{{Block
| image = <gallery>
String JE2 BE2.png  | String
Tripwire (NESW).png | Tripwire
</gallery>
| extratext = View [[#Gallery|all renders]]
| transparent = Yes
| light = No
| tool = any
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
}}
'''String''' is an item used in [[crafting]] recipes such as [[bow]]s, [[fishing rod]]s and [[lead]]s. When placed as a [[block]], string becomes '''tripwire''', which can be combined with [[Tripwire Hook|tripwire hooks]] to form a tripwire circuit.

== Obtaining==
String can be obtained from [[drop]]s, breaking [[cobweb]]s, [[fishing]], [[bartering]], and as gifts from [[cat]]s. String can be looted from [[jungle temple]]s, [[desert pyramid]] chests, and [[dungeon]]s.

===Breaking ===
Tripwire can be {{control|mine|text=mined}} instantly with any [[tool]], dropping string. Tripwire is also removed and drops string as an [[item]] when:
*[[Water]] flows into its space
* A [[piston]] pushes it or moves a [[block]] into its space
Tripwire is destroyed without dropping string if [[lava]] flows into its space.

A [[cobweb]] drops string when it is broken in these ways (see also {{section link|Cobweb|Usage}}):
*Breaking a cobweb with a [[sword]]
*Pushing a cobweb with a [[piston]]
*[[Water]] breaking a cobweb by flowing over it (flowing [[lava]] destroys cobwebs without leaving string)

===Natural generation===
Five pieces of tripwire generate naturally in every [[jungle temple]]. 

===Mob loot ===
[[Spider]]s and [[cave spider]]s drop 0–2 string upon death. The maximum is increased by 1 per level of [[Looting]], for a maximum of 0–5 string with Looting III.

[[Strider]]s drop 2–5 string upon death. The maximum is increased by 1 per level of [[Looting]], for a maximum of 2–8 string with Looting III.{{only|Java|short=1}}

[[Cat]]s drop 0–2 string upon death, unaffected by Looting.<ref>{{bug|MC-200707||Looting does not increase drops for iron golems and cats}}</ref>

===Chest loot===
{{LootChestItem|string}}

===Fishing===
String has a 0.6% ({{frac|3|500}}) chance of being caught when [[fishing]] with an unenchanted fishing rod. The chance decreases to 0.5% ({{frac|1|200}}), 0.4% ({{frac|1|250}}), and 0.3% ({{frac|3|1000}}) if the fishing rod is enchanted with [[Luck of the Sea]] at enchantment levels I, II, and III, respectively.

===Cat gifts===
{{main|Cat#Gifts}}

Tamed [[cat]]s have a 70% chance of giving the [[player]] a gift when they wake up from a [[bed]], and the gift has a 16.13% chance to be a string.

===Bartering ===
[[Piglin]]s may [[barter]] 3-9 string when given a [[gold ingot]].

== Usage==
String can be used as a crafting ingredient and tripwire can be used as a [[redstone circuit]] component. It can also be used to keep [[player]]s from ender-pearling through that space.

=== Crafting ingredient===
{{crafting usage}}

===Redstone component===
{{redirect|Tripwire|tripwire hooks|Tripwire Hook}}
{{see also|Redstone circuits}}

String can be placed as tripwire, which can be used to detect [[entity|entities]] as part of a tripwire circuit. [[Observer]]s can also be used with a tripwire to generate redstone signals. 

;Placement

To place tripwire, {{control|use}} string while pointing at a surface facing the space the tripwire should occupy.

{{Schematic | caption =
'''Tripwire Circuit'''
|SB|th-$w|tw-$ew|th-$e|SB
}}
:In order to activate [[tripwire hook]]s, tripwire must be part of a "tripwire circuit": a straight line of [[block]]s consisting of a block with a tripwire hook attached to it, a "tripwire line" (1 to 40 blocks of tripwire), and a second tripwire hook attached to another block. 

;Activation
Tripwire activates if almost any [[entity]] ([[player]]s, [[mob]]s, [[minecart]]s, [[boat]]s, [[item]]s, [[arrow]]s, etc.) intersects its collision mask. The tripwire remains active until there are no entities intersecting its collision mask. Thrown [[potion]]s, some arrows, thrown [[ender pearl]]s, and thrown [[eyes of ender]] do not activate tripwire.

;Behavior
An active tripwire updates adjacent [[block]]s (for example, it can activate a [[Tutorials/Block update detector|BUD circuit]]). Additionally, active tripwires that are part of valid tripwire circuits cause the attached tripwire hooks to activate (producing [[redstone]] power). Active tripwires do ''not'' themselves produce redstone power.

When tripwire is broken (including by being washed away by spreading [[water]] {{in|java}}) after being part of a valid tripwire circuit, it activates the attached tripwire hooks. {{IN|JE}}, it activates for 5 redstone ticks (10 game [[tick]]s, or 0.5 seconds barring lag). {{IN|BE}}, it activates for 6 redstone ticks (14 game [[tick]]s, or 0.6 seconds barring lag). It does not produce the signal if it is broken using [[shear]]s.

