Piston

Piston
Type:	Solid, Redstone
Mine with:	Hand
Physics:	Pushing
Found naturally:	No
Renewable:	No
Identifier:	piston

Pistons are redstone-activated tools that push blocks in their line of direction. They can be used to make piston doors, traps and more.

Obtaining

The piston can be broken by hand.

Crafting

3 wooden planks at the top, 2 cobblestone on each side below the wooden planks, redstone on the bottom and iron ingot in the middle.

Usage

When a redstone current is applied, it expands to take up two blocks in a single direction pushing blocks out of the way. Blocks that are not pushable include bedrock, extended pistons, portal stone. and portal frame. It is only able to push 11 blocks (tested with sand).

Crafting Ingredient

The piston is used in the recipe for a sticky piston.

History

Version	Date	Changes
Unknown	Unknown	Added the piston
1.19.4	Dec 11, 2011	Piston no longer moves bedrock
1.25	May 11, 2013	Pistons have better functionality Fixed duplicating pistons glitch
1.26	May 31, 2014	Pistons used in recipe for sticky piston
1.27	Nov 13, 2015	Fixed pistons pushing doors (Found by Aftermoth)
1.28	Oct 08, 2016	Fixed pistons not transferring all block data, and optimized their code - Video by WSDGuy2014

Gallery

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See Also

• Sticky piston