Button

Button

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

A button is a non-solid block that can provide temporary redstone power.

Obtaining

Breaking

Wooden buttons are easily broken with axes, while stone buttons are easily broken with pickaxes.

Block	Wooden	Stone
Hardness	0.5	0.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	0.75	0.75
Wooden	0.4	0.4
Stone	0.2	0.2
Iron	0.15	0.15
Diamond	0.1	0.1
Netherite	0.1	0.1
Golden	0.1	0.1

A button is removed and drops itself as an item if:

• its attachment block is moved, removed, or destroyed
• water or lava flows into its space
• a piston tries to push it or moves a block into its space

Natural generation

Stone buttons are naturally generated in strongholds, next to iron doors.‌^{[JE only]} Stone buttons also generate in desert armorer house attached to granite.

Jungle buttons generate naturally on house walls in desert villages.

Crafting

Buttons can be crafted from planks for a matching wood-type button, or stone for a stone button.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Wooden Button	Matching Planks
Stone Button	Stone
Polished Blackstone Button	Polished Blackstone

Usage

See also: Redstone circuit

Redstone power

A button can be used as a monostable power source (it automatically deactivates shortly after being activated).

Placement

Buttons can be placed by using it on a surface.

They can be attached to the side, bottom and top of any full opaque block.

If placed on the top or bottom of a block, the button can face any direction.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

It can also be attached to the top of a fence in Bedrock Edition.

More information about placement on transparent blocks can be found at Opacity/Placement.

Activation

Buttons are usually in an inactive state, but can be temporarily activated by players. A button can be activated by using it. A wooden button can also be activated by a fired arrow or a thrown trident if its collision box touched the button.

Mobs cannot activate buttons directly, but arrows fired by skeletons or dispensers can activate wooden buttons.

Behavior

When activated, a wooden button remains active for 15 redstone ticks (1.5 seconds, barring lag), while a stone button remains active for 10 redstone ticks (1 second, barring lag). A wooden button activated by a fired arrow or a thrown trident remains active until the arrow or trident despawns (after one minute) or is picked up by a player.

While active, a button:

• powers any adjacent redstone dust to power level 15, including beneath the button
• powers any adjacent redstone comparators or redstone repeaters facing away from the button to power level 15
• strongly powers its attachment block to power level 15
• activates any adjacent mechanism components, including above or below, such as pistons, redstone lamps, etc.

When a button changes state it provides a redstone update to all redstone components adjacent to itself (including above and below), and to all redstone components adjacent to its attachment block.

Fuel

Wooden buttons can be used as a fuel source in furnaces, smelting 0.5 items per button.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Sounds

Generic

Stone

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	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
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	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
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
?	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
	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	0.8

Wood

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.wood	1.0	0.8

Unique

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Button clicks	Blocks	Stone button deactivates	block.stone_button.click_off	subtitles.block.button.click	0.3	0.5	16
	Button clicks	Blocks	Stone button activates	block.stone_button.click_on	subtitles.block.button.click	0.3	0.6	16
	Button clicks	Blocks	Wooden button deactivates	block.wooden_button.click_off	subtitles.block.button.click	0.3	0.5	16
	Button clicks	Blocks	Wooden button activates	block.wooden_button.click_on	subtitles.block.button.click	0.3	0.6	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Item tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Stone Button	stone_button	buttons	buttons	Block & Item	block.minecraft.stone_button
Oak Button	oak_button	buttons wooden_buttons	buttons wooden_buttons	Block & Item	block.minecraft.oak_button
Spruce Button	spruce_button	buttons wooden_buttons	buttons wooden_buttons	Block & Item	block.minecraft.spruce_button
Birch Button	birch_button	buttons wooden_buttons	buttons wooden_buttons	Block & Item	block.minecraft.birch_button
Jungle Button	jungle_button	buttons wooden_buttons	buttons wooden_buttons	Block & Item	block.minecraft.jungle_button
Acacia Button	acacia_button	buttons wooden_buttons	buttons wooden_buttons	Block & Item	block.minecraft.acacia_button
Dark Oak Button	dark_oak_button	buttons wooden_buttons	buttons wooden_buttons	Block & Item	block.minecraft.dark_oak_button
Crimson Button	crimson_button	buttons non_flammable_wood wooden_buttons	buttons non_flammable_wood wooden_buttons	Block & Item	block.minecraft.crimson_button
Warped Button	warped_button	buttons non_flammable_wood wooden_buttons	buttons non_flammable_wood wooden_buttons	Block & Item	block.minecraft.warped_button
Polished Blackstone Button	polished_blackstone_button	buttons	buttons	Block & Item	block.minecraft.polished_blackstone_button

