How to Make a Secret Door in Minecraft

Secret doors are the most effective way of keeping your treasures away from other Minecraft players. We aren’t talking about a dirt door that should be broken and rebuilt every time you want to enter your secret room. Over the years that Minecraft has been around, players have come up with numerous more sophisticated methods of building hidden entrances.

This guide will explain making a secret door using Pressure Plates, Sticky Pistons, Item Frames, and Buttons. We’ll also share simpler methods not involving Redstone or Sticky Pistons. Read on to discover how you can prevent others from snatching your treasures in Minecraft.

How to Make a Secret Door in Minecraft With Sticky Pistons

A door activated by Pressure Plates is very convenient, though it isn’t too secretive. To hide it from others, you can build it from material matching your door. This way, your door won’t be visible unless someone stands on the plates. Here’s how to make such a door:

1. Place two Sticky Piston blocks on top of each other.
   
2. Make the same two-block Sticky Piston construction four blocks away from the first one.
   
3. Place two Stone blocks on top of each other next to each Sticky Piston tower. You should now have a two-block distance between two identical constructions.
   
4. Place Redstone Torches at the bottom of each Sticky Piston pillar. They should be located on the outside of your doorway.
   
5. Place Stone block in the middle of each pillar, right above the Redstone Torches.
   
6. Make a 2×6 block hole in the ground between the Sticky Pistons under the Stone block construction. Cover the hole with Redstone.
   
7. Cover the surface of the hole with Grass blocks to hide it.
   
8. Place Pressure Plates on each side of the Stone block structure. When you stand on the Pressure Plates, the Stone block construction will expand, opening your “door.”
   
9. Build a Stone construction of any shape around the “door” to hide it. Make sure not to cover the Pressure Plates.
   

How to Make a Secret Door in Minecraft in the Ground

Instead of creating complex constructions with Sticky Pistons and Pressure Plates, you can make a secret door by digging a hole in the ground and concealing it. Follow the steps below:

1. Dig a hole of a suitable size in the ground.
   
2. Cover the hole’s surface with some base.
   
3. Place a ladder into the hole.
   
4. Patch the hole with grass every time you enter or exit it.
   

Keep in mind that you can easily lose this type of secret door, so make sure to write down its location or build it near a notable structure.

How to Make a Secret Door in Minecraft Without Sticky Pistons?

There are multiple ways to make a secret door in Minecraft without using Sticky Pistons. Perhaps, the easiest method that’s suitable for beginners is covering your door with a painting. Here’s how to do that:

1. Create a door-shaped hole in any wall.
   
2. Place two Signs on each side of your doorway.
   
3. Hang a painting that covers the entire doorway on the wall. Once you do, you can walk right through it, like a ghost.
   

You may now be delighted with how easily you’ve tricked everyone. But the issue is, the painting trick is well-known among Minecraft players. Thus, it isn’t the safest secret door you can create. For better protection, you may want to build a door hidden in the ground:

1. Dig a hole in the ground at least three blocks deep. Make sure the area isn’t used for mining.
   
2. Cover the hole’s surface with some base, like Stone blocks.
   
3. Insert a ladder into the hole.
   
4. Conceal the door with grass every time you enter or exit it.
   

How to Make a Secret Door in Minecraft Bedrock

Making a secret door in Minecraft Bedrock is not much different from making it in the Java Edition. The easiest method of creating a hidden door is by using a painting. Follow the steps below:

1. Make a doorway in a chosen wall.
2. Place two Signs inside the entrance, one on each side.
3. Hang a painting large enough to conceal the doorway on your wall. You can now walk through the painting as if you were a ghost.

Unfortunately, the painting doesn’t keep your belongings hidden from players familiar with the trick. For better protection, you can make a secret door activated by an Item Frame. Here’s how to do that:

1. Find a wall to create your door. Make sure there is some space left behind the wall for your secret room.
2. Hang an Item Frame on the wall and place an item of your choice inside it.
3. Create a doorway in the chosen wall.
4. Place a Sticky Piston facing the wall two blocks away from the hole, on the opposite side of the wall.
5. Add a block matching your wall to the sticky part of the Sticky Piston.
6. Make a Redstone pathway from the Sticky Piston block to the opposite side of your Item Frame block. Leave a one-block empty space between the line of Redstone and the Item Frame’s opposite side.
7. Add a Redstone Comparator between the Redstone pathway and your Item Frame block. The arrow on the Redstone Comparator should be facing the wall.
8. Place a Redstone Repeater about halfway through on your Redstone pathway.

