Active Stone Block

An Active 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 active block (solid stone block) and will change its state to inactive (empty space) upon trigger activation.

Unlike Inactive Stone Blocks Active blocks can be placed beside one another.

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.

Because there is no similar Hallowed/Corrupted variant of this block, it is likely to be resistant against the spread of Hallow or Corruption, unlike normal Stone Blocks.

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're generally annoyed by NPCs opening Doors (moving about and getting stuck outside their Houses, for instance), a vertical strip of three Active Stone Blocks with a nearby Switch or Lever serves as a good alternative to Doors that only players can open. NPCs don't know how to use Switches.

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