Level 1 · The Village

Mission 43

Lights On! Your First Redstone Switch

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Light up a room with a redstone lamp and a lever switch.

  • New skill Power: lever, redstone dust and a lamp
  • Level 1 · The Village
  • Difficulty Beginner
  • Mode Creative
  • Time 30 min
  • Ages 13+

What you’ll build

Your first redstone circuit! You'll place a lamp with a lever beside it and flip it on and off. Then move the lamp away, link it with a trail of redstone dust, watch the power glow, and hide the wiring neatly along a wall.

Finish line: A lamp in your village turns on and off with a lever, connected by redstone dust.

Bonus challenge: Make one lever switch on two lamps at once, or add a second lever on the other side of the room.

You’ll need

  • Levers
  • Redstone dust
  • Redstone lamps

You choose

  • Which room gets the lights
  • Where the switch goes
  • How many lamps (one or a whole row)

Stuck?

  • Redstone dust needs a solid block under it. If a piece won't place, put a full block there first.
  • Lamp not lighting? Dust only carries power about 15 blocks, so move the lamp closer.
  • Check the dust actually points into the lamp. A gap or a turn the wrong way breaks the line.

For grown-ups

Get this mission

This mission is in Mission Pack 5. Each printable has the full steps, a Plan & Log page and a parent page.

Print one mission at a time. You never need to print everything.

Played on Minecraft Bedrock on iPad. Buttons can differ on other devices and versions.