Trapdoor

Trapdoor

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tools
Blast resistance	3 (Wooden) 5 (Iron)
Hardness	3 (Wooden) 5 (Iron)
Luminant	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Wood: Yes Iron: No

A trapdoor is a solid, transparent block that can be used as an openable 1x1 barrier.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Wooden	Iron
Hardness	3	5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	4.5	25
Wooden	2.25	3.75
Stone	1.15	1.9
Iron	0.75	1.25
Diamond	0.6	0.95
Netherite	0.5	0.85
Golden	0.4	0.65

Natural generation

Oak

Oak trapdoors generate as part of:

• Plains villages
• Igloos
• Shipwrecks

Spruce

Spruce trapdoors generate as part of:

• Taiga villages
• Shipwrecks

Birch

Birch trapdoors generate as part of:

• Shipwrecks

Jungle

Jungle trapdoors generate as part of:

• Desert villages, around composters
• Shipwrecks

Dark Oak

Dark oak trapdoors generate as part of:

• Shipwrecks

Acacia

Acacia trapdoors generate as part of:

• Shipwrecks‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Wooden Trapdoor	Matching Planks	2222222222
Iron Trapdoor	Iron Ingot

Usage

See also: Trapdoor uses

Properties

Wooden trapdoors can be opened and closed by players or redstone pulse. Iron trapdoors can be opened only by redstone pulse.

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 either occupies 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 opens downward. If placed on the bottom part of a block, it opens upward.

A trapdoor's "hinge" is located on the block attached to it.

Trapdoors can be moved by pistons. Trapdoors block flowing water and lava. Waterlogged trapdoors release water from all sides apart from the top‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or all sides apart from the side that is blocked by the trapdoor itself (and the top)‌^{[Java Edition only]} Lava can create fire in air blocks next to wooden trapdoors as if they were flammable, but the trapdoors do not burn (and cannot be burned by other methods either).

Single trapdoors are climbable if they are opened and placed directly above a ladder against a wall. This means if an opened trapdoor is placed in the middle of two ladders, players can climb through it directly. However, if there is more than one trapdoor between two ladders, players cannot climb through (they are stopped at the top of the first trapdoor).

Trapdoors can act as a solid block when in the closed position and thus certain items can be placed above or below it. When trapdoors are opened, they act like a non-solid block resulting as a non-placeable area. Lanterns, for example, can be placed on top and below the closed trapdoor‌^{[Java Edition only]}. In Bedrock Edition, lanterns can't be placed either under or on top of trapdoors. This could potentially be known as a bug or the functionality of placing lanterns under trapdoors aren't available as part of the game yet. The same goes for other decorative blocks (flowerpots, torches, and etc.).

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

Trapdoors can be opened or closed with a player or mob inside.

In Java Edition, closing a trapdoor one block above the ground while standing under it causes the player to crawl, and continue crawling until reaching a block with two empty spaces above, at which time the player stands automatically. This can be used to enter small secret tunnels or otherwise inaccessible terrain. This functionality is not available In Bedrock Edition.

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 example, a top trapdoor placed in a two-wide water flow stops 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 (³⁄₁₆) blocks thick. The rest of a trapdoor's space can be moved through freely and provides a breathable space if placed underwater and not waterlogged.

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

Mobs consider all trapdoors closed, resulting in pathfinding mobs falling through open trapdoors. A player can take advantage of this behavior to construct mob traps.

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 example, a redstone torch, a block of redstone, a daylight sensor, etc.
• an adjacent powered block (for example, 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 that is configured to point in another direction.

When activated, a trapdoor immediately rotates around its hinge side to its open state. When deactivated, a trapdoor immediately returns to its closed state. Each change of state takes one game tick.

An activated wooden trapdoor can still be closed by a player, and does not 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.

Note Blocks

Wooden Trapdoors can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sound.

Sounds

Generic

Iron

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.metal.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	1.2	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.metal.fall	None	0.5	1.25	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.metal.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.75	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.metal.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	1.2	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.metal.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.5	16

Bedrock Edition: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
?	?	Once the block has broken	dig.metal	?	1.2
?	?	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.metal	?	?
?	?	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.metal	?	0.75
?	?	Jumping from the block	jump.metal	?	?
?	?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.metal	?	?
?	?	Walking on the block	step.metal	?	?
?	?	When the block is placed	use.metal	?	1.2

Wood

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.wood	1.0	0.8

Unique

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Trapdoor closes	?	?	block.iron_trapdoor.close	subtitles.block.iron_trapdoor.close	?	?	16
	Trapdoor opens	?	?	block.iron_trapdoor.open	subtitles.block.iron_trapdoor.open	?	?	16
	Trapdoor creaks	?	?	block.wooden_trapdoor.close	subtitles.block.trapdoor.toggle	?	?	16
	Trapdoor creaks	?	?	block.wooden_trapdoor.open	subtitles.block.trapdoor.toggle	?	?	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Resource location	Block tags (JE)	Item tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Iron Trapdoor	iron_trapdoor	trapdoors	trapdoors	Block & Item	block.minecraft.iron_trapdoor
Oak Trapdoor	oak_trapdoor	trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	Block & Item	block.minecraft.oak_trapdoor
Spruce Trapdoor	spruce_trapdoor	trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	Block & Item	block.minecraft.spruce_trapdoor
Birch Trapdoor	birch_trapdoor	trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	Block & Item	block.minecraft.birch_trapdoor
Jungle Trapdoor	jungle_trapdoor	trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	Block & Item	block.minecraft.jungle_trapdoor
Acacia Trapdoor	acacia_trapdoor	trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	Block & Item	block.minecraft.acacia_trapdoor
Dark Oak Trapdoor	dark_oak_trapdoor	trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	Block & Item	block.minecraft.dark_oak_trapdoor
Crimson Trapdoor	crimson_trapdoor	non_flammable_wood trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	non_flammable_wood trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	Block & Item	block.minecraft.crimson_trapdoor
Warped Trapdoor	warped_trapdoor	non_flammable_wood trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	non_flammable_wood trapdoors wooden_trapdoors	Block & Item	block.minecraft.warped_trapdoor

