Make a Ladder in Minecraft

Ladders are wooden blocks used to climb inside structures and caves in Minecraft. They can also be used as decorative features if that suited your structure's appearance. They're very easy to make.

Steps

Finding the materials

  1. Find seven sticks. To do this:
    • Chop down a tree to get wooden planks.
    • Place a wooden log into your crafting box to get a plank.
    • Place a wooden plank on top of a wooden plank to get 4 sticks.
    • Repeat to get another 4 sticks.
    • Use 7 of the sticks to craft the ladders.

Crafting the ladders

  1. Place the 7 sticks in the crafting grid. Arrange as follows:
    • Place 3 wooden sticks down the left column slots of the grid
    • Place 3 wooden sticks down the right column slots of the grid
    • Place 1 wooden stick in the center. The top and bottom center slots are left clear.
  2. Craft the ladder. You'll get 3 ladders.
  3. Shift click or drag to your inventory.

Placing the ladders

Ladders are used for climbing both vertically and horizontally.

  1. With the ladder in your hand, right click to place a ladder where you want it. Bear in mind the following though:
    • Ladders can only be placed on sides of other blocks
    • A ladder will occupy one block from the side on which it is placed
    • Ladders cannot be placed on glass, ice, leaves or glowstone blocks.
    • Ladders will resist water and create an air pocket.
    • Ladders will resist lava; if used instead of glass, this can allow lava light to shine through a ceiling.



Tips

  • Ladders will cushion you from the impact of a free fall.
  • Library rooms in strongholds will contain naturally occurring ladders. Intersection rooms that have a wooden ceiling will also contain ladders naturally.
  • It's a good idea to make quite a few ladders before you build a tall structure, so that you can get to the top of it.
  • Ladders are used for climbing. There is no limit to how many ladders can be stacked together.
  • NPC villages can contain ladders, especially in tall buildings or on roofs where there are fence railings.

Warnings

  • Mobs can use ladders if they are directly in their line of pursuit.

Things You'll Need

  • Minecraft installed

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