Is it possible to lift a block from the bottom of the map to the top using pistons?

Question

Can you raise/lower a single block by an arbitrary distance using pistons? Will this work with chests?

Answer

If the number of pistons is no limiting factor, then you could use a piston to push the block up by one meter, then use another to push it across one meter. Repeating this pattern of up-and-then-across, you can effectively pass the block up a series of pistons, one meter at a time. Think of it like a staircase. Standing on top of the pushed block essentially give you an escalator.

If you want to block to go straight up instead, then you could simply use this method in a spiral staircase pattern instead. Standing on the pushed block now essentially gives you an elevator.

This will not work with chests, furnaces, noteblocks, obsidian, bedrock, or any blocks with tile entities.

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