The mechanism will be activated when you take the item from the Item Frame.

How to Make a Secret Door in Minecraft With Item Frames

The most secretive door type in Minecraft is an Item Frame door. It lets you activate the door mechanism by taking an item placed in a frame hanging on a wall. Building it requires some skill and understanding of how Redstone works. If you consider yourself an amateur in the game, follow the instructions below to create an Item Frame door:

1. Find a wall in your home or build one. Make sure there is some free space behind the wall for your Redstone construction.
   
2. Hang an Item Frame on the wall and place an item of your choice inside it.
   
3. Create a hole in the wall where you wish the door to be.
   
4. On the opposite side of your wall, place a Sticky Piston two blocks away from the hole. The sticky part should be facing the wall.
   
5. Add a block of the same material as your wall to the sticky part of the Sticky Piston.
   
6. Create a Redstone pathway from the Sticky Piston block to the opposite side of your Item Frame block. Leave a one-block empty space between the Item Frame block and the line of Redstone.
   
7. Place a Redstone Comparator into the missing spot. The arrow on the Redstone Comparator should be facing the wall.
   
8. Place a Redstone Repeater about halfway through on your Redstone pathway.
   
9. Take the item in the frame to activate the mechanism.
   

How to Make a Secret Door in Minecraft With a Button

If you’re experienced working with Redstone, you can create a door that’s activated when you push a secret button. Follow the instructions below:

1. Find a wall to create your door. Make sure you have enough space behind it to add a secret room with a Redstone mechanism.
   
2. Make a two-block high, two-block wide hole in a chosen wall. Place a three-block tall Sticky Piston pillar on one side of the doorway.
   
3. Attach a two-block high Stone pillar to the Sticky Piston pillar. You should now have a fully concealed doorway.
   
4. Place a button and conceal it with a Red Clay Banner, painting, or hide it in a chest; you can get creative hiding your button.
   
5. Create a Redstone pathway from your button to the Sticky Pistons that activate the door mechanism. It should be hidden from the opposite side of the wall you’ve made the doorway in. Leave one block between the Redstone pathway and the Sticky Pistons empty.
   
6. Place a Redstone Comparator into the missing spot between the Redstone pathway and Sticky Pistons. The arrow on the Redstone Comparator should be facing the wall.
   
7. Place a Redstone Repeater about halfway through on your Redstone pathway.
   
8. Build walls around your Redstone mechanism. You can now use this secret area to hide treasures.
   

How to Make a Secret Door in Minecraft With Pressure Plates

One of the best-known ways to make a secret door in Minecraft is using Sticky Pistons and Pressure Plates. Here’s how to do that:

1. Make a pillar from two Sticky Piston blocks placed on top of each other.
   
2. Make the construction four blocks away from the first one.
   
3. Make two Stone pillars, each from two Stone blocks placed on top of each other. You should now have a two-block distance between two identical constructions.
   
4. Add Redstone Torches at the bottom of each Sticky Piston pillar. They should be located on the outside of your doorway.
   
5. Place a Stone block right above each of the Redstone Torches.
   
6. About two blocks deep, make a two-by-three block large hole under the Stone block construction. Cover the hole with Redstone.
   
7. Cover the surface of the hole with Grass blocks to hide it.
   
8. Place Pressure Plates near the Stone block structure. When you stand on the Pressure Plates, the Stone block construction will expand, working as a door.
   
9. Be creative with hiding your construction. For instance, you can build walls from Stone around your improvised door, but don’t cover the Pressure Plates.
   

Protect Your Treasures

Hopefully, our guide has helped you make a secret door in Minecraft. Some of the methods we’ve mentioned require a certain degree of knowledge and experience. However, they’re worth the time and effort spent in the long term, protecting your most valuable resources.

Which secret door type do you find the most reliable? Share your thought in the comments section below.