How to make a Piston in Minecraft This Minecraft tutorial explains how to arts and crafts a piston with screenshots and stride-past-footstep instructions. In Minecraft, pistons are 1 of the many mechanisms that y'all tin can brand. Let's explore how to make a piston. Supported Platforms A piston is bachelor in the following versions of Minecraft: Platform Supported (Version*)  Java Edition (PC/Mac) Yes  Pocket Edition (PE) Yes (0.15.0)  Xbox 360 Yes  Xbox One Yes  PS3 Yes