| Java Edition Beta | |||||
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| 1.7 | Piston heads have an unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 34. | ||||
| The moving piston has an unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 36. | |||||
| Both blocks do not appear to be able to be placed. | |||||
| If certain colors of cloth were obtained in a world prior to their mass removal in late Infdev, items of these could convert forward into piston head or moving piston items. | |||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release 2 ;) | Added pick block functionality. This changes the currently selected slot to any containing these otherwise-unobtainable items, but does not allow them to be obtained if not already in the hotbar. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.2.5 | pre | Piston heads and moving pistons can now be obtained via Pick Block in creative. | |||
| 1.3.1 | 12w15a | Using pick block on a piston head or moving piston now causes a game crash. | |||
| 12w16a | Piston head and moving piston items can now be obtained in singleplayer worlds via the /give command using their respective numeric IDs.
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| Piston heads and moving pistons can no longer be obtained with pick block in Creative. | |||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w37a | The direct item forms of piston heads and moving pistons have been removed from the game. They can no longer exist as an item in any way, only as placed blocks. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.15.0 | Both the "moving piston" and "piston head" items have been added. The "piston head" item has an ID of 34 and the "moving piston" item has an ID of 250. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.18.30 | beta 1.18.30.26 | The ids of sticky piston heads and piston heads are now changed. For backward compatibility, their original IDs (stickypistonarmcollision and pistonarmcollision) are registries as their alias IDs, which can be obtained with /give command.
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Moving block's ID is also changed, but it still cannot be obtained by /give. | |||||
A piston head in the inventory.
A comparison between a normal stone block, and a stone block with a block 36 on it
A "sphere" made out of block 36.
Appearances[]
- Piston head
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
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| 1.7 |  The piston head item uses this texture in inventories, when held in first or third person view or as a dropped item. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | The piston head item now uses the aforementioned texture when in an item frame. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| ? |  The piston head block uses this item texture.[1] | ||||
| ? |  The piston head block uses this item texture. | ||||
- Moving piston
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
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| 1.7 |  The moving piston item uses this texture in inventories, when held in first or third person view or as a dropped item. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 |  The moving piston item now uses this texture in inventories, when held in first or third person view or as a dropped item.
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| This is due to the grass top texture changing in this version. | |||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | The moving piston item now uses the aforementioned texture when in an item frame. | |||
| 1.5 | 13w02a | The moving piston item now uses this texture in inventories, when held in first or third person view, as a dropped item or when in an item frame.
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| This is due to major texture storage changes in this version. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.15.0 |  The moving piston block uses this item texture.[2] | ||||
Names[]
- Piston Head
- Beta 1.7 - Beta 1.9 Prerelease: [Has no defined name, rendering a minimum-length text box if highlighted]
- Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 - Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3: [Has no defined name, and attempting to render it causes a game crash]
- Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 - 13w25b: [Has no defined name, rendering a minimum-length text box if highlighted]
- 13w25c - 13w36b: tile.null.name
When given using the /give command, it is announced as null.name.
- ? - Beta 1.18.30.22: tile.pistonArmCollision.name
- Beta 1.18.30.26 - now: tile.piston_arm_collision.name
- Sticky Piston Head
- ? - Beta 1.18.30.22: tile.stickyPistonArmCollision.name
- Beta 1.18.30.26 - now: tile.sticky_piston_arm_collision.name
- Moving Piston
- Beta 1.7 - Beta 1.9 Prerelease: [Has no defined name, rendering a minimum-length text box if highlighted]
- Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 - Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3: [Has no defined name, and attempting to render it causes a game crash]
- Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 - 13w25b: [Has no defined name, rendering a minimum-length text box if highlighted]
- 13w25c - 13w36b: tile.null.name
When given using the /give command, it is announced as null.name.
- ? - Beta 1.18.30.22: tile.movingBlock.name
- Beta 1.18.30.26 - now: tile.moving_block.name