Daylight Sensor

Obtaining

Daylight sensors can be broken fairly easily by hand, but can be broken faster by using an axe. Inverted daylight sensors cannot be collected, they will drop a regular daylight sensor.

Block	Daylight Sensor
Hardness	0.2
Tool
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Hand	0.35
Wooden	0.2
Stone	0.1
Iron	0.05
Diamond	0.05
Golden	0.05

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Info

Daylight Sensor

Type	Block Entity
Physics	No
Transparency When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with	Yes
Luminance Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2	No
Blast resistance	1
Hardness	0.2
Tool
Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No, but catches fire from lava Lava Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 500 Tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Lava dec: 10 hex: A bin: 1010 Still Lava dec: 11 hex: B bin: 1011 Name Flowing Lava flowing_lava Still
First appearances	See History
Drops See the items that drop from entities and blocks. For drops as in falls, see Fall Damage. Typical drops from a skeleton: experience orbs, an arrow, and bones. Drops are items that	Itself
Block entity id	daylight_detector
Data values	Daylight Sensor dec:151 hex:97 bin:10010111 Inverted Daylight Sensor dec:178 hex:B2 bin:10110010
Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	See Data values

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A daylight sensor is a block See the various blocks found in Minecraft. For the blocking with shields that reduces damage when performed, see Blocking. All blocks Blocks are the basic units of structure in Minecraft. Contents 1 that outputs a redstone Redstone Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Availability Survival Drops Redstone (1) Data values See Data values Name See Data values This article is signal based on sunlight (or lack thereof).

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Glass+ Nether Quartz+ Any Wood Slab Slab Transparency Double slab: No Single slab: Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Tools Renewable Stone: Yes Wood: Yes (except Fake Wood) Cobblestone: Yes Stone Brick: Yes Purpur: Yes Quartz:

Usage

See also: Tutorials/Daylight sensor Contents 1 As a night time detector 2 As a clock 3 As a timebomb 3.1 Timed jingle 4 As a signal 4.1 Mining signal 4.2 As a server signal 4.2.1 Message 4.3 As a

Redstone component

Graphed daylight sensor output in clear weather.

See also: Redstone circuit See redstone circuits. For other redstone-related articles, see Redstone (disambiguation). Contents 1 Redstone basics 1.1 Redstone components 1.2 Power 1.3 Power level 1.4 Redstone update 1.5 Redstone tick 1.6 Signals and pulses

A daylight sensor can be used to produce redstone power in proportion to the daylight or night time.

A daylight sensor is 0.375 blocks high (3/8ths of a block). Daylight sensors cannot be moved by pistons Piston Transparency Yes Luminance None Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values See Data values Pistons are blocks capable of pushing most blocks, depending on . ^{Java Minecraft Author(s) Mojang AB (Credits) Markus "Notch" Persson (Creator) Jens "Jeb" Bergensten (Lead Developer) Jon "jonkagstrom" Kågström (AI Programmer) Nathan "Dinnerbone" Adams Erik "Grum" Broes Michael "Searge" Stoyke Thomas "ProfMobius" Guimbretière Agnes "LadyAgnes" Larsson Maria ⃂and Console Console Edition Author(s) Mojang AB 4J Studios Platform(s) Written in C++ Latest version Xbox 360 - TU53 Xbox One - CU43 PS3 - 1.51 PS4 - 1.50 PSVita - 1.51 Wii U - Patch 23 editions} Water Water Transparency Partial (-2 to light) Luminance No Blast resistance 500 (Flowing) 500 (Still) Tool Renewable Yes Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Water dec: 08 hex: 8 bin: 1000 Still Water dec: 09 hex: 9 bin: 1001 and lava Lava Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 500 Tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Lava dec: 10 hex: A bin: 1010 Still Lava dec: 11 hex: B bin: 1011 Name Flowing Lava flowing_lava Still will flow around daylight sensors without affecting them.

Placement

To place a daylight sensor, use the "Use Item/Place Block" control (right-click, by default).

A daylight sensor can be "inverted", which reverses the power levels produced by the daylight sensor. To invert a daylight sensor, use the "Use Item/Place Block" control (right-click, by default).

Activation

A daylight sensor activates when exposed to sufficient daylight (daylight detector mode) or when its sky light level drop to 0 ( inverted daylight detector mode).

An inverted daylight sensor activates when exposure to daylight is low enough (inverted daylight detector mode).

Sources of block light (torches, glowstone, etc.) cannot activate a daylight sensor.

Behavior

An active daylight sensor:

• powers adjacent redstone dust, including below it, and redstone comparators facing away from the daylight sensor, to a power level that depends on the time of day, the weather, and the daylight sensor`s sky light level (see tables below)
• powers adjacent redstone repeaters facing away from the daylight sensor to power level 15
• activates adjacent redstone mechanisms, including above and below, such as pistons Piston Transparency Yes Luminance None Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values See Data values Pistons are blocks capable of pushing most blocks, depending on , redstone lamps, etc.

A daylight sensor has no effect on other adjacent blocks (for instance, it cannot power a block the way a repeater can.

Daylight Sensor

If a daylight sensor has an opaque block above it, then it will emit a weaker signal, or none at all, as it is directly proportional to the sky light.

The daylight sensor power level should be 0 from time 13680 to 22340.

Inverted Daylight Sensor

Using a daylight sensor will invert it. The inverted sensor acts contrary to the daylight sensor emitting full redstone strength during night time, weak strength during the day and no redstone strength at high noon. The effects of shade are applied before inverting, so shade increases the signal strength when it isn`t already full, and prevents it from reaching zero.

The inverted daylight sensor cannot be obtained as an item. Removing an inverted daylight sensor will simply drop a regular daylight sensor.

Fuel

Daylight sensors can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Data values

A daylight sensor is defined by its ID and block data, and it also has a block entity. A daylight sensor also has a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.

ID

A daylight sensor`s ID specifies its mode (regular or inverted).

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	ID Name	Block ID
Daylight Sensor	daylight_detector	151
Inverted Daylight Sensor	daylight_detector_inverted	178

Block data

See also: Data values

A daylight sensor`s block data stores its power level:

Block entity

See also: Block entity format

A daylight sensor has a block entity associated with it which stores only its entity id and position (the minimum data for a block entity). Although the daylight sensor`s block entity stores no additional data, the block entity ensures that the daylight sensor is updated every game tick. The block`s block entity ID is daylight_detector.

Block state

See also: Block states

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Value	Description
⃂power	0⃢₀ₓ15	The current redstone power level produced by the daylight sensor.

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History

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