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Utility BlocksCraftable

Birch Trapdoor

Birch Trapdoor is a one-block openable flap crafted from birch planks. It can be opened by hand or with a redstone signal and works as a hatch or decorative element.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.13

Item ID

birch_trapdoor

Birch Trapdoor at a glance

Minecraft files Birch Trapdoor under Utility Blocks: a block you get from crafting. Carrying Birch Trapdoor is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest. A furnace takes Birch Trapdoor too: 1.5 smelts apiece, 96 per full stack.

Birch Trapdoor is a 3-hardness block. For Birch Trapdoor the blast resistance is not separate: it is 3 as well. An axe shortens the job on Birch Trapdoor, and no minimum material applies. It sits between Birch Stairs and Black Banner in Utility Blocks, number 34 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

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How to obtain

  • Crafting

Fuel value

Birch Trapdoor burns for 15 seconds (300 ticks), which is 1.5 items per Birch Trapdoor

Notes

Crafts 2 trapdoors from 6 planks.

Frequently asked questions about Birch Trapdoor

  1. Birch Planks going into Birch Trapdoor, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Birch Trapdoor in Minecraft?

    Birch Trapdoor is crafted from Birch Planks at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 2.

  2. Birch Trapdoor beside a furnace, which is where its 15 seconds of burning go

    Can Birch Trapdoor be used as fuel?

    One Birch Trapdoor keeps a furnace running for 15 seconds, which is 1.5 items for each one burnt. Since one craft turns Birch Planks into Birch Trapdoor, a furnace fed that way runs on Birch Planks. Birch Planks alone burns 15 seconds, and Birch Trapdoor carries that heat forward.

  3. 64 Birch Trapdoor drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Birch Trapdoor can you stack?

    64 Birch Trapdoor fill one slot, and filling it costs 192 Birch Planks, since each one returns 2: 32 crafts. A shulker box of Birch Trapdoor comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

  4. Birch Trapdoor on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Birch Trapdoor used for?

    Birch Trapdoor is a one-block openable flap crafted from birch planks. It can be opened by hand or with a redstone signal and works as a hatch or decorative element.

  5. Birch Trapdoor as a block, next to the axe its 3 hardness asks for

    How long does Birch Trapdoor take to break?

    The block data for Birch Trapdoor holds 3 for hardness on it and 3 for blast resistance. The pair on Birch Trapdoor being level means it has no hidden strength against explosives. An axe shortens the job on Birch Trapdoor, and no minimum material applies. Java 26.2 defines Birch Trapdoor here, so no timing of our own went into it.

Building with it

A Birch Trapdoor gives a pale hatch, common as a window shutter in bright interiors. Six planks give two. A trapdoor placed on the side of a block also serves as a climbable ledge next to a ladder, which is why they show up in mineshafts players have tidied up.