Talk:Ladder

needs a picture / proper structure

I do not believe using spaces between ladders should be considered a bug or an exploit as the character is two blocks tall thus can reach a ladder one block up which is realistic, and most likely intended.

They do block water
[[Media:Beforeladder.jpg|before placing the ladder]] [[Media:Afterladder.jpg|after placing the ladder]]

There was a good wait before I took the second screenshot after I placed the ladder to block the water so I'm pretty sure that they block water and this seems to have been changed accordingly.

Can mobs climb ladders?
I ask because I have a vertical ladder along the outside of my house. I just found a sheep on top of my house, standing where the end of the ladder is? Can mobs climb ladders O_O? If so, that is bad, and a danger to my house and I... imagine a creeper climbing the roof then falling into my home... deadly. Lil diriz 77 15:19, 6 September 2010 (CDT)


 * Im not sure. I had a bunch of little slimes following me in an old Alpha update and they could get up ladders, but now currently, mobs chasing me dont follow up a ladder.Toadbert


 * I see. Thanks for the help. :) Lil diriz 77 15:43, 6 September 2010 (CDT)


 * It may have just spawned there. i did have a creeper on my rooftop once, as well as a zombie in the basement, they just spawned there. to keep hostile mobs away from your house, create enough light with torches so they dont spawn. BlueLegion 16:59, 6 September 2010 (CDT)


 * I can confirm that they "can climb" as well as going down a ladder, but lack the A.I. to do so. If you manage to make them stop walking "in rounds" (typical of the AI when you're at the same X-Y coordinates on a different Z-level), they would climb or descend ladders.GDVL 16:55, 7 September 2010 (CDT)


 * In layman's terms: They CAN climb ladders but hey will not usually TRY to climb ladders. They try to move around just like usually, and they will climb the ladder ONLY if they bump and walk towards the wall the ladder is on, just like the player uses the ladders. Their path finding AI does not count ladder routes, so they will only use them if they happen to bump into them. That way the mobs' use of ladders is possible, but unintentional (What I mean is them using the ladders to move around is unintentional, not the coding for it. Notch (likely) did that on purpose.). TheKax 15:24, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Non-Solid or solid?
Is ladder solid block or not? It can block water. But it appers only as sprite on other blocks. And it is in Non-Solid group in Blocks template. Zaqq 10:53, 20 October 2010 (CDT)
 * it is solid. go put it on the wall and wall-hug until you hit it. it is most definitely solid.--Kizzycocoa 11:25, 20 October 2010 (CDT)
 * If you take a closer look you will see the ladder is NOT a sprite on other blocks, it is clearly floating few pixels away from the block it is placed on. Also the black selection box around it shows it is not flat. -- TheKax 17:14, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Multiplayer
Do ladders actually work in multiplayer? Someone keeps saying on the crafting page that they don't, and I'm pretty sure they do. – ultradude25 ( T at 03:12, 5 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Ladders work perfectly in SMP. -Psispin 03:20, 5 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks. – ultradude25 ( T at 03:31, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Falling sand/gravel to resource block
When i was messing with Torch and ladders i mistakely placed a gravel block and it fell through the Torch (i remeber this was patched) and when it hit the ladder it turned into a Resource block. I tried this with the ladder alone and it acted like it hit normal ground (with the Torch alone it just went right through the Torch). Can someone test and confirm this

Ladder Bug
Since Beta 1.5, I can place ladders into other ladders, causing the new ladder to be placed on the opposite wall. Someone please confirm this. Tom Rad 20:53, 19 April 2011 (UTC)


 * They always acted like that, placing against any surface will cause them to attach to any free space adjacent to the face of a block you were aiming.Toadbert

Lava ceilings
Lava ceilings would appear to have stopped working as of the May 31 update. Because now ladders burn.