Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate

Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	No (JE) Yes (BE)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	6 METAL
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

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A heavy weighted pressure plate is a type of pressure plate that produces a redstone signal while one or more entities stand on it. Depending on how many entities are detected, the outputted signal strength will range from 1 to 15.

Obtaining

Breaking

A heavy weighted pressure plate can be mined with anything, but pickaxes are the fastest. A heavy weighted pressure plate also breaks and drops itself if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or if the block under the pressure plate is moved or destroyed.

Block	Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Wooden	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Stone	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Copper	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Iron	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Diamond	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Netherite	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Golden	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Iron Ingot

Usage

Heavy weighted pressure plate

Signal strength	Entity count
0	0
1	1–10
2	11–20
3	21–30
4	31–40
5	41–50
6	51–60
7	61–70
8	71–80
9	81–90
10	91–100
11	101–110
12	111–120
13	121–130
14	131–140
15	141+

Activation

Heavy weighted pressure plates can be activated by most entities (including players, mobs, items, arrows, experience orbs, fishing bobs, etc.) and emit a redstone signal strength that is equal to ¹⁄₁₀ of the amount of entities on top of them (rounded up to the nearest integer), up to a maximum power level of 15. Certain entities, however (such as players in spectator mode and markers), cannot activate them nor keep them activated.

In Java Edition, item frames and glow item frames cannot activate heavy weighted pressure plates but they can still keep them activated.

The signal strength from a heavy weighted pressure plate does not vary with the type of entity. 15 mobs will produce the same signal strength as 15 different items. Note the heavy weighted pressure plate counts entities, not the quantity of items, generally leading to one entity count per stack of items. For more information see item entity behavior.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

v t e iron sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.iron.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.iron.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.iron.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.iron.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.iron.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e iron sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	break.iron	​ ?	1.0	0.8
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.iron	​ ?	1.0	0.8
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.iron	​ ?	0.3	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	step.iron	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.iron	​ ?	0.2	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Jumping from the block	step.iron	​ ?	0.12	1.1
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.iron	​ ?	0.4	1.0

Unique

Java Edition

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a weighted pressure plate is deactivated	block.metal_pressure_plate.click_off	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click​	0.3	0.65	16
	​Pressure Plate clicks	Blocks	When a weighted pressure plate is activated	block.metal_pressure_plate.click_on	subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click​	0.3	0.75	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	When a weighted pressure plate deactivates	click_off.metal_pressure_plate	​ ?	0.3	0.65
	​ ?	Blocks	When a weighted pressure plate activates	click_on.metal_pressure_plate	​ ?	0.3	0.75

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate	heavy_weighted_pressure_plate	Block & Item	pressure_plates wall_post_override	block.minecraft.heavy_weighted_pressure_plate

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate	heavy_weighted_pressure_plate	148	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.heavy_weighted_pressure_plate.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
power	0	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	Specifies the redstone power level currently being produced by the weighted pressure plate.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
redstone_signal	0x1 0x2 0x4 0x8	0	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	Specifies the redstone power level currently being produced by the weighted pressure plate.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.5			13w01a				Added heavy weighted pressure plates.
							The model of heavy weighted pressure plates in item form is thicker.
1.7.2			13w36a				All entities are now allowed to trigger heavy weighted pressure plates.
							Heavy weighted pressure plates have been repurposed: rather than outputting based on the amount of and the stack size of item entities, their output now depends on the amount of entities (including non-item entities) on top of them. As a result, the stack size of item entities is now ignored: for example, dropping a stick item and a dirt item on top of a heavy weighted pressure plate now results in a higher output signal compared to dropping a full stack of sand on it (previously, the opposite would've been the case). The original signal strength values per amount of items are listed below: Heavy weighted pressure plate 0: 0 items 1: 1–42 items 2: 43–85 items 3: 86–128 items 4: 129–170 items 5: 171–213 items 6: 214–256 items 7: 257–298 items 8: 299–341 items 9: 342–384 items 10: 385–426 items 11: 427–469 items 12: 470–512 items 13: 513–554 items 14: 555–597 items 15: 598+ items
1.8			14w10a				The model of heavy weighted pressure plates in item form has been changed.
			14w10c				The model of heavy weighted pressure plates in item form has been changed.
1.9			15w31a				The model of heavy weighted pressure plates in item form has been changed.
			15w46a				Mobs no longer spawn on heavy weighted pressure plates.
1.13			18w20a				"Weighted Pressure Plate (Heavy)" has now been renamed to "Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate".
1.14			18w43a				The textures of heavy weighted pressure plates have been changed.
1.21.4			24w44a				Heavy weighted pressure plates now drop when broken with any tool.
1.21.5			25w02a				Added new break, place, step, fall and hit sounds.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.13.0			build 1				Added heavy weighted pressure plates.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of heavy weighted pressure plates have been changed.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.22				Changed name from "Weighted Pressure Plate (Heavy)" to "Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate" to match Java Edition.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.24				Heavy weighted pressure plates no longer require a pickaxe to drop themselves, and are mined faster when using an improper tool.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.25				Added new break, place, step, fall and hit sounds.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added heavy weighted pressure plates.
			1.90				The textures of heavy weighted pressure plates have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added heavy weighted pressure plates.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 148.

Issues

Issues relating to "Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.