Minecraft
How to Craft a Piston in Minecraft
To craft a piston in Minecraft you need three wooden planks, four cobblestone, one iron ingot and one redstone dust. On the Crafting Table the planks fill the top row, the iron sits in the center with the dust under it, and cobblestone fills the four side squares. Below are the items, the recipe, and where those pieces come from.
Wooden PlanksWooden PlanksWooden Planks
Cobblestone
Iron IngotCobblestoneCobblestone
Redstone DustCobblestone
Piston| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Wooden Planks |
3 | Punch or axe a log, then convert the log to planks in the 2×2 inventory grid. Oak, birch, spruce and the rest all count. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
| Cobblestone |
4 | Break stone with any pickaxe. Without a pickaxe the block drops nothing. |
| Iron Ingot |
1 | Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better, then smelt it in a furnace. Iron golems and zombies can also drop ingots. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
| Redstone Dust |
1 | Mine redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better. Fortune adds extra dust. |
Piston specs
- Difficulty
- Mid game
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Mine a placed piston with a pickaxe to pick it back up.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table: planks on the top row, iron in the center, redstone under it, cobblestone on the four sides.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:piston - Numerical ID
-
33 - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 1.5
- Blast resistance
- 1.5
- Material
- Stone
- Diggable
- Yes
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:piston 1
| Item | Time to break |
|---|---|
| Golden Pickaxe | 0.19s |
| Netherite Pickaxe | 0.25s |
| Diamond Pickaxe | 0.28s |
| Iron Pickaxe | 0.38s |
| Stone Pickaxe | 0.56s |
| Wooden Pickaxe | 1.13s |
| Hand | 2.25s |
Ingredient specs
Wooden Planks
Early game- Where to get it
- Punch or axe a log, then convert the log to planks in the 2×2 inventory grid. Oak, birch, spruce and the rest all count.
- Where it lives
- Overworld trees. Any wood biome.
- Item ID
minecraft:oak_planks- Legacy item ID
minecraft:planks- Numerical ID
5- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 2
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
Iron Ingot
Early game- Where to get it
- Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better, then smelt it in a furnace. Iron golems and zombies can also drop ingots.
- Where it lives
- Overworld caves and mountains. Also buried treasure and village chests.
- Item ID
minecraft:iron_ingot- Numerical ID
265- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
- Furnace time
- 10 s
Oak Log
Early game- Where to get it
- Punch or axe an oak tree. Any overworld log type also converts to its matching planks.
- Where it lives
- Oak trees in forests, plains, and villages in the Overworld.
- Item ID
minecraft:oak_log- Legacy item ID
minecraft:log- Numerical ID
17- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 2
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
Raw Iron
Early game- Where to get it
- Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better. Silk Touch keeps the ore block; otherwise you get raw iron.
- Where it lives
- Overworld caves and mountains, mostly between deepslate and the surface.
- Item ID
minecraft:raw_iron- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Redstone Dust
Mid game- Where to get it
- Mine redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better. Fortune adds extra dust.
- Where it lives
- Overworld deepslate and stone, mostly below Y 16 down toward -64.
- Item ID
minecraft:redstone- Numerical ID
331- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Cobblestone
Early game- Where to get it
- Break stone with any pickaxe. Without a pickaxe the block drops nothing.
- Where it lives
- Overworld caves and hills. Also when flowing lava meets water.
- Item ID
minecraft:cobblestone- Numerical ID
4- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 6
- Material
- Stone
- Diggable
- Yes
How to craft these materials
Wooden Planks
Oak LogWooden Planks ×4Shapeless: the slots can sit anywhere on the grid.
Iron Ingot
1 Raw Iron
Iron IngotThree planks, four cobble, iron, dust
Punch a log and convert it in the inventory 2×2 — one log already covers the three planks, and any wood type works. Mine stone with a pickaxe for four cobblestone. Iron ore needs a stone pickaxe, then a furnace. Redstone ore is the red-flecked stone deep down; it only drops dust with an iron pickaxe or better. One ingot and one dust close the list.
Planks on top, cobble on the sides
Open the Crafting Table. Fill the whole top row with planks. Put cobblestone in both middle sides and both bottom corners. Drop the iron ingot in the exact center and the redstone dust in the bottom-middle. One piston appears on the right; take it. This shape needs the 3×3 table.
Face it, then power it
Place the piston while looking the way you want the wooden face to shove. A lever, button or redstone dust against it extends the arm one block and pushes what sits in front — up to twelve blocks in a line. Cut the signal and the arm comes back; the pushed block stays. Mine it with a pickaxe to pick it up.
