String

String

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	JE: No BE: Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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String is an item used in crafting recipes such as bows, fishing rods, and leads. When placed as a block, string becomes tripwire, which can be combined with tripwire hooks to form a tripwire circuit.

"String" redirects here. For the NBT tag, see NBT.

Obtaining

String can be obtained from drops, by breaking cobwebs, fishing, bartering, and as gifts from cats. String can be looted from jungle pyramids, desert pyramid chests, and monster rooms.

Breaking

Tripwire can be mined instantly with any tool, dropping string. Tripwire is also removed and drops string as an item when:

• Water flows into its space
• A piston pushes it or moves a block into its space

Tripwire is destroyed without dropping string if lava flows into its space.

A cobweb drops string when it is broken in these ways (see also Cobweb § Usage):

• Breaking a cobweb with a sword
• Pushing a cobweb with a piston
• Water breaking a cobweb by flowing over it (flowing lava destroys cobwebs without leaving string)

Natural generation

Five pieces of tripwire generate naturally in every jungle pyramid. Several tripwires can generate inside trial chambers next to dispensers as traps.

Mob loot

Spiders and cave spiders drop 0–2 string upon death. The maximum is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0–5 string with Looting III.

Striders drop 2–5 string upon death. The maximum is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 2–8 string with Looting III.‌

Cats drop 0–2 string upon death, unaffected by Looting.

Source	Roll Chance	Quantity (Roll Chance)
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
Cat	100%	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2
Cave Spider	100%	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–5
Spider	100%	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–5
Strider(JE)	100%	2–5	2–6	2–7	2–8
Strider(BE)	100%	2–5	2–5	2–5	2–5

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
String	Monster Room	Chest	1–8	57.8% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "1–8", "chance": 0.578125, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1–6	47.9% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "1–6", "chance": 0.4794666666666667, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
		Generic chest	4–6	24.4% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "4–6", "chance": 0.24372395924512447, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
		Hoglin stable chest	3–8	22.8% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "3–8", "chance": 0.22793887963348602, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
	Desert Pyramid	Chest	1–8	59% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "1–8", "chance": 0.5904, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	Pillager Outpost	Chest	1–6	39.1% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "1–6", "chance": 0.391435011269722, "structure": "Pillager Outpost", "container": "Chest" }
	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	2.2% { "item": "String", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.022222222222222254, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
	Woodland Mansion	Chest	1–8	57.8% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "1–8", "chance": 0.578125, "structure": "Woodland Mansion", "container": "Chest" }
Bedrock Edition
String	Monster Room	Chest	1–8	57.8% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "1–8", "chance": 0.578125, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1–6	47.9% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "1–6", "chance": 0.4794666666666667, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
		Generic chest	4–6	24.4% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "4–6", "chance": 0.24372395924512447, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
		Hoglin stable chest	3–8	22.8% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "3–8", "chance": 0.22793887963348602, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
	Desert Pyramid	Chest	1–8	59% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "1–8", "chance": 0.5904, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	Pillager Outpost	Chest	1–6	39.1% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "1–6", "chance": 0.391435011269722, "structure": "Pillager Outpost", "container": "Chest" }
	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	2.2% { "item": "String", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.021739130434782594, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
	Woodland Mansion	Chest	1–8	57.8% { "item": "String", "stacksize": "1–8", "chance": 0.578125, "structure": "Woodland Mansion", "container": "Chest" }

Fishing

String has a 0.5% (¹⁄₂₀₀) chance of being caught when fishing with an unenchanted fishing rod. The chance decreases to 0.4% (¹⁄₂₅₀), 0.3% (³⁄₁₀₀₀), and 0.2% (¹⁄₅₀₀) if the fishing rod is enchanted with Luck of the Sea at enchantment levels I, II, and III, respectively.

Bartering

Piglins may barter 3-9 string when given a gold ingot.

Cat gifts

Tamed cats have a 70% chance of giving the player a gift when they wake up from a bed, and the gift has a 16.13% chance to be a string.

Usage

String can be used as a crafting ingredient and tripwire can be used as a redstone circuit component. It can also be used to keep players from ender-pearling through that space.

Redstone component

String can be placed as tripwire, which detects entities intersecting with it (players, mobs, items, etc.).

Placement

To place tripwire, use string while pointing at a surface facing the space the tripwire should occupy.

Tripwire Circuit

A line of tripwire blocks can form a simple "circuit" when placed without gaps in a straight line (1 to 40 blocks long) between two tripwire hooks that face inward toward the tripwire blocks. Multiple tripwire circuits can intersect one another, and the tripwire at each intersection can activate each circuit it belongs to.

Activation

A tripwire block is activated by any entity intersecting the tripwire hitbox, except spectators and area effect clouds. In Java Edition, the following entities also do not activate tripwire: thrown eyes of ender, the ender dragon, markers, and items clipped into solid blocks. Notably, there are some entities that still activate tripwire despite otherwise ignoring block collisions while moving, such as vexes‌, and thrown eyes of ender‌. Active tripwires do not produce redstone power, despite their active state being referred to in-game as "powered".

