Ladder


Obtaining

Ladders can be broken using any tool, but an axe is the quickest.

Block
Ladder
Hardness 0.4
Tool
Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by minecraft time
Hand 0.65
Wooden 0.35
Stone 0.2
Iron 0.1
Diamond 0.1
Golden 0.05
  1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Trivia

  • Placing ladders on snow layers make the ladder invisible, but they still act as if the player placed them normally.
  • If the player places a bucket of water in a place occupied by a ladder with no other blocks next to it, the water will replace the ladder, and the player will not get the ladder back.
  • Attempting to place a ladder on a spot another ladder occupies may instead place the ladder somewhere nearby.
  • It is possible to remove a ladder while standing on a ladder and holding the sneak key, but it can take a long time because the countdown for breaking the ladder often resets.
  • Ladders that are one block higher than the ground level the player is on can only be reached by jumping up.
  • Some mobs are able to climb ladders such as the Creeper.
  • Ladders can be used to allow a player to scale vertical surfaces upwards or downwards in a manner that minimizes most mobs` abilities to follow them, although it`s best to be cautious when heading up an exposed ladder, because Skeletons can still shoot the player down.
  • Ladders can be used as fuel, yielding 1 1/2 items per ladder.

Info

Notchface.png Sometimes the fans are right, too. Like ladders. I did not want ladders in Minecraft at all. Ladders are never fun. They’re not fun in Minecraft either. But they’re a very good utility. It’s an easy way to get straight up without having stairs going back and forth. So I added them anyway because the fans convinced me.
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Trivia

  • It is possible to use ladders one block apart in a corner by placing every other ladder on the other side of the corner. This method is a bit hard to use, as you will need to jump and shift sides constantly.
  • By holding the jump key, players can still use water ladders that have ladders placed every other block.
  • If you stop yourself on a ladder and place a sign, you will still stay in midair without having to hold Shift since the game is paused in singleplayer. This does not work in multiplayer since the game is not paused.
  • Attempting to place a ladder on a spot another ladder occupies may instead place the ladder somewhere near by (because of the ladder`s hitbox).
  • It is possible to remove a ladder while standing on a ladder and holding the sneak key, but it can take a long time because the countdown for breaking the ladder often resets.
  • Block mining time is considerably reduced if you are in a ladder.
  • Unlike walking, sprinting, and swimming, consuming food, blocking with a shield, and pulling back a bow do not slow you down while climbing ladders.
  • Like vines, ladders slow you down when walked through.
  • If the player is on a slab in front of the ladder, they will have to jump to get on the ladder despite only being 1/2 a block down.

Natural generation

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Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
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Usage

  • Ladders provide a way to safely cushion a player`s impact after a free fall. Upon entering a ladder`s area of effect, the player`s speed is reduced instantly to normal ladder descent speed and no damage is taken. Care must be taken to avoid landing on the narrow top surface of the ladder, as this will incur falling damage as normal.
  • Holding the sneak key while climbing a ladder will grab hold of the ladder, to prevent you from falling off. When the player is holding on to a ladder, the rate which blocks are mined decreases.
  • Any mob can climb a ladder in the same way a player does: by pushing against it. Mobs are not smart enough to deliberately use ladders ⃢₀ₔ they won`t stay on a ladder to get somewhere, but a ladder directly in their straight-line path (or if they turn in the process) will let them climb up.

Placement

Like torches Torch Transparency Yes Luminance 14 Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 50 hex: 32 bin: 110010 Name torch See the common light-emitting torch. minecraft , a ladder occupies one block from the side on which it is placed and cannot be placed on glass, leaves, ice Ice Transparency PC: Partial (-2 to light) PE: No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops None Data value dec: 79 hex: 4F bin: 1001111 Name ice See minecraft , slabs, glowstone Glowstone Transparency Yes Luminance 15 Blast resistance 1.5 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Glowstone Dust (2–4) Data value dec: 89 hex: 59 bin: 1011001 Name glowstone See the block. minecraft , or sea lanterns Sea Lantern Transparency Yes Luminance 15 Blast resistance 1.5 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Prismarine Crystals (2–3) Data value dec: 169 hex: A9 bin: 10101001 Name PC: sea_lantern PE: sealantern Sea lanterns minecraft . Unlike torches, be that as it may, they resist water and will create an air pocket. They also resist lava Lava Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 500 Tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Lava dec: 10 hex: A bin: 1010 Still Lava dec: 11 hex: B bin: 1011 Name Flowing Lava flowing_lava Still minecraft , and can be used instead of glass Glass Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 1.5 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops None Data values Glass: dec: 20 hex: 14 bin: 10100 Stained Glass: PC: dec: 95 hex: 5F bin: 1011111 PE: dec: 241 hex: F1 minecraft to let lava light shine through a ceiling. If the player places a ladder in lava or water just on the ground not near a wall, the air pocket will be present but invisible.

How ladders work

A ladder takes effect whenever the player`s lower half is in the block occupied by a ladder. These effects are:

Fuel

A ladder can be used as fuel in furnaces Furnace Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency Partial (when active) Luminance Yes, 13 (when active) Blast resistance 17.5 Hardness 3.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops minecraft , smelting 1.5 items per ladder. Java⃂edition only Minecraft Author(s) Mojang AB (Credits) Markus "Notch" Persson (Creator) Jens "Jeb" Bergensten (Lead Developer) Jon "jonkagstrom" Kågström (AI Programmer) Nathan "Dinnerbone" Adams Erik "Grum" Broes Michael "Searge" Stoyke Thomas "ProfMobius" Guimbretière Agnes "LadyAgnes" Larsson Maria minecraft

Block data

See also: Data values See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft
Bits Values
0x1
0x2
0x4

A three-bit field storing a value from 2 to 5:

  • 2: Ladder facing north
  • 3: Ladder facing south
  • 4: Ladder facing west
  • 5: Ladder facing east

Invalid values default to 2.

0x8 Unused.

Block state

See also: Block states
Name See the definition of the block states. For the files that determine block models, see Models#Block states. Block states are extra pieces of data that further define a block. Contents 1 List minecraft Value Description

⃂facing
north
south
east
west
The direction from the block the ladder is attached to, to the ladder.

