Minecraft crafting guide
How to craft Light Weighted Pressure Plate in Minecraft
To craft a light weighted pressure plate in Minecraft, place 2× Gold Ingot in the exact pattern using either your inventory grid or a crafting table to craft 1 light weighted pressure plate
Light Weighted Pressure Plate crafting recipe
Produces 1× Light Weighted Pressure Plate.



- This is a shaped recipe, meaning the items must be placed in this specific arrangement on the grid.
- Light Weighted Pressure Plate can be crafted directly in your inventory or in a crafting table.
About the Light Weighted Pressure Plate
The Light Weighted Pressure Plate is a redstone input block that measures how many entities are on it. Unlike a normal pressure plate, it does not just give a simple on or off signal. It gives a variable signal strength, so redstone builds can measure how much is on the plate.
Key facts:
- Each entity on the plate adds one redstone signal level.
- The maximum signal strength is 15.
- It can count mobs, players, and dropped items.
This makes it useful as a simple counter in farms, storage systems, and puzzle maps.
How to get the Light Weighted Pressure Plate
You can only get this plate by crafting it. Place two gold ingots side by side in the crafting grid to make one. It does not generate naturally in structures and is not sold by villagers, so mining gold and crafting is the reliable route.
Materials needed
Ingredient amounts for one craft, producing 1× Light Weighted Pressure Plate.
| Material | Per craft | Accepted items |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Exact item |
Quantity table
Crafts are rounded up when a recipe produces more than one item.
| Wanted | Crafts | Produced | Gold Ingot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| 32 | 32 | 32 | 64 |
| 64 | 64 | 64 | 128 |
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