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{{Infobox guide
|edition=java
|name=Redstone Update
|vers=
* {{vl|je 1.5|}}
* {{vl|je 1.5.1|}}
* {{vl|je 1.5.2|}}
|prev= Pretty Scary Update
|next= Horse Update
}}
This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the [[Minecraft:Redstone Update]] ({{JE}} 1.5.''x'' releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the [[Minecraft:Pretty Scary Update]] (''Java Edition'' 1.4.''x'' releases).

== Mobs ==
=== Changed ===
{|{{Simple Guide table|Changed Mobs}}
|-
|All mobs
|
|No longer walk over rails unless they are pursuing the player.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Skeleton]]s
|[[File:Skeleton JE4 BE2.png|128px]]
|
* Now shoot from 15 blocks away, instead of 10.
* Now shoot faster when their target is close, depending on difficulty.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Slime]]s
|[[File:Slime JE2 BE1.png|128px]]
|Spawn rates in swamps now depend on the current moon phase.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Zombie]]s
|[[File:Zombie JE2 BE1.png|128px]]
|
* Now group up on targets.
* They can now set players on fire when on fire themselves.
* Increased zombies attack damage.
* Increased player detection range.
|}

== Blocks ==
=== New ===
{|{{Simple Guide table|New Blocks}}
|-
|[[Minecraft:Activator rail]]
|{{Animate|Activator Rail (NS) JE1 BE1.png; Powered Activator Rail (NS) JE1 BE1.png|84px}}
|
{{Crafting
|A1= Iron Ingot
|B1= Stick
|C1= Iron Ingot
|A2= Iron Ingot
|B2= Redstone Torch
|C2= Iron Ingot
|A3= Iron Ingot
|B3= Stick
|C3= Iron Ingot
|Output= Activator Rail,6
|type= Transportation}}
|Pickaxe
|
* Minecarts eject their passengers, if on an activated rail.
* Can be used to explode [[Minecraft:TNT minecart]].
|-
|[[Minecraft:Block of redstone]]
|[[File:Block of Redstone.png|84px]]
|
{{Crafting
|A1= Redstone
|A2= Redstone
|A3= Redstone
|B1= Redstone
|B2= Redstone
|B3= Redstone
|C1= Redstone
|C2= Redstone
|C3= Redstone
|Output= Block of Redstone
|type= Redstone
}}
|Pickaxe
|Acts as a redstone power source.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Daylight sensor]]
|{{Animate|Daylight Detector.png|84px}}
|
{{Crafting
|A1= Glass
|B1= Glass
|C1= Glass
|A2= Nether Quartz
|B2= Nether Quartz
|C2= Nether Quartz
|A3= Any Wooden Slab
|B3= Any Wooden Slab
|C3= Any Wooden Slab
|Output= Daylight Detector
|type= Redstone
}}
|Any
|Produces redstone power only during the day.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Dropper]]
|[[File:Dropper (S) JE1 BE1.png|84px]]
|
{{Crafting
|A1= Cobblestone
|A2= Cobblestone
|A3= Cobblestone
|B1= Cobblestone
|B3= Redstone
|C1= Cobblestone
|C2= Cobblestone
|C3= Cobblestone
|Output= Dropper
}}
|Pickaxe
|Ejects item entities out of its inventory, can be used for item transport.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Hopper]]
|[[File:Hopper (D) JE1.png|84px]]
|
{{Crafting
|A1= Iron Ingot
|A2= Iron Ingot
|B2= Chest
|C1= Iron Ingot
|C2= Iron Ingot
|B3= Iron Ingot
|Output= Hopper
}}
|Pickaxe
|Picks up item entities into its inventory, can be used for item transport.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Redstone comparator]]
|[[File:Redstone Comparator (S) JE2 BE1.png|84px]]
|
{{Crafting
|A2= Redstone Torch
|A3= Stone
|B2= Nether Quartz
|B1= Redstone Torch
|B3= Stone
|C2= Redstone Torch
|C3= Stone
|Output= Redstone Comparator
}}
|Any
|Compares redstone signals.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Trapped chest]]
|[[File:Trapped Chest.gif|84px]]
|
{{Crafting
|B2= Chest
|B3= Tripwire Hook
|Output= Trapped Chest
}}
|Axe
|Can be used for traps.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Weighted pressure plate]]s
