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Iron Trapdoor
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Iron Trapdoor

A trapdoor that can only be opened by redstone power. Crafted from iron ingots.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.8

Item ID

iron_trapdoor

Iron Trapdoor at a glance

Crafting gives you Iron Trapdoor, a block filed under Utility Blocks. Carrying Iron Trapdoor is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

Iron Trapdoor is a 5-hardness block. Its blast resistance repeats that 5, so Iron Trapdoor offers no shelter. The game files it under a pickaxe, without a minimum tier attached to Iron Trapdoor. It sits between Iron Door and Jack o'Lantern in Utility Blocks, number 157 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Iron IngotIron Ingot
Iron IngotIron Ingot
Iron IngotIron Ingot
Iron IngotIron Ingot
Iron TrapdoorIron Trapdoor

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Notes

Cannot be opened by hand or mobs; requires a redstone signal.

Frequently asked questions about Iron Trapdoor

  1. Iron Ingot going into Iron Trapdoor, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Iron Trapdoor in Minecraft?

    Iron Trapdoor is crafted from Iron Ingot at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

  2. Iron Trapdoor coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.8

    When was Iron Trapdoor added to Minecraft?

    Iron Trapdoor was added in version 1.8.

  3. Iron Trapdoor on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Iron Trapdoor used for?

    A trapdoor that can only be opened by redstone power. Crafted from iron ingots.

  4. 64 Iron Trapdoor drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Iron Trapdoor can you stack?

    64 Iron Trapdoor fill one slot, and filling it costs 256 Iron Ingot: 64 crafts. A double chest of Iron Trapdoor comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

  5. Iron Trapdoor as a block, next to the pickaxe its 5 hardness asks for

    How long does Iron Trapdoor take to break?

    What Iron Trapdoor comes down to is 5 against a tool on it and 5 against a blast. Nothing separates the two figures on Iron Trapdoor, so there is no explosive trick around it. The game files it under a pickaxe, without a minimum tier attached to Iron Trapdoor. Java 26.2 publishes Iron Trapdoor this way, and we print it the same.

Building with it

An Iron Trapdoor costs four iron ingots for one, and like an iron door it cannot be opened by hand: only redstone moves it. That makes it the hatch for a shaft you want sealed against mobs, and the reason a hidden entrance is usually iron rather than wood.

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