Redstone Emitters Require Redstone
by Nikas_Kunitz
Redstone Emitters Require Redstone changes the crafting recipes for levers, buttons, pressure plates and tripwire hooks so each one needs redstone dust in its recipe.
What it does
The mod is a Forge data mod that changes existing crafting recipes rather than adding new blocks. Basic redstone signal emitters such as levers, buttons, pressure plates and tripwire hooks are made to require redstone, which pushes progression further along the redstone path. The author's stated aim is to make the recipes feel more grounded, with redstone treated as a mechanism instead of something that appears out of plain materials.
Because the recipes for stone, cobblestone, iron, gold, sticks and planks are left alone, those items stay available for other uses. The author describes intending to free up at least two of these basic recipes for other smaller mods.
The mod runs on the server, and clients may leave it out. It is published for Forge on 1.20 and 1.20.1, with the Data pack option also listed, and the latest file is 2.0 for 1.20.1. The code is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Redstone-based emitter recipes
Levers, buttons, pressure plates and tripwire hooks need redstone dust in their crafting recipes.
Basic recipes left unchanged
Stone, cobblestone, iron, gold, stick and planks recipes keep their vanilla form, so those materials stay simple.
Better Stones support
Buttons and pressure plates from Better Stones, including granite, diorite and andesite variants, receive the same recipe change.
Datapack-based changes
The recipe edits are made through data files, so they can be ported or recreated for other versions.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
More Variants Reloaded is a Forge option for 1.12.2 that is client and server and open source under the MIT License, so it does not cover the same recipes on 1.20.1. Virtual-Redstone-Wire is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that is client and server and open source under the MIT License, and it adds a redstone wire variant rather than changing emitter recipes. Pixel is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 that is client and server and released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redstone Emitters Require Redstone | Forge | 1.20 – 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2026-04-07 |
| More Variants Reloaded | Forge | 1.12.2 | Client and server | 2022-05-26 |
| Virtual-Redstone-Wire | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-26 |
| Pixel | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2024-12-25 |
Questions
Does Redstone Emitters Require Redstone need to be installed on clients?
Which game versions does the mod support?
In the catalog
Redstone Emitters Require Redstone is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,122 Technology mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This simple data mod/datapack changes crafting recipes of basic redstone signal emitters (buttons, pressure plates, lever and tripwire hook. And, by extension from tripwire hook, trapped chest as well) to require redstone. There are two reasons for that. First reason is conceptual. For a long time I wondered, how two…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/redstone-emitters-require-redstone
- Owner
- Nikas_Kunitz
- Published
- 2026-03-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15