Pressure Plate

A pressure plate is a non-solid block that produces a redstone signal when stood on by an entity, with four variants:

Wooden pressure plates can detect all entities, producing the maximum signal strength of 15.

Stone pressure plates can detect only players and mobs, also producing a strength of 15.

Light weighted pressure plates can detect all entities, and the signal strength equals the number of entities stood on one.

Heavy weighted pressure plates are similar to light weighted pressure plates, but measure groups of 10 entities.

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

A wooden pressure plate can be mined using any tool, or without a tool, and drops itself as an item. However, axes are the fastest way to break one. All other types can be obtained only by using a pickaxe.

Block	Stone Polished Blackstone Weighted Pressure Plates	Wooden Pressure Plates
Hardness	0.5	0.5
Tool
Breaking time[A]
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. Stone pressure plate also generate as part of ancient city.

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
Wooden Pressure Plate	Matching Planks
Stone Pressure Plate	Stone
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[]

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

Placement

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), with a minimum activation time of 1 second.

A stone pressure plate is activated only by mobs, players and armor stands, 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.

Heavy or light weighted pressure plates deactivate 5 redstone ticks (10 game ticks or 0.5 seconds, barring lag) after no entities are on top of it, while stone or wooden pressure plates deactivate 10 redstone ticks (20 game ticks or 1 second, barring lag) after no entities are on top of it.

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 power 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" sounds.

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

Sounds[]

Generic[]

Metal[]

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Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.metal.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	1.2	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.metal.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	1.2	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.metal.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.75	16
	None[sound 1]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.metal.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	1.25	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.metal.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.5	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	1.1-1.2
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	1.2-1.25
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.3	0.75
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.35	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Stone[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	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
	None[sound 1]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Normal wood[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	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
	None[sound 1]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0

Cherry wood[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.cherry_wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.cherry_wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.cherry_wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	None[sound 1]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.cherry_wood.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.cherry_wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	break.cherry_wood	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.cherry_wood	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.cherry_wood	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.cherry_wood	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.cherry_wood	0.2	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	step.cherry_wood	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.cherry_wood	0.18	1.0

Bamboo wood[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.bamboo_wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	0.9	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.bamboo_wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	0.9	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.bamboo_wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.225	0.5	16
	None[sound 1]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.bamboo_wood.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.bamboo_wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	break.bamboo_wood	0.9	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.bamboo_wood	0.9	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.bamboo_wood	0.207	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.bamboo_wood	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.bamboo_wood	0.2	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	step.bamboo_wood	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.bamboo_wood	0.18	1.0

Nether wood[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.nether_wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.72	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.nether_wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.72	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.nether_wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.45	16
	None[sound 1]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.nether_wood.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.nether_wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	break.nether_wood	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.nether_wood	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.nether_wood	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.nether_wood	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.nether_wood	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	step.nether_wood	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.nether_wood	0.18	1.0

Unique[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a weighted pressure plate is deactivated	block.metal_pressure_plate.click_off	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	0.3	0.65	16
	Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a weighted pressure plate is activated	block.metal_pressure_plate.click_on	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	0.3	0.75	16
	Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a stone pressure plate is deactivated	block.stone_pressure_plate.click_off	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	0.3	0.5	16
	Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a stone pressure plate is activated	block.stone_pressure_plate.click_on	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	0.3	0.6	16
	Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a wooden pressure plate is deactivated	block.wooden_pressure_plate.click_off	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	0.3	0.7	16
	Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a wooden pressure plate is activated	block.wooden_pressure_plate.click_on	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	0.3	0.8	16
	Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a cherry wood pressure plate is deactivated	block.cherry_wood_pressure_plate.click_off	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	0.3	0.7	16
	Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a cherry wood pressure plate is activated	block.cherry_wood_pressure_plate.click_on	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	0.3	0.8	16
	Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a bamboo wood pressure plate is deactivated	block.bamboo_wood_pressure_plate.click_off	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	0.3	0.7	16
	Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a bamboo wood pressure plate is activated	block.bamboo_wood_pressure_plate.click_on	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	0.3	0.8	16
	Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a Nether wood pressure plate is deactivated	block.nether_wood_pressure_plate.click_off	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	0.3	0.7	16
	Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a Nether wood pressure plate is activated	block.nether_wood_pressure_plate.click_on	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click	0.3	0.8	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a weighted pressure plate deactivates	click_off.metal_pressure_plate	0.3	0.65
	Blocks	When a weighted pressure plate activates	click_on.metal_pressure_plate	0.3	0.75
	Blocks	When a stone pressure plate deactivates	click_off.stone_pressure_plate	0.3	0.5
	Blocks	When a stone pressure plate activates	click_on.stone_pressure_plate	0.3	0.6
	Blocks	When a wooden pressure plate deactivates	click_off.wooden_pressure_plate	0.3	0.7
	Blocks	When a wooden pressure plate activates	click_on.wooden_pressure_plate	0.3	0.8
	Blocks	When a cherry wood pressure plate deactivates	click_off.cherry_wood_pressure_plate	0.3	0.7
	Blocks	When a cherry wood pressure plate activates	click_on.cherry_wood_pressure_plate	0.3	0.8
	Blocks	When a bamboo wood pressure plate deactivates	click_off.bamboo_wood_pressure_plate	0.3	0.7
	Blocks	When a bamboo wood pressure plate activates	click_on.bamboo_wood_pressure_plate	0.3	0.8
	Blocks	When a Nether wood pressure plate deactivates	click_off.nether_wood_pressure_plate	0.3	0.7
	Blocks	When a Nether wood pressure plate activates	click_on.nether_wood_pressure_plate	0.3	0.8

