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
Signal strength = min(entity count, 15)
Max Signal Strength
15
Delay
5 redstone ticks after all entities removed
Modes
- Analog signal based on entity count
The Light Weighted Pressure Plate recipe, laid out one square at a time
One Light Weighted Pressure Plate takes 2 Gold Ingot, laid out in a 2x1 pattern on the crafting grid. The craft yields exactly one Light Weighted Pressure Plate for those 2 items.
Light Weighted Pressure Plate laid out on the 2x1 grid
| Part of the Light Weighted Pressure Plate recipe | How many squares |
|---|---|
| Gold Ingot | 2 |
| Light Weighted Pressure Plate the recipe hands back | 1 |
Straight from the Light Weighted Pressure Plate crafting recipe in Java Edition 26.2.
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; everything below is its Java Edition 26.2 behaviour.
How the Light Weighted Pressure Plate 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.
Placing the Light Weighted Pressure Plate, step by step
- 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 of the Light Weighted Pressure Plate
- ▸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.
What does a Light Weighted Pressure Plate cost to make?
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.
Components that connect to Light Weighted Pressure Plate
These 6 component pages share something concrete with Light Weighted Pressure Plate, not just a topic:
Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate, sits in the same group of 13 as Light Weighted Pressure Plate
Daylight Detector, one of the 13 in the same group
Tripwire Hook, sits in the same group of 13 as Light Weighted Pressure Plate
Sculk Sensor, another of the 13 components in this group
Calibrated Sculk Sensor, sits in the same group of 13 as Light Weighted Pressure Plate
Redstone Torch, another of the 13 components in this group
Light Weighted Pressure Plate as a block: the four numbers that matter most
Breaking Light Weighted Pressure Plate takes a hardness of 0.5, and a pickaxe is what speeds that up.
Resistance 0.5: nothing special. An explosion beside Light Weighted Pressure Plate removes it. No light comes off Light Weighted Pressure Plate, so torch the area around it if that matters.
| Light Weighted Pressure Plate | What Java Edition says |
|---|---|
| Light Weighted Pressure Plate hardness | 0.5 |
| Light Weighted Pressure Plate blast resistance | 0.5 |
| Fastest tool on Light Weighted Pressure Plate | pickaxe |
| Light out of Light Weighted Pressure Plate | 0 |
