A daylight sensor transmits a red stone signal in Minecraft. Lighting from sources other than the sun does not affect it.
This unit functions as a daylight detector or as a solar panel. Depending on whether it is day or night, it will signal 15 or zero. For 15 blocks, the sensor signals exactly at noon. At dusk, it signals 5 blocks, with the onset of midnight - to zero.
Moonlight and Daylight Sensors
If you right-click on the sensor, it will turn into a moonlight sensor. Therefore, the sensor will give the strongest signal at midnight - 15. This can be used to illuminate the courtyard at night. Visually, these types of sensors differ in color: the lunar sensor has lamps of cold bluish colors, in contrast to the day one with lamps of warm pale yellow shades.
Why do I need a daylight sensor in Minecraft? Such blocks are mainly used for decorative purposes for automatic lighting of external or internal premises. There are many compact flashlights using sensors. However, their manufacture is not the simplest: 1 sensor requires 3 quartz from Netherworld (in Minecraft in Russian - the Lower World), which is a significant drawback.
What is a daylight sensor used for?
It is made from:
- 3 glass blocks (made in a sand furnace);
- 3 quartz from Nether (mined in the Lower World with a pickax everywhere);
- 3 slabs of wood of any type.
In Nether there is no source of sunlight, so such a block there will always give a signal of "eleven." And in the Region (locations with the Dragon), the sensor does not give a signal at all. The daylight and moonlight sensor does not block the strength of the outgoing signal from the beacon.
When can a daylight sensor come in handy?
Is used for:
- work of automatic farms (when it is necessary that the action is performed once a day, for example, automatic pumpkin picking);
- beautiful lighting outdoors at night (you can make an entire alley with lanterns, crafting street poles equipped with a lamp and a moonlight sensor);
- automatic closing of iron doors after dark, etc.
Consider why you need a daylight sensor in Minecraft to simplify the construction of an automatic farm for harvesting pumpkins or watermelons, or reeds. To do this, you need to connect the next block of red dust to it with a repeater at a distance of 15 and then put pistons that will push (collect) your crop. This simple solution allows you to automatically harvest once a day.