The Door is a simple opening and closing mechanism in Terraria’s sandbox. It is a basic structure used in almost every building ranging from houses to dungeons. Compared to a regular block, placing a Door in Terraria can be tricky to get used to.
This is mainly due to the placement prerequisites that must be fulfilled to place a successful door. The main reason you can’t place a door in Terraria is obstructions in its building path.
A door won’t open, let alone be placed, if some other placeable Terraria block blocks it. It needs a 3 x 1 space to be placed. However, there are times when even this won’t be enough. Placing these doors is the basic requirement to build a house to call in NPCs.
How to Place a Door in Terraria
To place a Door, you will need an available building space of 3 x 1 blocks. There also needs to be a block just above the placing location of the Door. In simpler terms, there should be a block in both the vertical top and bottom so the door can be placed in the 3-block vertical space in between.
The placed door can then be right-clicked to open and close.
You must also ensure that the blocks you work with are solid and whole. This means that the placed blocks shouldn’t be half-mined. If you feel like the block is to blame for this issue, then by all means, consider changing it. Mining and placing it again should also do the trick if you run out of blocks.
How to Use Doors Properly
Doors open left or right in Terraria. However, they can be stopped from opening in a certain direction by placing obstacles in their opening direction. Generally, it is advisable not to have anything (excluding background walls) in a 3 x 1 radius of a door in both directions.
This includes putting platforms or furniture as well, so ensure the coast is clear. Another key thing to note is that the enemies can open doors in the Blood Moon event.
Thus, you should not consider a door to protect you against enemies. Doors can be opened automatically when a player approaches them, so they are not hard to use.
Placing a door is a basic game mechanic and should not take much time to get used to. There are several kinds of craftable doors present in Terraria. Some non-craftable ones have high collectible value. The general purpose of the door remains the same, no matter where you place it.