Redstone Wire

Redstone Wire is a type of tool used to connect items together that can be used to open doors or other items.

Redstone wire is placed by right clicking on the surface of a Block. It is only available in Alpha and Beta mode. To obtain Redstone Wire, you need Redstone Dust which can be found by mining Redstone Ore with an iron pickaxe.

Redstone Wires will not carry their charge further than 15 blocks. However, it is possible to extend their range to a degree by making gates. The creation and use of gates are explained in Redstone circuits. Redstone Wire used to be "destroyed" when stepped on in-game, but this was changed due to an update, making the idea of "tripwires" no longer plausible.

Map areas generated before the Redstone update was applied, will not contain Redstone.

Related pages

 * Redstone
 * Redstone (Ore)
 * Redstone (Dust)
 * Redstone (Torch)
 * Redstone circuits
 * Mechanisms
 * Traps

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