Trapdoor


Properties

Wooden trapdoors can be opened and closed by players. Iron trapdoors can only be opened with redstone power.

To place a trapdoor, use a trapdoor item while pointing at the block it should be attached to. Once it is placed, the attachment block can be removed without breaking the trapdoor.

When placed, a trapdoor will either occupy the top or bottom part of a block, depending on where the player placed the trapdoor. If a trapdoor is placed on the top part of a block, it will open downwards. If placed on the bottom part of a block, it will open upwards.

A trapdoor`s "hinge" will be on the block it was attached to.

Trapdoors can be moved by pistons. Water and lava Lava Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 500 Tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Lava dec: 10 hex: A bin: 1010 Still Lava dec: 11 hex: B bin: 1011 Name Flowing Lava flowing_lava Still minecraft will flow around trapdoors. Lava can create fire in air blocks next to wooden trapdoors as if they were flammable, but the trapdoors will not burn up (and can`t be burned by other methods either).

An open trapdoor may be climbed like a ladder if it is directly above a ladder and on the same side of the block.

The sound of opening and closing of a trapdoor can be heard up to 16 blocks away, like most mob sounds.

Obtaining

Wooden trapdoors can be mined with anything, but an axe is fastest. Iron trapdoors require a pickaxe to mine. Trapdoors will remain in place if their attachment block is moved, removed, or destroyed.

Block
Wooden

Iron
Hardness 3 5
Tool

Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by minecraft time
Hand 4.5 25
Wooden 2.25 3.75
Stone 1.15 1.9
Iron 0.75 1.25
Diamond 0.6 0.95
Golden 0.4 0.65
  1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

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Info

Trapdoor
Trapdoor.pngIron Trapdoor.png


Transparency When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with minecraft

Yes

Luminance Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2 minecraft

No

Blast resistance

15 (Wooden)
25 (Iron)

Tools

This block can be broken with any tool, but an axe is the quickest

Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to minecraft

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Flammable

Iron: No
Wooden: No, but catches fire from lava Lava Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 500 Tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Lava dec: 10 hex: A bin: 1010 Still Lava dec: 11 hex: B bin: 1011 Name Flowing Lava flowing_lava Still minecraft

Drops See the items that drop from entities and blocks. For drops as in falls, see Fall Damage. Typical drops from a skeleton: experience orbs, an arrow, and bones. Drops are items that minecraft

Itself

Data values

See Data values

Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft

See Data values

A trapdoor is a solid, transparent block See the various blocks found in Minecraft. For the blocking with shields that reduces damage when performed, see Blocking. All blocks Blocks are the basic units of structure in Minecraft. Contents 1 minecraft that can be used as an openable barrier.

Crafting

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft Ingredients Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid minecraft recipe
Wooden Trapdoor Trapdoor Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 15 (Wooden) 25 (Iron) Tools Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Iron: No Wooden: No, but catches fire from lava Drops Itself Data values See Data values Name minecraft Any Wood Planks Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting minecraft
Iron Trapdoor Iron Ingot











Natural Generation

A wooden trapdoor may be found leading to igloo basements.

Usage

See also: Trapdoor uses

Barrier

A trapdoor can be used as a switchable barrier to entity movement. Although primarily used to block movement by mobs and players, a trapdoor can also be used to control the movement of boats (for instance, a top trapdoor placed in a two-wide water flow will stop a boat when closed (extended out into the water flow), but allow it to move again when open), items and minecarts (a trapdoor can stop a falling item or minecart, then allow it to drop again when the trapdoor opens), etc.

Trapdoors are 0.1875 (3⃢₁₄16) blocks thick. The rest of a trapdoor`s space can be moved through freely and provides a breathable space if placed underwater.

To open or close a wooden trapdoor, use the Use Item/Place Block control. When a trapdoor opens or closes, it immediately changes its orientation without affecting anything in the space it "passes through". Moving trapdoors don`t push entities the way that pistons do.

Iron trapdoors can only be opened with redstone power (a button, a redstone circuit, etc.).

Mobs pathfinding considers trapdoors to always be closed, whether they are open or not. This often result in mobs falling through open trapdoors.

