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2×2 Door v1.0

Java & Bedrock

Add a clever entrance to your Minecraft base with this compact 2x2 piston door, using pressure plates for easy access from both sides.

FREE5 viewsSep 30, 2026By Build It Labs
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About the 2×2 Door v1.0

Build a compact 2x2 piston door in Minecraft and give your base an automatic entrance. This design uses four sticky pistons to pull the door’s red concrete blocks sideways, creating a two-block-wide, two-block-high passage. Pressure plates on both sides make it convenient to enter and exit without reaching for a button or lever.

The mechanism combines redstone dust, two redstone torches, and four pressure plates, with the main wiring tucked beneath the floor. Its symmetrical layout keeps the circuit easy to inspect as you build, making this a useful project for learning how a simple redstone door fits together.

With this easy-to-follow Minecraft tutorial, you can recreate the build step by step using the interactive 3D viewer. Rotate the model to check piston directions, examine the wiring below the entrance, and see how each layer connects before moving on.

Add the doorway to a storage room, underground corridor, or base entrance, leaving space around it for the pistons and wiring. The red concrete gives the door a distinct appearance, while the compact mechanism offers a practical introduction to adding automation to your Minecraft builds.

Also known as: 2x2 piston doorcompact piston doorredstone doorMinecraft doorautomatic doorpressure plate doorsticky piston doorsmall redstone buildbase entrancepiston door tutorialredstone tutorial

Material List

  • 145 Dirt/Farm Land
  • 140 Seeds
  • 35 Stone
  • 30 Spruce Planks
  • 15 Stone Slab
  • 10 Cobblestone
  • 10 Stone Stair
  • 10 Cobblestone Slab
  • 5 Lantern
  • 5 Spruce Fence Gate
  • 4 Water
  • 3 Stone Brick Wall
  • 3 Cobblestone Stairs
  • 1 Cobblestone Wall
  • 15min

Shaders Used: Complementary Shaders

Material List

  • 75 Stone Bricks
  • 45 Stone Brick Stairs
  • 40 Spruce Trapdoor
  • 35 Spruce Planks
  • 20 Spruce Stairs
  • 20 Oak Log
  • 15 Cobblestone
  • 9 Stone Brick Slab
  • 9 Ladder
  • 8 Stone
  • 6 Cobblestone Stairs
  • 6 Stripped Spruce Log
  • 6 Spruce Button
  • 5 Stone Stairs
  • 4 Bricks
  • 4 Spruce Slab
  • 4 Barrel
  • 3 Lantern
  • 3 Glass Pane
  • 3 Stone Bricks Wall
  • 3 Spruce Fence Gate
  • 2 Spruce Fence
  • 1 Stone Slab
  • 1 Brick Wall
  • 1 Cobblestone Wall
  • 20min

Shaders Used: Complementary Shaders

Material List

  • 75 Calcite
  • 55 Oak Trapdoor
  • 30 Polished Diorite
  • 25 Oak Slab
  • 25 Gray Stained Glass Pane
  • 20 Brick Stairs
  • 20 Oak Fence
  • 20 Brick Slab
  • 20 Oak Leaves
  • 20 Oak Planks
  • 15 Oak Stairs
  • 15 Diorite
  • 15 Grass Block
  • 9 Campfire
  • 9 Oak Fence Gate
  • 2 Stone Brick Wall
  • 2 Oak Door
  • 2 Lantern
  • 15min

Shaders Used: Complementary Shaders

Material List

  • 160 Spruce Slab
  • 125 Stone brick Slab
  • 115 Spruce Planks
  • 105 Spruce Trapdoor
  • 100 Spruce Stair
  • 90 Oak Log
  • 75 Stone bricks
  • 55 Stone
  • 50 Deepslate Brick Stairs
  • 50 Cobbled Deepslate Stairs
  • 35 Oak Trapdoor
  • 20 Barrel
  • 20 Cobble Deepslate Slab
  • 20 Spruce Fence
  • 20 Spruce Fence Gate
  • 15 Lantern
  • 15 Deepslate Brick Slab
  • 15 Stone Brick Stairs
  • 8 Spruce Door
  • 25min

Shaders Used: Complementary Shaders

Material List

  • 70 Yellow Terracotta
  • 35 Spruce Stairs
  • 15 Polished Granite
  • 15 Stone bricks
  • 10 Granite
  • 10 Spruce Trapdoor
  • 10 Spruce Planks
  • 7 Campfire
  • 6 Spruce Fence
  • 4 Lantern
  • 4 Glass Pane
  • 3 Spruce Fence Gate
  • 3 Stone Brick Slab
  • 2 Red Tulip
  • 2 Granite Wall
  • 2 Spruce Door
  • 2 Grass Block
  • 2 Stone Brick Stair
  • 1 Stone Brick Wall
  • 1 Spruce Slab
  • 5min

