Inactive Stone Block

An Inactive Stone Block allows one to control the presence of the block with the help of electrical tools, such as Switches or Pressure Plates. It must be wired (i.e. let wires pass through) to allow its electrical property to work. This makes it useful for traps, floodgates, secret doors, drawbridges, skybridges, and much more.

When it is first wired, it will stay as an inactive block (empty space) and will change its state to active (solid stone block) upon trigger activation.

Unlike Active Stone Blocks Inactive blocks must be placed adjacent to other blocks or walls and cannot be placed beside one another. If this shortcoming affects one of your projects you can place active blocks, wire them and switch them to inactive then redo the wiring according to your plan.

Even without a mechanic this item still has a use, if found underground, you can select this item in your toolbar to see a layout of all wires in your vision. Useful for detecting and avoiding traps in darkness.

Tips

 * To conserve storage space, consider switching all Inactive Stone Blocks to Active Stone Blocks, or vice versa. This can easily save an inventory or storage slot by combining the stacks.
 * If you have an active block and you put a switch directly on it then toggle the switch; the switch will fall off as the block is no longer serving as support for furniture items.