Why this works with the patch:
If you hate redstone entirely, the devs added a backdoor for players who missed the piston era. You can buy Malo, but it's expensive.
When he departed, he left behind a small, folded paper crane — one that smelled faintly of sea-salt — and a line on the town board: "I come when the world is tended."
: Certain secret items (like Panda's box) cost emeralds (e.g., 20 emeralds
The developer soon realized that the auto‑piston loop was being exploited to skip the intended grind. In a later update (likely v0.3 or a hotfix), the piston’s interaction with items was changed so that dragging an item against a character no longer triggers a reset loop. The “auto‑piston” now behaves as a standard building tool, and the old method no longer works. Players who try to use the piston trap today will find that the item simply stays in place, and the unlock condition never triggers.
: Some players have reported that older save files (from v.0.2.7 or earlier) can occasionally break the new ritual triggers.