How to build Dutch Windmill in Minecraft

A classic Dutch windmill: an octagonal brick base, a wooden gallery you can walk around, a tapered thatched body, a dark wooden cap and four tall lattice sails set in a big X. It stands beside a canal with a little white bridge, looking out over striped fields of red, yellow, pink and orange tulips.

Open the interactive 3D plan above to build it one layer at a time: every layer has a numbered top-down plan, a block list and full-screen step-by-step instructions you can tick off as you go. You can also download it for Litematica, WorldEdit or Minecraft Bedrock, or view it in your room in AR.

Materials list

BlockAmountStacks
Grass Block80112 stacks + 33
Hay Bale4186 stacks + 34
Dirt3235 stacks + 3
Spruce Planks3205 stacks
Bricks2804 stacks + 24
Stone Bricks2113 stacks + 19
Dark Oak Fence1141 stack + 50
Oak Leaves1121 stack + 48
Birch Fence1021 stack + 38
Water991 stack + 35
Dark Oak Planks821 stack + 18
Red Wool641 stack
Yellow Wool60
Orange Wool56
Pink Wool56
Dark Oak Stairs54
Spruce Fence48
Spruce Log48
Oak Fence33
Dirt Path18
Birch Planks13
Glass Pane10
Dark Oak Slab9
Lantern9
Oak Log9
Ladder7
Birch Stairs6
Dark Oak Log3
White Wool2
Chest1
Dark Oak Door1
Smooth Stone1
Smooth Stone Slab1
Spruce Door1

Building tips

  1. An octagon is just a square with its corners cut. Each side of the base is 7 blocks straight, then 3 blocks stepping diagonally.
  2. Make the body taper by pulling each wall in by one block every 6 or 7 layers. Hay bales make easy, cheap thatch.
  3. Build the sails last from scaffolding. Each sail is a single diagonal line of logs from the hub, with a fence lattice down one side.
  4. Tulips are not in every version as separate flowers, so coloured wool in long rows reads as a tulip field from a distance. Leave a grass strip between colours.
  5. Hang lanterns by the door and under the gallery. The mill looks lovely from across the canal at night.

Step-by-step: all 40 layers

  1. Layer 1 Dirt ×99
  2. Layer 2 Water ×99
  3. Layer 3 Grass Block ×801, Dirt ×224, Stone Bricks ×211, Dirt Path ×18
  4. Layer 4 Red Wool ×64, Yellow Wool ×60, Orange Wool ×56, Pink Wool ×56, Bricks ×47, Oak Fence ×33, Birch Planks ×13, Dark Oak Fence ×7, Birch Stairs ×6, Oak Log ×2, White Wool ×2, Chest ×1, Dark Oak Door ×1, Ladder ×1, Smooth Stone ×1
  5. Layer 5 Bricks ×47, Dark Oak Fence ×7, Birch Fence ×6, Oak Log ×2, Ladder ×1, Smooth Stone Slab ×1
  6. Layer 6 Bricks ×45, Oak Leaves ×22, Dark Oak Fence ×7, Lantern ×6, Glass Pane ×3, Oak Log ×2, Ladder ×1
  7. Layer 7 Bricks ×45, Oak Leaves ×41, Dark Oak Fence ×7, Glass Pane ×3, Oak Log ×2, Ladder ×1
  8. Layer 8 Bricks ×48, Oak Leaves ×27, Dark Oak Fence ×7, Ladder ×1, Oak Log ×1
  9. Layer 9 Bricks ×48, Oak Leaves ×14, Dark Oak Fence ×7, Lantern ×3, Ladder ×1
  10. Layer 10 Spruce Planks ×320, Oak Leaves ×8, Ladder ×1
  11. Layer 11 Dark Oak Fence ×72, Hay Bale ×39, Spruce Door ×1
  12. Layer 12 Hay Bale ×39, Spruce Fence ×1
  13. Layer 13 Hay Bale ×40, Spruce Fence ×3
  14. Layer 14 Hay Bale ×40, Birch Fence ×2, Spruce Fence ×2, Spruce Log ×2
  15. Layer 15 Hay Bale ×29, Birch Fence ×3, Glass Pane ×3, Spruce Fence ×3, Spruce Log ×2
  16. Layer 16 Hay Bale ×32, Birch Fence ×5, Spruce Fence ×3, Spruce Log ×2
  17. Layer 17 Hay Bale ×32, Birch Fence ×6, Spruce Fence ×2, Spruce Log ×2
  18. Layer 18 Hay Bale ×32, Birch Fence ×6, Spruce Fence ×2, Spruce Log ×2
  19. Layer 19 Hay Bale ×31, Birch Fence ×6, Spruce Fence ×2, Spruce Log ×2, Glass Pane ×1
  20. Layer 20 Hay Bale ×32, Birch Fence ×6, Spruce Fence ×2, Spruce Log ×2
  21. Layer 21 Hay Bale ×24, Birch Fence ×6, Spruce Log ×2, Spruce Fence ×1
  22. Layer 22 Hay Bale ×24, Birch Fence ×4, Spruce Log ×2, Spruce Fence ×1
  23. Layer 23 Hay Bale ×24, Birch Fence ×3, Spruce Log ×2, Spruce Fence ×1
  24. Layer 24 Dark Oak Planks ×63, Spruce Log ×2, Birch Fence ×1, Spruce Fence ×1
  25. Layer 25 Dark Oak Stairs ×18, Dark Oak Planks ×10, Spruce Log ×2
  26. Layer 26 Dark Oak Stairs ×18, Dark Oak Planks ×7, Dark Oak Log ×3
  27. Layer 27 Dark Oak Stairs ×18, Dark Oak Planks ×2, Spruce Log ×2
  28. Layer 28 Dark Oak Slab ×9, Spruce Log ×2, Birch Fence ×1, Spruce Fence ×1
  29. Layer 29 Birch Fence ×3, Spruce Log ×2, Spruce Fence ×1
  30. Layer 30 Birch Fence ×4, Spruce Log ×2, Spruce Fence ×1
  31. Layer 31 Birch Fence ×6, Spruce Log ×2, Spruce Fence ×1
  32. Layer 32 Birch Fence ×6, Spruce Fence ×2, Spruce Log ×2
  33. Layer 33 Birch Fence ×6, Spruce Fence ×2, Spruce Log ×2
  34. Layer 34 Birch Fence ×6, Spruce Fence ×2, Spruce Log ×2
  35. Layer 35 Birch Fence ×6, Spruce Fence ×2, Spruce Log ×2
  36. Layer 36 Birch Fence ×5, Spruce Fence ×3, Spruce Log ×2
  37. Layer 37 Birch Fence ×3, Spruce Fence ×3, Spruce Log ×2
  38. Layer 38 Birch Fence ×2, Spruce Fence ×2, Spruce Log ×2
  39. Layer 39 Spruce Fence ×3
  40. Layer 40 Spruce Fence ×1

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