Light Weighted Pressure Plate

A light weighted pressure plate is a type of pressure plate that, like the heavy weighted pressure plate, outputs a variable redstone signal strength based on the number of entities present on the plate.

Light Weighted Pressure Plate

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	No (JE) Yes (BE)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	30 GOLD

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A light weighted pressure plate outputs one redstone signal strength for every entity present.

Obtaining

Breaking

A light weighted pressure plate can be mined with anything, but pickaxes are the fastest. A light weighted pressure plate also breaks and drops itself if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or if the block under the pressure plate is moved or destroyed.

Block	Light Weighted Pressure Plate
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	0.75
Wooden	0.4
Stone	0.2
Iron	0.15
Diamond	0.1
Netherite	0.1
Golden	0.1
Options
Efficiency	0
Haste	0 JEBE

Legend

• 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

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	7.3% { "item": "Light Weighted Pressure Plate", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0729006411312747, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot

Usage

Light weighted pressure plate

Signal strength	Entity count
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15+

Placement

A light weighted pressure plate can only be placed on the top of other blocks with either a full solid block face, a solid center, or a solid rim.

Redstone component

A light weighted pressure plate detects all entities on top of it, outputting a redstone signal strength of 1 for every entity present, up to the maximum of 15 signal strength with 15 or more entities.

Activation

While active, a light weighted pressure plate weakly powers itself, and strongly powers the block it is placed on.

The power level output varies depending on the number of entities colliding with the pressure plate.

The signal strength from a weighted pressure plate does not vary with the type of entity. 15 mobs will produce the same signal strength as 15 different items. Note the light weighted pressure plate counts entities, not quantity of items, generally leading to one entity count per stack of items. For more information see item entity behavior.

Behavior

A light weighted pressure plate is a non-solid block, allowing entities to freely pass through it.

The visual height of a pressure plate is ¹⁄₁₆ of a block when inactive and ¹⁄₃₂ of a block when active.

Fluids flow around a light weighted pressure plate without affecting it.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e metal sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.metal.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	1.2	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.metal.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	1.2	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.metal.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.75	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.metal.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	1.25	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.metal.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.5	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e metal sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	1.1-1.2
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	1.2-1.25
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.3	0.75
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.35	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a weighted pressure plate is deactivated	block.metal_pressure_plate.click_off	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click​	0.3	0.65	16
	​Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a weighted pressure plate is activated	block.metal_pressure_plate.click_on	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click​	0.3	0.75	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a weighted pressure plate deactivates	click_off.metal_pressure_plate	0.3	0.65
	Blocks	When a weighted pressure plate activates	click_on.metal_pressure_plate	0.3	0.75

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	[hide]Translation key
Light Weighted Pressure Plate	light_weighted_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates wall_post_override	block.minecraft.light_weighted_pressure_plate

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Light Weighted Pressure Plate	light_weighted_pressure_plate	148	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.light_weighted_pressure_plate.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
power	0	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	Specifies the redstone power level currently being produced by the light weighted pressure plate.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	[hide]Description
redstone_signal	0x1 0x2 0x4 0x8	0	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	Specifies the redstone power level currently being produced by the light weighted pressure plate.

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag:[hide] The player must not be wearing any gold armor. Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.5			13w01a				Added weighted pressure plates.
							The model of pressure plates in item form is different.
1.7.2			13w36a				The output strength of weighted pressure plates has been rescaled.
							All entities are now allowed to trigger weighted pressure plates.
1.8			14w10a				The model of pressure plates in item form has been changed.
			14w10c				The model of pressure plates in item form has been changed.
1.9			15w31a				The model of pressure plates in item form has been changed.
1.13			18w20a				"Weighted Pressure Plate (Light)" has now been renamed to "Light Weighted Pressure Plate".
1.14			18w43a				The texture of light weighted pressure plates has been changed.
			18w47a				The textures of Light weighted pressure plates has been changed.
1.16			20w16a				Light weighted pressure plates now generate in ruined portal chests.
1.21.4			24w44a				Now drop when broken with any tool.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.13.0			build 1				Added weighted pressure plates.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of light weighted pressure plates have been changed.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Light weighted pressure plates can now be found in ruined portal chests.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.22				Changed name from "Weight Pressure Plate (Light)" to "Light Weighted Pressure Plate" to match Java Edition.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.24				Light weighted pressure plates no longer require a pickaxe to drop themselves, and are mined faster when using an improper tool.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added weighted pressure plates.
			1.90				The textures of light weighted pressure plates have been changed.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added weighted pressure plates.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 147.

Issues

Issues relating to "Light Weighted Pressure Plate" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Java Edition

• No open issues found.

Bedrock Edition

• No open issues found.

See also

• Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate