IntermediateFarms
How to build an automatic sugar cane farm in Minecraft
the canes run in a straight line, the water is on their left, the pistons on their right.
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Piston block in Minecraft
The Piston pushes blocks when it receives a redstone signal. Doors, farms, flying machines and hidden passages are built with it, and adding a Slimeball turns it into a Sticky Piston that can also pull.
It is made with the Crafting Table from 4 × Cobblestone, Redstone Dust and 3 × Oak Planks (or another variant). It is mined with a pickaxe.
What it does
When powered, the Piston extends and pushes up to 12 blocks in front of it; when the signal stops, it retracts. A normal piston leaves the block where it pushed it, while a Sticky Piston brings it back.
Some blocks cannot be moved, such as Obsidian, Bedrock or blocks that store items like a Chest or a Furnace, and others break when pushed, such as torches and flowers. Blocks broken this way drop as items, which is how many farms collect melons and pumpkins.
Slime Blocks and Honey Blocks drag the blocks next to them, which lets one piston move a whole structure. Pistons also push mobs and players.
How to craft
// Slots with several items cycle through every accepted option.
How Piston connects
2 links · from the 26.3 game dataSame family
Sticky Piston
Moving PistonTutorials with Piston (5)
All tutorials with Piston →×8 Tested 26.3 BeginnerRedstone
Redstone basics in Minecraft: dust, repeater, comparator, observer
in Java, pistons, dispensers and droppers can also be switched on by power aimed at the block above them, and Bedrock has no such rule.
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BeginnerSetup & mods
Minecraft Java or Bedrock: which edition to buy
in Java Edition a piston also turns on when the block above it is powered.
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Used to craft (1)
Sticky Piston Block states
| facing | north · east · south · west · up · down |
|---|---|
| extended | true · false |
Tags
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Piston · FAQ
How do you get Piston in Minecraft?
At the Crafting Table: 4 × Cobblestone, 1 × Redstone Dust, 3 × Oak Planks (or another variant) and 1 × Iron Ingot give 1 × Piston. Mining the block drops it.
What is Piston used for in Minecraft?
It pushes up to 12 blocks when powered by redstone and is used in doors, farms and flying machines. It is an ingredient in one recipe: Sticky Piston.
What tool do you need to mine Piston?
The fastest tool is the pickaxe.