5 Facts you probably didn't know about Redstone.

Redstone is an amazing feature of Minecraft. You might know about the basics however there is more that you might not know about redstone. Here is 5 facts about redstone that you might not know.

5) Redstone cannot power certain blocks

Redstone cannot transport a signal through certain blocks like glass, glowstone and pistons.

4) Repeaters can be locked

Repeaters facing into the side of another repeater will lock the repeater. This is an amazing RS NOR Latch.

3)  Comparators can take an output through certain blocks

The comparator can take outputs through certain blocks. This is similar to the redstone not powering certain blocks fact. Using this you can create furnace, chests or dropper traps.

2) Redstone can be placed on glowstone, hoppers and upside down half slabs.

With glowstone being a transparent block and being able to have redstone placed on them makes it super useful when making redstone travel upwards.

1) Redstone ore emmits light

Redstone ore emmits a light level of 9. This is useful for map makers.