How to craft Piston in Minecraft
Redstone Since Beta 1.7
Quick answer: Craft Piston in a Crafting Table (3x3 grid) with 3x Wood Planks (any type) + 4x Cobblestone + 1x Iron Ingot + 1x Redstone Dust. You get 1.
Recipe
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Ingredients and how to get them
| Material | Amount | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Wood Planks (any type) | 3 | Craft from any log. |
| Cobblestone | 4 | Mine stone with any pickaxe. |
| Iron Ingot | 1 | Smelt iron ore. |
| Redstone Dust | 1 | Mine redstone ore below Y=16 (most around Y=-59) with an iron pickaxe or better. |
What is Piston used for?
- Pushes up to 12 blocks when powered - the basis of doors, farms, flying machines and hidden bases
- Combine with a slimeball to make a sticky piston, which also pulls one block back
Variants
- Sticky piston: same block with a slimeball added
Java vs Bedrock
Identical recipe in both editions. Piston timing and quasi-connectivity differ: Java pistons can be powered diagonally from above (quasi-connectivity), Bedrock cannot - many Java redstone builds break on Bedrock.
Related: Sticky PistonHopperTNT