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Starter Oak Cabin
A 7 by 9 oak cabin with a spruce roof you can finish on your first or second day.
This cabin uses only early-game materials: cobblestone, oak planks, oak logs, glass and spruce for the roof. It has a door, six windows, a crafting table, furnace, chest and a lantern, and leaves room for a bed in the back corner.
- Size (W × L × H)
- 9 × 11 × 10
- Blocks to place
- 309
- Layers
- 10
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Best biomes
- Plains, Forest, Any
- Works in
- Java and Bedrock 1.16+
The .schem file is a Sponge schematic for WorldEdit and similar tools on Java 1.21 or newer. Preview it first in the Schematic Viewer. Bedrock players can follow the layer plan below.
How to build the Starter Oak Cabin
- 1
Lay the foundation
Place a 7 by 9 rectangle of cobblestone on flat ground. Replace the inner 5 by 7 with oak planks for the floor.
- 2
Raise the corner logs
Stand an oak log column 4 blocks tall on each corner of the foundation.
- 3
Build the walls
Fill the walls between the logs with oak planks, 4 blocks high. Leave a 1 by 2 gap in the middle of the front wall for the door.
- 4
Add windows and the door
Place a glass block either side of the door at eye level, two 2-tall windows on each long side and one 2-tall window in the back wall. Hang an oak door in the gap.
- 5
Build the roof
Run the ridge from front to back. Start one block outside the walls with spruce stairs facing inward, step up and in one block per layer for four layers, and cap the top with a row of spruce planks. Fill the triangle at the front and back with oak planks.
- 6
Furnish
Put the crafting table and furnace against the back right wall, a chest in the back left corner and a lantern near the door. Your bed fits along the left wall.
Builder tips
- Gather about 20 oak logs and 12 spruce logs before you start.
- Light the area around the cabin so mobs do not spawn next to the door.
- Use the layer plan if you lose track of the roof steps.
Materials
Exact counts for every block in the build. Stacks are 64.
| Block | Count | Stacks |
|---|---|---|
| Oak Planks | 149 | 2 × 64 + 21 |
| Spruce Stairs | 88 | 1 × 64 + 24 |
| Cobblestone | 28 | 28 |
| Oak Log | 16 | 16 |
| Glass | 12 | 12 |
| Spruce Planks | 11 | 11 |
| Chest | 1 | 1 |
| Crafting Table | 1 | 1 |
| Furnace | 1 | 1 |
| Lantern | 1 | 1 |
| Oak Door | 1 | 1 |
Gathering estimate
Planks, stairs, slabs, bricks and glass converted back to what you collect, using standard recipes. Rounded up.
- Oak Log57
- Cobblestone36
- Spruce Log36
- Sand12
- Lantern1
Layer-by-layer plan
Build from the bottom up. Each layer shows exactly which block goes where, with the layer below shown faintly for alignment.
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