Build houses in Minecraft - ideas, tips & building plans

They can be small and spartan, gigantic and imposing - or anything in between. We're talking about houses in Minecraft. In addition to their practical use in survival mode, they are another way for players to let off steam creatively in the game. In this guide, you'll learn:

  • What you should know about building houses in Minecraft in general
  • Which building plans you can easily implement yourself
  • What magnificent buildings other players have already built

Building houses in Minecraft: The basic knowledge

Why build houses in Minecraft in the first place? The reason is obvious: they protect you from danger. The game is one of the so-called survival games and especially at night you are anything but safe. Numerous creeps are after your precious life. Unless you have a house. So one of your first actions in Minecraft should be to build a roof over your head.

Build a workbench and tools

The very first thing you'll need is a workbench, which you'll assemble from four wooden boards. You can use it to make tools that you can use to cut down trees or quarry rocks. Use three wooden boards and two sticks to build a wooden axe, which you can then use to quarry stones. You will need seven stone blocks to make more stable tools.

Collect building material

Now it's time to collect materials, because a house like this doesn't build itself. In principle, you can build your house from any material, but the most beautiful is of course brick. However, since brick is hard to come by and you need four safe walls quickly, you can start with a wooden hut. Admittedly, wood burns pretty quickly, but it's easy to get and available in large quantities.

Building your house

Don't build your first house too big. A footprint of nine by nine bricks is perfectly adequate for starters. Your house should be at least four, better five blocks high. A roof is mandatory, as well as a front door and windows. Torches should also be placed in and around your house, because creeps are not fans of light.

Building houses for advanced players

You've already built your first house and now you want a bigger and more beautiful one, but you lack ideas? No problem, the Internet is full of building plans and cool ideas on how to design your houses in Minecraft.

Small and cozy: Minecraft houses to start with

Especially at the beginning of Minecraft, it should be quick and easy. But that doesn't mean you have to build a wooden block. With this tutorial, you can build a very easy but visually appealing beginner's house that doesn't yet require any wacky or rare materials.

Simple, but modern: The small designer house

To first get a feel for how you can build houses in Minecraft with different sizes and multiple materials, a simple blueprint is suitable. With this idea you'll build a very modern house, which also does not take up too much space. If you like modern design with clean lines, you won't go wrong with this building plan.

Tutorial for a Mediterranean villa

One Minecraft player who has made numerous YouTube videos about building houses in Minecraft is Jannis Gerzen. With the help of his tutorial, you can, for example, build a spacious villa that seems to be taken directly from Tuscany and decorate the interior as you like. There is no lack of space inside.

Idyllic and at the same time imposing farmhouse

Wooden houses have their charm, no question. But then they have to be large and offer free space. Like this farmhouse, for which there is a corresponding tutorial on YouTube. Without many words, user SheepGG shows how wood - a lot of wood - can be used to build a cozy abode.

The best houses of the Minecraft community

Sure, you can build houses in Minecraft - or you can build castles, fortresses, churches or domes. At least, that's what numerous other creative Minecraft players have already done and ensured that the community is flabbergasted.

King's Landing lives on in Minecraft

While King's Landing, the seat of the Lannisters in Game of Thrones, now lies in ruins, one industrious Minecraft artist has taken the trouble to recreate the port city. In a very detailed video, WesterosCraft takes us through the walls, which were designed with great attention to detail.

Accio Hogwarts!

No idea how much time went into this project, but it was worth every single second. Without further ado, not only Hogwarts was recreated in Minecraft, but also other places that we know from the Harry Potter movies. These include the Quidditch field, the forbidden forest, and even Hagrid's hut. You can't stop watching the video and keep discovering new details.

The builder of Notre Dame

At least as impressive as Hogwarts and its surroundings is the construction of Notre Dame Cathedral. The video, which shows the construction in Minecraft in fast motion, is around 6:30 minutes long. I wonder how long they worked on it in real time?

Berlin, Berlin, we're going to Berlin!

But we don't even have to look to Paris to find an impressive building that was recreated in Minecraft. There's also the Reichstag in Berlin. On HotDoG's YouTube channel, you can find the one-minute sneak peek as well as more in-depth tutorials on how to recreate the Reichstag.

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