How Do You Use a Lever in Minecraft Pocket Edition

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

Contents

• 1 Occurrence
  • 1.1 Natural generation
• 2 Obtaining
  • 2.1 Breaking
  • 2.2 Crafting
• 3 Usage
  • 3.1 Placement
  • 3.2 Activation
  • 3.3 Behavior
• 4 Sounds
  • 4.1 Generic
  • 4.2 Unique
• 5 Data values
  • 5.1 ID
  • 5.2 Metadata
  • 5.3 Block states
• 6 Video
• 7 History
• 8 Issues
• 9 References

Occurrence [ ]

Natural generation [ ]

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

Obtaining [ ]

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

Crafting [ ]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stick + Cobblestone

Usage [ ]

Five of the eight possible orientations, levers off.

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:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None [sound 1]	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None [sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

1. ↑ ^{a b} MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.wood	1.0	0.8

Unique [ ]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Lever clicks	Blocks	Activating the block[sound 1]	block.lever.click	subtitles.block.lever.click	0.3	0.6	16
	Lever clicks	Blocks	Deactivating the block[sound 1]	block.lever.click	subtitles.block.lever.click	0.3	0.5	16

1. ↑ ^{a b} The lever uses the same sound event for both turning on and off. This has been reported on mojira: MC-177454.

Data values [ ]

ID [ ]

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Resource location	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Lever	lever	69	Block & Item	tile.lever.name

Metadata [ ]

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 [ ]

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	?	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7	The direction the lever is facing. Opposite to the direction the player is facing if placed on the side of a block.

Video [ ]

History [ ]

This section is missing information about 14w25a possible AO change.

Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page.

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.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 69.
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.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.13.0		build 1			[ verify ] 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			[ verify ] The texture of levers has been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	[ verify ] Added levers.
TU14		1.04			Levers can now be placed upside down (on the underside of a block).
		1.90			[ verify ] The texture of levers has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					[ verify ] Added levers.

Issues [ ]

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

References [ ]

How Do You Use a Lever in Minecraft Pocket Edition

Source: https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Lever#:~:text=To%20activate%20or%20deactivate%20a,a%20lever%20on%20or%20off.

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