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Light Weighted Pressure Plate in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Light Weighted Pressure Plate is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Light Weighted Pressure Plate.
What is Light Weighted Pressure Plate?
Light Weighted Pressure Plate is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 0.5 and a blast resistance of 0.5. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Light Weighted Pressure Plate does not emit light. Light Weighted Pressure Plate filters 0 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:light_weighted_pressure_plate. Command: /give @p minecraft:light_weighted_pressure_plate 1.
How to mine Light Weighted Pressure Plate
Light Weighted Pressure Plate can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.
Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):
- With the correct tool: approximately 0.75 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 2.5 seconds
Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.
Light Weighted Pressure Plate drops
When broken, Light Weighted Pressure Plate drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
Block tags & properties
- Transparent
- Hand-Mineable
- Craftable
Light Weighted Pressure Plate technical properties
- Waterloggable: No
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Light Weighted Pressure Plate (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:light_weighted_pressure_plate
- Material family: mineable/pickaxe
- Hardness: 0.5
- Blast resistance: 0.5
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: Yes
- Blocks light: 0
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:light_weighted_pressure_plate 1
Overview
Light Weighted Pressure Plate is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Light Weighted Pressure Plate can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- With the correct tool this takes about 0.75s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 2.5s.
- Light Weighted Pressure Plate is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:light_weighted_pressure_plate 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
- No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.
Difficulty and time commitment
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated time per run: 1-5 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Light Weighted Pressure Plate?
Light Weighted Pressure Plate can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does Light Weighted Pressure Plate drop when mined?
Breaking Light Weighted Pressure Plate drops Light Weighted Pressure Plate.
How hard is Light Weighted Pressure Plate to mine?
Light Weighted Pressure Plate has a hardness value of 0.5. That works out to roughly 0.75s with the correct tool or 2.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft Light Weighted Pressure Plate?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Light Weighted Pressure Plate.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Light Weighted Pressure Plate?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:light_weighted_pressure_plate, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.