Behavior ​

When any entity activates an inactive tripwire, the tripwire first updates its immediate neighbors, and then searches to the south and west looking for tripwire hooks to signal to update (no search is done toward the east or north). A search in any given direction is successful if a hook is found fewer than 41 blocks away, is facing toward the updater tripwire, and is connected to the updater tripwire by a continuous line of tripwire blocks.

After these updates are processed, the activated tripwire schedules a block tick at its own position to be processed 10 game ticks later. If the tripwire is still active during this scheduled tick, it checks whether there are any entities that should keep it activated. If there are any, the tripwire stays activated and schedules another block tick on itself for 10 game ticks later. If there are no entities that should keep the tripwire activated, the tripwire deactivates and sends the same updates as when initially activating -- namely, a neighbor update and a "south-and-west signal" for tripwire hooks to update. This same set of updates is also sent when tripwire is broken (including by being washed away by spreading water in Java Edition).

If any tripwire hook is signaled to update and finds itself to be part of a valid tripwire circuit, it becomes active and produces a redstone signal in much the same way a button does.

Tripwire can be disarmed if the player holds shears in their main hand and destroys an inactive tripwire that is part of a valid tripwire circuit. Breaking tripwire in this way causes the tripwire to break without activating the tripwire circuit.

Trading

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
	JE	BE
Journeyman Fletcher	100%	100%	14 × String	Emerald
Novice Fisherman	50%	50%	20 × String	Emerald

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

v t e stone sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e normal sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.27	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	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

Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Tripwire attaches	Blocks	When a tripwire line is completed	block.tripwire.attach	subtitles.block.tripwire.attach​	0.4	0.7	16
	​Tripwire clicks	Blocks	When a tripwire line deactivates	block.tripwire.click_off	subtitles.block.tripwire.click​	0.4	0.5	16
	​Tripwire clicks	Blocks	When a tripwire line activates	block.tripwire.click_on	subtitles.block.tripwire.click​	0.4	0.6	16
	​Tripwire detaches	Blocks	When a tripwire hook in a tripwire line is destroyed	block.tripwire.detach	subtitles.block.tripwire.detach​	0.4	12⁄11-4⁄3	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a tripwire line is completed	block.click	0.2	0.7
	Blocks	When a tripwire line deactivates	random.click	0.2	0.5
	Blocks	When a tripwire line activates	random.click	0.2	0.6
	Blocks	When a tripwire hook in a tripwire line is destroyed	block.bowhit	0.4	1.1-1.33

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Tripwire	tripwire	Block	wall_post_override	block.minecraft.tripwire
String	string	Item	—	item.minecraft.string

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Tripwire	trip_wire	tripWire	132	Block & Ungiveable Item	Identical	tile.tripWire.name
String	string	None	326	Item	—	item.string.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
attached	false	false true	True if the tripwire is connected to a valid tripwire circuit.
disarmed	false	false true	True if the tripwire is disarmed, that is, broken using shears.
east	false	false true	True if the tripwire connects to other tripwire or tripwire hooks to the east.
north	false	false true	True if the tripwire connects to other tripwire or tripwire hooks to the north.
powered	false	false true	True if the tripwire is active.
south	false	false true	True if the tripwire connects to other tripwire or tripwire hooks to the south.
west	false	false true	True if the tripwire connects to other tripwire or tripwire hooks to the west.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
attached_bit	0x4	false	false true	0 1	True if the tripwire is connected to a valid tripwire circuit.
disarmed_bit	0x8	false	false true	0 1	True if the tripwire is disarmed, that is, broken using shears.
powered_bit	0x1	false	false true	0 1	True if the tripwire is active.
suspended_bit	0x2	true	false true	0 1	True if the tripwire hasn't connected to a valid tripwire circuit. (makes hitbox larger when true)

