How to Make a Ladder in Minecraft

Last Updated: July 1, 2021

Ladders are wooden blocks used to climb inside structures and caves in Minecraft. They can also be used as decorative features if that suited your structure's appearance. They're very easy to make.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Finding the Materials

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Find seven sticks. To do this:
- Chop down a tree to get wooden planks.
- Place a wooden log into your crafting box to get a plank.
- Place a wooden plank on top of a wooden plank to get 4 sticks.
- Repeat to get another 4 sticks.
- Use 7 of the sticks to craft the ladders.

Method 2

Method 2 of 3:

Crafting the Ladders

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Place the 7 sticks in the crafting grid. Arrange as follows:
- Place 3 wooden sticks down the left column slots of the grid
- Place 3 wooden sticks down the right column slots of the grid
- Place 1 wooden stick in the center. The top and bottom center slots are left clear.
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Craft the ladder. You'll get 3 ladders.
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Shift click or drag to your inventory.

Method 3

Method 3 of 3:

Placing the Ladders

Ladders are used for climbing both vertically and horizontally.

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With the ladder in your hand, right click to place a ladder where you want it. Bear in mind the following though:
- Ladders can only be placed on sides of other blocks
- A ladder will occupy one block from the side on which it is placed
- Ladders cannot be placed on glass, ice, leaves or glowstone blocks.
- Ladders will resist water and create an air pocket.
- Ladders will resist lava; if used instead of glass, this can allow lava light to shine through a ceiling.

Community Q&A

Question

How do I use ladders in Minecraft?

Gaming_Online

Community Answer

After placing them against a building, move next to them, and you'll start to go up. Keep holding the button you use to walk forward until you reach the top of the ladder.
Question

How can you climb Minecraft ladder in bedrock edition?

Seasalt25

Top Answerer

Walk up to the ladder and keep holding down the forward walk button while facing the ladder.
Question

How do you use a furnace without coal?

Seasalt25

Top Answerer

You can use some other fuel sources besides coal, like charcoal, wood blocks and tools, buckets of lava, dried kelp blocks, blaze rods, saplings, wool, sticks, beehives or nests, banners, mushroom blocks, noteblocks, and jukeboxes.