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A lever is a type of switch. Levers, like the button, pressure plate, and redstone torch, can be connected with redstone wire to be operated far away from the target block. Levers can be placed on any opaque block. Levers can be placed on walls, floors, and ceilings.

Crafting

Ingredients Input » Output
Stick + Cobblestone Template:Grid/Crafting Table

Power

Levers differ from buttons in that the charge they provide is stable - once clicked a lever will remain on or off until clicked again. Clicking a lever also causes a visual change as the shaft of the device moves from one side to the other. Their stable nature makes levers well suited to controlling devices that need to remain in one of two states for an indefinite period, such as minecart tracks or locking mechanisms in advanced circuits.

When placed on the side of blocks, up is off and down is on. On the top or bottom of blocks, on is south or west, off is north or east. Mobs cannot turn on a lever, or turn it off.

Video

Lever/video

History

a
1.0.1
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Ink Sac|Ink Sac]]<br/>{{For|the variant dropped by Glow squids|Glow Ink Sac}}
{{Item
| image = Ink Sac.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

An '''ink sac''' is an [[item]] dropped by a [[squid]] upon death used to create [[black dye]], [[dark prismarine]]{{only|BE|short=1}}, and [[Book and Quill|books and quills]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===

==== Squid ====
{{see also|Tutorials/Squid farming|title1=Squid farming}}

A [[squid]] drops one to three ink sacs upon death. The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of [[Looting]], for a maximum of 1 to 6 with Looting III.

=== Fishing ===
Ink sacs can be obtained as a "junk" item from [[fishing]]. The [[Luck of the Sea]] [[enchantment]] decreases the chance.

=== Trading ===
[[Wandering trader]]s sometimes sell 3 ink sacs for an [[emerald]] {{in|bedrock}}. Apprentice level [[Trading#Librarian|librarians]] also buy 5 ink sacs for one [[emerald]].

=== Natural generation ===

{{LootChestItem|ink-sac}}

== Usage ==

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage}}

{{IN|bedrock}}, ink sacs can be also used in banner patterns:
{{banner crafting usage}}

=== Loom ingredient === 
{{Banner loom usage|Ink Sac}}

=== Dye ===
{{Dye usage}}
* Each type of [[Prismarine#Dark Prismarine|dark prismarine]] can be crafted using varying amounts of 8 [[Prismarine Shard#prismarine shards|prismarine shards]].

=== Trading ===
Journeyman-level librarian [[villager]]s have a {{frac|2|3}} chance to buy five ink sacs for an [[emerald]]. They always offer the trade {{in|bedrock|lc=}}.

=== Signs ===
Ink sacs can be applied to [[sign]]s or [[hanging sign]]s to revert glowing text back to default.

== Sounds ==
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Ink sac1.ogg
|sound2=Ink sac2.ogg
|sound3=Ink sac3.ogg
|subtitle=Ink Sac splotches
|source=block
|description=When an ink sac is used on a sign
|id=item.ink_sac.use
|translationkey=subtitles.item.ink_sac.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Each sound can be 0.85, 0.88, or 0.9</ref>
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Ink sac1.ogg
|sound2=Ink sac2.ogg
|sound3=Ink sac3.ogg
|source=sound
|description=When an ink sac is used on a sign
|id=sign.ink_sac.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Ink Sac
|spritetype=item
|nameid=ink_sac
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Ink Sac
|spritetype=item
|nameid=ink_sac
|aliasid=dye / 0
|id=413
|form=item
|translationkey=item.dye.black.name
|foot=1}}

== Video ==
{{video note|Ink sacs can no longer be used as a dye in Java Edition.}}
<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|ABYCZfawO60}}</div>

