
3	3	21–30
4	4	31–40
5	5	41–50
6	6	51–60
7	7	61–70
8	8	71–80
9	9	81–90
10	10	91–100
11	11	101–110
12	12	111–120
13	13	121–130
14	14	131–140
15	15+	141+

While active, a pressure plate:

• powers adjacent redstone dust, and adjacent redstone comparators or redstone repeaters facing away from the plate
• strongly powers any full solid opaque block beneath it
• activates adjacent mechanism components, including above or below, such as pistons, redstone lamps, etc.

For stone and wooden pressure plates, the power level is always 15. For weighted pressure plates, the power level varies depending on the number of entities.

The signal strength from a weighted pressure plate does not vary with the type of entity: all entities have the same "weight", so two mobs produce the same strength as two dropped items. An item stack counts as a single entity, no matter how many items are in the stack. When multiple items of the same type fall on a weighted pressure plate, they may initially be separate item entities and the weighted pressure plate counts them separately, but if they then collapse into a single item stack entity the signal strength from the weighted pressure plate may go down.

Water and lava flows around a pressure plate without affecting it.

A pressure plate is not solid (it is not a barrier to entity movement). A block under a pressure plate can provide a solid barrier 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 mask, 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 (more compactly than a tripwire circuit).

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.

Pressure plates can also open doors, activate TNT, and command blocks.

Fuel

Wooden pressure plates can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per pressure plate.

Note Blocks

Wooden pressure plates can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sound.

Stone pressure plates can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Sounds

Generic

Stone

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.ogg	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.ogg	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	0.8

Wood and metal

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:Click.ogg	Pressure Plate clicks	?	?	block.stone_pressure_plate.click_off	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	?	(<1.0)	16
File:Click.ogg	Pressure Plate clicks	?	?	block.stone_pressure_plate.click_on	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	?	(<1.0)	16
File:Click.ogg	Pressure Plate clicks	?	?	block.wooden_pressure_plate.click_off	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	?	(<1.0)	16
File:Click.ogg	Pressure Plate clicks	?	?	block.wooden_pressure_plate.click_on	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	?	(<1.0)	16
File:Click.ogg	Pressure Plate clicks	?	?	block.metal_pressure_plate.click_off	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	?	(<1.0)	16
File:Click.ogg	Pressure Plate clicks	?	?	block.metal_pressure_plate.click_on	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	?	(<1.0)	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Item tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Light Weighted Pressure Plate	light_weighted_pressure_plate	pressure_plates wall_post_override	piglin_loved	Block & Item	block.minecraft.light_weighted_pressure_plate
Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate	heavy_weighted_pressure_plate	pressure_plates wall_post_override	None	Block & Item	block.minecraft.heavy_weighted_pressure_plate
Stone Pressure Plate	stone_pressure_plate	pressure_plates stone_pressure_plates wall_post_override	None	Block & Item	block.minecraft.stone_pressure_plate
Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate	polished_blackstone_pressure_plate	pressure_plates stone_pressure_plates wall_post_override	None	Block & Item	block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_pressure_plate
Oak Pressure Plate	oak_pressure_plate	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	Block & Item	block.minecraft.oak_pressure_plate
Spruce Pressure Plate	spruce_pressure_plate	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	Block & Item	block.minecraft.spruce_pressure_plate
Birch Pressure Plate	birch_pressure_plate	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	Block & Item	block.minecraft.birch_pressure_plate
Jungle Pressure Plate	jungle_pressure_plate	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	Block & Item	block.minecraft.jungle_pressure_plate
Acacia Pressure Plate	acacia_pressure_plate	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	Block & Item	block.minecraft.acacia_pressure_plate
Dark Oak Pressure Plate	dark_oak_pressure_plate	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	Block & Item	block.minecraft.dark_oak_pressure_plate
Crimson Pressure Plate	crimson_pressure_plate	non_flammable_wood pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	non_flammable_wood wooden_pressure_plates	Block & Item	block.minecraft.crimson_pressure_plate
Warped Pressure Plate	warped_pressure_plate	non_flammable_wood pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	non_flammable_wood wooden_pressure_plates	Block & Item	block.minecraft.warped_pressure_plate

