Minecraft Observer Basics | How to Use Observers!

Have you ever wanted to know the basics of observers in Minecraft? Or maybe you just want to know how to craft an observer! Regardless, I hope you find this video helpful!

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0:00 - Intro/Basics (How to craft etc.)
0:33 - Block Updates
2:19 - Applications
3:26 - Outro

[qrtk]

FYI if you want it to detect entities try adding a string infront of the observer :)

[mattlol]

i made that compact observer clock on accident messing around in creative, its really OP. Liked and subbed

[viktoriyaromanov]

The fact that I have been playing minecraft for 6 year's and didn't know how to use them

[daxznort]

I used another system for the dispenser to dispense. I used it with a repeater and comparator. But this one with the Observer, it is more compact and with a single line. Thank you very much for that information Mr. KaleHameron: D

[pre-d]

Could you please show us how to hide observers? I'm trying to do a hidden entrance with observers and the new candles, but it'd be pretty blatant to have four candles on top of or beside an observer.

[rebornreaper]

That dropper contraption was super cool! :D

[SoldierBoy-xxcs]

Been playing since 2011 and this is now the first time I want to use them and need to learn

[DihydrogenMonoxideGuy]

Fun fact: On 2012 (i hope i got the year correct), a bug was reported that dispensers, droppers, or pistons activated when the input is diagonal or from two blocks above. So basically, when a lever is activated, and you place a piston below it at a one-block gap, the piston won't activate, duh. But if you place a block at that gap, the piston would be activated, and vice versa. This led to the conception of BUDs (block update detectors), which were turned into the observers that we know today.

[einhalbesbrot]

thanks for the auto dispenser one, just what i was searching for

[tootooandthejets]

Thanks man so much! A really simple vid, but learned a lot

[zGraph]

Am yes? Good observation thank you Kale man.

[crazyitalianguy]

The observer made things a lot more easier. Back in the day you had to dig half of your world to make a 2x2 piston door, the clock was a little bit more compact but it was a bug and would eventually stop working, Flying machines required entire secondary systems of pistons that pushed redstone blocks, really the observer is one if not the best redstone block added to minecraft even passing the Sculk sensor.

[killwalker]

i get that the observer "detects" things. But to what end? Why? What is its defined purpose?


Anyone? Can anyone explain why it exists without talking about how its crafted first? Why does it need to be connected to a dispenser if there is a redstone clock to activate the dispenser?

What is its purpose??

[iandalauidao]

Very interesting, i actually forgot the commands for minecraft because i wasn't active for years, and this really helped me alot, thank you very much!

[ghostlyjudge]

I just got bedrock and i have no clue how to use these this was a big help

[matthewdoesyoutube]

0:50 If you want the chest to sent out a redstone power when you open it just use a trapped chest.

[harrambou]

Is there a way to make an observer command last, the way it does when you use a lever?

[united]

I need help so I’m placing a observer so the arrows can face down but the arrows are facing a different side

[judahstarkenburg]

My laptops broken so i cant test this, but If im breaking a stone block with my fist, will it detect the first crack? (as i break)

[idolo]

Hey can i get a tutorial when you place the redstone torch and if you break it your secret base will gonna open

-Sorry for my bad english hope you understand