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How to Craft Oak Pressure Plate in Minecraft

Oak Pressure Plate in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Activated by players, mobs and items.

Making an Oak Pressure Plate takes 2 Oak Planks at a Crafting Table. The pattern to copy is two Oak Planks in a row. A single craft gives you 1 Oak Pressure Plate.

Oak Pressure Plate Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

A Wooden Pressure Plate emits a redstone signal when stepped on by players, mobs, or when items land on it. Oak Pressure Plate uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

The oak pressure plate was already in the game in Minecraft 1.12, the release that first filed recipes as data, so this recipe is at least that old.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with oak planks (craft from oak logs).

The Yield Per Stack

Bring 64 oak planks, leave with 32 oak pressure plates, after 32 rounds of 2 for 1. Craft 32 takes the last oak planks, with nothing spare.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Oak Planks2xCraft from oak logs

To make Oak Pressure Plate you will gather 2x Oak Planks (craft from oak logs), and craft them at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

1 Oak Log makes 4 Oak Planks, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 1 Oak Log.

  1. 1
    4Oak Planks
  2. 2
    Oak Pressure Platethis page

Gather this first

Oak Log

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    2x Oak Planks

  2. 2

    Oak Pressure Plate

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

Tips & Notes

  • Caught out without a Crafting Table? Oak Pressure Plate fits the 2x2 inventory grid, so you can make it anywhere.
  • One craft costs 2x Oak Planks. Start with the Oak Planks: craft from oak logs.

Uses for Oak Pressure Plate

  • Activated by players, mobs and items
  • Automatic doors

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft an Oak Pressure Plate in Minecraft?
2 Oak Planks at a Crafting Table: that is the whole shopping list for an Oak Pressure Plate. The pattern above is exact, so match it square by square, and one craft produces one Oak Pressure Plate.
What do you need to make an Oak Pressure Plate from scratch?
Starting with nothing, an Oak Pressure Plate costs 1 Oak Log. Everything else in the recipe is something you craft on the way there, over 2 crafts in total.
Can you craft an Oak Pressure Plate without a crafting table?
An Oak Pressure Plate fits the little 2x2 grid on your inventory screen, so no table is required. It is laid out as two Oak Planks in a row, which never leaves a 2x2 area.
Where do you find the materials for an Oak Pressure Plate?
Each ingredient in an Oak Pressure Plate has its own source. Oak Planks: craft from oak logs.
How many Oak Pressure Plates do you get from one craft?
The Oak Pressure Plate recipe makes one Oak Pressure Plate per craft.
What is the item ID for Oak Pressure Plate in Minecraft?
The Oak Pressure Plate item ID is minecraft:oak_pressure_plate, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write oak_pressure_plate on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Oak Pressure Plate?
The command for Oak Pressure Plate is /give @p oak_pressure_plate. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p oak_pressure_plate 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.
What version of Minecraft added the Oak Pressure Plate?
The oak pressure plate was in Minecraft 1.12, the first release to store recipes as data, so this one predates anything the game wrote down. The current release still makes an Oak Pressure Plate exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
2 Oak Planks in, 1 Oak Pressure Plate out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
How far back it goes
Present in Minecraft Java 1.12, the oldest release whose recipes exist to check. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Oak Pressure Plate per craft against the stack size.

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