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Light Weighted Pressure Plate	light_weighted_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates wall_post_override	piglin_loved	block.minecraft.light_weighted_pressure_plate
Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate	heavy_weighted_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates wall_post_override	None	block.minecraft.heavy_weighted_pressure_plate
Stone Pressure Plate	stone_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates stone_pressure_plates wall_post_override	None	block.minecraft.stone_pressure_plate
Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate	polished_blackstone_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates stone_pressure_plates wall_post_override	None	block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_pressure_plate
Oak Pressure Plate	oak_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	block.minecraft.oak_pressure_plate
Spruce Pressure Plate	spruce_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	block.minecraft.spruce_pressure_plate
Birch Pressure Plate	birch_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	block.minecraft.birch_pressure_plate
Jungle Pressure Plate	jungle_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	block.minecraft.jungle_pressure_plate
Acacia Pressure Plate	acacia_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	block.minecraft.acacia_pressure_plate
Dark Oak Pressure Plate	dark_oak_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	block.minecraft.dark_oak_pressure_plate
Mangrove Pressure Plate	mangrove_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	block.minecraft.mangrove_pressure_plate
Cherry Pressure Plate	cherry_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	block.minecraft.cherry_pressure_plate
Bamboo Pressure Plate	bamboo_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	wooden_pressure_plates	block.minecraft.bamboo_pressure_plate
Crimson Pressure Plate	crimson_pressure_plate	Block & Item	non_flammable_wood pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	non_flammable_wood wooden_pressure_plates	block.minecraft.crimson_pressure_plate
Warped Pressure Plate	warped_pressure_plate	Block & Item	non_flammable_wood pressure_plates wall_post_override wooden_pressure_plates	non_flammable_wood wooden_pressure_plates	block.minecraft.warped_pressure_plate

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Light Weighted Pressure Plate	light_weighted_pressure_plate	147	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.light_weighted_pressure_plate.name
Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate	heavy_weighted_pressure_plate	148	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.heavy_weighted_pressure_plate.name
Stone Pressure Plate	stone_pressure_plate	70	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.stone_pressure_plate.name
Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate	polished_blackstone_pressure_plate	550	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.polished_blackstone_pressure_plate.name
Oak Pressure Plate	wooden_pressure_plate	72	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.wooden_pressure_plate.name
Spruce Pressure Plate	spruce_pressure_plate	409	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.spruce_pressure_plate.name
Birch Pressure Plate	birch_pressure_plate	406	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.birch_pressure_plate.name
Jungle Pressure Plate	jungle_pressure_plate	408	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.jungle_pressure_plate.name
Acacia Pressure Plate	acacia_pressure_plate	405	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.acacia_pressure_plate.name
Dark Oak Pressure Plate	dark_oak_pressure_plate	407	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.dark_oak_pressure_plate.name
Mangrove Pressure Plate	mangrove_pressure_plate	-490	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.mangrove_pressure_plate.name
Cherry Pressure Plate	cherry_pressure_plate	-538	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.cherry_pressure_plate.name
Bamboo Pressure Plate	bamboo_pressure_plate	-514	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.bamboo_pressure_plate.name
Crimson Pressure Plate	crimson_pressure_plate	517	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.crimson_pressure_plate.name
Warped Pressure Plate	warped_pressure_plate	518	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.warped_pressure_plate.name

Block states[]

Java Edition:
Stone and wooden pressure plates

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
powered	false	false true	True if pressure plate is depressed, providing power.

