Minecraft Redstone Guide
Learn everything about Redstone components, traps, secret uses, and cool builds!
Redstone Components
- Redstone Dust: Used to carry power across blocks.
- Redstone Torch: Provides constant power or inverts signals.
- Redstone Repeater: Delays signals and strengthens them.
- Redstone Comparator: Compares signal strengths or measures block contents.
- Piston: Pushes blocks when powered.
- Sticky Piston: Pushes and pulls blocks.
- Redstone Lamp: Emits light when powered.
- Observer: Detects changes in blocks and emits a pulse.
- Note Block: Plays sounds when powered.
Secret and Hidden Uses
- Item Frame + Comparator: Use it to create hidden code-locked doors.
- Book and Quill in Lectern: Detect page turns to unlock secrets.
- Hidden Doors: Create entrances disguised as walls using sticky pistons and blocks.
- Observer Traps: Place observers under crops to detect growth or movement.
- Hopper Locking: Use redstone to control item flow in secret vaults.
Trap Designs
- Pitfall Trap: Pressure plate activates pistons, dropping players into lava.
- Arrow Dispenser Trap: Tripwire activates dispensers firing arrows.
- Fake Floor TNT Trap: Carpet over TNT-primed blocks triggered by pressure plates.
- Observer Explosion Trap: Observer on chest triggers TNT when opened.
Cool Redstone Builds
- Hidden Staircase: Retracts into the floor with a lever.
- Auto Farm: Redstone timers and pistons harvest crops automatically.
- Elevator: Slime block + piston mechanism to move players vertically.
- Combination Lock Door: Uses item frames or buttons to input a passcode.