How do you get Ladder in Minecraft?

Ladder is crafted from Stick at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 3. It also comes from naturally generated, not just the recipe above.

How many Ladder can you stack?

64 Ladder fills a slot, and that slot costs 154 Stick, since each one returns 3, which is 22 crafts at the crafting table.

How long does Ladder take to break?

The block data for Ladder holds 0.4 for hardness on it and 0.4 for blast resistance. The pair on Ladder being level means it has no hidden strength against explosives. An axe shortens the job on Ladder, and no minimum material applies. Java 26.2 sets Ladder at these values, and we copied them onto it.

Can Ladder be used as fuel?

One Ladder keeps a furnace running for 15 seconds, which is 1.5 items for each one burnt. It is made from Stick, 15 seconds a piece, so burning it spends Stick. One Stick on its own gives 5 seconds, next to the 15 of Ladder.

Utility BlocksCraftable

Ladder

A block placed on the side of solid blocks that lets players and mobs climb vertically. Crafted from sticks.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Ladder at a glance

Crafting and naturally generated give you Ladder, a block filed under Utility Blocks. Stack Ladder 64 high: 576 across a hotbar, 1728 in a shulker box, and 3456 in a double chest. As fuel Ladder is worth 1.5 smelts, so a stack of 64 smelts 96 items.

Ladder has a hardness of 0.4. For Ladder the blast resistance is not separate: it is 0.4 as well. An axe shortens the job on Ladder, and no minimum material applies. It sits between Kelp and Lantern in Utility Blocks, number 171 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Stick
Stick
Stick
Stick
Stick
Stick
Stick
Ladder3
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Ladder has the grid for Ladder

How to obtain

Crafting
Naturally generated

Fuel value

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

Notes

Slows falling and can be waterlogged. Despite being wooden, ladders cannot be used as furnace fuel.

Frequently asked questions about Ladder

How do you get Ladder in Minecraft?
Ladder is crafted from Stick at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 3. It also comes from naturally generated, not just the recipe above.
How many Ladder can you stack?
64 Ladder fills a slot, and that slot costs 154 Stick, since each one returns 3, which is 22 crafts at the crafting table.
What is Ladder used for?
A block placed on the side of solid blocks that lets players and mobs climb vertically. Crafted from sticks.
How long does Ladder take to break?
The block data for Ladder holds 0.4 for hardness on it and 0.4 for blast resistance. The pair on Ladder being level means it has no hidden strength against explosives. An axe shortens the job on Ladder, and no minimum material applies. Java 26.2 sets Ladder at these values, and we copied them onto it.
Can Ladder be used as fuel?
One Ladder keeps a furnace running for 15 seconds, which is 1.5 items for each one burnt. It is made from Stick, 15 seconds a piece, so burning it spends Stick. One Stick on its own gives 5 seconds, next to the 15 of Ladder.

Building with it

Seven sticks give three ladders, and a ladder is the cheapest vertical travel in the game: no fall damage, no redstone, and it works in a one-block shaft. Water flowing down a ladder shaft does not wash you off, which is why mine entrances often pair the two.

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