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Dark Oak Trapdoor

Dark Oak Trapdoor is a one-block openable flap crafted from dark oak 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

dark_oak_trapdoor

Dark Oak Trapdoor at a glance

Dark Oak Trapdoor, a block out of crafting, sits under Utility Blocks. 64 Dark Oak Trapdoor fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest. Feed Dark Oak Trapdoor to a furnace and 1.5 smelts follow, 96 from a stack of 64.

Dark Oak Trapdoor is a 3-hardness block. That number is also what Dark Oak Trapdoor is worth against a blast. An axe shortens the job on Dark Oak Trapdoor, and no minimum material applies. It sits between Dark Oak Stairs and Dark Prismarine in Utility Blocks, number 115 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Dark Oak PlanksDark Oak Planks
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How to obtain

  • Crafting

Fuel value

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

Notes

Crafts 2 trapdoors from 6 planks.

Frequently asked questions about Dark Oak Trapdoor

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

    How do you get Dark Oak Trapdoor in Minecraft?

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

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

    Can Dark Oak Trapdoor be used as fuel?

    One Dark Oak Trapdoor keeps a furnace running for 15 seconds, which is 1.5 items for each one burnt. Set against its recipe, Dark Oak Trapdoor carries the heat that Dark Oak Planks would have given. Dark Oak Planks alone burns 15 seconds, and Dark Oak Trapdoor carries that heat forward.

  3. Dark Oak Trapdoor as a block, next to the axe its 3 hardness asks for

    How long does Dark Oak Trapdoor take to break?

    What Dark Oak Trapdoor comes down to is 3 against a tool on it and 3 against a blast. Nothing separates the two figures on Dark Oak Trapdoor, so there is no explosive trick around it. An axe shortens the job on Dark Oak Trapdoor, and no minimum material applies. Java 26.2 publishes Dark Oak Trapdoor this way, and we print it the same.

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

    What is Dark Oak Trapdoor used for?

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

  5. 64 Dark Oak Trapdoor drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Dark Oak Trapdoor can you stack?

    64 Dark Oak Trapdoor fills a slot, and that slot costs 192 Dark Oak Planks, since each one returns 2, which is 32 crafts at the crafting table.

Building with it

A Dark Oak Trapdoor is the darkest wooden hatch and the standard cover for a hole in a floor you would rather not see. Six planks give two, and a trapdoor on the side of a block gives a ledge that can be walked on when open.

In practice

Trapdoors open by hand or by redstone and block mob pathing when shut, which makes them the quiet way to seal a farm. Dark oak is the wood builders reach for when the trapdoor is meant to read as ironwork rather than as timber.