How to Make a Door in Unturned

Lee Stanton March 22, 2021

If you want to keep your belongings safe from raiders in Unturned, you need to build a base. A door will give you the necessary protection – especially if you craft it from metal, or camouflage it. If you’re confused about how to make a door in Unturned, we’re here to help.

In this guide, we’ll explain how to create doors of various types in Unturned, including metal, vault, and garage doors. Additionally, we’ll answer some of the most common questions related to the Unturned gaming process.

How to Make a Door in Unturned

In Unturned, you can make doors out of various materials. Here’s a detailed guide on crafting a simple wooden door:

Collect necessary materials – chop some trees to get sticks and logs. Two trees should suffice.
Navigate to your inventory and select “Crafting” at the bottom.
Press and hold the “Ctrl” button on your keyboard and left-click on a saw and logs.
Select “Craft All” and choose “Board” from the menu on the left. You can craft three boards from one log.
Repeat until you have eight boards to craft four wooden plates.
From four wooden plates, craft a wooden frame.
Collect some scrap metal and craft two bolts from a piece of scrap metal and fire.
Create a wooden door with one wooden frame and bolts.

How to Make a Doorway in Unturned

To place a door, you first need to have a doorway. Follow the steps below to create a wooden doorway in Unturned:

Chop trees to collect enough sticks and logs. A couple of trees should suffice.
Navigate to your inventory and select “Crafting” at the bottom.
Press and hold the “Ctrl” button on your keyboard and left-click on a saw and logs.
Select “Craft All” and choose “Board” from the menu on the left. From one log, you can get three to four boards.
Repeat until you have eight boards to craft four wooden plates.
From four wooden plates, craft a wooden frame.
Repeat until you have at least two wooden frames.
Craft two wooden supports from two sticks each.
Craft at least two wooden pillars. Use one board and two wooden supports for each pillar.
You can build a doorway only if you have a wall. Thus, create a wall from two pillars and two frames.
Craft a doorway from wooden supports and a wooden wall.

How to Make a Metal Door in Unturned

Wooden doors are easy to make but aren’t as durable as their metal counterparts. To craft a metal door in Unturned, follow the instructions below:

Collect some sticks and logs by chopping trees, and find a piece of scrap metal. One or two trees should be enough.
From a saw and logs, craft wooden boards.
From eight wooden boards, craft four wooden plates.
From four wooden plates, craft a wooden frame.
Craft some bolts from scrap metal and fire. From one piece of scrap metal, you can craft two bolts.
Create a wooden door from bolts and a wooden frame.
Create a metal door from a wooden door and three pieces of scrap metal.

How to Make a Garage Door in Unturned

If you’d like to make a garage door in Unturned, you have to make a garage frame first, then attach the door to it. Here’s how to do that:

Collect some birch sticks and logs from one or two trees and a scrap metal piece.
Navigate to your inventory and select “Crafting” at the bottom.
Press and hold the “Ctrl” button on your keyboard and left-click on materials.
Select “Craft All” and choose which item to craft from the menu on the left.
From two birch logs, craft a garage frame.
From four sticks, craft a birch plank. Repeat until you have eight of them.
Craft a garage door from eight birch planks and two pieces of scrap metal.

How to Make a Secret Door in Unturned

You can’t make invisible doors in Unturned, but you can hide them with the help of a ramp. Here’s how to do that:

Build your base with any entrance door you like – it won’t be the secret door.
Create a room with a door in your base or simply craft a locker and place it in one of the rooms. This will be the secret door.
Craft a ramp from three birch logs.
Place it inside your house. It has to cover the whole area in front of your secret door – almost like a wall. The upper part of the ramp has to be more than head-high, and the lower part further away, in front of you.
When random players open the front door, they won’t know about your secret door – it will be covered with a ramp.
To go through the ramp, walk up to it, press and hold the “Z” key and walk as far as you can. Then, release “Z” and press it again – your head will now stick out from another side of the ramp. Jump to get to the other side of the ramp completely.

How to Make a Wooden Door in Unturned

A wooden door is the easiest to craft – here’s how to do it:

Collect necessary materials – chop some trees to get sticks and logs.
Navigate to your inventory and select “Crafting” at the bottom.
Press and hold the “Ctrl” button on your keyboard and left-click on a saw and logs.
Select “Craft All” and choose “Board” from the menu on the left. From one log, you can craft up to four boards.
Repeat until you have eight boards to craft four wooden plates.
From four wooden plates, craft a wooden frame.
Collect scrap metal and craft two bolts from a piece of scrap metal and fire.
Create a wooden door with one wooden frame and bolts.