Redstone component

Both wooden and iron trapdoors can be controlled with redstone power.

A trapdoor is a redstone mechanism and can be activated by:

  • an adjacent active power component, including above or below: for instance, a redstone torch, a block of redstone, a daylight sensor, etc.
  • an adjacent powered block (for instance, a block with an active redstone torch under it), including above or below
  • a powered redstone comparator or redstone repeater facing the trapdoor
  • powered redstone dust configured to point at the trapdoor or a directionless "dot" next to it; a trapdoor is not activated by adjacent powered redstone dust which is configured to point in another direction.

When activated, a trapdoor will immediately "rotate" around its hinge side to its open state. When deactivated, a trapdoor immediately returns to its closed state.

An activated wooden trapdoor can still be closed by a player, and won`t re-open until it receives a new activation signal (if a trapdoor has been closed "by hand", it still needs to be deactivated and then reactivated to open by redstone).

Fuel

Wooden trapdoors can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Data values

A trapdoor is defined by its ID and block data. A trapdoor also has a block state, which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.

ID

A trapdoor`s ID specifies its material:

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft ID Name Block/Item ID
Wooden Trapdoor Trapdoor Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 15 (Wooden) 25 (Iron) Tools Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Iron: No Wooden: No, but catches fire from lava Drops Itself Data values See Data values Name minecraft minecraft:trapdoor 96
Iron Trapdoor minecraft:iron_trapdoor 167

Block data

See also: Data values

A trapdoor`s block data specifies its orientation, positioning, and activation status:

Bits Values
0x1
0x2

A two-bit field storing a value from 0 to 3:

  • 0: Trapdoor on the south side of a block
  • 1: Trapdoor on the north side of a block
  • 2: Trapdoor on the east side of a block
  • 3: Trapdoor on the west side of a block
0x4 If this bit is set, the trapdoor is open.
0x8 If this bit is set, the trapdoor is on the top half of a block. Else, it is on the bottom half.

Block state

See also: Block states
Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft Value Description

facing
north
south
east
west
The direction the trapdoor swings open.
The opposite from the side its hinge is attached to.

half
top
bottom
Whether the trapdoor is against the bottom or the top of the block it occupies.

open
true
false
If true, the trapdoor is open.

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History

Beta
1.6 Added wooden trapdoors.
1.8 Before this update, dropped trapdoor items looked larger than most other blocks, a bug shared with cactus.
Sound Update Trapdoor opening and closing sounds changed.
Official release
1.4.2 12w34a Trapdoors can be placed on the upper half of a block, opening downward, and can still be placed on the lower half, opening upward.
12w40a Trapdoors can no longer be opened by left-clicking, only right-clicking opens trapdoors now.
1.8 14w07a Added iron trapdoors.
14w08a Iron trapdoor`s name corrected from `tile.ironTrapdoor.name` to `Iron Trapdoor`.
Trapdoor`s name was changed to ⃢₀ₜWooden Trapdoor⃢₀₝.
1.9 15w31a Trapdoors no longer require attachment blocks.
An open trapdoor may be climbed like a ladder if it is directly above a ladder and on the same side of the block.
15w43a A wooden trapdoor has a 50% chance of generating under igloo carpets, leading to a basement.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.4.0 Added wooden trapdoors. They were only available in creative mode
0.5.0 Added crafting recipe for wooden trapdoors.
0.12.1 build 12 Trapdoors can be placed on the upper half of a block, opening downward, and can still be placed on the lower half, opening upward.
0.13.0 build 1 Added iron trapdoors.
0.15.0 build 1 Trapdoors no longer require attachment blocks.
Pocket Edition
1.0 build 1 A wooden trapdoor has a 50% chance of generating under igloo carpets, leading to a basement.
Console Edition
TU1 Patch 1 Added wooden trapdoors.
TU9 Trapdoors can be placed on the upper half of a block, opening downward, and can still be placed on the lower half, opening upward.
1.0 Added trapdoors to PlayStation 3.
CU1 1.00 Added trapdoors to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita.
TU25 CU14 1.17 Added iron trapdoors.
TU46 CU36 1.38 Patch 15 Trapdoors no longer require attachment blocks.

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