Lever

Lever

Transparency	Yes
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	2.5
Tool	Any tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Itself
Data value	dec: 69 hex: 45 bin: 1000101
Name	lever

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

Obtaining

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

Block	Lever
Hardness	0.5
Breaking time
Hand	0.75

A lever will also be removed and drop itself as an item:

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

If lava flows into a lever's space, the lever will be destroyed without dropping itself as an item.

Crafting

Levers can be crafted from sticks and cobblestone.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stick + Cobblestone

Natural generation

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

Usage

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

To place a lever, use the "Use Item/Place Block" control (right-click, by default) while aiming at the surface to which it should be attached.

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 will configure its orientation to be in-line with the placing player.

In the Bedrock edition, it can additionally be placed on the top of a fence, stone wall or hopper.^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

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^{[upcoming 1.13]}

Data values

Every lever has an ID name of minecraft:lever and stores its orientation and activation status in its block data. A lever also has a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.

Block data

See also: Data values

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 state

See also: Block states

Name	Value	Description
face[upcoming 1.13]	floor ceiling 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 it's sides.
facing	north west south east up_x[until 1.13] up_z[until 1.13] down_x[until 1.13] down_z[until 1.13]	The direction it's facing. Opposite to the direction the player is facing if placed on the side of a block.
powered	true false	If true, the lever is currently activated.

History

Classic
May 21, 2009					Notch shows interest in adding levers.
Alpha
v1.0.1					Added levers.
Official release
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.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.13			17w47a		Flicking a lever on now displays redstone particles.
					Levers can no longer be placed on top of pistons.
					Levers now have an underside texture.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.13.0			build 1		Added levers.
Pocket Edition
1.1			build 1		Levers now generate in woodland mansions.
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).

Issues

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

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