How to build Fishing Village in Minecraft

A cosy coastal fishing village where a rocky shore and a sandy cove meet a deep blue bay. Seven weathered cottages in timber, stone and whitewash with steep roofs and smoking chimneys, two of them standing on stilts over the water. A long wooden pier carries fish-drying racks, nets and crab pots out to a T-head, a blue fishing boat with a furled sail is moored alongside, rowing boats float in the cove, and a red-and-white lighthouse keeps watch from the point while gulls hang on the wind overhead. Up the cobbled lanes you will find the fish market stall, the Salty Anchor tavern and lanterns at every corner.

• DifficultyAdvanced
• Size74 × 64, 32 layers tall
• Blocks22,810
• Build time8–12 hours
• CategoryVillages

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

Building tips

1. Shape the coastline first: dig the bay out in steps so the water gets deeper away from the shore, then fill it with water buckets (or /fill … minecraft:water) before you build on it.
2. Mix stone, andesite, cobblestone and a little mossy cobblestone at random along the shore. A single block type looks like a wall; a mix looks like real rock.
3. Steep roofs read as "cosy". Put a full block under every stair so each step rises two blocks for every one across.
4. Build the stilt cottages from the platform down: lay the deck first, then drop spruce log posts at each corner and every few blocks into the sea bed.
5. For the drying racks, run a fence rail between two posts and hang terracotta "fish" (orange for salmon, light grey for cod) underneath.
6. Boats are best built at the water line: replace the water under the hull with planks so it looks like it floats, and keep slabs for the gunwales.
7. Place a lantern on a fence post every 8–10 blocks along the lanes so the village glows at night without looking like a city.
8. There are no barrels or cobwebs in this palette, so upright spruce logs stand in for barrels and iron bars stand in for nets. Use the real blocks in game if you like.