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Weighted Pressure Plate (Light)	light_weighted_pressure_plate	147	Block & Item	tile.light_weighted_pressure_plate.name
Weighted Pressure Plate (Heavy)	heavy_weighted_pressure_plate	148	Block & Item	tile.heavy_weighted_pressure_plate.name
Stone Pressure Plate	stone_pressure_plate	70	Block & Item	tile.stone_pressure_plate.name
Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate	polished_blackstone_pressure_plate	550	Block & Item	tile.polished_blackstone_pressure_plate.name
Oak Pressure Plate	wooden_pressure_plate	72	Block & Item	tile.wooden_pressure_plate.name
Spruce Pressure Plate	spruce_pressure_plate	409	Block & Item	tile.spruce_pressure_plate.name
Birch Pressure Plate	birch_pressure_plate	406	Block & Item	tile.birch_pressure_plate.name
Jungle Pressure Plate	jungle_pressure_plate	408	Block & Item	tile.jungle_pressure_plate.name
Acacia Pressure Plate	acacia_pressure_plate	405	Block & Item	tile.acacia_pressure_plate.name
Dark Oak Pressure Plate	dark_oak_pressure_plate	407	Block & Item	tile.dark_oak_pressure_plate.name
Crimson Pressure Plate	crimson_pressure_plate	517	Block & Item	tile.crimson_pressure_plate.name
Warped Pressure Plate	warped_pressure_plate	518	Block & Item	tile.warped_pressure_plate.name

Metadata

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, a pressure plate's data value specifies whether is it active:

Block states

See also: Block states

History

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009					Notch shows interest in adding pressure plates.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					32px 32px 32px 32px Added wooden and stone pressure plates.
					32px 32px The model of pressure plates in item form is different.
Java Edition Beta
1.3					Pressure plates now require only two wood planks/stone to craft; previous versions required three (this recipe now creates wooden or stone slabs).
1.5					Stone pressure plates are now used to craft detector rails.
1.6		Test Build 3			Wooden plates no longer require a pickaxe to be successfully extracted; before they used to.
					Both types of pressure plates can now also be recovered by destroying the block they are on.
					Pressure plates may no longer be placed on leaf blocks or TNT. Pressure plates placed on such blocks prior to this update drop when disturbed (whether by stepping on them or by placing/breaking adjacent blocks) and may be recollected, though they can still ignite TNT.
1.7					32px 32px 32px 32px The model of pressure plates has been changed.
1.8		Pre-release			Pressure plates are now placeable on fences, though they are not functional as pressure plates in this configuration due to the fence's hitbox.
					Dropped pressure plate items no longer appear larger than normal blocks.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2			Pressure plates now function when placed on top of fences.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of pressure plates have been changed.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Wooden pressure plates are now broken faster with an axe.
					The breaking time of stone pressure plates now depends on the pickaxe's material.
1.3.1		12w21a			A stone pressure plate now generates in desert temples.
		12w23a			Wooden pressure plates can now be activated by arrows.
November 2?, 2012					Weighted pressure plates announced at minecon 2012. It was mentioned that they would, in addition to the functions actually given to them upon introduction, also be able to detect how full a minecart with chest is, functionality that was instead given to the detector rail and redstone comparator.
1.5		13w01a			32px 32px Added weighted pressure plates.
					32px 32px The model of pressure plates in item form is different.
1.7.2		13w36a			The output strength of weighted pressure plates has been rescaled.
					All entities are now allowed to trigger weighted pressure plates.
1.8		14w10a			32px 32px 32px 32px The model of pressure plates in item form has been changed.
		14w10c			32px 32px 32px 32px The model of pressure plates in item form has been changed.
		14w33a			Pressure plates now have unique item names.
1.9		15w31a			32px 32px 32px 32px The model of pressure plates in item form has been changed.
		15w43a			Non-stone pressure plates have now been given a different, more high-pitched activation sound, so that they no longer match the sound of stone pressure plates.
		15w46a			Mobs no longer spawn on pressure plates.
1.13		17w47a			The oak pressure plate ID has now been changed from wooden_pressure_plate to oak_pressure_plate.
					32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Pressure plates now come in all six types of wood.
					"Wooden Pressure Plate" has now been renamed to "<wood type> Pressure Plate".
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 70, 72, 147 and 148.
		18w20a			"Weighted Pressure Plate (Heavy)" has now been renamed to "Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate".
					"Weighted Pressure Plate (Light)" has now been renamed to "Light Weighted Pressure Plate".
1.14		18w43a			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of pressure plates have been changed.
		18w44a			32px The texture of stone pressure plates has now been changed.
		18w47a			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of wooden and golden pressure plates have now been changed.
		18w50a			32px The texture of spruce pressure plates has now been changed.
		19w12b			Pressure plates and Weighted pressure plates can now be placed on glass, ice, glowstone and the sea lantern.
1.14.3		pre3			Pressure plates can now be placed on iron bars and glass panes.
1.16		20w06a			32px 32px Added crimson and warped pressure plates.
		20w15a			32px Added polished blackstone pressure plate.
		20w16a			Light weighted pressure plates now generate in ruined portal chests.
1.16.2		20w28a			Polished blackstone pressure plates are now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to trade 8-16 blackstone during bartering.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.13.0		build 1			32px 32px 32px 32px Added pressure plates and weighted pressure plates.
					Stone pressure plates are used to craft detector rails.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Pressure plates now come in all six types of wood.
					Water can now be placed in the same block as pressure plates.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of pressure plates have now been changed.
					An oak, acacia, and spruce pressure plate generate in new villages.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			32px 32px Added crimson and warped pressure plates.
		beta 1.16.0.57			32px Added polished blackstone pressure plate.
					Light weighted pressure plates can now be found in ruined portal chests.
1.16.20		beta 1.16.20.50			Crimson and warped pressure plates now uses regular plank sounds instead of their stem variant sounds.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		32px 32px Added pressure plates.
TU5					Pressure plates are now placeable on fences.
TU14		1.04			Wooden pressure plates can now be activated by arrows.
TU19	CU7	1.12			32px 32px Added weighted pressure plates.
TU69	CU57	1.76	Patch 38		32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Pressure plates now come in all six types of wood.
		1.90			32px The texture of stone pressure plates has now been changed.
					32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of wooden pressure plates have now been changed.
					32px 32px The textures of weighted pressure plates have now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					32px 32px 32px 32px Added pressure plates.