Note: Wooden doors can’t be locked. Thus, they will protect your base from zombies, but not from other players.

How to Make a Locked Door in Unturned

While wooden doors in Unturned can be opened by anyone, metal doors can be opened only by you and your group members. To create a locked door, follow the steps below:

Collect some sticks and logs by chopping one to two trees, and find a piece of scrap metal.
From a saw and logs, craft wooden boards.
From two wooden boards, craft a wooden plate.
From four wooden plates, craft a wooden frame.
Craft two bolts from a piece of scrap metal and fire.
Create a wooden door from bolts and a wooden frame.
Create a metal door from a wooden door and three pieces of scrap metal.
The door will be locked for anyone apart from you and your group members. If you want to lock it even from your group members, you have to leave the group.
You can’t create a door lock, but you can craft a locker and place it on a metal door. Use three metal sheets and three metal bars to craft a locker, then attach it to your door.

How to Make a Vault Door in Unturned

Vault doors have a higher Health rate than ordinary doors. Follow the instructions below to create a vault door in Unturned:

Collect some scrap metal and make sure you have reached the third skill level.
Make sure you have a blowtorch.
From two pieces of scrap metal, craft a metal sheet. Repeat until you have four of them.
Craft two metal bars from a piece of scrap metal. Repeat until you have three of them.
Craft a vault door from four metal sheets and three metal bars.

How to Make a Double Door in Unturned

If a single metal door isn’t enough to protect your base from unwanted visitors, you can create a double metal door. Follow the instructions below:

Collect some scrap metal and make sure you have reached the third skill level.
To craft items, navigate to your inventory and select “Crafting” at the bottom.
Press and hold the “Ctrl” button on your keyboard and left-click on materials.
Select “Craft All” and choose which item to craft from the menu on the left.
From two pieces of scrap metal, craft a metal sheet. Repeat until you have four of them.
From four metal sheets and scrap metal pieces, create a double metal door.

Frequently Asked Questions

Read this section to find answers to some of the most common questions related to Unturned.

How Do You Use Item IDs in Unturned?

Each item in Unturned has a unique ID. They’re mostly used for various cheats, for example, the “@give [item ID]” cheat is used to spawn materials, weapons, and more. An alphabetic list of Unturned IDs can be found at the Steam community website. You can copy an item ID like any other text if you’re playing on a PC, or simply memorize it and type it into the cheat input box.

What Do Beds Do in Unturned?

There are two types of beds in Unturned – “Bedroll” and “Cot”. Bedrolls are essentially sleeping bags that can be crafted from nine pieces of cloth. To craft a cot, you need six pieces of scrap metal and nine pieces of cloth.

Both bed types can’t be claimed by other players, but can be destroyed. You can also re-spawn there when you die. The only difference between the two bed types is the Health rate – a cot has a Health rate of 250, while a bedroll only has 50.

How Do You Build a House in Unturned?

Houses in Unturned can be crafted from wood or stone, with various types of doors and windows. You can create a house in the air or underwater. As instructions on how to build every type of house in Unturned is well outside the scope of this article, we’ll explain how to create a regular, small wooden house.

First, you have to collect some sticks and logs by chopping trees. Then, navigate to the “Crafting” menu and create wooden boards from sticks and logs. From wooden boards, craft wooden pillars, and plates. Then, craft wooden frames. From at least four wooden frames, craft a foundation for your house and place it in the desired area. To create walls, use wooden pillars and frames.

Attach them to your foundation and add a doorway to one of your walls – you can make it from wooden supports. Finally, create a door – for example, from a wooden frame and bolts, and attach it to the doorway.

Protect Your Property

Now that you know how to create a door in Unturned, your base should be complete and your belongings protected from random players. Don’t forget that even though doors can be locked, they can still be destroyed. Thus, we advise crafting either vault doors or double metal doors to ensure that raiders and zombies have no chance when attacking your property.

What’s the most mind-blowing thing you’ve built or seen someone building in Unturned? Share your experiences in the comments section below.