Mission 286
Dancing Waters: A Fountain Show on One Button
Badge: Fountain Showrunner
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Turn your fountain plaza into a timed show: jets that erupt in a wave.
Lights down. Crowd hushed. Press one button and a wave of water erupts across the plaza, jet after jet.
- New skill Dispensers, water buckets and repeater delays
- Level 3 · Dream City
- Difficulty Beginner
- Mode Creative
- Time 35–45 min
- Ages 13+
What you’ll build
Draw a show chart, then line your fountain with upward-facing dispensers and wire them through a chain of repeaters so the jets erupt one after another. Tune the delays, make both sides fire in sync, then press one button for a wave that rises and drains on cue.
Finish line: One button sends a wave of water across your fountain and drains it again, matching your show chart.
Bonus challenge: Add sticky pistons that push decorative blocks up in time with the water. Put them on your show chart first.
You’ll need
- Dispensers
- Water buckets
- Repeaters and redstone dust
- A button
- A timer
You choose
- My show's name: The
- Pattern (wave, mirror, inside-out) and number of jets
- The whole wave should take ___ seconds
Stuck?
- Change a repeater's delay by tapping it. Each tap adds 1 tick, up to 4 (0.1–0.4 s).
- Jet not firing? The repeater must point straight into the dispenser.
- Sides out of sync? Add up the ticks on each side. They must match exactly.
For grown-ups
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This mission is in Mission Pack 28. Each printable has the full steps, a Plan & Log page and a parent page.
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Played on Minecraft Bedrock on iPad. Buttons can differ on other devices and versions.