Weighted pressure plates

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
power	0	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	Specifies the redstone power level currently being produced by the weighted pressure plate.

Bedrock Edition:
Stone and wooden pressure plates

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
redstone_signal	0x1	0	0 1	0 1	Specifies whether the pressure plate is pressed.
			2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	Unsupported	Unused

Weighted pressure plates

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
redstone_signal	0x1 0x2 0x4 0x8	0	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	Specifies the redstone power level currently being produced by the pressure plate.

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.	30G	Silver

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Deepslate Gold Ore Raw Gold Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.	nether/distract_piglin

History[]

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009					Notch shows interest in adding pressure plates.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					Added wooden and stone pressure plates.
					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.
					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 themselves when disturbed (whether by stepping on them or by placing/breaking adjacent blocks) and can be recollected, though they can still ignite TNT.
1.7					The model of pressure plates has been changed.
1.8		Pre-release			Pressure plates can now be placed on fences, though they are not functional 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			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 25, 2012					Weighted pressure plates are 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			Added weighted pressure plates.
					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			The model of pressure plates in item form has been changed.
		14w10c			The model of pressure plates in item form has been changed.[1]
		14w33a			Pressure plates now have unique item names.[2]
1.9		15w31a			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.
					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			The textures of pressure plates have been changed.
		18w44a			The texture of stone pressure plates has been changed.
		18w47a			The textures of wooden and golden pressure plates have been changed.
		18w50a			The texture of spruce pressure plates has 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			Added crimson and warped pressure plates.
		20w15a			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.
1.19		22w11a			Added mangrove pressure plate.
		22w13a			Stone pressure plates now generate in ancient cities.
		22w14a			Due to the addition of the mangrove tree and mangrove swamp, make mangrove pressure plate obtainable and renewable.
October 18, 2022					Bamboo pressure plates were shown on the official article.
1.20 (Experimental)		22w42a			Added bamboo pressure plate behind the Update 1.20 experimental datapack.
					Nether wood pressure plates and bamboo wood pressure plates now have unique sounds.
		22w46a			File:Bamboo Pressure Plate JE2.png The texture of bamboo pressure plate have been changed, due to the texture change on bamboo planks.
1.20 (Experimental)		23w07a			Added cherry pressure plate behind the Update 1.20 experimental datapack.
1.20		23w12a			Bamboo and cherry pressure plates are now available without using the aforementioned datapack.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.13.0		build 1			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			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			The textures of pressure plates have been changed.
					An oak, acacia, and spruce pressure plate generate in new villages.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added crimson and warped pressure plates.
		beta 1.16.0.57			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.
1.19.0		beta 1.19.0.20			Added mangrove pressure plate.
Next Major Update (Experimental)		beta 1.19.50.21			Added bamboo pressure plate behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
					Nether wood pressure plates and bamboo wood pressure plates now have unique sounds.
					The pressure plates now have different pitches based on their behavior to match Java Edition.
		beta 1.19.80.20			Added cherry pressure plate behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.20.0		beta 1.20.0.21			Bamboo and cherry pressure plates are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	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			Added weighted pressure plates.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Pressure plates now come in all six types of wood.
		1.90			The textures of pressure plates have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					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+

Gallery[]

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  Oak Pressure Plate

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  Spruce Pressure Plate

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  Birch Pressure Plate

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  Jungle Pressure Plate

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  Acacia Pressure Plate

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  Dark Oak Pressure Plate

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  Mangrove Pressure Plate

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  Cherry Pressure Plate

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  Bamboo Pressure Plate

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  Crimson Pressure Plate

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  Warped Pressure Plate

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  Stone Pressure Plate

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  Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate

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  Iron Pressure Plate

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  Gold Pressure Plate

Trivia[]

• "Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate" is the current longest name for a block 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[]