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History

Infdev Infdev Starting version Minecraft Infdev (27th of Feb., 2010) Latest version Minecraft Infdev (27th of Jun., 2010) Paid Yes A version of Infdev from Jun. 18, 2010 is available to play in the launcher. Be that as it may, minecraft
Jun. 7, 2010 This is not an official version history or changelog. For the official list, please visit the Minecraft website. For versions 1.11 and prior, please check the Mojang website. For versions prior to Beta 1.8, please minecraft Added ladders. In an interview with Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Notch stated that he never originally wanted to add ladders because they`re never fun, and that the fans convinced him to do it.
Ladders could be placed on every other block and still be climbable because the player could climb a ladder when any part of the body was on it, not just the lowest part.
The ladder crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid minecraft recipe produced one ladder per 7 sticks.
Beta Beta Starting version Beta 1.0 (Dec. 20, 2010) Latest version Beta 1.9-pre6 (Nov. 13, 2011) Paid Yes These versions are available to play in the launcher. Be that as it may, please note that these versions contain bugs. You ll minecraft
1.4 Beta 1.4 Release date Mar. 31, 2011 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.4 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.3 ◄ Beta 1.3_01 Beta 1.4_01 ► Beta 1.5 ►► See the computer edition. minecraft Pressing the sneak key now stops the player from moving down the ladder.
1.5 Beta 1.5 Release date Apr. 19, 2011 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.5 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.4 ◄ Beta 1.4_01 Beta 1.5_01 ► Beta 1.6 ►► See the computer edition. minecraft The player can no longer climb ladders spaced every other block.
The crafting recipe now produces 2 ladders, thus the 1.5 changes did not change the number of sticks needed to make a ladder of a given height.
1.6 Beta 1.6 Release date May 26, 2011 Development versions Builds Beta 1.6 Test Build 3 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.6 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.5 ◄ Beta 1.5_01 Beta 1.6.1 ► Beta 1.7 minecraft Ladders can no longer be placed on glowstone Glowstone Transparency Yes Luminance 15 Blast resistance 1.5 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Glowstone Dust (2–4) Data value dec: 89 hex: 59 bin: 1011001 Name glowstone See the block. minecraft .
Official releaseAnnounce Minecraft 1.0 Starting version 1.0.0 (Nov. 18th, 2011) Latest version 1.12 Paid Yes Website http://www.minecraft.net/ See the official release of Minecraft for the PC. For the version, see 1.0.0. For the first minecraft
1.1 12w01a Removed collision boxes for ladders.
1.2.1 12w03a Re-added collision boxes for ladders.
1.2-pre The crafting recipe now produces 3 ladders per 7 sticks, as opposed to 1 during Infdev and 2 during 1.1.
1.4.2 12w38a Added a sound for climbing up ladders.
1.5 Beta 1.5 Release date Apr. 19, 2011 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.5 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.4 ◄ Beta 1.4_01 Beta 1.5_01 ► Beta 1.6 ►► See the computer edition. minecraft 13w02a Added death messages for ladders: "Player fell off a ladder"
1.8 14w31a Ladders are mined faster using axes.
1.9 15w31a The ladder`s bounding box is now 3⃢₁₄16 block (formerly 2⃢₁₄16).
15w43a A length of ladder generates as part of the shaft from igloos Igloo Biome Ice Plains, Cold Taiga Consists of Snow White Carpet Light Gray Carpet Ice (Packed Ice in Pocket Edition.) Redstone Torch Furnace Bed (Brown Bed, Light Blue Bed or White Bed) in Pocket Edition. minecraft leading to their basements.
1.11 16w33a Ladders can now be used to fuel furnaces.
16w39a Ladders now generate in woodland mansions Woodland mansion Biome Roofed Forest Consists of See Structure. Can generate post-generation N/A First appearances See history This article may need cleanup to comply with the style guide. Please help improve this if you can. minecraft .
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0 Added ladders.
0.9.0 build 10 Made the ladder collision box slightly thinner.
0.11.0 Mobs can now climb ladders.
0.12.1 build 1 Added a sound for climbing up ladders.
With sneaking added, it is now possible to sit on a ladder without moving.
Pocket Edition
1.0 build 1 A length of ladder generates as part of the shaft from igloos Igloo Biome Ice Plains, Cold Taiga Consists of Snow White Carpet Light Gray Carpet Ice (Packed Ice in Pocket Edition.) Redstone Torch Furnace Bed (Brown Bed, Light Blue Bed or White Bed) in Pocket Edition. minecraft leading to their basements.
1.1 build 1 Ladders now generate in woodland mansions Woodland mansion Biome Roofed Forest Consists of See Structure. Can generate post-generation N/A First appearances See history This article may need cleanup to comply with the style guide. Please help improve this if you can. minecraft .
Console Edition
TU1 CU1 1.0 Patch 1 Added ladders.
TU12 Crafting recipe now yields 3 ladders instead of 2.

Issues

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    Overview

    Ladders allow the player to climb vertical surfaces. The player must place them vertically on a block. After it is placed, it can be climbed by pressing the `forward` button while touching the ladder. Ladders can be built with 7 sticks, by building the form of a ladder in the Crafting Table. The player gets three ladders every time they craft it.

    Crafting

    In order to craft a Ladder, the player needs 7 sticks.

    Ladder
    Stick
    None
    Stick
    Stick
    Stick
    Stick
    Stick
    None
    Stick

    Occurrence

    Ladders occur naturally in Strongholds, library rooms, and intersection rooms with a wooden ceiling. Ladders can also be found in NPC Villages, specifically, in tall buildings and houses with roofs which have fence railings.

    An example of air pockets

    Placement

    Like torches, a ladder occupies one block from the side on which it is placed and cannot be placed on glass, leaves, Ice, or Glowstone Blocks. Unlike torches, however, they resist water and will create an air pocket, like Signs, meaning that they can be used in gravel elevators. They also resist lava, and can be used instead of glass to let lava light shine through a ceiling. If the player places a ladder in lava or water just on the ground and not near a wall, the air pocket will be present, but invisible.