# Stone Keep Castle: Minecraft Blueprint

> A 15 by 15 three-floor stone brick keep with corner turrets, arrow slits and a roof walk.

Source: https://minebuildr.com/blueprints/stone-keep-castle

## Quick facts

- Category: Castles
- Style: Medieval
- Size: 17 wide, 17 long, 18 tall (blocks)
- Total blocks: 1,595
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Editions: Java and Bedrock 1.16+
- Biomes: Plains, Hills, Any
- Download: Free .schem file (Java Edition WorldEdit format) on the page

## Description

A compact castle that works as a real survival base. Three wooden floors connect by a ladder in the corner, the ground floor has arrow slits and a 3-wide gate, and the battlements give you a lookout over the area. A few mossy and cracked bricks make it look aged.

## Materials

| Block | Count |
| --- | ---: |
| Stone Bricks | 968 |
| Spruce Planks | 336 |
| Mossy Stone Bricks | 133 |
| Cracked Stone Bricks | 103 |
| Glass | 36 |
| Ladder | 13 |
| Lantern | 3 |
| Chest | 1 |
| Crafting Table | 1 |
| Furnace | 1 |

## Build steps

1. Base: Lay a 15 by 15 stone brick floor.
2. Outer walls: Build stone brick walls 12 blocks high around the edge. Open a gate 3 wide and 3 tall in the middle of the front.
3. Floors: Add spruce plank floors at the 5th and 9th levels and a stone brick roof on top of the walls.
4. Battlements and turrets: Place merlons on every other block around the roof edge. On each corner build a 3 by 3 turret three blocks above the roof with its own merlons.
5. Windows and slits: Cut 1 by 2 arrow slits on the ground floor and add 2-tall glass windows on the upper floors on every side.
6. Ladder: In the back left corner, place a ladder against the back wall from the ground to the roof, passing through each floor.
7. Weathering: Swap about one in ten stone bricks for mossy stone bricks and a few for cracked stone bricks.

## Tips

- A stonecutter turns stone into stone bricks one for one.
- You need about 25 stacks of stone bricks, so set up a cobblestone generator or mine a cave.
- Arrow slits let you shoot out while mobs cannot path in.

## Related MineBuildr tools

- [Castle Generator](https://minebuildr.com/tools/castle-generator): Generate medieval castle layouts with towers, walls, gates and inner keep — sized for any plot.
- [Wall Pattern Generator](https://minebuildr.com/tools/wall-pattern-generator): Generate randomized wall patterns from any palette — stone, wood, deepslate or custom mixes.
- [Terraform Planner](https://minebuildr.com/tools/terraform-planner): Sketch terrain layers, biome zones and elevation steps for any plot — with block estimates for each region.

Preview image: https://minebuildr.com/__l5e/assets-v1/10797d42-ec7f-45ca-977e-12215aa1530e/minecraft-blueprint-stone-keep-castle-iso.jpg