How to Make a Trapdoor in Minecraft

Find 6 wooden planks., Place the 6 wooden planks into the crafting table., Transfer the 2 resulting trapdoors to your inventory., Use trapdoors in your structures., To place a trapdoor, put on the side of a solid block., Open a trapdoor.

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Find 6 wooden planks.

    Wooden planks are made by chopping down a tree and crafting the logs into planks.
  2. Step 2: Place the 6 wooden planks into the crafting table.

    Fill the grid as follows:
    Place 3 wooden planks across the center 3 slots Place 3 wooden planks across the bottom 3 slots (or across the top 3 slots). , Shift click or drag the trapdoors to your inventory. , Trapdoors can do the following:
    Prevent falls.

    Prevent mob access to an area.

    Stop water, snowfall, rain or lava from flowing into an area.

    Act as an opening for a countertop, such as a bar.

    It still lets light come through and does not block redstone signals. , This is the only way to place a trapdoor.

    Then you can build around it with other blocks. , Right click on it.

    It will flip back onto the block it is attached to.
  3. Step 3: Transfer the 2 resulting trapdoors to your inventory.

  4. Step 4: Use trapdoors in your structures.

  5. Step 5: To place a trapdoor

  6. Step 6: put on the side of a solid block.

  7. Step 7: Open a trapdoor.

Detailed Guide

Wooden planks are made by chopping down a tree and crafting the logs into planks.

Fill the grid as follows:
Place 3 wooden planks across the center 3 slots Place 3 wooden planks across the bottom 3 slots (or across the top 3 slots). , Shift click or drag the trapdoors to your inventory. , Trapdoors can do the following:
Prevent falls.

Prevent mob access to an area.

Stop water, snowfall, rain or lava from flowing into an area.

Act as an opening for a countertop, such as a bar.

It still lets light come through and does not block redstone signals. , This is the only way to place a trapdoor.

Then you can build around it with other blocks. , Right click on it.

It will flip back onto the block it is attached to.

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