What is Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate in Minecraft?
A heavy weighted pressure plate is a special type of pressure plate made of iron. It looks like a flat, metallic plate. Its main purpose is to send out a redstone signal that changes in strength depending on how many items or mobs are on it. This is different from a regular pressure plate, which just turns on or off. A heavy weighted pressure plate is designed to count things. For every 10 entities (mobs or dropped items) on the plate, the redstone signal it produces gets stronger by one level, up to a maximum of 15. Players use this to create complex redstone contraptions, like item counters for storage systems or mob counters for farms.
How to get Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate in Minecraft
The only way to get a heavy weighted pressure plate is by crafting it. It does not generate naturally anywhere in the world. The crafting recipe is very simple. You will need two iron ingots. To get iron ingots, you need to find and mine iron ore, which is a very common ore found underground. You then need to smelt the raw iron in a furnace to get the ingots. Once you have at least two iron ingots, open a crafting table. Place the two iron ingots side by side in any row of the crafting grid. This will create one heavy weighted pressure plate. It is a very cheap redstone component to make if you have a good supply of iron.
How to use Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate in Minecraft
The main use for a heavy weighted pressure plate is in redstone circuits that need to count items. You can place it on the ground and have items from a farm drop onto it. As more items pile up, the redstone signal will get stronger. You can use a redstone comparator to read this signal strength. For example, you could set up a system where a light turns on when you have a full stack of items on the plate. It is also useful for detecting a certain number of mobs in an area. Unlike the light weighted pressure plate, which is made of gold, the heavy weighted pressure plate requires more items to increase its signal strength, making it better for counting larger quantities. It is a key tool for advanced redstone engineers.
How to craft Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate in Minecraft
Crafting Table
What can Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate make in Minecraft
No items can be crafted.