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A normal house, for example, will have foundations that are at most a metre deep, and only then if they're built on unstable ground. There are exceptions, of course, but the really deep foundations tend to only be for skyscrapers and the like.
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By Philip Palmer
published 20 July 2022
Build the best Minecraft house
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Minecraft house: how to build a starter house
Before you can jump into building a palace of your own, you'll have to focus on surviving your first nights in Minecraft's cubic landscape. Wandering the trees and fields of night without shelter is a surefire way to end up dead, so what's the fastest way to get yourself protected? The answer really depends on how much time you have, so let's take a look at the options:
•The quickest way to keep yourself alive is to find a wall – usually a hill or mountain – and dig yourself straight into it. Ideally, you want a 1 block wide x 2 block tall opening a few blocks deep.
•Once you're inside, you can turn around and seal the entrance with blocks to prevent any enemies that come around from getting to you.
•From there, you'll just have to wait out the night – which is about seven minutes – unless you've already got torches to light up your little hidey-hole.
But what about if there's a bit more daylight left?
•You have time to work, so find an open spot to build and then go and gather up some wood logs, cobblestone, and a bunch of dirt.
•You want at least a 3 block by 3 block footprint for the interior of the floor, so build a 5 block by 5 block outer wall for your house that is about 4 blocks tall and then seal the top in with a 3 block by 3 block roof, preferably you want to use dirt for the walls and roof to save wood and cobblestone.
•Pick a side for your entrance and then break a 1 block by 2 block entrance from your wall.
•Create and place a crafting table on the inside of your house, and then use the crafting table so that you can create and place a furnace inside too.
•Make a door using the crafting table and use the door to seal your entrance.
•If you still have time you can cook logs in the furnace to make charcoal which you can then use to craft torches to place inside and outside.
Once you've made it through that critical first night, there are a number of upgrades you can do to your house to make it function – and look – a whole lot better:
•Replace the dirt walls, roof, and floors with something nicer, like cobblestone or whatever woods are handy. You can even create patterns in the floor with different wood colors.
•Find some sheep so you can get wool for a bed – this way if you die you'll at least be able to spawn back at your house.
•Cook some sand in your furnace to get glass, and make some windows so you can see if there are any surprise enemies lurking outside.
•Add plenty of torches in the area around your house so enemies don't spawn nearby at night.
•Make a hoe and you can start planting any seeds you find next to your house to get some food growing.
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