Build a Door in Minecraft

If you're new to Minecraft, you probably want a way to keep those nasty mobs out of your house. This is where the door comes in! The wooden door can be opened and closed by you, but mobs can't do the same. Keep those pesky things out of your house once and for all.

Recipe

Steps

Crafting a Wooden Door

  1. Make a wooden door by using 6 wooden planks. Create wooden planks by placing wood in your crafting menu and crafting the planks.
    • If you do not have a crafting bench, use 4 planks, placed in a square, to create a crafting bench.
  2. Place 6 wooden planks, 3 high and 2 wide, in your crafting menu. This will create one wooden door. Note that you can change the appearance of the wooden door based on which wood you use. You could therefore have an oak door, spruce door, birch door, or a jungle wood door.
    • Also note that any door types other than oak and iron only exist from 1.8 and onwards.

Crafting an Iron Door

  1. Make an iron door by using 6 iron ingots. To get iron ingots, you have two options:
    • Crafting: craft iron ingot from a single block of iron.
    • Smelting: smelt iron ingot from a block of iron ore.
  2. Arrange the iron ingots in the same shape as the wooden planks, filling two vertical columns. You now have an iron door.

Placing the Door and Other Specs

  1. Place the door on the side of the block you want it to be on. If you're standing on the outside of a block, a placed door will end up on — you guessed it — the outside of the wall. If you're standing on the inside of the block, a placed door will end up on the inside of the wall.
  2. Place two doors side by side to create double doors. Two adjacent doors will automatically orientate to become double doors.
  3. Use pressure plates to open doors automatically. A pressure plate placed on either side of the door will automatically open and close the door as you pass through it. If you're worried about mobs, however, only place the pressure plate on the inside of the door to keep mobs out.
    • Wooden doors can also open and shut easily by right-clicking the door.
  4. Know that iron doors will not open by right-clicking. It is impossible to open an iron door without a mechanism nearby. Use this knowledge to keep mobs and other griefers out of your private space.
    • Make a redstone pattern to your door and use a lever to open it.
    • Place a pressure plate on the inside hinge of your iron door to open.



Tips

  • Iron doors can be made the same way by using Iron Ingots. While Iron Doors can not be broken by zombies on any difficulty, they can not be opened with your hand. They require a Redstone current to open.
  • Wooden doors can also be opened with a Redstone current, though it is not necessary. This means you can use buttons, levers, or pressure plates to open them.
  • Villagers can open wooden doors, so it's advised to use iron doors if you don't want visitors.

Warnings

  • Zombies can break wooden doors in hard difficulty. If you hear a knocking sound, make sure you go and kill the Zombie.
  • If you use a pressure plate with a door, make sure the pressure plate is on the inside of your house, as mobs can trigger the pressure plate and open the door if it's on the outside.

Things You'll Need

  • Crafting table
  • 6 wooden planks or 6 iron ingots

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