Lever

Lever

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

	“	Levers were an early addition to Minecraft, making their way into Alpha version 1.0.1 alongside doors, pressure plates and redstone dust. The texture got an update in [Beta] version 1.7 and 1.14, and in version 1.13 they got a sparkly particle effect, but otherwise they’re relatively unchanged. Making one is easy. A stick and a block of cobblestone will do the trick (you don’t even need a full 3x3 crafting grid). You can also find them in jungle temples and woodland mansions, if the above recipe sounds like too much effort.	„
		— Duncan Geere

A lever is a non-solid block that can provide switchable redstone power.

Occurrence

Natural generation

Three levers are generated naturally in each jungle temple. They also generate in woodland mansions.

Obtaining

Loot

From block loot

Namespaced ID	Source	Default
blocks/lever	Lever	1 (100%)

Recipes

From crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stick + Cobblestone

Usage

Info

Five of the eight possible orientations, levers off.

See also: Redstone circuit

A lever can be used as a player-switchable redstone power source.

Placement

A lever can be attached to the top, side, or bottom of any full solid opaque block (stone, dirt, blocks of gold, etc.), or to the top of an upside-down slab or upside-down stairs (but not to the bottom of a right-side-up slab or stairs). When placed on the top or bottom of a block, the lever orients itself in-line with the placing player.

In Bedrock Edition, it can additionally be placed on the top of a fence, stone wall or hopper, and can be placed underwater.

When placed on the side of blocks, down is on and up is off. On the top or bottom of blocks, on is north or west, off is south or east.

Activation

To activate or deactivate a lever, use the "Use Item/Place Block" control (right-click, by default). A lever can be turned on and off as fast as it can be clicked.

Mobs cannot turn a lever on or off.

Behavior

While active, a lever:

• powers any adjacent redstone dust (including beneath the lever) to power level 15
• powers any adjacent redstone comparator or redstone repeater facing away from the lever to power level 15
• strongly powers its attachment block to power level 15 (only if the attachment block is a full solid opaque block)
• activates any adjacent mechanism components, including above or below, such as pistons, redstone lamps, etc.
• emits redstone particles to indicate that it is active

Breaking

Levers can be mined using any tool, or without a tool.

Block	Lever
Hardness	0.5
Breaking time
Default	0.75

A lever is also removed and drops itself as an item if:

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

Block loot

Namespaced ID	Source	Default
blocks/lever	Lever	1 (100%)

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Namespaced ID	Subtitle ID	Source	Pitch	Volume	Attenuation distance
	Block breaking	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	Blocks	0.5	0.25	16
	Block broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	Blocks	0.8	1.0	16
	Block placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	Blocks	0.8	1.0	16
	Footsteps	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	Blocks	1.0	0.15	16
	No subtitle	block.wood.fall	(Plays when fallen on from a height)	Blocks	0.75	0.5	16
	Lever clicks	block.lever.click	subtitles.block.lever.click	?	(<1.0)	?	16

Note: The lever uses the same sound event for both turning on and off, but the pitch is determined outside of sounds.json. Exact values unknown.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Lever	lever	block.minecraft.lever

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Lever	lever	69	tile.lever.name

Block data

See also: Data values

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

Bits	Values
0x1 0x2 0x4	A three-bit field storing a value from 0 to 7: 0: Lever on block bottom points east when off. 1: Lever on block side facing east 2: Lever on block side facing west 3: Lever on block side facing south 4: Lever on block side facing north 5: Lever on block top points south when off. 6: Lever on block top points east when off. 7: Lever on block bottom points south when off.
0x8	If this bit is set, the lever is 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 the lever 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 the lever is facing. Opposite to the direction the player is facing if placed on the side of a block.
powered	false	false true	If true, the lever is currently activated.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
open_bit	0	0 1	If the lever is currently activated.
lever_direction	?	down_east_west down_north_south east north south up_east_west up_north_south west	The direction the lever is facing.

History

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009					Notch shows interest in adding levers.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					Added levers.
Java Edition Beta
1.7					Due to the change of the cobblestone texture, the texture of levers has been updated.
Java Edition
1.3.1		12w22a			Levers now generate in jungle temples.
		12w24a			Levers can now be placed upside down (on the underside of a block).
1.5		13w03a			Lever orientation is no longer random.
1.11		16w39a			Levers now generate in woodland mansions.
?					Levers now have an underside texture.
1.13		17w47a			Flicking a lever on now displays redstone particles.
					Levers can no longer be placed on top of pistons.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 69.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of levers has been changed.
		19w03c			Levers now use correct cullface arguments, and a redundant face (internal end of the handle; visible only from within) was deleted.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.13.0		build 1			Added levers.
0.15.0		build 1			Levers now generate in jungle temples.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Levers now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of levers has been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added levers.
TU14		1.04			Levers can now be placed upside down (on the underside of a block).
		1.90			The texture of levers has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added levers.

Issues

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

References

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