Make a Piston in Minecraft

A piston is a block that pushes other blocks when a redstone input is pulsed into it. Pistons can push most blocks, depending on how they have been situated, and sticky pistons can also pull. Making pistons is simple, as explained here.

Steps

Crafting a normal piston

  1. Find the materials needed:
    • Find four cobblestones. Mine normal stone and it turns to cobblestone, or mine cobblestone.
    • Get one redstone. This is found underground when mining.
    • Get one iron. This is mined underground, then needs to be smelted.
    • Get three wooden planks. Cut down a tree, put a log in your crafting table and you'll get four wooden planks. Three are needed for the Piston Recipe.
  2. Place all of the materials into the crafting grid in the piston recipe formation:
    • Place the three wood across the top three slots of the grid.
    • Place the iron in the middle spot of the grid.
    • Place the redstone directly under the iron.
    • Place the cobblestones in the leftover spots.
  3. Craft the piston. When done, shift click or drag to your inventory.

Crafting a sticky piston

Sticky pistons are able to push and pull blocks. Normal pistons can only push. This makes sticky pistons more versatile. However, two normal pistons could push back and forth if needed.

  1. Make a piston as outlined above.
  2. Find a slimeball. This can be found by killing a slime. You'll find slimes underground in certain chunks, and in swamp Biomes when there is not a new moon. When the slime is killed, it will drop a green slimeball.
  3. Place the piston and slimeball into the crafting grid as follows:
    • Place the slimeball in the center slot.
    • Place the piston directly underneath it.
  4. Craft the sticky piston. When done, shift click or drag into your inventory.

Powering the pistons

  1. Apply any kind of redstone input (redstone dust) to the piston and it will extend. It will push the blocks that it has been placed next to. If it's a sticky piston, it will pull the block as well.
    • The redstone trail must lead directly to the piston. It isn't enough to put the redstone next to a piston, as this won't work. You may even need to curve the redstone trail to activate the piston.
    • Redstone inputs include: Redstone torch, a lever, a button, etc.

Building with pistons

  1. Make a few things with the help of pistons:



Tips

  • Pistons are not able to push a chain of blocks over 12 blocks. By this point, it's just too long.
  • Some blocks cannot be pushed by a piston (or pulled). For example, anvils are simply too heavy. Obsidian, bedrock, end portals and nether portals cannot be pushed. Pistons cannot push lava or water but they can obstruct either type of block.
  • Some items will turn into something else if pushed. For example, cactus, pumpkins, dragon eggs, sugar cane and jack-o-lanterns turn into drops when pushed. They are redeemable by walking over them again. Melons will turn into slices, allowing your character to consume them (you cannot eat a melon when it is whole). Cobwebs will turn into string, which can be used for things like fishing rods and bows.

Things You'll Need

  • Minecraft, installed

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