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Resource location	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Iron Trapdoor	iron_trapdoor	167	Block & Item	tile.iron_trapdoor.name
Oak Trapdoor	trapdoor	96	Block & Item	tile.trapdoor.name
Spruce Trapdoor	spruce_trapdoor	404	Block & Item	tile.spruce_trapdoor.name
Birch Trapdoor	birch_trapdoor	401	Block & Item	tile.birch_trapdoor.name
Jungle Trapdoor	jungle_trapdoor	403	Block & Item	tile.jungle_trapdoor.name
Acacia Trapdoor	acacia_trapdoor	400	Block & Item	tile.acacia_trapdoor.name
Dark Oak Trapdoor	dark_oak_trapdoor	402	Block & Item	tile.dark_oak_trapdoor.name
Crimson Trapdoor	crimson_trapdoor	501	Block & Item	tile.crimson_trapdoor.name
Warped Trapdoor	warped_trapdoor	502	Block & Item	tile.warped_trapdoor.name

Metadata

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, 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 on the top half of a block. Otherwise, it is on the bottom half.
0x8	If this bit is set, the trapdoor is open.

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the trapdoor swings open. The opposite from the side its hinge is attached to.
half	bottom	bottom top	Whether the trapdoor occupies the top or bottom part of a block.
open	false	false true	True if the trapdoor is currently open (may differ from powered).
powered	false	false true	True if the trapdoor is currently powered (may differ from open).
waterlogged	false	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this trapdoor.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
direction	0	0 1 2 3	The direction the trapdoor swings open. The opposite from the side its hinge is attached to.
open_bit	0	0 1	True if the trapdoor is currently open.
upside_down_bit	0	0 1	Whether the trapdoor occupies the top or bottom part of a block.

History

Java Edition Beta
1.6		Test Build 3			Added wooden trapdoors.
					Closed trapdoors always occpuy the bottom of the block space.
1.7					Trapdoors now use the bottom part of the texture on the sides.
1.8		Pre-release			Before this update, dropped trapdoor items looked larger than most other blocks, which was a bug that was shared with the cactus and several other items.
Sound Update					The open and closing sounds of trapdoors have been changed.
Unknown
?					Trapdoors can be placed on slabs.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Trapdoors are broken faster using an axe.
1.4.2		12w34a			Trapdoors can now 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.
August 8, 2014					Ryan Holtz indicated that trapdoors for all types of wood were discussed internally, and agreed to.
1.8		14w07a			Added iron trapdoors.
		14w08a			Iron trapdoor's name has been corrected from "tile.ironTrapdoor.name" to "Iron Trapdoor".
					The name of the regular trapdoor has been changed to "Wooden Trapdoor".
		14w10a			The side textures of iron and wooden trapdoors have been mirrored vertically.
1.9		15w31a			Trapdoors no longer require attachment blocks.
					An open trapdoor may now be climbed like a ladder if it is directly above a ladder and on the same side of the block.
		15w43a			A wooden trapdoor now has a 50% chance of generating under igloo carpets, leading to a basement.
April 26, 2017					Jeb stated that trapdoors for all types of wood were still on the to-do list.
1.13		17w47a			Trapdoors now come in all 6 types of wood.
					Trapdoors have been renamed to <wood type> trapdoor.
					The ID of the oak trapdoor has been changed from trapdoor to oak_trapdoor.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 96 and 167.
		18w10d			Water can now be placed on the same block as trapdoors.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of oak and iron trapdoors have been changed.
		18w47b			The texture of spruce trapdoors have been changed.
		18w48a			Oak trapdoors now generate in the updated plains villages.
		18w50a			Jungle and spruce trapdoors now generate in the updated desert and taiga villages.
1.16		20w06a			Added crimson and warped trapdoors.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.4.0					Added wooden trapdoors.
					Wooden trapdoors are currently available only in creative mode.
v0.5.0					Added a crafting recipe for wooden trapdoors.
v0.12.1		build 12			Trapdoors can now be placed on the upper half of a block, opening downward, and can still be placed on the lower half, opening upward.
v0.13.0		build 1			Added iron trapdoors.
v0.15.0		build 1			Trapdoors no longer require attachment blocks.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			A wooden trapdoor now has a 50% chance of generating under igloo carpets, leading to a basement.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Trapdoors now come in all 6 types of wood.
					Water can now be placed in the same block as trapdoors.
					Trapdoor now generate in shipwrecks.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of oak, spruce and iron trapdoors have been changed.
					Oak trapdoors now generate in the new plains villages.
					Spruce trapdoors now generate in the new taiga and snowy taiga villages.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added crimson and warped trapdoors.
1.16.20		beta 1.16.20.50			Crimson and warped trapdoors now uses regular plank sounds instead of their stem variant sounds.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	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.
TU25	CU14	1.17			Added iron trapdoors.
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Trapdoors no longer require attachment blocks.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Trapdoors now come in all 6 types of wood.
		1.90			The textures of oak, spruce and iron trapdoors have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added trapdoors.

Issues

Issues relating to "Trapdoor" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

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  An example of an open trapdoor, shown with its back to a block.

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  An example of a closed trapdoor, shown flat against the adjacent block.

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  Trapdoors on slabs.

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  Iron trapdoors.

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  All trapdoor types alongside with their respective door counterparts.

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  Closed trapdoor.

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  Open trapdoor.

References

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