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Ladders have long been the best option for players when traveling up and down in Minecraft.
While you can use more complicated methods like a water elevator, there is no denying that the Minecraft ladder is an important block.
Keep reading to see everything you need to know about making Minecraft ladders and their uses!
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Crafting Ladders in Minecraft
By far the easiest way of acquiring ladders in Minecraft, crafting ladders is incredibly easy and cheap. All you need is some wooden planks and sticks for the ladder recipe.
You can use any type of wood to craft ladders, as the crafting recipe remains the same.
Follow the below steps to create Minecraft ladders:
1. Open your crafting table to access the crafting menu.
Right-click on your crafting table to open the crafting menu.
2. Place three sticks in the first row and the third row of the crafting grid.
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3. Place another stick in the middle of the second row.
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That will then create three ladders.
While crafting ladders in Minecraft is the easiest way to get them, there are several other ways.
These include finding them throughout the entire world and giving them to yourself with the /give command.
Did you know that if you don’t want to climb a ladder, you can create a water elevator instead?
Giving Yourself Ladders With the Give Command
if you don’t want to spend the time to craft ladders or find them in your world, then use the following command to give yourself ladders:
/give @p ladder #
with # representing the number of ladders you want to give yourself.
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Finding Them Naturally Spawned
There is a large list of structures in Minecraft where you can find ladders naturally, and this can be a great way of getting them when you don’t want to spend resources on crafting large numbers of ladders.
You can find ladders in:
- Stronghold Library Rooms
- Woodland Mansions
- Some Village Houses
- End Ships
- Stronghold Intersection Rooms
- End City
Uses For Ladders
So what can you even use ladders for in Minecraft? Ladders have one primary usage: to allow the player to ascend or descend vertically throughout their Minecraft world.
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They are great for getting to safety fast – fx if (accidentally of course) you’ve triggered a raid with the Bad Omen effect.
You can place ladders on about every opaque block (so no glass), and they cannot be placed flush with trapdoors. Besides those restrictions, go crazy, and put ladders wherever you want!
Note: If you want to stay still on ladders for some reason, hold down the sneak button (typically the SHIFT button) on both Bedrock Edition and Java Edition.
Besides their primary use of traveling up and down, there are some mechanical uses for ladders. When placed underwater, these uses create an air pocket and save you from fall damage when falling from great heights.
By far, though, the best uses of ladders are their creative uses, and when you give in to the whims of your creative mind, there are countless possibilities.
Here are some ideas for builds that you can include ladders in!
- Parkour Courses
- Swimming Pools
- An Underwater Ladder
- Treehouses
Did you know you can enchant a stick in Minecraft?
Conclusion
Even though ladders are cheap and easy to make, their uses are almost limitless, especially in a game like Minecraft.
For more Minecraft content, check out How to Make a Weaponsmith in Minecraft. Until next time, happy gaming!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jan has played video games since the early 1980s. He loves getting immersed in video games as a way to take his mind off stuff when the outside world gets too scary. A lifelong gamer, the big interest led to a job as a lecturer on game sound at the University of Copenhagen and several written articles on video games for magazines.