Minecraft: All Redstone Components (& What They Do)

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Redstone is Minecraft’s version of electrical engineering. The unique Redstone components that players can craft or find in the world can be used to make complex contraptions like secret entrances and sorting systems. However, beginning to know what all the Redstone components do is a feat on its own.

Redstone has changed and become more complicated as Minecraft has gotten more and more updates. A recent addition, sculk sensors, which have not yet been fully implemented in the game, open up the possibility for wireless Redstone contraptions. Even additions that are not specifically linked to Redstone have had massive effects on the game, like how pistons became able to move clusters of blocks with the slime block.

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While Redstone can be very helpful for automating mundane tasks or making a task more efficient, it is only helpful if the player understands how to use it. Automated farms won’t be possible if the player does not know how an observer works. This guide will go over each Redstone component (as of Minecraft version 1.18.1) and how they work.

First are the power source components in Minecraft, these components omit power that can then be used to activate devices such as pistons, doors, lights, or command blocks. While power source components all share the same basic function, what distinguishes them from each other is when and how they give out power. For example, the Redstone block and the Redstone torch are both power sources that give out a constant Redstone signal. However, there are many nuances between the two that make them more or less useful in certain situations. The Redstone block can be moved by a piston, while Redstone torches break