The World of Unconventional Redstone

#minecraft #redstone #minecraftredstone
This video is about unconventional redstone.
I was supposed to cover daylight sensor blocking as a thing but it never made it in.
music: Dreiton, by c418

[@CraftyMasterman]

got into a debate with some redstone friends once on what is considered a redstone component. it's kinda crazy that observers opened up so much, literally turning almost ANYTHING into a redstone component if used right

[@squibble111]

You can literally use ANYTHING. one of my mob farms sent a signal to the bottom of the system by briefly opening a waterlogged trapdoor, to drop water on an observer lol

[@jjl2143]

@@squibble111 meanwhile me sending signal with ghast fireballs triggering string

[@dragonridertechnologies]

BUD switches - the original observer - used to have the same purpose. Minecraft actually removed a lot of that functionality, then partially added it back to observers. There have then been new blocks added since that enable some additional functionality. We used to be able to detect use of beds, redstone lamp updates (remember when you could chain those?), doors, sheep eating grass, and a lot more I can't recall offhand. Observers now work again for most of those, but it's not necessarily been an improvement. I miss stationary water...

[@Reava_]

​@@dragonridertechnologiesbut with the addition of skulk sensors it's better now

[@StevesCrafts]

If it can be used in redstone, it is redstone. That's how I think of it.

[@Fundy]

Keep up the good work, been liking the videos a lot

[@tomfoolery4024]

Hi fundy!

[@squibble111]

Glad you enjoy my videos! It means a lot coming from someone like you.

[@HatmanduYT]

:0 fumbi

[@BananaShenanigans]

Noice Fundy!

[@ermtosis]

Furry!

[@gerbendegraaf7457]

very underrated channel, i've yet to find someone who explains unconventional redstone this well.

[@tomikun8057]

Actually you have, it's this channel

[@BananaShenanigans]

Yes I agree, keep up the good work!

[@blinkbright]

That's because the older generation of players who normally do these videos are trying to adhere to conventional wisdom by not spreading these building techniques since they know they will probably be changed later on as Mojang continues make changes and updates to the game.

[@projectinfinite7992]

Agreed

[@kubek3345]

Scaffolding is indeed op

[@BananaShenanigans]

Indeed

[@jakezepeda1267]

Yes, quite.

[@drywhall]

I used leafstone once as a way to activate a piston door in a tree themed base! It's really useful for secret doors or redstone that needs to blend into nature.

[@dogyX3]

That's genius

[@pg5200]

Great video ! One thing to notice about bubble colum signal transmission : it's actually instant in both activation and de-activation if you use a dispenser with a water bucket facing the second water block above the soulsand (or higher). Minus the 4gt activation time of the dispenser ofc.

[@JayTheYggdrasil]

I was wondering if that'd be faster, thanks.

[@squibble111]

I totally didnt know this. That's game changing. Thank you.

[@pg5200]

@@squibble111 You're welcome !

[@HassanIQ777]

That's really awesome. Thanks for sharing that information!

[@Aurelius2142]

I am... very, very picky when it comes to content these days. My subscription list is a group that I've trimmed down mercilessly over the years, and I just can't stand watching content that feels cheap, done solely for views, or made by someone who doesn't know what they're talking about. It's very rare I find a channel I feel comfortable adding to that list, but after three videos of yours, I'm happy to say this is one of them! You speak plainly, explain your topic without needless fanfare, clearly know what you're talking about, and your character control makes for a viewing experience that most top youtubers can't seem to figure out. Your builds are impressive, you don't treat them like they're god's gift to the platform, but your analytics are well thought out and easy to follow, even when covering topics that a beginner would struggle to understand. So, so glad that I found this channel. From a viewer that's watched way too much on this site to not know good content when he sees it - keep up the fantastic work!

[@squibble111]

This is an incredible compliment, and I'm glad you think I explain everything well. The #1 thing I try to do best is to cover technical topics while not losing my general audience in the pointless details, and I'm very grateful that you think thats something I do well on this channel. Thanks.

[@vibaj16]

same, except I'm kinda the other way around. I've become less picky on what I subscribe to, but I still don't subscribe unless I really enjoy the content.

