LIGHT WEIGHTED PRESSURE PLATE
A gold pressure plate that outputs signal strength based on entity count. Each entity adds 1 signal strength, up to 15. More sensitive than the heavy variant.
Crafting Recipe
2 Gold Ingots → 1 Light Weighted Pressure Plate
Signal Behavior
Input
InputEntities standing on it
Output
OutputSignal strength = min(entity count, 15)
Max Signal Strength
Max Signal Strength15
Delay
Delay5 redstone ticks after all entities removed
Modes
- Analog signal based on entity count
Overview: what the Light Weighted Pressure Plate is and does
A gold pressure plate that outputs signal strength based on entity count. Each entity adds 1 signal strength, up to 15. More sensitive than the heavy variant.
As a power source it sits at the start of a circuit, generating the signal that everything downstream reacts to. It is the precise analog counter of the pair, useful for reading small entity or item counts directly as a signal value.
The Light Weighted Pressure Plate was added to Minecraft in 1.5 and everything described here reflects its behaviour in Java Edition 1.21.
How it works: the redstone mechanics
On the input side, entities standing on it. On the output side, signal strength = min(entity count, 15).
Its output equals min(entities, 15): one entity gives signal 1, fifteen or more give the full 15. The gold texture marks it apart from the iron heavy-weighted plate, which needs ten entities per signal step.
Timing-wise, factor in 5 redstone ticks after all entities removed when you wire it into a sequenced circuit.
It can output a maximum signal strength of 15, which travels 15 blocks through bare redstone dust before fading to nothing.
It operates in the following modes: analog signal based on entity count.
How to set it up
- 1Craft the Light Weighted Pressure Plate: 2 Gold Ingots → 1 Light Weighted Pressure Plate.
- 2Decide where the signal needs to start or land, then place the Light Weighted Pressure Plate against a solid surface so it can feed the rest of your circuit.
- 3Run redstone dust away from it toward the component you want to control, remembering the signal will fall by 1 per block.
- 4Test in a creative-mode plot first: trigger the input and confirm the Light Weighted Pressure Plate behaves exactly as the timing above predicts before committing it to a survival build.
Uses & applications
- ▸Precise entity counting
- ▸Item counting on ground
- ▸Analog input device
- ▸Sorting signal generation
Tips & common mistakes
- !Confusing with heavy weighted plate (iron)
- !Maxes out at 15 entities
- !Above 15 entities the reading saturates at 15, so it cannot distinguish a large crowd — pair it with a comparator clock or hopper counter if you need to exceed 15.
Light Weighted Pressure Plate FAQ
What is the Light Weighted Pressure Plate used for in Minecraft redstone?
The Light Weighted Pressure Plate is most often used for precise entity counting, item counting on ground, analog input device, and sorting signal generation. As a power source it sits at the start of a circuit, generating the signal that everything downstream reacts to.
What signal strength does the Light Weighted Pressure Plate output?
Signal strength = min(entity count, 15). Its maximum signal strength is 15.
How do you craft the Light Weighted Pressure Plate?
2 Gold Ingots → 1 Light Weighted Pressure Plate. It was introduced in 1.5.
Does the Light Weighted Pressure Plate add any delay to a circuit?
Yes — 5 redstone ticks after all entities removed. Account for that timing when chaining it with other components, especially in clocks and fast doors.