Redstone Tutorial: TNT Player Launcher
Ok, this is a fun one. This week, I will be explaining how to make a mechanism that launches you into the air with TNT, but allows you to survive the fall. While the contraption is very simple, it is quite expensive, using a large amount of tnt and potions. To help this I will soon be uploading a simple gunpowder farm, which is very useful for rockets and TNT. So, let's get started.
Step 1: Preparation
While the redstone components of the project are minimal, you should know that each use of the launcher will use up a turtle master and a regeneration potion, along with 12 TNT. I recommend using the regeneration 2 potion that lasts for 22 seconds and the lingering potion of turtle master that lasts for 5 seconds. Using this you can survive the initial blast while wearing no armor.
Step 2: Dispensers
Place 12 of the dispensers facing into a 3x3 area. Next, place your building blocks on the corner.
Step 3: Water
To prevent blocks from being destroyed from the TNT, you need to place water inside the 3x3 area. Next, place a fencepost in the middle, were you will stand while being launched.
Step 4: Redstone
Next, place a button on one of the dispensers, and place redstone on the rest of the dispensers and building blocks.
Step 5: Potions
Pick one dispensers facing towards the fencepost, and put a temporary block behind it. Place a dispenser on top of it, and then a redstone dust on top of the dispenser. Repeat on the side opposite of the dispenser. IMPORTANT: Make sure the dispensers are facing towards each other, or you make not get all of the effects.
Step 6: Loading TNT & Potions
This step is pretty simple. Just evenly distribute the TNT and potions in the dispensers. Make sure the potions are in the top dispensers and the TNT is in the bottom dispensers.
Step 7: Testing
Now all there is left to do is test the machine. If you followed all the steps, you shouldn’t even need to wear armor to survive the blast. However, if you want to survive the fall, you should probably have a feather falling potion handy or an elytra.
One thing that I found to be particularly fun was to somewhat, remove, the regeneration potions, and to show them the wonders of the machine.
I hoped you enjoyed todays post! I think I will do a chicken farm for the next post, but if anyone else wants to suggest something, just put it down in the comments. If you enjoyed, please consider subscribing or leaving a like! Have a great day!