|[[File:Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate JE1 BE1.png|84px]]<br>[[File:Light Weighted Pressure Plate JE1 BE1.png|84px]]
|
{{Crafting
|B2= Iron Ingot
|C2= Iron Ingot
|Output= Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate
}}
{{Crafting
|B2= Gold Ingot
|C2= Gold Ingot
|Output= Light Weighted Pressure Plate
}}
|Pickaxe
|
* More items on [[Minecraft:pressure plate]] increases the redstone signal.
** Full signal strength on light weighted plate is reached at 60 items.
** Full signal strength on heavy weighted plate is reached at 600 items.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Nether quartz ore]]
|[[File:Nether Quartz Ore JE1 BE1.png|84px]]
|Generates in any Nether biome.
|Pickaxe (drops [[Minecraft:Nether quartz]] unless [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]] is used)
|Source of Nether quartz.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Block of quartz]]
|[[File:Block of Quartz JE1 BE1.png|84px]]
|
{{Crafting
|A1= Nether Quartz
|A2= Nether Quartz
|B1= Nether Quartz
|B2= Nether Quartz
|Output= Block of Quartz
}}
|Pickaxe
|Can be used as a decorative block.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Quartz pillar]]
|[[File:Quartz Pillar (UD) JE1 BE1.png|84px]]
|
{{Crafting
|B2= Block of Quartz
|B3= Block of Quartz
|Output= Quartz Pillar,2
}}
|Pickaxe
|Can be used as a decorative block.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Chiseled quartz block]]
|[[File:Chiseled Quartz Block (UD) JE1 BE1.png|84px]]
|
{{Crafting
|B2= Quartz Slab
|B3= Quartz Slab
|Output= Chiseled Quartz Block
}}
|Pickaxe
|Can be used as a decorative block.
|-
|Quartz [[Minecraft:slabs]] and [[Minecraft:stairs]]
|[[File:Quartz Slab JE1 BE2.png|84px]]<br><br>[[File:Quartz Stairs JE2 BE1.png|84px]]
|
{{Crafting
|A3= Block of Quartz
|B3= Block of Quartz
|C3= Block of Quartz
|Output= Quartz Slab,6
}}
{{Crafting
|A1= Block of Quartz
|A2= Block of Quartz
|A3= Block of Quartz
|B2= Block of Quartz
|B3= Block of Quartz
|C3= Block of Quartz
|Output= Quartz Stairs,4
}}
|Pickaxe
|Can be used as decorative blocks.
|}

=== Changed ===
{|{{Simple Guide table|Changed Blocks}}
|-
|[[Minecraft:Beacon]]
|[[File:Beacon JE4 BE1.png|84px]]
|Increased effect radius from 16/24/32/40 blocks to 20/30/40/50 blocks.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Brewing stand]], [[Minecraft:chest]], [[Minecraft:detector rail]] and [[Minecraft:jukebox]]
|{{Animate|Brewing Stand (empty) JE1 BE1.png;Chest.png;Detector Rail (NS) JE1 BE1.png;Jukebox JE1 BE1.png|84px}}
|Now emit a redstone signal into an adjacent comparator. Signal strength depends on the fullness of the block.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Dispenser]]
|[[File:Dispenser (S) JE2 BE1.png|84px]]
|
* Now equip armor to players that are up to 1 block away.
* Can place and activate TNT.
* Now use bone meal on a crop or sapling in front of them.
* Can create fire in front of them with flint and steel, which consumes durability.
* They can now face all 6 directions and use a different texture when facing up or down.
* No longer fire while updated, instead they fire when their input becomes powered.
* Now emits a redstone signal into an adjacent comparator. Signal strength depends on the fullness of the dispenser.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Lava]]
|[[File:Lava.png|84px]]
|
* Flows faster in the Nether.
* Updated texture.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Nether Bricks|Nether brick]] block 
|[[File:Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|84px]]
|Now has a crafting recipe of 4 [[Minecraft:Nether brick]] items.
|}

