Minecraft players must use secret doors to protect their treasures from other players. The secret door is not a dirty door that you have to break down and rebuild every time you want to enter it.
In the years since the release of Minecraft, players have developed various methods for creating secret entrances.
This guide will teach you how to make a hidden door using pressure plates, sticky pistons, item frames and buttons. In addition, we will discuss simpler methods not related to Redstone or Sticky Pistons.
So, find out how you can keep others from stealing your Minecraft treasure by reading on.
How to make a secret door in minecraft
One of the most accessible types of secret doors is one that doesn’t use real Minecraft or Redstone Mechanics doors. You can use this type of secret door to hide the rooms in your base from being visible to everyone.
All you need is a hole, two marks and some paint. And you will need to dig the entrance to the room you want to hide in.
It should be a regular 1 x 2 hole. Then attach two signs to one side of the hole.
And, if you’re going to hang a large picture, make sure the overall wall size is large enough.
Too small a picture will not be able to effectively hide the door. We have found that a wall height of 3 blocks is the ideal wall height. A large painting would fit perfectly at that height.
Signs and solid blocks can only be painted. You only need to place the painting on the wall once your doorway is complete.
And your entire doorway will be covered with a painting. However, you will still be able to walk through it to get into the room behind it.
Make a secret door in Minecraft with Sticky Pistons
It is very convenient when the door is activated by pressure plates. However, he is not very secretive.
So, if you want to hide it, you can make it from the same material as your door. And, if someone stands on the slabs, your door will not be visible. Learn how to make such a door.
1. First, install two sticky pistons on top of each other.
2. Then, four blocks from the first Sticky Piston structure, build a similar two-block structure.
3. Next to each Sticky Piston tower, place two stone blocks on top of each other. And now there should be two blocks between two identical structures.
4. Each Sticky Piston pillar should have a redstone torch at the bottom. And your doorway should be surrounded by these pillars.
5. A stone block should be placed directly above the red torches in the middle of each column.
6. Then build a 2*6 block hole under the stone block structure between the sticky pistons. And fill the hole with Redstone.
7. Now hide the hole by covering it with grass blocks.
8. And attach pressure plates to each side of the stone block structure. You can open the “door”by standing on a stone block structure that expands when you do so.
9. Now, to hide the “door”, build a free-form stone structure around it. But do not close the pressure plates.
Make a simple redstone hidden door
There are endless possibilities and options with everything Redstone related. The same applies to hidden doors.
With the help of the mechanism, you can hide a simple door or an entire cave. In this article, we will use a simpler version of the hidden door.
This project requires 12 sticky pistons, 4 redstone repeaters, and some redstone dust. This door is two blocks wide.
1. With Sticky Pistons you start by making two L-shaped pieces and then place the door block inside the corner.
2. The Pistons need a roof. So to place all your Redstone components, if you are in mountains or terrain, there will be a 1 block high gap at the top.
3. Arrange Redstone Repeaters and Redstone Dust along the “roof”or gap in the following pattern. And you have to put one Redstone Repeater per tick. Right click to do so.
Your secret door basically consists of just that. Place a lever or button where the redstone dust comes forward.
And that activates the system. You can hide a Button or Lever by simply carrying it around.
Make a secret door in Minecraft on the ground
Instead of creating complicated structures with Sticky Pistons, you can dig a hole in the ground and create a secret door. You can do this by doing the following:
1. First, dig a suitable size hole in the ground.
2. Apply some base to the surface of the hole.
3. Then insert a ladder into the hole.
4. And fill the hole every time you go in or out of it.
However, such a secret door is easy to lose. So make sure you mark its location or build it next to a noteworthy structure.
Make a secret staircase in Minecraft
The secret staircase can also be hidden with Redstone, just like the hidden door. You can use it to hide an entire floor in your base, or hide the actual entrance to your base.
And in combination with the previous concealed door design, it works especially well.
Also, the sticky pistons may need quite a bit, depending on how far the entrance is. Each stair block needs one.