History

Java Edition Indev
0.31			20100130				Added string.
							Bows and arrows can be crafted using string.
			20100201-2227				Light gray cloth can now be crafted using nine string.
20100219							Spiders now drop string.
Java Edition Infdev
20100625-1917							String can now be found inside chests in the new dungeons.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.1.1							String can now be used to craft fishing rods.
Java Edition Beta
1.5							Introduced cobwebs, which drop string when broken with a sword.
1.6.6							Wool is now crafted from four string rather than nine.
1.7							Cobwebs now drop string when broken using shears.
1.8			Pre-release				Cobwebs now generate naturally, making them a viable method to obtain string.
Java Edition
May 28, 2012							Tripwire was first revealed on Dinnerbone's Twitter. Dinnerbone released a video showing him experimenting with tripwire before its release.
1.3.1			12w22a				String can now be placed on the ground as tripwire.
			12w23a				Tripwire can now activated by most entities (including arrows).
							The max distance of tripwire has now been increased from 18 to 40 blocks.
							Tripwire now has a translucent texture.
1.6.1			13w18a				String can now be used to craft leads.
1.7			13w36a				String can now be obtained by fishing.
1.8			14w02a				String can now be sold to fletcher and fisherman villagers, at 15–20 string for 1 emerald.
			14w25a				Now shearing tripwire leads to the tripwire becoming "disarmed" and no longer sending signals to the hooks, nor sending out updates if not triggered by an entity when being sheared, in response to entity interactions; however this also prevents breaking the block afterward except by rapidly destroying it suggesting part of this behavior is unintended.
			pre3				Tripwire now breaks when being sheared.
			release				Tripwire is now translucent.
1.9			15w44a				String now generates in desert pyramid chests.
							The average yield of string in dungeon chests has now more than doubled.
			15w49a				The suspended block state has now been removed from tripwire.
1.11			16w39a				String can now be found in woodland mansion chests.
1.13			17w47a				Tripwire can again be disarmed.
1.14			18w43a				String can now be used to craft crossbows and looms.
							The texture of string has now been changed.
			18w44a				Cats now drop 0-2 string upon death.
							Cats now offer string as gifts.
			18w45a				String can now be used to craft scaffolding.
			18w47a				String can now be found inside pillager outpost chests.
			19w11a				Fisherman villagers now buy 20 string for 1 emerald.
							Fletcher villagers now buy 14 string for 1 emerald.
1.16			20w09a				String can now be obtained through bartering with piglins.
			20w13a				Striders now drop string upon death.
			20w16a				String now generates in bastion remnants chests.
1.17			20w45a				String can now be used to craft bundles and candles.
			21w13a				The model of the tripwire has been tweaked that the underside texture is mirrored.
			21w19a				String can no longer be used to craft bundles and candles.
			Pre-release 1				String can once again used to craft candles.
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				String can now once again be used to craft bundles.
			21w37a				String once again can no longer be used to craft bundles.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				String can now once again be used to craft bundles.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				String can now be used to craft brushes.
			1.19.4-pre1				String can no longer be used to craft brushes.
1.20			23w12a				String can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in trail ruins.
			23w16a				String no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins.
							Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the trail ruins, string now is in the common loot.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Tripwires can now be found in trial chambers.
1.21.2			24w33a				Tripwire again breaks when being sheared.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							Added string. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.3.3							Added spiders, which drop string when they die.
							String can now be used to craft bows.
v0.4.0							String can now be crafted into wool.
v0.11.0			build 1				String can now be used to craft fishing rods.
							String can now be caught as a junk item from fishing.
v0.13.0			build 1				String can now be placed on the ground as a tripwire.
							String can now be found in desert pyramid chests.
v0.15.0			build 1				String can now be used to craft leads.
							Tripwire now generates in jungle pyramids.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				15-20 String can now be sold to fletcher and fisherman villagers for an emerald.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				String can now be found in woodland mansion chests.
							Cobwebs can now be used to craft 9 string.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.8				Tamed cats can now give the player string as gifts.
							String can now be used to craft scaffolding.
							Cats now drop 0–2 string.
			beta 1.8.0.10				String can now be used to craft crossbows.
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Tripwire string that is broken now activates, unless broken with shears.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				String can now be found in pillager outpost chests.
							String can now be used to craft a loom.
							The texture of string has now been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Trading has now been changed, fisherman villagers now have a 50% chance to buy 20 string as part of their first-tier trade.
							Fletcher villagers now buy 14 string for an emerald as their third-tier trade.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				String can now be obtained through bartering with piglins.
							Added striders, which drop string upon death.
							String can now be found in bastion remnants chests.
1.17.10			beta 1.17.10.22				String can now be used to craft candles.
1.18.30			beta 1.18.30.26				The ID of tripwire block is changed from tripWire to trip_wire
1.20.10			Preview 1.20.10.20				String can no longer be crafted from cobwebs.
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	Added string.
TU14		1.04					String can now be placed on the ground as tripwire.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			String can now be used to craft leads.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		String can now be obtained by fishing.
							String can now be sold to fletcher and fisherman villagers, at 15–20 string for 1 emerald.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	String can now be found in woodland mansion chests.
TU57	CU49	1.57	1.56	1.56	Patch 27	1.0.7	Webs can now be used to craft 9 string.
			1.83				String can now be used to craft scaffolding.
							Tamed cats can now give the player string as gifts.
							Cats now drop 0–2 string.
			1.88				Tripwires are now activated when broken, unless broken with shears.
			1.90				String can now be used to craft crossbows.
							String can now be used to craft a loom.
							The texture of string has now been changed.
			1.91				String can now be found in pillager outpost chests.
							Trading has now been changed, fisherman villagers now have a chance to buy 20 string as part of their first-tier trade.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added string.
1.9.19							String can now be found in woodland mansion chests.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 132 and the item's was 287.
							Tripwire can again be disarmed.

Issues

Issues relating to "String" or "Tripwire" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

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Screenshots

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  The first image of tripwires released by Mojang.

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  An image released by Mojang testing visibility of tripwires from a distance at night.

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  The same room viewed from the same angle, in daytime.

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  Power lines made of suspended string blocks.

In other media

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  Kai setting off a tripwire.

External links

• Taking Inventory: String – Minecraft.net on May 14, 2020