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Can you add guardians?

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You can add guardians if you use water and not lava.

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How do I make a really long drawbridge when the power doesn't go far enough?

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Extend the power of the redstone wire with redstone repeaters. However, they do give a one-tick delay, but that shouldn't matter for this project, as long as you don't rush going on the drawbridge.

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Can I fill the hole with acid?

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If you have a mod for acid in Minecraft, go for it.

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Can I make a drawbridge without redstone repeaters?

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Yes, you can substitute the repeaters with comparators.

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Why doesn't it work in MCPE?

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It does work, but it will be a bug in MCPE. Try updating or waiting for an update.

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How wide does it have to be?

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It can be as wide and long as you want it to be, but make sure your power can reach the buttons or levers.

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Can this work for castles in the sky?

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It should, as long as there are enough blocks around your moat to support the lava or water.

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Why won't our pistons retract when the power is turned off?

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Did you make sure to use sticky pistons? If they are sticky pistons, it may be a glitch or maybe you wired it incorrectly.

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How do I place the repeater in Minecraft Pocket Edition?

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Tap on the screen, as you would left-click on a computer.

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Does this work in Minecraft Edu?

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This should work in Minecraft Edu, but it might cause a little bit of lag because of the extra elements added in.

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How do I craft in Minecraft?

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You need a crafting table, which you can craft out of four wood by going to the inventory section and clicking the crafting table.

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What do I do if I'm a bad builder?

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Make sure everything is placed according to the instructions. To increase your building skill overall, just practice.

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How do I start making a castle in Minecraft?

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Reference Make a Castle in Minecraft and Make a Castle in Minecraft Survival Mode .

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When I remove the power of my piston drawbridge, the pistons retract but the bridge stays up. What do I do?

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When this happens you probably used non-sticky pistons. Make sure you use sticky pistons. If that is not the case, you might want to add another set of pistons on the other side to push the rest of the blocks.

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Can I have a switch on both sides of the piston bridge?

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That might mess it up. You could try putting buttons or pressure plates instead, but you would have to go across quickly.

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Can this work for the locations: The End, The Nether and under water?

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It can unless the redstone dust is touching water or lava. It would work for The End; It will work in the Nether unless it's touching lava; This will be very hard to build underwater so it probably won't work underwater as the redstone dust will drop itself while contact with water.

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My redstone is connecting with the pistons but they don't connect in the picture.

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The redstone dust is connected and is activated as the lever is on. The pistons are activated because of the activated redstone dust.

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I had trouble, is there an easier way?

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You could use strings and tripwire hooks, piston and glass. The principle is to detect anyone who steps on the string and it will activate the piston that pushes the glass towards you.

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Can we put pufferfish?

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Just as the question on guardians says, only if you use water instead of lava. That being said, possibly you could still use lava if you were to set up some sort of system that dispensed fire resistance potions onto the guardians.

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Should I make my bridge out of obsidian so it won't get blown up?

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No, obsidian can't be moved by pistons. It wouldn't work successfully. You could use diamond or netherite blocks, which are durable and can be moved

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What should I do if the water/lava destroys the redstone?

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You can use glass or other blocks to cover the redstone. Just make sure the redstone has a way of getting to the piston.

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Should I make my bridge out of obsidian so it won't get blown up?

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You can’t push or pull the obsidian. You could use other blocks such as cobblestone, which has some blast resistance.

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Is there a difference between comparators and repeaters?

Ashlyn Martin

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Comparators are used for certain redstone signals, repeaters lengthen the redstone signal.

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What blocks can I use for the bridge so it won't set on fire?

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Anything that isn’t wood, wool, or netherack. Wood burns, wool catches fire quickly, and netherack keeps fire alight.

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How do you make a 1 tick redstone repeater?

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Place down a repeater, it is already on one tick. Tap once for 2 ticks, twice for 3 ticks, and three times for 4 ticks.

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