How to Build a Piston Drawbridge in Minecraft

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: in front of your castle/Tower of Power or whatever

   Make it 4 blocks deep.
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   Step 2: dig a 4 long by 4 to 6 wide hole.

   Place them 2 blocks away from the width edge.
   
   Make sure that it's 1 away from the long edge, too. , Connect redstone trails to the pistons.(but not the side center ones) Then, connect the 2 separate redstone trails together.
   
   Now take a redstone repeater and place it in between where the 2 separate trails connect. , Take 2 redstone repeaters and place them 1 block away from where the side center pistons are. , Connect redstone trail to the lever. , If it works, cover it all up and prepare for the next step.
   
   If not, try repeating the steps again, or toy around with it. ,, If you covered the hole, then next to the bridge, dig 2 3x1 holes and cover the bottom of that.
   
   That will make a pasture shape if done correctly. ,, Make sure it works, and if you don't understand the instructions, watch Paul Soares Jr's Survive and Thrive Season 2 video on YouTube.
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   Step 3: Craft 6 sticky pistons.

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   Step 4: Place blocks on top of the pistons.

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   Step 5: Now it gets complicated.

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   Step 6: Make a staircase shape and place a lever at the top.

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   Step 7: Test your contraption.

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   Step 8: Craft some buckets (craft by 3 iron ingots in a bowl/bucket shape on PC) and fill them with water or lava/magma.

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   Step 9: If it works

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    Step 10: turn on the bridge.

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    Step 11: Inside those two indentations

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    Step 12: pour the lava/water bucket in

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    Step 13: then refill the bucket and pour the contents into the opposite side.Keep pouring in the buckets until the holes are full

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    Step 14: but not overflowing.

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    Step 15: Now you have a drawbridge!

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