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Lever

24Block states
3Properties
YesItem form

The lever is a block that players craft from a stick and a piece of cobblestone. It can be placed facing different directions, and when broken it drops itself, so it can be picked up and used again.

Players place levers wherever they want a handy switch within reach.

Contents (5)
  1. Data values
  2. Sounds
  3. Block states
  4. History
  5. See also

Data values

Read from reports/blocks.json of Minecraft 26.3.

Identifierminecraft:lever
Numeric default state ID8448
Block states24
State properties3
Item formYes

Sounds

Sound events named after this block. Blocks that share a generic sound group are not listed, because the game keeps those groupings in code rather than in its data files.

WhenSoundClosed captionIdentifierTranslation key
ClickedLever clicksblock.lever.clicksubtitles.block.lever.click

Block states

3 properties combine into 24 distinct states.

PropertyDefaultAllowed valuesMeaning
facewallfloor wall ceilingWhich surface the block is attached to.
facingnorthnorth south west eastWhich way the block faces.
poweredfalsetrue falseWhether the block is receiving redstone power.

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
before 18w01a—Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w01a (3 January 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

See also