| Renewable | Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance | 0.5 |
| Hardness | 0.5 |
| Luminous | No |
| Transparent | Yes |
| Waterloggable | JE: No BE: Yes |
| Flammable | No |
| Catches fire from lava |
|
| Map color | |
| Note block instrument | Bass |
A wooden pressure plate is a wooden variant of the pressure plate. It can detect all entities, producing the maximum signal strength of 15. Wooden pressure plates come in all variants of wood.
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.
- incorrect tool, drops nothing
- correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
- correct tool, drops the block itself
- italicized can be instant mined
- ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.
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
Oak pressure plates can generate in some plains village houses and in trial chambers (some dispenser traps and a hidden chamber in the "Intersection 2" room).
Acacia pressure plates can generate in some savanna village houses.
Spruce pressure plates can generate in some snowy tundra, taiga, and snowy taiga village houses.
Crafting
Usage
Each type of wooden pressure plate functions exactly the same as the other wooden pressure plates.
Activation
Wooden pressure plates can be activated by most entities (including players, mobs, items, arrows, experience orbs, fishing bobs, etc.). Certain entities, however (such as players in spectator mode and markers), cannot activate them nor keep them activated.
In Java Edition, item frames and glow item frames cannot activate wooden pressure plates but they can still keep them activated.[1]
After being activated, a wooden pressure plate periodically checks every 20 game ticks if there are still entities on top of it. If none are found, the pressure plate returns to its inactive state.
The signal strength emitted by a wooden pressure plate is always 15.
Fuel
Overworld wooden pressure plates can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per pressure plate. Nether wood pressure plates (crimson and warped), cannot be used as fuel in a furnace.
Sounds
Generic
Normal wood
| Sounds | Closed captions | Description | Category | Details | » | Technical data | » | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume | Pitch | Attenuation | Identifier | Translation key | ||||||
| Block broken | Once the block has broken | Blocks | 1.0 | JE: 0.8 BE: 0.8–1.0 | JE: 16 BE: ? | JE: block.wood.breakBE: dig.wood | subtitles.block.generic.break | |||
| Block placed[until: JE 26.4] Block is placed[upcoming: JE 26.4] | When the block is placed | 1.0 | 0.8 | JE: block.wood.placeBE: dig.wood | subtitles.block.generic.place | |||||
| Block breaking | While the block is in the process of being broken | JE: 0.25 BE: 0.23 | 0.5 | JE: block.wood.hitBE: hit.wood | subtitles.block.generic.hit | |||||
| JE: Something falls on a block BE: Footsteps | Falling on the block with fall damage | JE: Entity-dependent BE: Players | JE: 0.5 BE: 0.4 | JE: 0.75 BE: 1.0 | JE: block.wood.fallBE: fall.wood | JE: subtitles.block.generic.fallBE: subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | ||||
| Footsteps | Walking on the block | JE: 0.15 BE: 0.3 | 1.0 | JE: block.wood.stepBE: step.wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
| Footsteps | Jumping from the block[BE only] | Players | 0.12 | 1.0 | ? | jump.wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||
| Footsteps | Falling on the block without fall damage[BE only] | 0.18 | 1.0 | land.wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
Cherry wood
| Sounds | Closed captions | Description | Category | Details | » | Technical data | » | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume | Pitch | Attenuation | Identifier | Translation key | ||||||
| Block broken | Once the block has broken | Blocks | 1.0 | JE: 0.8 BE: 0.8–1.0 | JE: 16 BE: ? | JE: block.cherry_wood.breakBE: break.cherry_wood | subtitles.block.generic.break | |||
| Block placed[until: JE 26.4] Block is placed[upcoming: JE 26.4] | When the block is placed | 1.0 | 0.8 | JE: block.cherry_wood.placeBE: dig.cherry_wood | subtitles.block.generic.place | |||||
| Block breaking | While the block is in the process of being broken | JE: 0.25 BE: 0.23 | 0.5 | JE: block.cherry_wood.hitBE: hit.cherry_wood | subtitles.block.generic.hit | |||||
| JE: Something falls on a block BE: Footsteps | Falling on the block with fall damage | JE: Entity-dependent BE: Players | JE: 0.5 BE: 0.4 | JE: 0.75 BE: 1.0 | JE: block.cherry_wood.fallBE: fall.cherry_wood | JE: subtitles.block.generic.fallBE: subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | ||||