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Stone Button	stone_button	77	Block & Item	tile.stone_button.name
Oak Button	wooden_button	143	Block & Item	tile.wooden_button.name
Spruce Button	spruce_button	399	Block & Item	tile.spruce_button.name
Birch Button	birch_button	396	Block & Item	tile.birch_button.name
Jungle Button	jungle_button	398	Block & Item	tile.jungle_button.name
Acacia Button	acacia_button	395	Block & Item	tile.acacia_button.name
Dark Oak Button	dark_oak_button	397	Block & Item	tile.dark_oak_button.name
Crimson Button	crimson_button	515	Block & Item	tile.crimson_button.name
Warped Button	warped_button	516	Block & Item	tile.warped_button.name
Polished Blackstone Button	polished_blackstone_button	551	Block & Item	tile.polished_blackstone_button.name

Metadata

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, a button's block data stores its orientation, and whether it is active:

Bits	Values
0x1 0x2 0x4	Three bits storing a value from 0 to 5: 0: Button on block bottom facing down 1: Button on block top facing up 2: Button on block side facing north 3: Button on block side facing south 4: Button on block side facing west 5: Button on block side facing east
0x8	If this bit is set, the button is currently active.

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
face	wall	ceiling floor wall	The face of the block it's placed on. Floor is on top of a block, ceiling is on the bottom, and wall is on one of its sides.
facing	north	east north south west	The direction it's facing. Opposite to the direction the player is facing if placed on the side of a block.
powered	false	false true	If true, the button is currently activated.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
button_pressed_bit	0	0 1	If the button is currently activated.
facing_direction	0	0 1 2 3 4 5	The direction it's facing. Opposite to the direction the player is facing if placed on the side of a block.

History

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					Added stone buttons, which can be placed on the sides of blocks.
					This was the recipe used at the time: Recipe
Java Edition Beta
1.8		Pre-release			Dropped button items no longer appear abnormally large.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			The texture of stone has been changed, which changes the edges of unpressed buttons.
1.4.2		12w34a			Added wooden buttons. They are currently uncraftable.
		12w34b			Added crafting recipe for wooden buttons. Recipe
					The crafting recipe for stone buttons has been changed. Recipe
		12w37a			The redstone signal duration of the button has been changed from 9 to 12 redstone ticks.
1.8		14w04a			Buttons are now able to be placed on the top and bottom of blocks, and can currently only face north.
		14w10a			The models of buttons have been changed.
1.9		15w43a			Wooden buttons have been given a different sound from stone buttons.
		16w02a			Wood buttons are now broken more easily with axes, and stone buttons are broken more easily with pickaxes.
1.11		16w33a			Wooden buttons can now be used in furnaces.
1.13		17w47a			The wooden button ID has been changed from wooden_button to oak_button.
					The names of buttons have been split into <wood type> button and stone button.
					Buttons now come in all six types of wood.
					Buttons can no longer be placed on top of pistons.
					Buttons can now be placed in all 4 rotations on the top and bottom of a block.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 77 and 143.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of buttons have been changed.
		18w44a			The texture of stone buttons has been changed, once again.
		18w47a			The textures of wooden buttons have been changed.
		18w50a			The texture of spruce buttons has been changed, once again.
1.16		20w06a			Added crimson and warped buttons.
		20w15a			Added polished blackstone buttons.
1.16.2		20w28a			Polished blackstone buttons are now renewable as piglins have an 8.71% chance to trade 8-16 blackstone during bartering.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.13.0		build 1			Added buttons.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Buttons now come in all six types of wood.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Buttons now generate in the new villages.
					The texture of stone buttons has been changed.
					The textures of wooden buttons have been changed.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added crimson and warped buttons.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Added polished blackstone button.
1.16.20		beta 1.16.20.50			Crimson and warped buttons now uses regular plank sounds instead of their stem variant sounds.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added stone buttons.
TU9					Added wooden buttons.
					The crafting recipe for stone buttons has been changed.
TU14		1.04			Wooden buttons can now be triggered by arrows.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Buttons are now able to be placed on the top and bottom of blocks.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Buttons now come in all six types of wood.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The texture of stone buttons has been changed.
					The textures of wooden buttons have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added buttons.

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References

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