[@Gigglingstars612]

I love unconventional redstone. Especially since I'm playing on a survival superflat with very little redstone (or stone for that matter, which is kinda needed for most redstone recipes). It kinda lets you resort to the old mcpe redstone due to the lack of resources. Though I am fiddling around with "redstone" which uses water streams and items (Inspired by jazziiRed's video about making logic gates with actual fence gates, I've only made an XOR gate so far) I hope more people discover more ways to do unconventional redstone :0

[@slim4950]

the last two you mentioned deserve way more praise in my opinion. The instrument detection can be used to separate some mixed block streams (i forgot which one, but ilmango actually used this in a farm) The wall can also detect blocks moving next to it, making an incredibly simple option for block streams i use all the time.

[@flambambam3578]

I think it was his sculk xp farm that used the instrument detection

[@squibble111]

Yeah, I suppose youre right. Instrument detection is also used in Cubicmetre's copper farm (the first one) to seperate copper out from powder snow, which is pretty cool

[@Rando2636]

The leafstone artifacts occur because the "distance" property makes a few stops along the way from 0 (next to a log) to 6 (completely unsupported). If you move the log block along the side of the leaves without leaving an air gap, it behaves like you'd expect.

[@MinecraftGamer-yi2ct]

For anyone confused by the 1.5 ticks 4:00, one redstone tick is equal to two game ticks. Scaffolding is one game tick, while repeaters are one redstone tick.

[@icedlava7063]

thank you!

[@vibaj16]

I once used leafstone for very compact RAM. It was the only way to send a signal that fit and wouldn't mess with other things (even rails wouldn't work, because there weren't full blocks under it)

[@andrewmirror4611]

Leafstone is my favorite one and I think you underrate it. It's a wire that is 1 block tall and doesn't interact with anything else, you can do all the weird shapes with it, it works well esthetically as exposed redstone, lots of things to love

[@Ikeiya]

I really like how this channel goes deep into the mechanics of redstone in minecraft, which a lot of other youtubers rarely does so

[@joda7697]

The instrument switching detector is actually sometimes useful for splitting up blockstreams of different materials, provided of course that they correspond to different instruments. I also used them for upward-facing 4-tick smart pistons that can extend blockstreams, but they're only useful for full, opaque blocks unfortunately. That gave me a headache when designing a block stream splitter, extender and merger, hoo boy.

[@DunlinDolphin]

Nice video. If you are planning a pt2, I have a few more ideas: - waterlogging blocks can be detected by observers. with the new roots blocks this is even more usefull, because they are still redstone solid blocks (and house the water in one block without it flowing). - pushing entities up to power pressure plates. placing an enderman in a minecart and pusing it up with a fence given a reach of 7 blocks vertically (if i counted right), without having any redstone blocks in between, alowing the pulse to go through other circuits. - (sorta outdated) using entities in minecarts to detect blocks being pushed. if an entity is in a minecart, and gets pushed (but not the minecart), it actually moves for one tick allowing it to power a pressure plate (when lined up right). using different entities with different hitboxes (mainly zombie piglins for vertical and turtles for horizontal) gives some pretty niche block movement detection. This is kinda outdated now, with observers being able to do the exact same thing. but I suppose if you want to detect movement in only one direction it can be usefull. also, if you want to detect blocks moving that can change state this can help isolate if the blocks actually. Have a great day

[@squibble111]

Thank you for the suggestions. Maybe Ill consider a part 2 given these new things

[@theonlypanapanda]

This is the kind of redstone video i need. An explanation of redstone blocks, how it works and how to use it. Please make a lesson series so we can learn how to better use redstone :)

[@Equimage_]

The scaffolding one was so helpful! I learned logic gates recently to recreate a "1st and 2nd ending" for noteblocks, and now this scaffolding enables glissandos! Thanks for posting this

[@projectinfinite7992]

Super underrated, I really like how the videos get straight to the point without any over the top editing or long intros or anything. Definitely earned a subscriber!

[@MrTheSteph1]

I love your content. I've always loved redstone, but it was always so intimmedating, these videos help a lot making everything more accessable and letting me construct my very own redstone designs instead of copying optimized ones

[@fisch37]

Great explanation! Love the technical details like update order and the leaf artifacts that you added in there!

