Doors and Trapdoors

Quick answer

• Wooden doors open by hand. Iron doors need redstone, like a button or lever.
• Zombies can break wooden doors on Hard difficulty.
• Villagers open wooden doors but not iron ones.

Doors keep mobs out, and trapdoors are one of the best detail blocks in the game.

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Recipes

Block	Recipe
Wooden door	6 planks = 3 doors
Iron door	6 iron ingots = 3 doors
Wooden trapdoor	6 planks = 2 trapdoors
Iron trapdoor	4 iron ingots = 1 trapdoor

Copper doors and trapdoors open by hand and with redstone, and they age like other copper blocks.

Mobs and doors

• On Hard, zombies can break down wooden doors.
• Vindicators break doors during raids.
• Iron doors are safe from both.

Trapdoor tricks

• Close a trapdoor above you while standing next to it to start crawling.
• Open trapdoors on walls make shutters and furniture.
• Mobs see an open trapdoor over a hole as solid ground, which is handy for mob farms.

Cheat sheet

• Wood: hand. Iron: redstone
• Zombies break wood on Hard
• Villagers can't open iron
• Trapdoors make you crawl