Stone Pressure Plate — Minecraft block

Stone Pressure Plate

Stone Pressure Plate detects players and mobs, opening doors or triggering redstone from two stone.

Block ID minecraft:stone_pressure_plate
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Stone Pressure Plate is crafted from two stone and outputs redstone power when a player or mob stands on it. Unlike wooden pressure plates, it ignores dropped items, which makes it better for entrances where loose loot, arrows, or farm drops should not trigger the mechanism. That distinction matters in secure doors, mob sorters, puzzle rooms, and adventure map logic.\n\nThe block also blends into stone floors, caves, castles, temples, and laboratories more naturally than wood. It can open iron doors, trigger pistons, reset traps, start dispensers, or act as a floor detail with a hidden function. Because the recipe is cheap, builders can place many plates across large bases without worrying about resource cost.

How to craft this block

Ingredients:
Stone Stone x2
Crafting
Stone
Stone
→
Stone Pressure Plate
1

Used in crafts

  • Detector Rail