[@minuspi8372]

Wallstone is exactly the solution I've been looking for to finish a bit of a dream project. Thanks!

[@Lexiont]

Just wanted to say that your content is really good, I really like how you explain and showcase stuff. Also all the contraptions you made. Glad I found your Channel, you're amazing!

[@-sturmfalke-]

Very clear explainations! As a veteran youtube-watcher, it is quality content you are producing right here.

[@SuperMidH]

Thank you for this video! Back when I first got my Minecraft copy for the Xbox 360 I told myself I would never be good enough to learn Redstone, and here I am now dumbfounded and awestruck at the fact that leaves know when logs are touching them. I love this feeling, it's great to feel that same curiosity I had before with reignited hope that I can still learn so much!

[@olivers.7821]

Thanks a lot for having made this video. I needed to make a signal go down to multiple layers in the same tick. I remember wallstone, but I couldn't make it work for multiple floors. Your showcase saved me, so thanks again!

[@squibble111]

If you need any more comprehensive information on it, the video i uploaded most recently is actually entirely about wallstone!

[@maxinac]

I haven't touched redstone or minecraft since 1.8 so thanks for the info!! Quirks always help making beautiful solutions to usually unnecessary problems!

[@divnad]

Saved to watch later lmao. Learned more from this one video than from a ton of other redstone videos

[@ashermcniel2846]

Wow, another amazing video. I knew all of these things, but like not well enough that I feel I could apply them well. you did a great job explaining how all of this works, not just that it does.

[@kaisanmiguel9753]

your videos are incredible :) your style of videos are so incredibly captivating, its very reminiscent of veritasium or minutephysics or any of those other sciency channels but for minecraft :) i haven't seen anybody do it like you do, keep up the amazing work !!

[@i30]

I've actually used a few fence gates in a redstone build before. Great video!

[@Threefold.]

Awesome video, I really enjoyed the relaxing and authentic explanations. Have a fantastic day :D

[@HugoBDesigner]

Those were some really cool mechanics and gimmicks. I'm kinda new to this channel but I'm really enjoying your content. Keep up the amazing work!

[@TaIathar]

Amazing video for those trying to get into advanced redstone. Very well made and clear words. Hope more people get a chance to see this.

[@DarkCBZ]

THANK YOU i had no clue about almost any of these and now have a LOT of ideas

[@TheLateHaunt]

Whoa! You just blew my mind! Great video!

[@NoobieTaco]

I haven't been up to date on Redstone since lecterns were added. Just getting back into minecraft, so this video helped a ton.

[@j2x3_]

After watching this I made a very reliable vertical droppervator using scaffolding. Great video!

[@JgHaverty]

This is wild; Ive been using bubble streams for similar effects for a long time. I have never ever seen the wall trick before; and definitely have some really cool ideas to play with with the scaffolding. Observers are great lol

[@zacharybarbanell1064]

You can avoid that issue with leafstone if you have another log further away that you don't move.

[@Heilzmaker]

oh i didn't realise that thank you

[@gagemonster555]

This is incredibly useful knowledge and needs way more views.

[@koolerpure]

never knew any of this was possible and some of them already give me ideas, great video

[@DarkJ0nes]

I love the aesthetic of ur vids for some reason

[@-_Sebastian_-]

That was such a cool video! Love it

[@armokil]

idk how i only just found your chanel but damn your content is quality

[@dtheguy]

Well I never thought about unconditional red stone before. It was a vary understandable redstone video which is a big compliment because when I used to watch mambo Jambo’s Videos I didn’t really find a use for his builds, but some stuff can be very useful in actual Minecraft

[@Unbaguettable]

congrats on 5k subs! you really deserve the quick growth, your channel is great

[@skyla1884]

With the bubble elevator, I think there is a faster method. If you use a dispenser to remove and replace a water source from the column (Not the one directly above the soul sand. 2nd one up works) then the bubble column can fully activate sooner because it is already active. By removing a water source you're just changing the height.