Pre-1.7.2 requirements

Before Java Edition 1.7.2, weighted pressure plates could be activated only by drops, and they required larger quantities.

Required Entities for Weighted Pressure Plate Signal Strength

Signal strength	Number of entities required
	Gold plate	Iron plate (blocks)	Iron plate (stacks)
1	1–4	1–42	1 block–42 blocks
2	5–8	43–85	43 blocks–1 stack 21 blocks
3	9–12	86–128	1 stack 22 blocks–2 stacks
4	13–16	129–170	2 stacks 1 block–2 stacks 42 blocks
5	17–20	171–213	2 stacks 43 blocks–3 stacks 21 blocks
6	21–24	214–256	3 stacks 22 blocks–4 stacks
7	25–28	257–298	4 stacks 1 block–4 stacks 42 blocks
8	29–32	299–341	4 stacks 43 blocks–5 stacks 21 blocks
9	33–36	342–384	5 stacks 22 blocks–6 stacks
10	37–40	385–426	6 stacks 1 block–6 stacks 42 blocks
11	41–44	427–469	6 stacks 43 blocks–7 stacks 21 blocks
12	45–48	470–512	7 stacks 22 blocks–8 stacks
13	49–52	513–554	8 stacks 1 block–8 stacks 42 blocks
14	53–56	555–597	8 stacks 43 blocks–9 stacks 21 blocks
15	57+	598+	9 stacks 22 blocks+

Trivia

• "Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate" is the current longest name for a block (excluding Education Edition), tied with Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks (34 characters with spaces, 31 without)
  • It briefly lost its place between Java Edition 1.17 snapshots 20w45a and 21w05a, where it was surpassed by variants of the Copper Block:
    • Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Stairs (41 characters with spaces, 36 without in first place)
    • Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Slab (39 characters with spaces, 34 without in second place)
    • Waxed Semi-Weathered Cut Copper Stairs (38 characters with spaces, 34 without in third place)
    • Waxed Semi-Weathered Cut Copper Slab (36 characters with spaces, 32 without in fourth place)

Issues

Issues relating to "Pressure Plate" or "Weighted Pressure Plate" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

References

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