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Sticky Piston

12Block states
2Properties
YesItem form

The Sticky Piston is a block in Minecraft that players craft by combining a Piston with a Slimeball. It can be placed facing different directions.

Players break it with a pickaxe, and it drops itself when broken, so it can be collected and placed again elsewhere.

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

Data values

Read from reports/blocks.json of Minecraft 26.3.

Identifierminecraft:sticky_piston
Numeric default state ID2356
Block states12
State properties2
Item formYes

Block states

2 properties combine into 12 distinct states.

PropertyDefaultAllowed valuesMeaning
extendedfalsetrue falseWhether the piston is extended.
facingnorthnorth east south west up downWhich way the block faces.

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