[@DrPsychotic]

wow this is all extremely usefull! I especially like the instant item transfer cause I like making auto sorting systems

[@TheeSlickShady]

First time here; instant like n sub 🏆 Great explanation and til poweder snow negates that random horizontal velocity Thank you thank you 👍🏼👍🏼

[@restart_life.]

although you clearly have much more redstone knowledge than I do, based on this video and others, I feel like I should mention this: instead of using redstone ticks(0.1s) and "1.5 tick" delay using scaffolding, it might be benificial to use gameticks(0.05s). so the delay of a default repeater or an observer is 2 game ticks. the delay of the scaffolding is 1 gametick per block(if im understanding correctly). I find using gt(gameticks) more precise and less confusing.

[@squibble111]

hey bestie

[@restart_life.]

@@squibble111 :glump:

[@UnFearHQ]

that video is so creative and i love the music background

[@torikenyon]

Yoooo this made me excited to experiment with redstone again

[@SuperLlama88888]

Nice video, as usual!

[@Nightstick24]

Observers really were such a game changer, they can turn almost anything into the most useful redstone component, and allow for so many things that just weren't feasible to use the old BUD switches for.

[@millocracy]

good video like always!

[@trollar8810]

I knew everything shown in this video but it was still quite entertaining. Thanks!

[@squibble111]

Glad i could cater to both beginners and more intermediate redstoners

[@BakeBakePi]

It's so cool how so many blocks that aren't considered "redstone" can be used in redstone contraptions!

[@ICountFrom0]

I'm oddly attached to leafstone work, but I LOVE your scafold lights.

[@3volodymyr399]

All of this was mind blown for me.

[@thekingofdesksthefirst7443]

Being a cannoner for factions, all of these are super useful and I use them a ton

[@aroa8575]

Amazing video. Only thing I think you could have added was daylight sensor wireless redstone

[@Burning_Marshmallow]

I love how the best way to send redstone signals vertically is to just build a tall wall. No components, no additional materials needed, just plain stone.

[@KianBrose]

you shuold really make a discord, your redstone ingenuity reminds me of the old days of sethbling

[@squibble111]

Maybe someday, when I know it will be worthwhile.

[@sheepyukomi]

dude i thought i was the only person who did bubble column thing where you put a piston on the soul sand, its pretty useful

[@Solid_Fuel]

YES! this is what i needed! thanks!

[@ivoryfrill]

your videos always slay!

[@Fuzzi974]

Oh dude, the 5K subscriber are coming! I hope you're ready! Great video by the way, I learned a few things. Well I'm more of a beginner/intermediary redstonner... I built a few complicated things but they took me more time than they should have... Any chance you tell us in description (or you know, you can answer to my message...) what are the mods that you are using? I find the clouds beautiful, but the light and the blocs too...

[@squibble111]

The mods are largely stuff included in cubicmetre's mod list, but for the aesthetics, thats the mod "iris and sodium" with complimentary reimagined shaders

[@sarahsayocnacar7376]

my guy disecting his really cool and complex redstone mechanisms so its easier to under stand, an absolute chad

[@47shawty12]

These explanations are cool. I’m bad at redstone and this made me understand a bit more

[@dreamjonas7569]

I am part of a small redstone community where we build tnt cannons to fight eachother. In these we use most of the things you showed in the video.

[@Blit_Wizbok]

the timing aspect of scaffolding is verrry interesting. I didn't know that one

[@de_g0od]

Congrats on 5.5k

[@iIO_OIi]

That 1 tick top to bottom item transfer is pretty nice, ngl.

[@cricketize]

Leafstone actually blew my mind

[@inmysightpewpew893]

as a bedrock survival player/builder, this type of stuff makes me so confused but its soooo interesting

[@Mateo-zi8ub]

You forgot blocking the daylight sensor to send signals downwards, but great video.

[@antonmurer8530]

Can you make a video about this elevator youve mentioned? Seems interesting :)

[@puyuanzhang9069]

I have no idea scaffolding can this precise control, very interesting.

[@apia46]

the instrument switching observer trigger is very useful when youre trying to test after your tnt duper blows up for the third time with dirt replacing the tnt because it makes you ask why the fuck the observer is triggering twice 10/10 redstone mechanic

[@ATCF]

It seems like you're giving good info but that FOV though... I just can't...