| Footsteps | Walking on the block | JE: 0.15 BE: 0.2 | 1.0 | JE: block.cherry_wood.stepBE: step.cherry_wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
| Footsteps | Jumping from the block[BE only] | Players | 0.12 | 1.0 | ? | jump.cherry_wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||
| Footsteps | Falling on the block without fall damage[BE only] | 0.18 | 1.0 | land.cherry_wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
Bamboo wood
| Sounds | Closed captions | Description | Category | Details | » | Technical data | » | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume | Pitch | Attenuation | Identifier | Translation key | ||||||
| Block broken | Once the block has broken | Blocks | 0.9 | JE: 0.8 BE: 0.8–1.0 | JE: 16 BE: ? | JE: block.bamboo_wood.breakBE: break.bamboo_wood | subtitles.block.generic.break | |||
| Block placed[until: JE 26.4] Block is placed[upcoming: JE 26.4] | When the block is placed | 0.9 | 0.8 | JE: block.bamboo_wood.placeBE: place.bamboo_wood | subtitles.block.generic.place | |||||
| Block breaking | While the block is in the process of being broken | JE: 0.225 BE: 0.207 | 0.5 | JE: block.bamboo_wood.hitBE: hit.bamboo_wood | subtitles.block.generic.hit | |||||
| JE: Something falls on a block BE: Something fell | Falling on the block with fall damage | JE: Entity-dependent BE: Players | JE: 0.5 BE: 0.4 | JE: 0.75 BE: 1.0 | JE: block.bamboo_wood.fallBE: fall.bamboo_wood | subtitles.block.generic.fall | ||||
| Footsteps | Walking on the block | JE: 0.15 BE: 0.2 | 1.0 | JE: block.bamboo_wood.stepBE: step.bamboo_wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
| Footsteps | Jumping from the block[BE only] | Players | 0.12 | 1.0 | ? | jump.bamboo_wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||
| Footsteps | Falling on the block without fall damage[BE only] | 0.18 | 1.0 | land.bamboo_wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
Nether wood
| Sounds | Closed captions | Description | Category | Details | » | Technical data | » | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume | Pitch | Attenuation | Identifier | Translation key | ||||||
| Block broken | Once the block has broken | Blocks | 1.0 | JE: 0.72 BE: 0.8–1.0 | JE: 16 BE: ? | JE: block.nether_wood.breakBE: break.nether_wood | subtitles.block.generic.break | |||
| Block placed[until: JE 26.4] Block is placed[upcoming: JE 26.4] | When the block is placed | 1.0 | JE: 0.72 BE: 0.8 | JE: block.nether_wood.placeBE: place.nether_wood | subtitles.block.generic.place | |||||
| Block breaking | While the block is in the process of being broken | JE: 0.25 BE: 0.23 | JE: 0.45 BE: 0.5 | JE: block.nether_wood.hitBE: hit.nether_wood | subtitles.block.generic.hit | |||||
| Something falls on a block | Falling on the block with fall damage | JE: Entity-dependent BE: Players | JE: 0.5 BE: 0.4 | JE: 0.75 BE: 1.0 | JE: block.nether_wood.fallBE: fall.nether_wood | subtitles.block.generic.fall | ||||
| Footsteps | Walking on the block | JE: 0.15 BE: 0.3 | 1.0 | JE: block.nether_wood.stepBE: step.nether_wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
| Footsteps | Jumping from the block[BE only] | Players | 0.12 | 1.0 | ? | step.nether_wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||
| Footsteps | Falling on the block without fall damage[BE only] | 0.18 | 1.0 | step.nether_wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
Unique
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a wooden pressure plate is deactivated | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.7 | 16 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a wooden pressure plate is activated | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a cherry wood pressure plate is deactivated | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.7 | 16 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a cherry wood pressure plate is activated | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a bamboo wood pressure plate is deactivated | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.7 | 16 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a bamboo wood pressure plate is activated | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a Nether wood pressure plate is deactivated | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.7 | 16 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a Nether wood pressure plate is activated | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Sounds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a wooden pressure plate deactivates | click_off | ? | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a wooden pressure plate activates | click_on | ? | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Pressure Plate clicksdeactivates | Blocks | When a cherry wood pressure plate | click_off | ? | 0.3 | 0.7 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a cherry wood pressure plate activates | click_on | ? | 0.3 | 0.8 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a bamboo wood pressure plate deactivates | click_off | ? | 0.3 | 0.7 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a bamboo wood pressure plate activates | click_on | ? | 0.3 | 0.8 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a Nether wood pressure plate deactivates | click_off | ? | 0.3 | 0.7 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a Nether wood pressure plate activates | click_on | ? | 0.3 | 0.8 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
oak_pressure_plate | Block & Item | pressure_plateswall_post_overridewooden_pressure_plates | wooden_pressure_plates |
block | |
spruce_pressure_plate | Block & Item | pressure_plateswall_post_overridewooden_pressure_plates | wooden_pressure_plates |
block | |
birch_pressure_plate | Block & Item | pressure_plateswall_post_overridewooden_pressure_plates | wooden_pressure_plates |
block | |
jungle_pressure_plate | Block & Item | pressure_plateswall_post_overridewooden_pressure_plates | wooden_pressure_plates |
block | |
acacia_pressure_plate | Block & Item | pressure_plateswall_post_overridewooden_pressure_plates | wooden_pressure_plates |
block | |
dark_oak_pressure_plate | Block & Item | pressure_plateswall_post_overridewooden_pressure_plates | wooden_pressure_plates |
block | |
mangrove_pressure_plate | Block & Item | pressure_plateswall_post_overridewooden_pressure_plates | wooden_pressure_plates |
block | |
cherry_pressure_plate | Block & Item | pressure_plateswall_post_overridewooden_pressure_plates | wooden_pressure_plates |
block | |
pale_oak_pressure_plate | Block & Item | pressure_plateswall_post_overridewooden_pressure_plates | wooden_pressure_plates |
block | |
poplar_pressure_plate | Block & Item | pressure_plateswall_post_overridewooden_pressure_plates | wooden_pressure_plates |
block | |
bamboo_pressure_plate | Block & Item | pressure_plateswall_post_overridewooden_pressure_plates | wooden_pressure_plates |
block | |
crimson_pressure_plate | Block & Item | non_flammable_woodpressure_plateswall_post_overridewooden_pressure_plates | non_flammable_woodwooden_pressure_plates |
block | |
warped_pressure_plate | Block & Item | non_flammable_woodpressure_plateswall_post_overridewooden_pressure_plates | non_flammable_woodwooden_pressure_plates |
block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
wooden_pressure_plate | 72 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] |
tile | |
spruce_pressure_plate | 409 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -154) |
tile | |
birch_pressure_plate | 406 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -151) |
tile | |
jungle_pressure_plate | 408 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -153) |
tile | |
acacia_pressure_plate | 405 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -150) |
tile | |
dark_oak_pressure_plate | 407 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -152) |
tile | |
mangrove_pressure_plate | 745 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -490) |
tile | |
cherry_pressure_plate | 793 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -538) |
tile | |
pale_oak_pressure_plate | 1252 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -997) |
tile | |
poplar_pressure_plate | 1389 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1134) |
tile | |
bamboo_pressure_plate | 769 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -514) |
tile | |
crimson_pressure_plate | 517 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -262) |
tile | |
warped_pressure_plate | 518 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -263) |
tile |
Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| powered | false | falsetrue | True if pressure plate is depressed, providing power. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| redstone_signal | 0x1 | 0 | 01 | 01 | Specifies whether the pressure plate is pressed. |
23456789101112131415 | Unsupported | Unused |
Videos
History
Development
