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Redstone & Utility Blocks

Target

A target turns a projectile hit into redstone power, with a stronger signal for a shot near the middle.

SurvivalJava & Bedrock

What is Target?

The target is a redstone input block that reacts to projectile impact. The closer the impact lands to the center of the struck face, the greater the output, up to strength 15. You can treat every hit as an input or build a circuit around the strength of the shot.

Why players overlook it

A button is simpler to operate in most machines, and a target asks for a hay bale as well as redstone. Its distinctive mechanic only matters when the player should be able to trigger something at a distance or score a shot.

How to get it

  • Compress wheat into a hay bale. Place it in the middle of a crafting table and put redstone dust above, below, left and right of it.

Crafting recipe

Shaped crafting

  1. Empty
  2. Redstone Dust
  3. Empty
  4. Redstone Dust
  5. Hay Bale
  6. Redstone Dust
  7. Empty
  8. Redstone Dust
  9. Empty
  • 4×Redstone Dust
  • 1×Hay Bale
1× Target

What is it used for?

  • Use arrows or other supported projectiles to trigger a lamp, gate or range indicator.
  • Run dust away from the block to make a simple demonstration of how an edge shot and a center shot differ in strength.

When it comes in handy

Build an archery booth with the back of the target facing the wiring, and put the redstone lamps where a shooter can see them. Leave room to adjust how much wire the signal must travel before it reaches the most valuable lamp.

Limitations

The block gives a pulse on a hit. Keeping a gate open after the pulse requires a circuit that extends it or stores the input. Angle and shot placement affect the output, so a scored booth benefits from a fixed shooting line.

Editorial recommendation

Is it worth using?

Keep a target for a minigame or a remote switch that intentionally uses a projectile. For a simple machine reached on foot, a button or lever is quicker to use.

Alternatives

Use a button for a repeatable fixed-strength pulse. Use a calibrated sculk sensor when the input should be a vibration event instead of a projectile striking the machine.

Java and Bedrock

The item is available in both editions. The guide covers the uses checked for the listed releases.

Sources

Checked for Java 26.3 and Bedrock 26.60 series (including 26.63 where available).

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