== History ==
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.2|[[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added ink sacks, together with all other dyes.}}
{{History||1.2_02|"Ink Sack" has been renamed to "Ink Sac".}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w17a|Ink sacs are now used to craft [[book and quill]]s.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|Added the ability to [[Armor#Dyeing|dye]] leather [[armor]] and [[wolf]] collars.}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|Ink sacs can now be crafted with [[gunpowder]] to create a [[firework star]].}} 
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w19a|[[Stained clay]] can now be [[crafting|crafted]].}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w41a|[[Stained glass]] can now be crafted.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w25a|Ink sacs are now used to craft [[dark prismarine]].}}
{{History|||snap=14w30a|Added [[banner]]s, which can be [[dye]]d with ink sacs.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Ink sacs can now be used to dye [[shulker box]]es.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w06a|Ink sacs are now used to craft black [[concrete powder]].}}
{{History|||snap=17w15a|Ink sacs can now be used to dye [[bed]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different data values for the <code>dye</code> ID have been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 351.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|Ink sacs can now be used to craft [[black dye]].
|Ink sacs can no longer be used as a [[dye]].
|All of the dye-related functions and crafting recipes of ink sac (except books and quills and dark prismarine) have been transferred to black dye.
|[[File:Ink Sac JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of ink sacs has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Librarian [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] ink sacs.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=Pre-release 1|Ink sacs are no longer used to craft [[dark prismarine]].}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w03a|Ink sacs can now be used to remove the text's glowing effect of a [[sign]].}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.3|snap=22w42a|Ink sacs can now be used to remove the text's glowing effect of a [[hanging sign]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.3.0|[[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added ink sacs. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|Ink sacs can now be used to craft [[cocoa beans]].}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|Ink sacs are now available in [[creative]].}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|Ink sacs now generate in [[village]] and [[stronghold]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|Ink sacs can now be obtained from [[squid]].
|Ink sacs can now be obtained as a junk [[item]] from [[fishing]].}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Ink sacs now can now be used to dye water in [[cauldron]]s.}}
{{History||v0.16.0|snap=build 1|Ink sacs are no longer used to craft [[cocoa beans]].
|Ink sacs can now be used to craft [[dark prismarine]].}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Ink sacs can now be used to dye [[shulker]]s.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Ink sacs are now used to re-dye [[bed]]s.
|Ink sacs can now be used to dye [[shulker box]]es.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Ink sacs can now be used to craft [[book and quill]]s.
|Added [[banner]]s, which can be [[dye]]d with ink sacs.
|Ink sacs can now be crafted with [[gunpowder]] to create [[firework star]]s.
|Ink sacs can now be used to craft black [[concrete powder]].
|[[Stained glass]] can now be [[crafting|crafted]].}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.20.1|Ink sacs can now be crafted from iron, sulfur, and 4 oxygen in the [[compound creator]]s.
|Ink sacs can now be used to craft [[balloon]]s and [[glow stick]]s.}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.10|Ink sacs can now be used to craft [[black dye]].}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Ink sacs can now be bought from [[wandering trader]]s.
|[[File:Ink Sac JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of ink sacs has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Ink sacs can now be [[trading|sold]] to librarian [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.56|The ID of ink sacs has been changed from {{cd|dye/0}} to {{cd|ink_sac}}.}}
{{History||1.16.210|snap=beta 1.16.210.59|Ink sacs can now be used to revert glowing text on signs to normal.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.00|switch=1.0.1|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added ink sacs.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Ink Sac JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of ink sacs has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added ink sacs.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Items}}

[[Category:Bedrock Edition specific information]]
[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Dyes]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Váček inkoustu]]
[[de:Tintenbeutel]]
[[es:Saco de tinta]]
[[fr:Poche d'encre]]
[[hu:Tintazsák]]
[[ja:イカスミ]]
[[ko:먹물 주머니]]
[[nl:Inktzak]]
[[pl:Torbiel z atramentem]]
[[pt:Bolsa de tinta]]
[[ru:Чернильный мешок]]
[[uk:Чорнильний мішок]]
[[zh:墨囊]]</li><li>[[Le Tricolore|Le Tricolore]]<br/>{{Exclusive|Java}}
{{Joke feature}}
{{Item
| image = 
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''Le Tricolore''' (French for ''The Tricolour'') is a joke item from [[Java Edition 23w13a_or_b]].

== Obtaining ==
One le tricolore and one [[la baguette]] is given to all players when [[French mode]] gets activated. Deactivating the mode will remove le tricolore from the player's inventory (but not la baguette; [[container]]s such as [[chest]]s are not affected).

Le Tricolore is not available in the creative inventory, but can be obtained by using the {{cmd|give}} command.

== Data values ==

=== ID ===
{{ID table
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=java
|displayname=Le Tricolore
|spritetype=item
|nameid=le_tricolore
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||23w13a or b|[[File:Le Tricolore.png|32px]] Added Le Tricolore.}}
{{History|foot}}

{{Items}}
{{Jokes}}

[[Category:Joke items]]

[[ja:Le Tricolore]]
[[pt:Le Tricolore]]</li></ul>
The lever was implemented along with the button and pressure plates.
r
1.3.1
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[:Category:Armor|Category:Armor]]<br/>[[Category:Items]]</li><li>[[Flint|Flint]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Flint.png
|type=
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''Flint''' is a mineral obtained from [[gravel]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Mining ===
When a block of [[gravel]] is mined, there is a 10% chance for a single piece of flint to drop instead of the [[gravel]] block. When mined with a [[Fortune]]-enchanted tool, this chance increases to 16% at Fortune I, 25% at Fortune II, and 100% at Fortune III. Gravel mined using a tool with [[Silk Touch]] or gravel that fell on a non-solid block never produces flint.

