Specifically, is it safe to put a lever to open an iron door 'outside'?
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Mobs can't really use anything that players can use (including levers). The only exceptions are ladders and pressure plates. Ladders because it only requires that the mob move towards the ladder to use it, and AI doesn't actually know how to use the ladder causing them to fall off of it pretty easily.
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14That was my gut feel, but thought I'd ask anyway. Better safe than respawned– johncNov 24, 2010 at 0:38
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1It would be interesting to know, though, if this is by design or if it could change in the future as the AI (presumably?) will get better. Nov 24, 2010 at 1:14
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@Uncle I'm pretty sure it's by design. Maybe if "smarter" mobs are added in the future, they might be able to use them, but I can't see a creeper or zombie being intelligent enough to understand that they'd have to go over to the lever, flip it, and then go over to the door and go through.– Doktor JMay 14, 2011 at 16:41
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