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Nether Portal Base
An 11 by 9 stone brick room around a minimum 10-obsidian Nether portal with storage and stations.
- Size
- 11×9×7
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Style
- Medieval
- Blocks
- 393 blocks
Survival baseRusticMedium
Survival Starter Compound
A lit 21 by 21 walled base with a house, a 9 by 9 crop field and a storage shed.
Everything an early survival world needs inside one safe wall. The 3-block cobblestone wall has lanterns every four blocks and a triple fence gate, so mobs stay out while you farm, store loot and sleep.
- Size (W × L × H)
- 21 × 21 × 10
- Blocks to place
- 991
- Layers
- 10
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Best biomes
- Plains, 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 Survival Starter Compound
- 1
Mark the area
Flatten a 21 by 21 area of grass.
- 2
Wall
Build a cobblestone wall 3 blocks tall around the edge. Leave a 3-wide gap in the middle of the front and place three spruce fence gates in it.
- 3
Light the wall
Place a lantern on top of the wall every four blocks, including the corners. Hostile mobs only spawn in complete darkness, so a lit wall keeps the yard safe.
- 4
Crop field
In the back left, till a 9 by 9 square of farmland and replace the centre block with a water source. Water keeps farmland within four blocks moist.
- 5
House
In the back right, build a 7 by 7 oak house 3 blocks tall with log corners, four windows, a door facing the path and a spruce gable roof.
- 6
Storage shed and paths
In the front left, build a 7 by 5 spruce shed with a slab roof and ten barrels. Connect the gate, house and shed with gravel paths.
Builder tips
- Barrels open even with a block on top, unlike chests.
- Plant wheat, carrots and potatoes in rows inside the field.
- Expand the wall later by moving one side out.
Materials
Exact counts for every block in the build. Stacks are 64.
| Block | Count | Stacks |
|---|---|---|
| Grass Block | 250 | 3 × 64 + 58 |
| Cobblestone | 222 | 3 × 64 + 30 |
| Oak Planks | 111 | 1 × 64 + 47 |
| Farmland (till dirt with a hoe) | 80 | 1 × 64 + 16 |
| Spruce Stairs | 72 | 1 × 64 + 8 |
| Spruce Planks | 70 | 1 × 64 + 6 |
| Gravel | 46 | 46 |
| Mossy Cobblestone | 36 | 36 |
| Spruce Slab | 35 | 35 |
| Lantern | 22 | 22 |
| Oak Log | 12 | 12 |
| Spruce Log | 12 | 12 |
| Barrel | 10 | 10 |
| Glass | 4 | 4 |
| Spruce Fence Gate | 3 | 3 |
| Chest | 1 | 1 |
| Crafting Table | 1 | 1 |
| Furnace | 1 | 1 |
| Oak Door | 1 | 1 |
| Spruce Door | 1 | 1 |
| Water source (bucket) | 1 | 1 |
Gathering estimate
Planks, stairs, slabs, bricks and glass converted back to what you collect, using standard recipes. Rounded up.
- Grass Block250
- Cobblestone230
- Dirt80
- Spruce Log64
- Oak Log61
- Gravel46
- Mossy Cobblestone36
- Lantern22
- Sand4
- Water source (bucket)1
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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