=== Trading ===
Novice-level [[Trading#Fletcher|fletcher]] [[villager]]s have a 50%{{only|bedrock}} or {{frac|2|3}}{{only|java}} chance to offer 10 pieces of flint for 10 blocks of gravel and an [[emerald]].

=== Chest loot ===

{{LootChestItem|flint}}

== Usage ==
=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage}}

=== Trading ===
Apprentice-level fletcher villagers buy 26 flint for an emerald.

Apprentice-level leatherworker villagers have a {{frac|2|3}} chance to buy 26 flint for an emerald {{in|java}}, and always offer the trade {{in|bedrock}}.

Journeyman-level toolsmith villagers have a {{frac|2|5}} chance to buy 30 flint for one emerald in ''Java Edition'', and always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.

Journeyman-level weaponsmith villagers buy 24 flint for an emerald.

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Flint
|spritetype=item
|nameid=flint
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Flint
|spritetype=item
|nameid=flint
|id=356
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{History|java indev}} 
{{History||20100219|[[File:Flint JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added flint.
|Flint is now used to craft [[flint and steel]].}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.0.14|Crafting [[arrow]]s now requires flint, rather than [[iron ingot]]s.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|Farmer [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 4–5 flint for 1 [[emerald]] and 10 [[gravel]].}}
{{History|||snap=1.3|[[File:Flint JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of flint has been slightly changed.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Fletcher [[villager]]s now sell 6–10 flint for 1 emerald and 10 gravel.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 318.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Flint JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of flint has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Flint can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[village]] fletcher houses.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Fletcher, leatherworker, toolsmith and weaponsmith [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] flint.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w07a|Flint has a {{frac|10|109}} (~9.17%) chance of being given by the new [[piglin]]s when [[bartering]], in a stack size of 3–8, making it renewable.}}
{{History|||snap=20w09a|Flint can no longer be obtained by bartering with piglins. However, they are still renewable as piglins offer [[gravel]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w16a|Flint now generates in [[ruined portal]] chests.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.3.3|[[File:Flint JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added flint. 
|Flint can be used to craft [[arrow]]s.}}
{{History||v0.4.0|Flint can now be used to make [[flint and steel]].}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Flint JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of flint has been changed.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Fletcher [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 6–10 flint for 1 [[emerald]] and 10 [[gravel]].}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Flint JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of flint has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Flint can now be found in [[village]] fletcher [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Trading]] has been changed, fletcher [[villager]]s now have a 50% chance to [[trading|sell]] 10 flint for 10 [[gravel]] and one [[emerald]] as part of their first tier trade.
|Flint can now be [[trading|sold]] to toolsmith, weaponsmith, fletcher, and leatherworker villagers.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Flint JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added flint.}}
{{History||?|[[File:Flint JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of flint has been changed.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Flint JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of flint has been changed.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:GodPortal.png|A piece of flint found in a [[ruined portal]] chest, together with an [[enchanted golden apple]].
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--flint Taking Inventory: Flint] – Minecraft.net on October 31, 2019

{{Items}}

[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Pazourek]]
[[de:Feuerstein]]
[[es:Pedernal]]
[[fr:Silex]]
[[hu:Kovakő]]
[[it:Selce]]
[[ja:火打石]]
[[ko:부싯돌]]
[[nl:Vuursteen]]
[[pl:Krzemień]]
[[pt:Sílex]]
[[ru:Кремень]]
[[th:หินเหล็กไฟ]]
[[uk:Кремінь]]
[[zh:燧石]]</li></ul>
12w24aLevers can now be placed upside down (on the underside of a block).

Issues

Issues relating to "Lever" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • The lever, along with wall mounted torches, flowing lava and water, sloped rails, tripwire hook, Spider legs, Snow Golem arms, and Villager arms are the only surfaces in Minecraft that are not either parallel or perpendicular to the ground.
  • Levers placed on the top or bottom of blocks in a north/south orientation have off facing south and on facing north. Levers in a east/west orientation have off facing east and on facing west.
  • Anything powered by a single redstone torch, such as a powered rail block, can be powered instead with a lever. This is useful if you are low on redstone, as the materials needed for crafting levers are much more common, and renewable. This also allows easily turning the current off if need be.
  • Putting a lever next to an opened door, then destroying the lever closes the door.
  • Levers can be used to provide quick, if imprecise, pulses of redstone charge, by quickly flicking them on and off. This compares to buttons, which have a built-in delay.
  • Levers cannot be placed on snow, ice, or glowstone.
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