Crimson Pressure Plate Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft a crimson pressure plate with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, crimson pressure plates are one of the many mechanisms that you can make.

Let’s explore how to make a crimson pressure plate.

Where to find a Crimson Pressure Plate in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find a crimson pressure plate in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform	Version(s)	Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.16 – 1.19	Redstone
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19.3 – 1.20	Building Blocks

• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
• Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

Required Materials to make a Crimson Pressure Plate

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft a crimson pressure plate:

2 Crimson Planks

How to craft a Crimson Pressure Plate in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid that looks like this:

2. Add Items to make a Crimson Pressure Plate

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make a crimson pressure plate, place 2 crimson planks in the 3×3 crafting grid.

When making a crimson pressure plate, it is important that the crimson planks are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the second row, there should be 1 crimson planks in the first box and 1 crimson planks in the second box. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for a crimson pressure plate.

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the crimson pressure plate will appear in the box to the right.

3. Move the Crimson Pressure Plate to Inventory

Once you have crafted a crimson pressure plate, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made a crimson pressure plate in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, a crimson pressure plate has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Item	Description (Minecraft ID Name)	Data Value	Stack Size	Platform	Version(s)
	Crimson Pressure Plate (minecraft:crimson_pressure_plate)		64	Java	1.16 – 1.20

• Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
• Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
• Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.

Block States for Crimson Pressure Plate

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac), the block states for Crimson Pressure Plate are:

• Block State is the internal name for the block state.
• Value is the value for the block state.
• Default indicates that it is the default, if omitted.
• Required indicates that it must be included in command to properly identify this item/block.
• Example shows how to format the block state to be used in the /fill, /setblock, /clone, or /testforblock command.

Give Command for Crimson Pressure Plate

Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20, the /give command for Crimson Pressure Plate is:

/give @p crimson_pressure_plate 1

Things to Do with Crimson Pressure Plates

Here are some activities that you can do with crimson pressure plates in Minecraft:

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