How to Craft Piston in Minecraft

REDSTONE SHAPED CRAFTING TABLE

Ingredients

3×Any Planksany of 13 kinds: Oak Planks, Spruce Planks, Birch Planks, Jungle Planks …
4×Cobblestone
1×Iron Ingot
1×Redstone Dust

Result: 1× Piston

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Crafting Piston step by step

Piston is a shaped crafting recipe that uses 9 items: 3 Any Planks, 4 Cobblestone, 1 Iron Ingot and 1 Redstone Dust. Place the ingredients exactly in the pattern shown above. The pattern can sit anywhere on the grid as long as its shape stays the same. It needs the full 3×3 grid, so you have to use a crafting table. "Any Planks" means any of 13 kinds: Oak Planks, Spruce Planks, Birch Planks, Jungle Planks …

Open a crafting table (3×3 crafting grid).
Place 3 Any Planks, 4 Cobblestone, 1 Iron Ingot and 1 Redstone Dust in the pattern shown above.
Take the Piston from the result slot and move it into your inventory.

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How to get the ingredients

Any Planksany of 13 kinds: Oak Planks, Spruce Planks, Birch Planks, Jungle Planks … Oak Planks recipe

Cobblestone How to get it

Iron Ingot Crafting recipe Dropped by Zombie Dropped by Iron Golem Dropped by Zombie Villager

Redstone Dust Crafting recipe Dropped by Witch Sold by the Cleric

What you can make with Piston 1 recipe

Sticky Piston

Piston recipe FAQ

What do you need to craft Piston in Minecraft?

You need 3 Any Planks, 4 Cobblestone, 1 Iron Ingot and 1 Redstone Dust — 9 items in total, arranged as shown in the crafting grid. The recipe gives you 1× Piston.

Do you need a crafting table to make Piston?

Yes. The recipe needs the full 3×3 grid, which only a crafting table offers.

Is the Piston recipe shaped or shapeless?

It is a shaped recipe: the arrangement matters. You can shift the pattern around the grid, but the shape must stay the same.

Can you use different kinds of an ingredient for Piston?

Yes. "Any Planks" means any of 13 kinds: Oak Planks, Spruce Planks, Birch Planks, Jungle Planks …

What can you make with Piston?

Piston is an ingredient in 1 crafting recipe, for example Sticky Piston.

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