===Trading===
Novice-level fisherman [[villager]]s have a 50% chance to buy 20 string as part of their first-tier trade.

Journeyman-level fletcher villagers buy 14 string for 1 [[emerald]] as part of their trade.

==Sounds==
=== Generic===
{{Sound table/Block/Normal}}

===Unique===
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|rowspan=3
|sound=Click.ogg
|subtitle=Tripwire attaches
|source=block
|description=When a tripwire line is completed
|id=block.tripwire.attach
|translationkey=subtitles.block.tripwire.attach
|volume=0.4
|pitch=0.7
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Tripwire clicks
|source=block
|description=When a tripwire line deactivates
|id=block.tripwire.click_off
|translationkey=subtitles.block.tripwire.click
|volume=0.4
|pitch=0.5
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Tripwire clicks
|source=block
|description=When a tripwire line activates
|id=block.tripwire.click_on
|translationkey=subtitles.block.tripwire.click
|volume=0.4
|pitch=0.6
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Arrow hit1.ogg
|sound2=Arrow hit2.ogg
|sound3=Arrow hit3.ogg
|sound4=Arrow hit4.ogg
|subtitle=Tripwire detaches
|source=block
|description=When a tripwire hook in a tripwire line is destroyed
|id=block.tripwire.detach
|translationkey=subtitles.block.tripwire.detach
|volume=0.4
|pitch={{frac|12|11}}-{{frac|4|3}}
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|rowspan=3
|sound=Click.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a tripwire line is completed
|id=block.click
|volume=0.2
|pitch=0.7}}
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|source=block
|description=When a tripwire line deactivates
|id=random.click
|volume=0.2
|pitch=0.5}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When a tripwire line activates
|id=random.click
|volume=0.2
|pitch=0.6}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Arrow hit1.ogg
|sound2=Arrow hit2.ogg
|sound3=Arrow hit3.ogg
|sound4=Arrow hit4.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a tripwire hook in a tripwire line is destroyed
|id=block.bowhit
|volume=0.4
|pitch=1.1-1.33
|foot=1}}

==Data values==
===ID===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Tripwire
|spritetype=block
|nameid=tripwire
|blocktags=wall_post_override
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=String
|spritetype=item
|nameid=string
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showaliasids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Tripwire
|spritetype=block
|nameid=trip_wire
|aliasid=tripWire
|id=132
|form=block
|itemform=trip_wire
|translationkey=tile.tripWire.name}}
{{ID table
|displayname=String
|spritetype=item
|nameid=string
|id=326
|form=item
|foot=1}}

===Block states===
{{see also|Block states}}

{{/BS}}

==Video==
<div style="text-align:center">
<span style="display:inline-block">{{yt|WUlhmu3JbcQ}}</span>
<span style="display:inline-block">{{yt|-7jEtrETxwc}}</span>
</div>

