How do you get Redstone Torch in Minecraft?

Redstone Torch is crafted from Redstone Dust and Stick at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

What is Redstone Torch used for?

Redstone Torch is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Activator Rail, Redstone Comparator, Redstone Comparator, Redstone Repeater, and Redstone Repeater.

How many Redstone Torch can you stack?

64 Redstone Torch fill one slot, and filling it costs 64 Redstone Dust and 64 Stick: 64 crafts. A double chest of Redstone Torch comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

How long does Redstone Torch take to break?

Redstone Torch has hardness 0, and it has blast resistance 0. Both numbers on Redstone Torch being equal is the usual case, and it is not built to hold off explosives. Being untagged, Redstone Torch drops the same whatever you hold while breaking it. Light level 7 comes with Redstone Torch, but only while Redstone Torch is lit. Java 26.2 stores Redstone Torch with those figures unchanged, so it reads the same here.

When was Redstone Torch added to Minecraft?

Redstone Torch was added in the early Alpha development period.

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Redstone Torch

A constant redstone power source that inverts incoming signals, acting as a NOT gate. It is crafted from redstone dust on top of a stick.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Redstone Torch at a glance

Redstone Torch, a redstone component out of crafting, sits under Redstone. 64 Redstone Torch fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

As a redstone component, Redstone Torch is wired into contraptions and circuits, and what it does with a signal is what gives builders the logic and timing behind automatic farms, doors and machines. It is also a hub ingredient, feeding 5 different recipes in this catalogue, so a stock in a chest unlocks that many crafts at once. A single tap removes Redstone Torch; the game gives it a hardness of 0. The light level of Redstone Torch is 7, but only in the lit state. It carries the same 0 into an explosion. It sits between Redstone Repeater and Sculk Sensor in Redstone, number 22 of 29 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Redstone Dust
Stick
Redstone Torch
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Redstone Torch has the grid for Redstone Torch

Used to craft

Redstone Torch is an ingredient in 5 other recipes across 2 categories, 4 of them in Redstone, Activator Rail first and Redstone Repeater last. Every name in the list has a page of its own, grid included, with Redstone Torch in it.

How to obtain

Crafting

Notes

Turns off when the block it is attached to is powered, enabling NOT-gate logic.

Frequently asked questions about Redstone Torch

How do you get Redstone Torch in Minecraft?
Redstone Torch is crafted from Redstone Dust and Stick at a Crafting Table, in a single step.
What is Redstone Torch used for?
Redstone Torch is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Activator Rail, Redstone Comparator, Redstone Comparator, Redstone Repeater, and Redstone Repeater.
How many Redstone Torch can you stack?
64 Redstone Torch fill one slot, and filling it costs 64 Redstone Dust and 64 Stick: 64 crafts. A double chest of Redstone Torch comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.
How long does Redstone Torch take to break?
Redstone Torch has hardness 0, and it has blast resistance 0. Both numbers on Redstone Torch being equal is the usual case, and it is not built to hold off explosives. Being untagged, Redstone Torch drops the same whatever you hold while breaking it. Light level 7 comes with Redstone Torch, but only while Redstone Torch is lit. Java 26.2 stores Redstone Torch with those figures unchanged, so it reads the same here.
When was Redstone Torch added to Minecraft?
Redstone Torch was added in the early Alpha development period.

Building with it

A stick and one redstone dust make a torch that powers the block above it and everything beside it, and inverts any signal fed into the block it stands on. That inversion is the NOT gate, and every piece of redstone logic in the game is built from it.

In practice

A torch powers the block above it and everything beside it, and it turns off when the block it stands on is powered. That inversion is the NOT gate, and every clock, latch and logic gate in the game is built from torches arranged around that one rule.

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