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
  1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Info

Daylight Sensor
Daylight Sensor.png
Inverted Daylight Sensor.png


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 minecraft

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 minecraft

No

Blast resistance

1

Hardness

0.2

Tool

This block can be broken with any tool, but an axe is the quickest

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 minecraft

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 minecraft

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 minecraft

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 minecraft

See Data values

Tom Stone Mojang avatar.png We`re big fans of the daylight sensor, seeing as it can sense when night falls and automatically close your doors, stopping mobs from getting in. Very handy if you`re crafting in your basement and lose track of time!
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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 minecraft 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 minecraft signal based on sunlight (or lack thereof).

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Crafting

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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: minecraft


























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 minecraft

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 minecraft

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 minecraft . 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 minecraft ⃂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 minecraft 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 minecraft 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 minecraft 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:
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.

Daylight sensor power levels
Power Clear Rain Thunder
Time reached Time dissipates Light levels Time reached Time dissipates Light levels Time reached Time dissipates Light levels
0 N/A N/A 4–5 N/A N/A 4–5 N/A N/A 4–5
1 22340 13680 4–7 22340 13680 4–7 22340 13680 4–6
2 22800 13220 7–9 22800 13220 6–8 22960 13060 6–8
3 23080 12940 9–11 23240 12780 8–10 23360 12660 7–8
4 23300 12720 11–12 23520 12500 9–11 23700 12300 8–10
5 23540 12480 12–13 23760 12260 10–12 60 11940 10
6 23780 12240 13–14 0 12020 11–12 460 11560 10
7 23960 12040 15 400 11620 12 1040 10980 10
8 180 11840 15 900 11120 12 1740 10280 10
9 540 11480 15 1440 10580 12 2620 9400 10
10 940 11080 15 2080 9940 12 3960 8060 10
11 1380 10640 15 2880 9140 12 N/A N/A N/A
12 1880 10140 15 4120 7900 12 N/A N/A N/A
13 2460 9560 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
14 3180 8840 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
15 4300 7720 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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.

Inverted daylight sensor power levels
Power Clear Rain Thunder
Time reached Time dissipates Light levels Time reached Time dissipates Light levels Time reached Time dissipates Light levels
0 4300 7720 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1 3180 8840 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2 2460 9560 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
3 1880 10140 15 4120 7900 12 N/A N/A N/A
4 1380 10640 15 2880 9140 12 N/A N/A N/A
5 940 11080 15 2080 9940 12 3960 8060 10
6 540 11480 15 1440 10580 12 2620 9400 10
7 180 11840 15 900 11120 12 1740 10280 10
8 23960 12040 15 400 11620 12 1040 10980 10
9 23780 12240 13–14 0 12020 11–12 460 11560 10
10 23540 12480 12–13 23760 12260 10–12 60 11940 10
11 23300 12720 11–12 23520 12500 9–11 23700 12300 8–10
12 23080 12940 9–11 23240 12780 8–10 23360 12660 7–8
13 22800 13220 7–9 22800 13220 6–8 22960 13060 6–8
14 22340 13680 4–7 22340 13680 4–7 22340 13680 4–6
15 N/A N/A 4–5 N/A N/A 4–5 N/A N/A 4–5

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 minecraft 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:

Bits Values
0x1
0x2
0x4
0x8
Four bits storing a value from 0 to 15 representing the daylight sensor`s current redstone 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 entity data
    • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template

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 minecraft Value Description

⃂power
0⃢₀ₓ15 The current redstone power level produced by the daylight sensor.

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History

Official release
24 Nov. 2012 Jeb stated that there may be a daylight sensor.
2 Jan. 2013 Jeb tweeted an image of the daylight sensors.
1.5 13w01a Daylight sensors were added to the game.
1.8 14w31a Daylight sensors can now be toggled between day/night by using them.
1.9 15w47a Daylight sensors no longer emit signal during the night when sufficiently shaded.
Inverted daylight sensor now emits a variable signal at night.
1.11 16w32a The block entity ID is changed from DLDetector to daylight_detector.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.13.0 build 1 Added daylight sensors.
0.15.0 build 1 Daylight sensors can now be moved by pistons.
Console Edition
TU19 CU7 1.12 Patch 1 Added daylight sensors.
TU25 CU14 1.17 Daylight sensors can now be toggled between day/night by using them.

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Issues

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