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Wooden Door
Statistics
Type Furniture – Mechanism
Yes
Dimensions 1 wide ˣ 3 high
Max stack 99
14
Tool Hammer
40 Copper Coin

The Wooden Door is a object, similar to other , with the added benefit of preventing the passage of . It can be placed in any space so long as it is exactly three blocks high, with a ceiling and a floor.

will open and close doors as they wander about. Players can do the same by right-clicking on them. Enemy NPCs will not open doors except for , , and . and can also open doors during a , and can break down doors, as if they were destroyed by a player.

Doors can be opened and closed through . If you put wire on one of doors closed state squares, then wiring will toggle closed/open states upon activation, but if you put wires on the side squares, where door opens, then wiring will only close door.

Contents

[] Crafting

[] Recipe

Crafting Station
Ingredient(s) Amount
6
Result
Wooden Door.png Wooden Door 1

[] Tips

  • Doors open to the left or right based on which direction you face, rather than the direction you are coming from. For example, if a player stands to the left of a door and faces left, the door will open toward the player - to the left. If the player doesn't move and then turns to the right and opens the door, it will now open to the right.
  • Putting furniture (even the second door) on one side of the door prevents it from being opened in that direction. This is useful to keep houses safe from during the or most , as they'll always attempt to open the doors inward, while still allowing NPCs to go in and out as they please.
  • Doors can also hold back water.
  • Doors will break automatically if exposed to lava while open, but will hold back lava like water while closed.
  • Digging a 2x2 block deep hole in front of a door will prevent goblins and zombies from attacking it.

[] Trivia

  • Even though it is specifically called a wooden door, it is the only door available.

[] Notes

: If your spawn point is in a door, the door gets destroyed and on pickup you get two instead of one. This only works when you log into the world, you only get one if you die and re-spawn or use the .
: If you open a door while an is closing it, the door will disappear.
: In multiplayer, if the server, or possibly you, is/are lagging, when you open or close a door it will vanish.
: If the game lags while you're in a dungeon, there may be a door that's opened on BOTH sides. Trying to close the door will disassemble it.
: A closed door that is under water with a wall behind it will show the sky behind the water.
: If you close a door while standing on the side of it (where you see the knob) and you are partially standing on air you will be able to walk through the door while it's closed.
: You can place doors using 2 .
: Hooking to a door with a or and then holding the forward key while opening the door will grant a speed boost, enough to trigger the speed boost from the . This can be useful when leaving a house or safe room, as you quickly gain momentum and speed.

[] History

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