Since you need wood to craft the item, it has different variants similar to the wood you use. Let’s look at the recipe for a trapdoor as well as its types and uses.
How to make a Trapdoor in Minecraft?
You need six pieces of wood of the same type and a crafting table to craft a trapdoor. Let’s look at how to make trapdoors using Oak wood:
Types of Trapdoors in Minecraft
As mentioned earlier, you can make different trapdoors using different kinds of wood. You can see the picture below for the variations. Looking at the picture from left to right, you can see trapdoors made from spruce, dark oak, oak, crimson, warped, acacia, jungle, and birch wood. The furthest on the right is the iron trapdoor and uses iron ingots to craft.
Crafting Iron Trapdoors
You need four iron ingots to make an iron trapdoor. You can look at the steps below for a detailed process.
How to Use Trapdoor in Minecraft?
You can mainly use trapdoors to cover holes in the ground. A pathway that uses a ladder is a great example of it. You can place the trapdoor on the top of the ladder and close it so that other players or mobs cannot fall into the hole. Furthermore, it is best to remember that if the trapdoors are open, mobs can walk on them as if it is a solid block and fall in. You can take advantage of this feature and make traps or farms for mobs to collect XP and items. Additionally, you can use trapdoors to decorate your base. Water or Lava does not flow through the closed trapdoor, so you can use it on them to make your base more beautiful. You can also use them as windows for your home. Another way you can use the trapdoor is to use it above yourself and move in a one-block space. If there are one-block high items you need to mine, you can save the hassle of breaking another layer above it. To do so using a trapdoor, follow the steps below:
