How to Make a Daylight Sensor in Minecraft [Complete Guide]

How to Craft a Daylight Sensor in Minecraft

The daylight sensor, often known as a solar panel or daylight detector, has easily obtainable items to be created where at maximum you'll go to the Nether to get one. Here are the items you'll need to craft a daylight sensor in Minecraft:

• 3 Glass Blocks
• 3 Nether Quartz
• 3 Wooden Slabs (works for any wood type)

Once you acquire the needed items, you'll want to use a crafting table. Then you'll want to place the 3 Glass Blocks on the top, the 3 Nether Quartz in the middle, and the 3 Wooden Slabs on the bottom of the crafting table. Below you can see exactly how to craft a Minecraft daylight sensor:

You can get a Glass Block by melting some sand in a furnace. The Nether Quartz will require you to go to the Nether to mine some Nether Quartz Ore which will give you the item. And the Wooden Slabs can be simply crafted by placing 3 wooden planks horizontally on a crafting table.

How Does a Daylight Detector Work in Minecraft?

As the name indicates, a daylight sensor works as a sunlight detector that activates when the sun is up during a Minecraft day. The sensor activates a stronger and longer redstone connection depending on the sun's position. 

In the morning, the sunlight detector has a weaker connection activating 5 Redstone lines placed on blocks in a trail. When the sun's on top at noon, the daylight sensor has the strongest connection peaking at activating 15 Redstone lines placed on blocks in a trail. 

Logically, the daylight detector doesn't output any Redstone power signal during the night. However, there is a way to turn the daylight sensor into a nightlight detector!

How to Make a Reverse Daylight Sensor in Minecraft?

To craft a nightlight detector in Minecraft, first, you'll need to make a daylight sensor. Then you'll place the daylight sensor on the ground, and right-click it to make it into a nightlight sensor!

The nightlight detector functions similarly to the daylight one, except it outputs a weaker signal. When the moon's on top, at best the nightlight detector will  activate 11 Redstone lines placed on blocks in a trail.

And that's everything you need to know about daylight and nightlight sensors! They're a great way to make awesome buildings and contraptions, so better use them in your best Minecraft Redstone ideas!