How to Build a Easy Survival Starter House in Minecraft
This starter house is a small oak and cobblestone cabin with a spruce stair roof, built on an 11 x 11 cobblestone foundation. Inside you get two beds, a crafting table, two furnaces, barrel storage, and a table with two chairs on a red carpet rug. Outside there is a front porch, a dirt path with flowers, a 5 x 5 wheat patch and a few oak trees.
The whole build, including the yard and garden, measures 35 wide x 33 deep x 12 tall and uses 891 blocks. It is split into 14 steps, so you can stop after the roof and lights if you just need a safe place for the first night, then finish the farm and yard later.
Materials
| 194 | oak planks |
| 188 | oak leaves |
| 156 | spruce stairs |
| 95 | cobblestone |
| 42 | oak log |
| 27 | spruce log |
| 26 | glass pane |
| 24 | dirt path |
| 24 | farmland |
| 24 | wheat |
| 23 | spruce slab |
| 15 | red carpet |
| 13 | spruce planks |
| 5 | wall torch |
| 4 | lantern |
| 4 | red bed |
| 4 | barrel |
| 4 | poppy |
| 4 | dandelion |
| 3 | cornflower |
| 3 | azure bluet |
| 2 | oak door |
| 2 | furnace |
| 2 | oak stairs |
| 1 | crafting table |
| 1 | cartography table |
| 1 | water |
The .schem works with WorldEdit, Litematica and Axiom.
Step 1: Mark out the foundation
Place an 11 x 11 square of cobblestone on the ground. This is the footprint of the whole house.
Blocks for this step: 121 cobblestone
Step 2: Oak plank floor
Fill the inside of the square with oak planks, leaving a one block cobblestone border.
Blocks for this step: 81 oak planks
Step 3: Walls and corner posts
Build the walls 4 blocks high: a cobblestone row at the bottom, oak planks above, and oak logs in the four corners.
Blocks for this step: 108 oak planks, 36 cobblestone, 16 oak log
Step 4: Door and windows
Leave a gap in the front wall for a door, then swap wall blocks for glass panes: two windows in front, one on each side and one at the back.
Blocks for this step: 26 glass pane, 2 oak door
Step 5: Fill the gable ends
Raise the left and right walls in a triangle with oak planks, 4 blocks tall in the middle. This is where the roof will meet them.
Blocks for this step: 32 oak planks
Step 6: Spruce roof
Cover the house with spruce stairs climbing toward the middle, one block overhang at the front and back. Finish the top with a row of spruce planks.
Blocks for this step: 156 spruce stairs, 13 spruce planks
Step 7: Front porch
Add a small porch: cobblestone floor, two oak log posts and a spruce slab roof. Hang a lantern under the roof.
Blocks for this step: 21 spruce slab, 20 cobblestone, 6 oak log, 1 lantern
Step 8: Roof beams and lights
Inside, run three spruce log beams across the ceiling and hang a lantern from the middle one. Mobs cannot spawn where it is bright.
Blocks for this step: 27 spruce log, 5 wall torch, 1 lantern
Step 9: Two beds
Put two beds side by side against the back wall with a barrel and lantern between them as a bedside table. Room for two players.
Blocks for this step: 4 red bed, 1 barrel, 1 lantern
Step 10: Crafting wall and storage
Along the front wall put a crafting table and two furnaces. On the right side stack barrels for storage.
Blocks for this step: 3 barrel, 2 furnace, 1 crafting table, 1 cartography table
Step 11: Table, chairs and rug
Make a table from two spruce slabs with a stair chair on each end, then lay a red carpet rug in the middle of the room.
Blocks for this step: 15 red carpet, 2 spruce slab, 2 oak stairs, 1 lantern
Step 12: Path and flowers
Lay a dirt path from the street up to the porch and plant flowers along both sides.
Blocks for this step: 24 dirt path, 4 poppy, 4 dandelion, 3 cornflower, 3 azure bluet
Step 13: Starter wheat farm
Dig a 5 x 5 patch beside the house: water in the middle, hoed farmland around it, wheat seeds on top and a leaf hedge as a fence.
Blocks for this step: 24 farmland, 24 wheat, 24 oak leaves, 1 water
Step 14: Trees
Plant a few oak trees around the yard: wood and apples for your first night.
Blocks for this step: 164 oak leaves, 20 oak log
Tips for survival
- Gather your spruce before you start the roof. The 156 spruce stairs are the biggest single item in the build.
- Put the lanterns and wall torches in early. Mobs cannot spawn where it is bright, so lighting the inside makes the house safe to sleep in.
- Plant the oak trees around the yard early. They give you wood and apples for your first night, and the leaves are also used for the hedge around the wheat patch.
- Dig the wheat patch with water in the middle first, then hoe the dirt around it. Add the leaf hedge last so it works as a fence.
Questions people ask
How big is the Easy Survival Starter House?
The house sits on an 11 x 11 cobblestone foundation with walls 4 blocks high. The whole build, including the yard and garden, is 35 wide x 33 deep x 12 tall.
How many blocks does it take to build?
The build uses 891 blocks in total. The main materials are oak planks, oak leaves, spruce stairs, cobblestone, oak logs and spruce logs.
Can two players use this house?
Yes. There are two beds side by side against the back wall, with a barrel and lantern between them as a bedside table. The table has a stair chair at each end.
Does the house include a farm and storage?
Yes. A 5 x 5 wheat patch sits beside the house, with water in the middle, farmland around it and a leaf hedge as a fence. Inside, there is a crafting table, a cartography table, two furnaces and barrels for storage.