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How to Craft Stone Pressure Plate in Minecraft

Stone Pressure Plate in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Activated by players and mobs standing on it. Minecraft has used the name Stone Pressure Plate since 1.8.

At a Crafting Table, a Stone Pressure Plate asks for 2 Stone. In the grid that is two Stone in a row. The grid returns 1 Stone Pressure Plate.

Stone Pressure Plate Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Stone Pressure Plate is minecraft:stone_pressure_plate. In commands the namespace may be left off, so stone_pressure_plate works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p stone_pressure_plate
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p stone_pressure_plate 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve stone_pressure_plate 1

Cheats have to be on for Stone Pressure Plate to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

A Stone Pressure Plate emits a redstone signal when a player or mob stands on it. Items do not activate it. Stone Pressure Plate uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft has used the name Stone Pressure Plate since 1.8, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with stone (smelt cobblestone).

The Full Stack Sum

Per craft 2 stone buy 1 stone pressure plate; per stack 64 buys 32. Nothing is wasted: craft 32 takes the rest.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Stone2xSmelt cobblestone

For Stone Pressure Plate: 2x Stone (smelt cobblestone), brought to a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

2 Cobblestone makes 2 Stone, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 2 Cobblestone.

  1. 1
    22StoneFurnace, repeat 2x
  2. 2
    Stone Pressure Platethis page

Gather this first

2Cobblestone

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    2x Stone

  2. 2

    Stone Pressure Plate

Minecraft crafting recipe for Stone Pressure Plate: 2 x Stone in a crafting table, making 1 Stone Pressure Plate.

Tips & Notes

  • Caught out without a Crafting Table? Stone Pressure Plate fits the 2x2 inventory grid, so you can make it anywhere.
  • Shopping list: 2x Stone. Plan the Stone first: smelt cobblestone.

Uses for Stone Pressure Plate

  • Activated by players and mobs standing on it
  • Automatic doors

What Stone Pressure Plate Goes Into

One other recipe on this site lists Stone Pressure Plate as an ingredient.

Detector RailDetector RailDetector RailCrafting Table

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Stone Pressure Plate on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Stone Pressure Plate in Minecraft?
2 Stone at a Crafting Table: that is the whole shopping list for a Stone Pressure Plate. Copy the grid above cell for cell, and one craft produces one Stone Pressure Plate.
What do you need to make a Stone Pressure Plate from scratch?
Counting all the way down, a Stone Pressure Plate comes to 2 Cobblestones, spread over 2 crafts.
What can you make with Stone Pressure Plate?
Stone Pressure Plate is an ingredient in 1 other recipe on this site, including Detector Rail. The section above links to each of them.
Can you craft a Stone Pressure Plate without a crafting table?
You can, and without a table: the 2x2 grid in your inventory is enough for a Stone Pressure Plate. It is laid out as two Stone in a row, which never leaves a 2x2 area.
Where do you find the materials for a Stone Pressure Plate?
The materials for a Stone Pressure Plate each come from somewhere different. Stone: smelt cobblestone.
How many Stone Pressure Plates do you get from one craft?
The Stone Pressure Plate recipe makes one Stone Pressure Plate per craft.
What is the item ID for Stone Pressure Plate in Minecraft?
Stone Pressure Plate is registered as minecraft:stone_pressure_plate. Commands accept the short form stone_pressure_plate as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Stone Pressure Plate?
The command for Stone Pressure Plate is /give @p stone_pressure_plate. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p stone_pressure_plate 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.
Is the Stone Pressure Plate recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Yes, the Stone Pressure Plate recipe is the same in both editions. Java and Bedrock both build a Stone Pressure Plate from 2 Stone at a Crafting Table, in the same layout, one at a time.
How many times do you repeat each step for a Stone Pressure Plate?
Most steps for a Stone Pressure Plate are a single craft, but Stone has to be made 2 times to reach 2 Stone. The chain section shows the totals per step.
What version of Minecraft added the Stone Pressure Plate?
The name Stone Pressure Plate goes back to Minecraft 1.8, and no older release we can read uses it. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. The Stone Pressure Plate recipe above matches the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
2 Stone in, 1 Stone Pressure Plate out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Java 1.8 is the earliest release that calls it this. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Stone Pressure Plate per craft against the stack size.

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