Tractor Beam Door

Quickstart

1. Craft a Tractor Beam Door and place it on the ceiling (it mounts upside-down, machinery face pointing downward).
2. Craft a Tractor Beam Remote and hold it.
3. Sneak + right-click the door to bind the remote to it.
4. Right-click the door (or right-click in the air while holding the bound remote) to open the mode GUI.
5. Pick Pull Up or Glide Down, set your speeds, and click the mode button — the holographic beam appears instantly.
6. Walk into the beam column below the door to be lifted or lowered.

Overview

Tractor Beam Door is a sci-fi mobility mod that adds a ceiling-mounted machine block capable of projecting a vertical energy beam. The beam can pull players and mobs straight up through the block or let them glide safely downward. A handheld remote gives you full control over which mode is active and how fast the beam moves entities, all from a clean in-game GUI.

What It Adds

Both items appear in the Redstone creative tab.

Crafting And Obtaining

Tractor Beam Door

Tractor Beam Remote

The Tractor Beam Remote can also be found in loot.

How To Use

Placing the Door

Place the Tractor Beam Door on the underside of a ceiling block. The machinery sits flush against the ceiling; the emitter face points downward and is where the beam originates.

Using the Remote

Hold the Tractor Beam Remote and interact with a door:

Once bound, the tooltip shows the door's coordinates and reminds you of the available controls.

Mode GUI

The GUI panel has two sections: Mode (left) and Speed (right).

The Speed section has two independent fields:

• Up speed — controls how fast entities are pulled upward (0.25× – 2.0×).
• Down speed — controls how fast entities descend (0.25× – 2.0×).

Type your desired multiplier (e.g. 1.00) and click a mode button to apply both the mode and the speeds simultaneously. The remote remembers the last values you entered.

Without the remote you can still right-click the door block directly (bare hand or any non-remote item) to cycle through Off → Pull Up → Glide Down → Off and see the current mode in the action bar.

Abilities And Mechanics

Pull Up (Upward Lift)

• The beam projects a glowing cyan and white holographic cylinder below the door.
• Any living entity (players and mobs) that enters the column is smoothly pulled upward.
• Horizontal momentum is preserved — you can strafe while rising.
• The beam brakes gently as you approach the door and passes you through the block.
• Fall damage is reset while you are being lifted, so landing after exiting sideways at height is safe.

Glide Down (Downward Glide)

• The beam projects a blue and violet holographic cylinder.
• The door block becomes passable — you can drop through it from above.
• Entities inside the column descend slowly and safely instead of falling freely.
• A short landing immunity window after touching the ground prevents fall damage from the descent.

Visual Beam

The beam is a luminous 3D holographic cylinder rendered in real geometry with animated rings that scroll in the direction of travel. Sparse spark particles float around the outside of the column. The entire effect disappears instantly when the mode is set to Off.

Progression And Strategy

• Early access: The recipe uses iron ingots, redstone, and an ender pearl (door) or a compass and redstone torch (remote) — all obtainable in the mid-early game after reaching the Nether for ender pearls.
• Vertical bases: Mount several Tractor Beam Doors at different floor heights to create fast vertical transit without ladders or elevators.
• Speed tuning: Keep Up speed high (e.g. 2.00) for a fast express lift and Down speed low (e.g. 0.50) for a controlled, safe descent on the same door — the two speeds are stored independently on the block.
• Mob transport: The beam affects all living entities, not just players, making it useful for moving animals or hostile mobs between levels.
• Remote flexibility: Bind one remote per door for permanent control, or use direct right-click (without binding) to quickly adjust any nearby door from a single remote.