==History==
{{History|java indev}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20100129|[[File:String JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added string.}}
{{History|||snap=20100130|[[Bow]]s can now be [[crafting|crafted]] using string.}}
{{History|||snap=20100201-2|[[Wool|Cloth]] can now be crafted using nine string.}}
{{History||20100219|[[Spider]]s now [[drops|drop]] string.}}
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||20100625-2|String can now be found inside [[chest]]s in the new [[dungeon]]s.}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.1.1|String can now be used to craft [[fishing rod]]s.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.5|Introduced [[cobweb]]s, which [[drops|drop]] string when [[breaking|broken]] with a [[sword]].}}
{{History||1.6.6|Wool is now crafted from four string rather than nine.}}
{{History||1.7|Cobwebs now drop string when broken using [[shears]].}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Cobwebs now generate naturally, making them a viable method to obtain string.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||May 28, 2012|link=none|Tripwire was first revealed on [[Dinnerbone]]'s [[wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]].<ref>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|207154562711289856|It's a tripwire, yeah.|May 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|207155073023868928|You place it yourself. String is now placeable|May 28, 2012}}</ref> Dinnerbone released a [{{ytl|mWuvXIzYcTc}} video] showing him experimenting with tripwire before its release.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w22a|String can now be placed on the ground as tripwire.}}
{{History|||snap=12w23a|Tripwire can now activated by most [[entity|entities]] (including [[arrow]]s).
|The max distance of tripwire has now been increased from 18 to 40 [[block]]s.
|Tripwire now has a translucent texture.}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w18a|String can now be used to craft [[lead]]s.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|String can now be [[trading|sold]] to fletcher and fisherman [[villager]]s, at 15–20 string for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{History|||snap=release|Tripwire is now translucent.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w44a|String now generates in [[desert temple]] [[chest]]s.
|The average yield of string in [[dungeon]] chests has now more than doubled.}}
{{History|||snap=15w49a|The <code>suspended</code> block state has now been removed from tripwire.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|String can now be found in [[woodland mansion]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[block]]'s numeral ID was 132 and the [[item]]'s was 287.
|Tripwire can now be disarmed.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|String can now be used to craft [[crossbow]]s and a [[loom]].
|[[File:String JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of string has now been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w44a|[[Cat]]s now drop 0-2 string upon death.
|Cats now offer string as [[Cat#Gifts|gift]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=18w45a|String can now be used to craft [[scaffolding]].}}
{{History|||snap=18w47a|String can now be found inside [[pillager outpost]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w09a|String can now be obtained through [[bartering]] with [[piglin]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=20w13a|[[Strider]]s now [[drops|drop]] string upon [[death]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w16a|String now generates in [[bastion remnant]] chests.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|String can now be used to craft [[bundle]]s and [[candle]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=21w13a|The model of the tripwire has been tweaked that the underside texture is mirrored.}}
{{History|||snap=21w19a|String can no longer be used to craft bundles and candles.}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 1|String can once again used to craft candles.}}
{{History||1.18|snap=Experimental Snapshot 1|String can now once again be used to craft bundles.}}
{{History|||snap=21w37a|String once again can no longer be used to craft bundles.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.3|snap=22w42a|String can now once again be used to craft bundles.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|String can now be used to craft [[brush]]es.}}
{{History|||snap=1.19.4-pre1|String can no longer be used to craft [[brush]]es.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|String can now be found in [[suspicious gravel]] and [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].}}
{{History|||snap=23w16a|String no longer generates in [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].|Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the [[trail ruins]]; string now is in the common loot.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.2.0|[[File:String JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added string. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.}}
{{History||v0.3.3|Added spiders, which drop string when they die.
|String can now be used to [[crafting|craft]] [[bow]]s.}}
{{History||v0.4.0|String can now be crafted into [[wool]].}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|String can now be used to craft [[fishing rod]]s.
|String can now be caught as a junk [[item]] from [[fishing]].}}
{{History||v0.13.0|snap=build 1|String can now be placed on the ground as a tripwire.
|String can now be found in [[desert temple]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|String can now be used to craft [[lead]]s.
|Tripwire now generates in [[jungle temple]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|15-20 String can now be [[trading|sold]] to fletcher and fisherman [[villager]]s for an [[emerald]].}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|String can now be found in [[woodland mansion]] [[chest]]s.
|[[Cobweb]]s can now be used to [[crafting|craft]] 9 string.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.8|Tamed [[cat]]s can now give the [[player]] string as gifts.
|String can now be used to craft [[scaffolding]].
|[[Cat]]s now [[drops|drop]] 0–2 string.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.8.0.10|String can now be used to craft [[crossbow]]s.}}
{{History||1.9.0|snap=beta 1.9.0.0|Tripwire string that is broken now activates, unless broken with [[shears]].}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|String can now be found in [[pillager outpost]] chests.
|String can now be used to craft a [[loom]].
|[[File:String JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of string has now been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Trading]] has now been changed, fisherman [[villager]]s now have a 50% chance to [[trading|buy]] 20 string as part of their first-tier trade.
|Fletcher villagers now buy 14 string for an [[emerald]] as their third-tier trade.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.57|String can now be obtained through [[bartering]] with [[piglin]]s.
|Added [[strider]]s, which [[drops|drop]] string upon [[death]].
|String can now be found in [[bastion remnant]] chests.}}
{{History||1.17.10|snap=beta 1.17.10.22|String can now be used to craft [[candles]].}}
{{History||1.18.30|snap=beta 1.18.30.26|The ID of tripwire block is changed from <code>tripWire</code> to <code>trip_wire</code>}}
{{History||1.20.10|snap=beta 1.20.10.20|String can no longer be crafted from cobwebs.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:String JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added string.}}
{{History||xbox=TU14|ps=1.04|String can now be placed on the ground as [[tripwire]].}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.88|wiiu=none|switch=none|Tripwires are now activated when [[breaking|broken]], unless broken with [[shears]].}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:String JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of string has now been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:String JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added string.}}
{{History|foot}}

===Tripwire "item"===
{{:Technical blocks/Tripwire}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Tripwire (NS).png|
Tripwire (N).png|
Tripwire (E).png|
Tripwire (S).png|
Tripwire (W).png|
Tripwire (EW).png|
Tripwire (NE).png|
Tripwire (ES).png|
Tripwire (SW).png|
Tripwire (NW).png|
Tripwire (ESW).png|
Tripwire (NSW).png|
Tripwire (NEW).png|
Tripwire (NES).png|
</gallery>

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
DinnerboneTripwireDev3.png|The first image of tripwires [[dinnerbonetweet:207154292593917952|released]] by Mojang.
DinnerboneTripwireDev4.png|An image [[dinnerbonetweet:207294114398605312|released]] by Mojang testing visibility of tripwires from a distance at night.
DinnerboneTripwireDev5.png|The same room viewed from the same angle, in daytime.
Dinnerbone String.png|Power lines made of suspended string blocks.
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--string Taking Inventory: String] – Minecraft.net on May 14, 2020

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