Piston
minecraft:piston
The Piston is a block that players craft from any planks, Cobblestone, an Iron Ingot, and Redstone Dust.
Players mine it with a pickaxe, and it drops itself when broken. It can be placed facing different directions, and it also serves as an ingredient in one other crafting recipe.
Texture file: block/piston_side.png · browse every texture in the game
Block data
| Identifier | minecraft:piston |
|---|---|
| Block states | 12 |
| Default state ID | 2379 |
| Properties | extended, facing |
| Has item form | Yes |
Block states
Every property this block can take, straight from reports/blocks.json.
| Property | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|
extended | true, false | false |
facing | north, east, south, west, up, down | north |
Drops
From loot_table/blocks/piston.json.
Obtained from 1 recipe
piston
Tags
2 tags contain this block.
#minecraft:blocks_motion_no_leaves#minecraft:mineable/pickaxe
Extracted from Minecraft 26.4-snapshot-5 on 22 October 2026. 9Minecraft is not affiliated with Mojang or Microsoft.