[@n45a_]

i have seen a lot of those in doors. Very useful stuff

[@adorable_yangire]

i've played mc and watched and read info abt mc for 10 years soon, and all this is completely new info for me.

[@rnged]

“Leafstone” is just like esoteric programming language

[@mooing_cowmilk]

one that I used in a pinch for Redstone is string (so two tripwires and lots of string), as in chaining tripwires together, you could have them tillable and crossable without interference, so like #

[@Erikfzf]

very cool video

[@calebhouston5799]

Here at 6.12k subs before this channel blows up!

[@Wortigon2000]

I used leafstone to make it easier to hide a "redstone line" up the wall of a tower. Covering it in leaves worked out quite nicely, and I could use a simple switch at the bottom to toggle stuff that's at the top of it, even if it had a rather long delay. The hoe based flying machine looks quite interesting though. Do I understand it right, that it goes long enough for a piston feedtape to do a full circle, before you have to hoe the block again?

[@indoorjetpacks]

oo i didnt know the scaffolding one. that's neat :D

[@13.nguyenthanhhoai94]

Alternative title: "Observer blocks are OVERPOWERED"

[@eliottmartin4494]

i am doing a game of life in minecraft, but with 3x3 cells, with so little space to work with leaves wire are really useful to transmit signal from the top of the cell to the bottom of the cell

[@almahnak12]

Your game looks super nice! If you don't mind me asking, what mods / texture packs do you use in your videos? I like how you can manipulate your game like that, especially with Free Camera. I also wanna say that you're a very underrated youtuber and your videos are really well made

[@squibble111]

Most important mods: Carpet, Tweakaroo, and visual stuff like Iris and Sodium. Tweakaroo is what allows me to use freecam, while carpet is what I use for stopping and stepping time (though Im not sure if I use that in this video) Shaders: Complimentary reimagined Texture pack: I use a combination of some small stuff like diamond highlights in netherite, as well as vanilla tweaks, the ones youll see in this video are mainly more transparent scaffolding and 3d rails.

[@justsomeguy5628]

While it seems to have dropped off in use outside of dustless doors, leafstone was huge in the piston door world.

[@Putt-Putt]

This is an awesome Redstone components analysis video. Could you do more videos like explaining optimizations such as Composters on top of Hoppers.

[@squibble111]

That feels too niche of an idea to actually base an entire video off of, maybe a short at best. Actually, a short would be a good idea. Thank you.

[@vibaj16]

One interesting optimization is to have redstone lines that are 15 blocks long, and the first redstone is always powered with 14 signal strength, so it doesn't reach normally, but the line can be powered by making it 15 signal strength. This is much less laggy than normal, because for some reason, the code for turning off redstone turns it off 1 signal strength at a time, so going from 15 to 0 is a lot laggier than 15 to 14. (and so on for the other ones, like 14 to 13 instead of 14 to 0)

[@slendi9623]

nice stuff

[@pete-b-and-j7948]

I used leafstone in a to transfer a signal to open a door to a hidden room in a cramped space using a decretive ceiling high shrub. Otherwise I think it’s pretty useless for non speed related things.

[@hkayakh]

Man I never knew any of these weird redstone builds!

[@user-ss6ww1hz1h]

I use a stair block on droppers to have them fall in a 1x1. I'll try the powdered snow though. :)

[@breadbeard6722]

You can also use bells to detect blocks

[@greybeardmc]

I'm building a multi-platform bonemeal farm where all the timing and controls are at the top (so I can expand downward relatively easily). I'm using walls to send the signals down from the top, then scaffolding to send the signals back up to the individual platforms (since an observer on the side of a wall ruins it for everything below). It'd be nice if there was something that sent a signal down that could be detected part way down via observers (yes, water could, but that's way too slow).

[@squibble111]

Its perfectly possible. I should do a wallstone video. if you draw observer output from the wall, just make sure you have another contact point on the opposing side of the wall and it wil still work.

[@greybeardmc]

@@squibble111 No way! I just confirmed it. Observer with piston on one side, and a smooth stone block on the other. Tower it up and place an extra middle wall, and the observer observes! Thank you!!! (of course now I have to redesign the farm....)