== Items ==
=== New ===
{|{{Simple Guide table|New Items}}
|-
|[[Minecraft:Nether brick]] (item)
|[[File:Nether Brick JE1 BE1.png|84px]]
|
{{Smelting|Netherrack|Nether Brick}}
|Can be used to make [[Minecraft:Nether Bricks|Nether brick]] blocks.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Nether quartz]]
|[[File:Nether Quartz JE1 BE1.png|84px]]
|Is now dropped from [[Minecraft:Nether quartz ore]].
|
* Is a crafting ingredient for [[Minecraft:daylight sensor]]s and [[Minecraft:redstone comparators]].
* Can be crafted into building blocks.
|}

=== Changed ===
{|{{Simple Guide table|Changed Items}}
|-
|[[Minecraft:Bone meal]]
|[[File:Bone Meal JE2 BE2.png|84px]]
|
* Now picks a random stage of growth each time, as opposed to automatically pushing them to the final growth stage.
* Saplings take 2–4 bone meal to sprout into a tree.
* Gives off green particles when used.
|}

== Non-mob entities ==
=== New ===
{|{{Simple Guide table|New Non-mob entities}}
|-
|[[Minecraft:Minecart with hopper]]
|[[File:Minecart with Hopper JE1 BE1.png|84px]]
|
{{Crafting
|B2= Hopper
|B3= Minecart
|Output= Minecart with Hopper
}}
|{{Drop|Item|Minecart with Hopper}}
|
* Can only be emptied by passing over a hopper.
* Can pick up items from containers when it passes under them.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Minecart with TNT]]
|[[File:Minecart with TNT JE1 BE1.png|84px]]
|
{{Crafting
|B2= TNT
|B3= Minecart
|Output= Minecart with TNT
}}
|{{Drop|Item|Minecart with TNT}}
|
* Gets triggered by activator rails.
* Explodes more violently the faster it goes.
* Doesn't destroy rails, supporting blocks or redstone materials.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Minecart with spawner]]
|[[File:Minecart with Spawner JE1.png|84px]]
|Can only be spawned in through commands.
|{{Drop|Item|Minecart}}
|Functions the same as a spawner, but can move like a minecart.
|}

== Structures ==
=== Changed ===
{|{{Simple Guide table|Changed Structures}}
|-
|[[Minecraft:Mineshaft]]
|[[File:Old Mineshaft.png|128px]]
|Now generates loot in [[Minecraft:minecarts with chest]]s, instead of [[Minecraft:chest]]s.
|}

== Enchantments ==
=== Changed ===
{|{{Simple Guide table|Changed Enchantments}}
|-
|[[Minecraft:Fortune]]
|Now affects apples and potatoes.
|-
|[[Minecraft:Efficiency]]
|Tools enchanted with Efficiency now only speed up the mining of blocks that the tool is intended for.
|}

== See also ==
{{Navbox guides|java}}

[[Minecraft:es:Guías de Java Edition/Redstone Update]]
[[Minecraft:ja:ガイド/Java Edition/レッドストーン・アップデート]]
[[Minecraft:pt:Guias da Edição Java/Redstone Update]]
[[Minecraft:ru:Обзоры версий Java Edition/Redstone Update]]
[[Minecraft:uk:Керівництва з Java Edition/Redstone Update]]
[[Minecraft:zh:Java版指南/红石更新]]

Minecraft:Java Edition guides/Redstone Update - Revision history

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