Close Menu
  • Gaming
    • Game Guides
    • Codes
    • Game News
    • Game Previews
    • Game Reviews
    • Game Features
    • Game Lists
    • Platforms
      • Nintendo
      • PC
      • PlayStation
      • Xbox
      • Mobile
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Movie Features
    • Movie Reviews
    • TV
    • Reality TV
    • Royals
  • Celebrity
  • Human Interest
  • Astrology
  • Videos
  • More
    • Anime
    • Lists
    • Podcasts
    • Reviews
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram LinkedIn YouTube
  • About Us
  • Join Our Team
  • Meet the Team
  • Privacy Policy
  • DMCA Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Sitemap
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • Advertising Policy
The Nerd Stash
  • Gaming
  • Celebrity
  • Human Interest
  • Videos
The Nerd Stash
Home»Game Guides»Minecraft: How to Get Scaffolding

Minecraft: How to Get Scaffolding

Have you ever tried making a house but kept falling off the roof? Do you have issues with climbing up and down ladders? If you…

Madison BensonBy Madison BensonAugust 9, 20223 Mins Read
This article is over 2 years old and may contain outdated information.

Have you ever tried making a house but kept falling off the roof? Do you have issues with climbing up and down ladders? If you enjoy building in Survival mode but have difficulty reaching high places, scaffolding may be the block you’re looking for. However, with its peculiar crafting recipe, it’s not the easiest block to make, especially if you don’t have quick access to the necessary items. This guide will teach you how to craft and use scaffolding in Minecraft Java and Bedrock Editions.

How to Get Scaffolding in Minecraft

Minecraft Scaffolding Crafting

You can craft scaffolding using bamboo and string in Minecraft Java and Bedrock. Specifically, you need six bamboo shoots and one string to make six scaffolding blocks. Since the recipe does not fit into your inventory crafting interface, you’ll also need a crafting table.

String is obtainable as a drop from spiders and striders. If you’re in peaceful mode, you can also break cobwebs using a sword for string. You may also find it in jungle temples and dungeon treasure chests.

Bamboo may be slightly harder to find, depending on your access to a jungle biome. Bamboo spawns in abundance in jungles. Alternatively, you can defeat pandas for drops. While they’re not a guaranteed drop in Bedrock Edition, Java Edition pandas will always drop one bamboo.

Once you’ve obtained six bamboo and one string, head to your crafting table and arrange them according to the image above. If you need more scaffolding blocks, you’ll have to get more materials and repeat the process.

Upon making the scaffolding, you can place them down like a regular block and climb up them like a ladder. Like a bamboo plant, breaking the bottom scaffolding block also results in the rest falling down. You can also only build out up to six blocks before having to support the scaffolding. If you try to build a seventh block away, the scaffolding will drop to the ground.

Thankfully, unlike most blocks, you do not have to crouch-place the blocks to stop yourself from falling. Instead, interact with the scaffold while facing the direction you wish to place the block to build across automatically. This also works when building upwards, meaning you don’t even have to stand on top of the scaffolding to place it! Be careful if you do crouch down, though, since you’ll descend the scaffolding, resulting in you taking fall damage if there are no supporting blocks underneath.

Related:

How to Make Obsidian in Minecraft
Related Topics
Guide Minecraft
Share. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email
Madison Benson

Madison is a Canadian freelance writer with a love for video games. Proud owner of three dogs and two rabbits.

SUGGESTED READS

Destiny 2 Edge of Fate World Tier Changes
Game News

Bungie Responds to Community Criticism by Peeling Back Some Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate Secrets

Destiny 2 Weekly Reset Guide: Challenges, Rotations, & Rewards (June 28-May 2)
Game Guides

Destiny 2 Weekly Reset Guide: Challenges, Rotations, & Rewards (July 1 – July 7)

Destiny 2 Edge of Fate Expansion Launch Trailer
Game Features

Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate Just Gave Us a Remedy-like Launch Trailer

Death Stranding 2 On the Beach Mexico
Game Features

Strangely Enough, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Has the Most Faithful Representation of Mexico in Recent Memory

Xbox Game Pass July 2025 games
Game News

6 Games Including Mafia Leaving Xbox Game Pass In July

Warframe Second Dream image
Features

Warframe Devs’ Friendly Relationship with Players Leads to Rapid Boss Fix That Puts Other Live-Service Games to Shame

Trending
Texas Man records a package thief stealing boxes off the porch

Texas Man Comes up With โ€˜Epicโ€™ Idea To Get Revenge on Porch Pirates: โ€˜This Is Genius’

Ric Flair poop in restaurant

Angry Tampa Server is Fed-Up With Ric Flair Pooping in Their Restaurants, ‘Dirtiest Player in the Game’

Florida bride has special moment with two fathers at wedding

Florida Bride’s Father Shocks Guests At Wedding When He Sees Her Stepdad In Crowd: ‘Cries In Daddy Issues’

Texas woman sees dead brother during vacation

Texas Woman Shares Shocking Story of Seeing Her Dead Brother During Family Vacation in Italy: ‘This Gave Me Chills’

The Nerd Stash
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram YouTube LinkedIn
  • About Us
  • Join Our Team
  • Meet the Team
  • Privacy Policy
  • DMCA Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Sitemap
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • Advertising Policy
© 2025 The Nerd Stash. All Rights Reserved.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.