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Pressure plates

A terracotta pressure plate works like a stone pressure plate. It turns on while a player or mob stands on it.

Terracotta
Glazed terracotta

Terracotta

CraftingTerracotta Pressure Plate

Behavior

SignalStrength 15 while something is on it
Triggered byPlayers and mobs. Dropped items, arrows, boats and minecarts do not trigger it
PlacementOn top of a block, like vanilla pressure plates
BreakingBreaks in a moment with any tool or by hand, and always drops itself
PistonsPushing it breaks it and drops it as an item
SoundsStone pressure plate clicks

TIP

To detect dropped items as well as mobs, use a wooden pressure plate or a weighted pressure plate instead.

Every terracotta pressure plate is in the vanilla #minecraft:pressure_plates tag. See Tags.

All pressure plates

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