Shaders Used: Complementary Shaders

Material List

  • 510 Stripped Spruce Log
  • 330 Spruce Planks
  • 260 Deepslate Brick Stairs
  • 210 Stone bricks
  • 180 Calcite
  • 140 Spruce Stairs
  • 140 Dark Oak Stairs
  • 100 Dark Oak Planks
  • 95 Dark Oak Slab
  • 85 Glass Pane
  • 75 Spruce Slab
  • 65 Stone
  • 60 Diorite
  • 50 Spruce Trapdoor
  • 45 Lantern
  • 35 Stone Brick Stairs
  • 35 Oak Leaves
  • 30 Polished Diorite
  • 30 Oak Button
  • 25 Stone Brick Slab
  • 20 Stone Brick Wall
  • 20 Dark Oak Fence
  • 20 Deepslate Brick Wall
  • 15 Dark Oak Fence Gate
  • 10 Spruce Fence
  • 4 Deepslate Brick Slab
  • 4 Chain
  • 4 Torch
  • 4 Spruce Door
  • 100min

Shaders Used: Complementary Shaders

Material List

  • 150 Stone Bricks
  • 130 Calcite
  • 75 Spruce Stairs
  • 70 Dark Oak Stairs
  • 45 Stripped Spruce Log
  • 35 Spruce Trapdoor
  • 30 Andesite
  • 25 Dark Oak Slab
  • 20 Dark Oak Planks
  • 20 Diorite
  • 20 Andesite Stairs
  • 15 Cobblestone
  • 9 Stone Brick Stairs
  • 6 Lantern
  • 6 Barrel
  • 4 Flower Pot
  • 4 Andesite Wall
  • 4 Anvil
  • 4 iron Bars
  • 3 Polished Diorite
  • 2 Glass Pane
  • 2 Spruce Door
  • 2 Cobblestone Stairs
  • 20min

Shaders Used: Complementary Shaders

Material List

  • 90 Sandstone
  • 55 Oak Planks
  • 45 Smooth Sandstone
  • 30 Oak Log
  • 25 Cut Sandstone
  • 20 Oak Button
  • 20 Sandstone Slab
  • 10 Red Wool
  • 10 Sand
  • 8 White Wool
  • 8 Ladder
  • 6 Spruce Door
  • 6 Barrel
  • 5 Spruce Trapdoor
  • 4 Smooth Sandstone Stairs
  • 4 Oak Fence
  • 3 Lantern
  • 3 Cut sandstone Slab
  • 1 Crafting Table
  • 15min

Shaders Used: Complementary Shaders

Material List

  • 280 Oak Log
  • 265 Warped Planks
  • 250 Stripped Spruce Planks
  • 210 Andesite
  • 195 Warped Slab
  • 165 Spruce Slab
  • 150 Spruce Planks
  • 130 Spruce Stairs
  • 75 Calcite
  • 70 Stone
  • 55 Warped Stairs
  • 35 Cobblestone
  • 35 Glass Pane
  • 30 Lantern
  • 20 Crimson Planks
  • 20 Lectern
  • 20 Brown Concrete Powder
  • 20 Andesite Slab
  • 20 Crimson Stairs
  • 15 Torch
  • 15 Spruce Sign
  • 10 Spruce Fence
  • 5 Oak Trapdoor
  • 5 Andesite Wall
  • 3 Grass Block
  • 2 Warped Fence
  • 2 Red Tulip
  • 2 Spruce Door
  • 2 Stone Slab
  • 80min

Shaders Used: Complementary Shaders

Material List

  • 130 Spruce Stairs
  • 70 Birch Log
  • 50 Spruce Planks
  • 40 Spruce Slab
  • 35 Oak Log
  • 20 Birch Wood
  • 15 Spruce Fence
  • 15 Diorite
  • 11 Spruce Trapdoor
  • 9 Glass Pane
  • 8 Stone Brick Wall
  • 3 Bricks
  • 3 Campfire
  • 3 Lantern
  • 2 Grass Block
  • 1 Spruce Door
  • 1 Brick Slab
  • 20min

Shaders Used: Complementary Shaders

Material List

  • 00 Grass Block
  • 00 Grass Block
  • 00 Grass Block
  • 00 Grass Block
  • 00 Grass Block
  • 00 Grass Block
  • 00 Grass Block
  • 00 Grass Block
  • 00 Grass Block
  • 00 Grass Block
  • 5min

Shaders Used: Complementary Shaders

Material List

5min

  • 50 Oak Stairs
  • 42 Cobble Stone
  • 10 Grass Blocks
  • 10 Grass Blocks
  • 10 Grass Blocks
  • 10 Grass Blocks

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