| May 21, 2009 | Notch shows interest in adding pressure plates. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 18, 2022 | |||||||
| May 30, 2026 | |||||||
Java Edition
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.1 | |||||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
| 1.3 | Pressure plates now require only two wood planks to craft; previous versions required three (this recipe now creates wooden slabs). | ||||||
| 1.6 | Test Build 3 | Wooden plates no longer require a pickaxe to be successfully extracted. | |||||
| 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 updated (whether by stepping on them or by placing/breaking adjacent blocks) and can be recollected, though they can still ignite TNT. | |||||||
| 1.7 | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 | Wooden pressure plates are now broken faster with an axe. | ||||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w23a | Wooden pressure plates can now be activated by arrows. | |||||
| 1.8 | 14w10a | ||||||
| 14w10c | |||||||
| 14w33a | Pressure plates now have unique item names.[3] | ||||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | ||||||
| 15w43a | Wooden pressure plates have been given a different, more high-pitched activation sound, so that they no longer match the sound of stone pressure plates. | ||||||
| 15w46a | Mobs can no longer spawn on pressure plates. | ||||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | ||||||
| "Wooden Pressure Plate" has been renamed to "<wood type> Pressure Plate". | |||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 18w47a | |||||||
| 18w50a | |||||||
| 19w12b | Pressure plates can now be placed on glass, ice, glowstone and the sea lanterns. | ||||||
| 1.14.3 | pre3 | Pressure plates can now be placed on iron bars and glass panes. | |||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | ||||||
| 1.18 | pre5 | ||||||
| 1.19 | 22w11a | ||||||
| 22w14a | Due to the addition of the mangrove tree and mangrove swamp, mangrove pressure plates are now obtainable and renewable. | ||||||
| 1.19.3 Experiment | 22w42a | ||||||
| Nether wood pressure plates and bamboo wood pressure plates now have unique sounds. | |||||||
| 22w46a | |||||||
| 1.19.4 Experiment | 23w07a | ||||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Bamboo and cherry pressure plates are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack. | |||||
| 1.21.2 Experiment | 24w40a | ||||||
| 26.3 | snap1 | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.13.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | ||||||
| Water can now be placed in the same block as pressure plates (waterlogging). | |||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| An oak, acacia, and spruce pressure plate generate in new villages. | |||||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | ||||||
| 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 | Preview 1.19.0.21 | ||||||
| 1.19.50 Experiment | Preview 1.19.50.21 | ||||||
| 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. | |||||||
| 1.19.60 Experiment | Preview 1.19.60.20 | ||||||
| 1.19.80 Experiment | Preview 1.19.80.20 | ||||||
| 1.20.0 | Preview 1.20.0.21 | Bamboo and cherry pressure plates are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | |||||
| 1.21.50 | Preview 1.21.50.20 | ||||||
| 26.40 Experiment | Preview 26.40.27 | ||||||
| 26.50 | Preview 26.50.22 | All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| TU3 | |||||||
| TU5 | Pressure plates are now placeable on fences. | ||||||
| TU14 | 1.04 | Wooden pressure plates can now be activated by arrows. | |||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Pressure plates now have unique item names. | |
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Wooden pressure plates have been given a different, more high-pitched activation sound, so that they no longer match the sound of stone pressure plates. | |
| TU60 | CU51 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.64 | Patch 30 | 1.0.11 | Wooden pressure plates no longer generate as part of tables in villages, brown carpets generate instead. |
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | |||
| 1.90 | |||||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The oak pressure plate ID has been changed from wooden_pressure_plate to oak_pressure_plate.
| |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 72. | |||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Pressure Plate" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.