1. Place two sticky pistons on the wall two blocks away from the wall, lined up. And make sure you have a solid block between your pistons and the wall. Redstone wires will run through this block.
2. Next place ladder blocks on each side of your pistons once they are all in place. And place your regular blocks under the stairs to build a wall.
3. And now we can hide the stairs by placing more stairs to the side. And the staircase is curved in such a way that it looks like it is part of the wall. Spiral staircases use the same bending mechanics.
Now you just need to place the Redstone Dust on top of each block behind the Sticky Pistons and place the lever or button.
The redstone comparator and frame of the item can also be used as keys to make it more stealthy.
The pistons will push out the ladder blocks as soon as you activate them so you can climb them.
And the ladder will become visible again when you remove the button or lever. Lone wolves won’t be able to tell the difference.
Make a secret door in Minecraft with item frames
This is an item frame door that is the most secret door in Minecraft. Also, a framed object hanging on the wall can be used to activate the door mechanism.
And you will need some skills and understanding of how redstone works to build it. To create a door with an item frame, follow these instructions if you are a beginner:
1. Now add a wall to your house or build one. For your redstone building, make sure there is room behind the wall.
2. Then install the object frame on the wall. And fill it with an item of your choice.
3. Then make a hole in the wall where the door will be.
4. The sticky piston should be placed two blocks away from your hole on the opposite side of the wall. And make sure the sticky side is facing the wall.
5. Now add a block of the same material as your wall to the sticky part of the Sticky Piston.
6. Then set up a Redstone path from your Sticky Piston block to the Item Frame block on the other side. And make a one block space between the Item Frame block and the Redstone line.
7. Now replace the missing comparator with the Redstone comparator. And make sure the arrow is pointing up.
8. The Redstone repeater should now be placed about halfway across your Redstone path.
9. Then, to activate the mechanism, place an object inside the frame.
Make a secret door in Minecraft using a button
You can create a secret button to open the door once you’ve worked with Redstone before. To do this, follow these steps:
1. First, create a door on the wall. And make sure there is enough space behind it for a secret room with a Redstone mechanism.
2. Then cut a hole in the wall two blocks high and two blocks wide. And on one side of the doorway, you need a Sticky Piston column three blocks high.
3. Now attach a two block high stone pillar to the Sticky Piston. The doorway should now be completely hidden.
4. Then attach a button to the Red Clay Banner and mask it with a painting. You can also hide it in a chest. There are many ways to hide a button.
5. Sticky Pistons that open the door require a Redstone path. And on the other side of the wall in which you made the doorway, it should be hidden. The Redstone path must be separated from the Sticky Pistons by one block.
6. Now replace the missing space between the Redstone and Sticky Pistons tracks with the Redstone comparator. And this comparator should have an arrow pointing to the wall.
7. The Redstone Repeater should be placed about halfway along your Redstone track.
8. You must build walls around the Redstone mechanism. And now you can hide treasures in this area.
Make a secret door in Minecraft with pressure plates
In Minecraft, sticky pistons and pressure plates are the two most common ways to craft secret doors. Follow these steps:
1. First, by stacking two Sticky Piston blocks, build a pillar.
2. Then build four blocks from the existing one.
3. Now place two stone blocks on top of each other to make two stone pillars. And the distance between two identical structures should now be two blocks.
4. Now every column with a sticky piston at the bottom should have a red torch. And place them on both sides of the doorway.
5. Then add a stone block to each of the red torches.
6. Now build a large pit two by three blocks about two blocks deep under the stone blocks. And seal it with Redstone.
7. Now hide the hole by covering it with grass blocks.
8. And attach the pressure plates to the stone block structure. Standing on the pressure plates, the stone block structure will expand to create a door.
9. Then creatively hide your design. You can use Stone to build walls around your makeshift door, but you must not cover the pressure plates.
Final words
You must have made a secret door in Minecraft after reading this guide. Some of the methods mentioned require a certain level of knowledge and experience. However, in the long run, they are worth the time and effort as they protect your most valuable assets.