How To: Build a Water Elevator in Minecraft

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Getting up and down in Minecraft can be extremely time consuming without the assistance of fly mods or speed hacks. If you're a pure player looking for a safe and effective way to travel vertically, why not try the Minecraft water elevator? It's a simple to use device that neither requires neither expert know-how or miles of redstone wiring. It's even faster than many piston elevators. 

How to Build a Minecraft Water Elevator

I love Minecraft tricks like the water elevator, because it is a deceptively simple device that utilizes built-in Minecraft mechanics and is elegant in design.

Step 1 Build Your Up Elevator Shaft

Decide where you're going to build. Will it be up to a tall skyscraper or down into a great mine?

Step 2 Add Signs

Step 3 Finish the Elevator Shaft and Add Water

Step 4 Add a Down Shaft

If you feel that your elevator is a bit hard on the eyes, remember you can use whatever blocks you want. Try to incorporate your elevator into your home or mine in a natural way.

A proper water elevator will move a player from bedrock to sky and back in just under a minute, indeed most of that time is spent going up. Now you can move efficiently between bedrock and sky without wasting resources or time!

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