How to Make Lights That Turn on at Night in Minecraft
Mine nether quartz., Craft the daylight sensor., Deposit the sensor., Transform it to detect night instead., Connect it to a redstone lamp., Adjust the timing.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Mine nether quartz.
The daylight sensor is the easiest way to make a "night light," but you'll need a Nether portal to find the ingredients.
Nether quartz ore isn't hard to find once you're in the Nether, but be prepared for difficult combats.
Each sensor requires three nether quartz.
If you're not at this stage of the game yet, try the DIY sensor below. -
Step 2: Craft the daylight sensor.
Create a daylight sensor with the following ingredients:
Three glass in the top row Three nether quartz in the middle row Three wood slabs (not planks) on the bottom row , Place the sensor anywhere you like.
It is a half-height block, with a beige upper surface.
By default, this sensor will provide power when sunlight hits it.
The brighter the sunlight, the stronger the signal. , There are two ways to change this sensor's behavior:
Surround it with opaque blocks to make it a night sensor.
This will send a power signal only at night, reaching peak strength at midnight (time 17780–18240).
Or right-click it to make it an inverted sensor (blue surface).
This sends out a stronger signal in dark conditions.
Unlike the night sensor, this can turn on in the daytime during rainy or stormy weather. , Place a line of redstone from the sensor to a redstone lamp.
Depending on which sensor you used, the lamp will either turn on at night, or anytime the sensor is dark.
To make a redstone lamp, surround a glowstone block with four redstone dust.
Night sensors (but not inverted sensors) will blink on and off if the lamp they are connected to is exposed to the outside sky or window.
Place the lamp in a windowless room to prevent this, or right-click the sensor to invert it. , These sensors don't just have two states.
They will gradually increase and decrease in power over the course of each day/night cycle.
To make your lamp turn on earlier in the dusk, shorten the redstone path or insert some redstone repeaters to boost the signal.
To make the lamp stay off until later at night, lengthen the redstone path.
To make a redstone repeater, place redstone dust in the center with a redstone torch on either side, all above three stone blocks.
Redstone repeaters have a front and a back.
Make sure to place it so the signal goes in the right direction. -
Step 3: Deposit the sensor.
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Step 4: Transform it to detect night instead.
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Step 5: Connect it to a redstone lamp.
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Step 6: Adjust the timing.
Detailed Guide
The daylight sensor is the easiest way to make a "night light," but you'll need a Nether portal to find the ingredients.
Nether quartz ore isn't hard to find once you're in the Nether, but be prepared for difficult combats.
Each sensor requires three nether quartz.
If you're not at this stage of the game yet, try the DIY sensor below.
Create a daylight sensor with the following ingredients:
Three glass in the top row Three nether quartz in the middle row Three wood slabs (not planks) on the bottom row , Place the sensor anywhere you like.
It is a half-height block, with a beige upper surface.
By default, this sensor will provide power when sunlight hits it.
The brighter the sunlight, the stronger the signal. , There are two ways to change this sensor's behavior:
Surround it with opaque blocks to make it a night sensor.
This will send a power signal only at night, reaching peak strength at midnight (time 17780–18240).
Or right-click it to make it an inverted sensor (blue surface).
This sends out a stronger signal in dark conditions.
Unlike the night sensor, this can turn on in the daytime during rainy or stormy weather. , Place a line of redstone from the sensor to a redstone lamp.
Depending on which sensor you used, the lamp will either turn on at night, or anytime the sensor is dark.
To make a redstone lamp, surround a glowstone block with four redstone dust.
Night sensors (but not inverted sensors) will blink on and off if the lamp they are connected to is exposed to the outside sky or window.
Place the lamp in a windowless room to prevent this, or right-click the sensor to invert it. , These sensors don't just have two states.
They will gradually increase and decrease in power over the course of each day/night cycle.
To make your lamp turn on earlier in the dusk, shorten the redstone path or insert some redstone repeaters to boost the signal.
To make the lamp stay off until later at night, lengthen the redstone path.
To make a redstone repeater, place redstone dust in the center with a redstone torch on either side, all above three stone blocks.
Redstone repeaters have a front and a back.
Make sure to place it so the signal goes in the right direction.
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