Lever

Lever

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	JE: No BE: Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (JE)	0 NONE

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A lever is a non-solid block that can be switched to provide redstone power.

Obtaining

Breaking

A lever can be mined using any tool, or without a tool, and always drops itself as an item.

Block
Hardness	0.5
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.75
Options
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

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

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

Natural generation

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

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stick + Cobblestone

Usage

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, off is north or west, on 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 (in Java Edition).

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

v t e stone sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.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.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e lever sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5

Unique

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Lever	lever	Block & Item	block.minecraft.lever

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Lever	lever	69	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.lever.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Video

History

There is an associated page listing all historical changes related to the appearance and/or sounds associated with this block in further detail than below; see /Asset history.

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009							Notch shows interest in adding levers.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1							Added levers.
							The data values which would in future be used for ceiling levers had a large cobblestone cuboid in the middle, and floor and "ceiling" levers only existed in north- and west-facing forms.
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), changing those data values of levers accordingly.
1.5			13w03a				Lever orientation is no longer random.
1.8			14w10a				Lever models have changed - the UV is now different.
1.11			16w39a				Levers now generate in woodland mansions.
1.13			17w47a				Floor and ceiling levers can now be placed facing east or south. This changes the texture rotation.
							Flicking a lever on now displays redstone particles.
							Levers can no longer be placed on top of pistons.
			pre2				The hitbox height of levers placed on the ceiling or floor has been decreased.
1.14			18w43a				The textures used by levers have changed.
			18w50a				The cobblestone texture has changed, changing levers as well.
			19w03c				Levers now use correct cullface arguments, and a redundant face (internal end of the handle; visible only from within) was deleted.
1.19			22w13a				Levers now generate in ancient cities.
1.20.2			23w33a				Levers now use stone sounds instead of wood sounds.[1]
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.13.0			build 1				Added levers.
v0.15.0			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
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added levers.
TU14		1.04					Levers can now be placed upside down (on the underside of a block).
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Levers now generate in woodland mansions.
			1.90				The texture of levers has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added levers.
1.9.19							Levers now generate in woodland mansions.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Lever" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

• 
  Alex pulling a lever.
• 
  Kai pulling a lever.
• 
  A lever in A Minecraft Movie.

References

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Lever" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, November 29, 2019.

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