How to make a Piston in Minecraft?

How to make a Piston in Minecraft?

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Minecraft has a lot of mechanical components that the players can make and one of them is the Piston in Minecraft. This is a redstone component and here is all its features in the game.

Redstone components in Minecraft are used to build mechanical components and make automated machines that can do several tasks. Players like to build them to automate their resources and save time in their world. The Piston is an important component among them due to their ability to push blocks around.

Here is how to make a Piston in Minecraft.

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Piston in Minecraft
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The Piston is a moving block that can push other blocks, players and other entities around in the game with the power of Redstone.

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Pistons are not found naturally spawning anywhere in the world of Minecraft and players need to build them from scratch to obtain them.

When powered with redstone pulse, the Piston head will move and the blocks on the top of it will be moved up and suspended in the air. If the block is a loose block, then it will fall after being pushed up. Players can also use them to push blocks, mobs and entities sideways or even down below.

However, unlike the Sticky Pistons in Minecraft, the Piston cannot move the block back along with it. Therefore, it can only push blocks in one direction. The Piston can move 12 blocks stacked overtop of side-by-side at most and makes a sound when doing so.

How to make a Piston in Minecraft?

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Players need to collect the following items to make a Piston in Minecraft:

  • Wooden Planks (any type) x3
  • Cobblestone x4
  • Iron Ingot x1
  • Redstone Dust x1

Wooden Planks can be obtained by chopping Trees and Cobblestone can be found from underground. Iron Ingots can be smelted from a Iron Ore block after mining it and Redstone dust can be found by mining Redstone blocks underground.

Piston in Minecraft
Recipe

Combine the items in the Crafting Table in the manner shown above to make a Piston in Minecraft.

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