String is an item primarily received by killing spiders and cave spiders, which drop 0–2 string on death, but can also be obtained by destroying cobwebs and tripwires, which drop one piece per block destroyed. String has an approximately 53% chance of spawning in a dungeon chest, where it will appear in stacks of 1–4 units. This is not a practical way to find string though, as killing spiders can be used to get string more quickly and in larger quantities. In abandoned mine shafts and libraries in strongholds, there are cobwebs which can be cut with a sword or shears to get string.
As a crafting ingredient
String can be used to make wool, but this is rather wasteful as wool can be obtained from sheep; it is more economical to save string for making more fishing rods or more bows that can be used to make dispensers.
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Bow | Stick + String |
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| Fishing Rod | Stick + String |
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| White Wool | String | |
| Lead | String + Slimeball |
Tripwire
A tripwire is a small, gray wire that appears when string is placed. Tripwire is primarily used to output redstone signals when attached to tripwire hooks on opposite ends. Upon collision with most entities, a redstone pulse will be sent to the tripwire hooks connecting the tripwire. Tripwire's low visibility makes it an effective way of creating traps. Tripwire (along with tripwire hooks), generate only in jungle temples.
Usage
To activate a tripwire when it is connected, an entity (most mobs, minecarts, boats, arrows, items, etc.) must move on, through or over it. However, thrown potions, some arrows, thrown Ender pearls, and thrown eyes of Ender will not activate tripwire hooks. Destroying the tripwire while not holding shears will trigger a redstone pulse. The redstone signal must connect to the tripwire hook to be activated, not the tripwire itself. Tripwire can be connected to other tripwire for up to 40 blocks. You can connect hooks with tripwire on the ground or connect hooks through air (see details below). When a tripwire connection is formed, the hooks must be placed on both sides of the connection for it to have the ability to be activated.
Tripwires can also be used to help decorate a structure with vines. Placing a floating block of tripwire in midair without any attachments prevents vine blocks growing through it. This lets the player control where and how wide/long they want their vines to grow, or allows them to add patterns into the middle of large swaths of vines. This is particularly useful for high-altitude construction or floating islands that the player wants to have vines dangling from. Without a block to stop them, the vines will continue down until they hit the ground, but floating tripwires can keep them short and irregular without being seen for a more natural look (otherwise the player would have to use signs or other blocks that are conspicuous and/or bulky). This can also be used with carpets, as you can normally not place a carpet on Air, but you can on tripwire.
Tripwire can also be transformed into obsidian in a way very similar to redstone the infiniobsidian process, although there are a few more requirements. Just like in the redstone process tripwire needs to be placed next to water or flowing water and then have lava pour onto it. But the tripwire also needs to have a tripwire hook connected directly to it from the South and/or the West. Tripwire hooks connected from the North and/or East will only result in the destruction of the tripwire. Oddly though, when connected from opposing directions it will instead generate cobblestone. It will also result in cobblestone if the tripwire's hitbox is not that of redstone wire; meaning tripwire placed on a block with transparency will generate cobblestone.
Placing and removing tripwires
Tripwires are placed with string. Tripwires connect like redstone wire, and can connect to tripwire on all four sides. Tripwire can be placed in the air, by placing it next to any solid block. Tripwire can also be placed on other tripwires. When breaking a block below tripwire, the tripwire is broken, activating the signal and string is dropped. If tripwire is placed on any block with transparency (glass, leaves, signs, air, chests, pistons, glowstone, slabs, stairs, etc.), it will not connect to tripwire hooks or tripwire placed on any block that is not glass or leaves. Yet, when one of these blocks is broken, the tripwire is not dropped nor activated (the tripwire remains in the air). This the same for when one is broken that has another tripwire placed on top. Tripwire has the same function when in the air as if it was on the ground. When making tripwires, Dinnerbone stated there either needs to be no blocks under any wire/hook or all blocks under the wire/hook;[1] however this is not actually the case. Since this "mix and match" is based on whether or not the underlying block has a transparency value, any block with a transparency value can be "mixed and matched" with air. When breaking tripwire itself, it activates any tripwire or tripwire hooks that it was connected to. To disarm tripwire without activating the signal, you must break the block with shears. This will remove the block and drop string, yet will not activate the signal. Tripwire has the hitbox of a slab when it is not connected to tripwire hooks. When it is connected, the hitbox is the same as redstone wire, unless it's placed in the air. Tripwire can be "stacked" on itself when being placed, like stacking signs on signs, but it will still float after removing the tripwire/block under it.
Video
String/video Tripwire/video
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'''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.
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An '''echo shard''' is an item found in [[ancient cities]] which can be used to craft [[recovery compass]]es.
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[[zh:回响碎片]]</li></ul> | 12w22a | String can be placed on the ground as a tripwire. Tripwire was first revealed on Dinnerbone's Twitter.[2][3] Dinnerbone released a video showing him experimenting with tripwire before its release.[4] | |||
| 12w23a | Tripwire is now activated by most entities (including arrows), and the max distance has been increased from 18 to 40 blocks. | ||||
Trivia
- Walking onto or off from any piece of string next to a BUD switch, will cause it to update even if the string isn't connected to tripwire hooks. Breaking the block with Shears will do the same.
- Tripwire has the highest resolution of any block in the game: 64x64. In 13w03a this is tied with the Locked Chest.
- String is also referred to as "Silk".
- Tripwire can be placed on top of itself.
- When tripwire is placed upon ice or glass, its hit-box increases in size and the wire itself lays higher than normal. This makes it easier to see the wire, but it still functions as normal.
- As of yet, tripwire does not exist in the Xbox 360 edition.
Gallery
The first image released of Tripwires.[5]
The second image released of Tripwires.[6]
The third image released of Tripwires.[7]
An image testing visibility of tripwires from a distance at night.[8]
Ditto, in daytime.[8]
![The first image released of Tripwires.[5]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/b/b7/DinnerboneTripwireDev1.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20120528232119)
![The second image released of Tripwires.[6]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/c/c3/DinnerboneTripwireDev2.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20120528232310)
![The third image released of Tripwires.[7]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/d/db/DinnerboneTripwireDev3.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20120528232404)
![An image testing visibility of tripwires from a distance at night.[8]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/5/56/DinnerboneTripwireDev4.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20120529022247)
![Ditto, in daytime.[8]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/7/7d/DinnerboneTripwireDev5.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20120529022533)