How to craft Sticky Piston in Minecraft
Redstone Since Beta 1.7
Quick answer: Craft Sticky Piston in a Crafting Table (3x3 or 2x2 grid) with 1x Slimeball + 1x Piston. You get 1.
Recipe
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Ingredients and how to get them
| Material | Amount | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Slimeball | 1 | Dropped by small slimes (slime chunks below Y=40 or swamps at night) and by sneezing baby pandas. |
| Piston | 1 | Craft from 3 planks, 4 cobblestone, 1 iron ingot and 1 redstone dust. |
What is Sticky Piston used for?
- Extends like a normal piston but also pulls the adjacent block back when retracting - essential for doors, elevators and flying machines
- Shapeless recipe: slimeball above or next to the piston anywhere in the grid
Variants
- Normal piston (no pull)
Java vs Bedrock
Same recipe in both editions. In Bedrock, sticky pistons retract their block more slowly, which changes many flying machine and door designs.