Step-by-step: all 32 layers

1. Layer 1 Gravel ×917, Sand ×875, Stone ×406, Andesite ×73, Cobblestone ×47, Spruce Log ×29, Mossy Cobblestone ×25, Stone Bricks ×11, Mossy Stone Bricks ×3
2. Layer 2 Water ×1503, Sand ×328, Gravel ×204, Stone ×138, Andesite ×68, Cobblestone ×66, Mossy Cobblestone ×36, Spruce Log ×29, Stone Bricks ×11, Mossy Stone Bricks ×3
3. Layer 3 Water ×1756, Sand ×262, Stone ×127, Andesite ×75, Cobblestone ×58, Mossy Cobblestone ×38, Spruce Log ×29, Gravel ×27, Stone Bricks ×11, Mossy Stone Bricks ×3
4. Layer 4 Water ×1891, Sand ×103, Stone ×101, Andesite ×94, Cobblestone ×71, Mossy Cobblestone ×42, Gravel ×31, Spruce Log ×29, Stone Bricks ×12, Dark Oak Planks ×9, Mossy Stone Bricks ×2, Ladder ×1
5. Layer 5 Water ×1941, Dirt ×975, Stone ×71, Sand ×70, Andesite ×60, Oak Planks ×44, Cobblestone ×36, Red Terracotta ×34, Spruce Log ×29, Mossy Cobblestone ×23, Gravel ×22, Stone Bricks ×10, Mossy Stone Bricks ×4, Ladder ×1
6. Layer 6 Dirt ×777, Grass Block ×516, Spruce Planks ×320, Cobblestone ×144, Stone ×94, Mossy Cobblestone ×80, Andesite ×72, Sand ×70, Gravel ×68, Dirt Path ×32, Spruce Slab ×32, Spruce Log ×29, Blue Concrete ×27, Oak Planks ×11, Stone Bricks ×8, Oak Fence ×4, Oak Slab ×4, Ladder ×1, Mossy Stone Bricks ×1
7. Layer 7 Dirt ×594, Grass Block ×437, Spruce Planks ×409, Cobblestone ×87, Stone Bricks ×69, Spruce Log ×35, Birch Slab ×26, Spruce Fence ×25, Spruce Slab ×20, Stone ×20, Chest ×12, Gravel ×12, Stone Brick Slab ×12, Iron Bars ×11, Dirt Path ×10, White Concrete ×9, Mossy Cobblestone ×8, Andesite ×5, Dark Oak Log ×4, Furnace ×3, Red Bed ×3, Spruce Door ×3, Cornflower ×2, Crafting Table ×1, Dandelion ×1, Ladder ×1, Oak Sapling ×1, Poppy ×1
8. Layer 8 Grass Block ×542, Spruce Planks ×94, Stone Bricks ×76, Spruce Fence ×59, Spruce Leaves ×40, Spruce Slab ×31, Cobblestone ×21, Glass Pane ×21, Spruce Log ×21, Dark Oak Log ×16, White Terracotta ×13, Yellow Terracotta ×13, Birch Planks ×10, Spruce Stairs ×10, Mossy Stone Bricks ×8, Chest ×7, Iron Bars ×7, Bricks ×5, Mossy Cobblestone ×5, Stone ×5, White Wool ×5, Cornflower ×4, Cracked Stone Bricks ×4, Dandelion ×4, Furnace ×4, Oak Log ×4, Orange Terracotta ×4, Spruce Door ×4, Andesite ×3, Light Blue Carpet ×3, Oak Planks ×3, Oak Sapling ×3, Red Bed ×3, White Concrete ×3, Dark Oak Door ×2, Light Gray Carpet ×2, Light Gray Terracotta ×2, Orange Carpet ×2, Poppy ×2, Fire ×1, White Bed ×1
9. Layer 9 Spruce Fence ×85, Spruce Leaves ×60, Glass Pane ×44, White Concrete ×44, Cobblestone ×34, Spruce Log ×27, Stone Bricks ×23, Dark Oak Log ×20, Lantern ×18, Light Blue Terracotta ×14, White Terracotta ×14, Yellow Terracotta ×14, Spruce Planks ×13, Spruce Slab ×11, Cracked Stone Bricks ×10, White Wool ×10, Birch Planks ×9, Mossy Stone Bricks ×6, Oak Log ×6, Red Wool ×6, Bricks ×5, Light Gray Carpet ×5, Mossy Cobblestone ×5, Oak Planks ×5, Poppy ×5, Dandelion ×4, Cornflower ×2, Light Gray Terracotta ×2, Spruce Door ×2, Brown Terracotta ×1, Chest ×1, Furnace ×1, Iron Bars ×1, Oak Sapling ×1, Orange Terracotta ×1, Red Bed ×1
10. Layer 10 Spruce Leaves ×76, Spruce Log ×60, Dark Oak Log ×40, White Concrete ×36, Glass Pane ×34, Red Wool ×30, Stone Bricks ×30, White Wool ×29, Spruce Planks ×27, Spruce Slab ×25, Cobblestone ×18, Light Blue Terracotta ×15, Mossy Stone Bricks ×11, Lantern ×8, Oak Log ×6, Red Carpet ×6, Bricks ×5, White Carpet ×5, Mossy Cobblestone ×4, Cornflower ×1, Cracked Stone Bricks ×1, Dandelion ×1, Orange Terracotta ×1
11. Layer 11 Spruce Leaves ×148, Dark Oak Log ×56, White Concrete ×37, Deepslate Tile Stairs ×34, Spruce Log ×32, Oak Log ×26, Dark Oak Stairs ×25, Stone Bricks ×23, Spruce Planks ×14, White Terracotta ×14, Yellow Terracotta ×12, Birch Planks ×11, Cobblestone ×7, Mossy Stone Bricks ×7, Glass Pane ×6, Bricks ×5, Cracked Stone Bricks ×5, Lantern ×4, Spruce Stairs ×4, Oak Planks ×3, Mossy Cobblestone ×1, Spruce Fence ×1
12. Layer 12 Dark Oak Planks ×144, Spruce Leaves ×132, Oak Leaves ×45, Red Concrete ×37, Deepslate Tiles ×36, Spruce Stairs ×35, Dark Oak Log ×28, Dark Oak Stairs ×18, Cobblestone ×17, Brick Stairs ×16, Spruce Planks ×14, Light Blue Terracotta ×12, Spruce Log ×10, White Terracotta ×10, Stone Bricks ×9, Yellow Terracotta ×8, Birch Planks ×5, Mossy Cobblestone ×5, Oak Planks ×5, Cracked Stone Bricks ×3, Bricks ×2, Mossy Stone Bricks ×2, Oak Log ×2, Spruce Fence ×2
13. Layer 13 Spruce Leaves ×108, Spruce Planks ×60, Oak Leaves ×43, White Terracotta ×43, Red Concrete ×37, Deepslate Tile Stairs ×36, Bricks ×20, Dark Oak Planks ×18, Dark Oak Stairs ×18, Spruce Stairs ×18, Cobblestone ×10, Spruce Log ×10, Light Blue Terracotta ×8, Mossy Cobblestone ×8, Yellow Terracotta ×8, Birch Planks ×7, Dark Oak Log ×7, Glass Pane ×4, Mossy Stone Bricks ×4, Cracked Stone Bricks ×3, Stone Bricks ×3, Oak Log ×2, Oak Planks ×1
14. Layer 14 Spruce Leaves ×94, Deepslate Tiles ×36, Red Concrete ×36, Spruce Planks ×36, Spruce Stairs ×36, White Terracotta ×31, Brick Stairs ×18, Dark Oak Planks ×18, Dark Oak Stairs ×18, Glass Pane ×17, Cobblestone ×13, Oak Leaves ×13, Light Blue Terracotta ×8, Spruce Log ×8, Dark Oak Log ×7, Stone Bricks ×5, White Wool ×4, Yellow Terracotta ×4, Birch Planks ×3, Mossy Cobblestone ×3, Oak Planks ×3, Bricks ×2, Mossy Stone Bricks ×2, Cracked Stone Bricks ×1
15. Layer 15 Spruce Leaves ×61, Spruce Planks ×50, White Concrete ×37, Deepslate Tile Stairs ×36, White Terracotta ×31, Bricks ×20, Dark Oak Stairs ×18, Spruce Stairs ×18, Dark Oak Planks ×17, Oak Leaves ×13, Glass Pane ×12, Cobblestone ×10, Dark Oak Log ×7, Spruce Fence ×7, Spruce Log ×6, Stone Bricks ×6, Birch Planks ×4, Light Blue Terracotta ×4, Mossy Cobblestone ×4, Yellow Terracotta ×4, Oak Planks ×2
16. Layer 16 Dark Oak Log ×42, White Concrete ×37, Deepslate Tiles ×36, Spruce Stairs ×36, Spruce Leaves ×34, Spruce Planks ×30, Brick Stairs ×18, Dark Oak Planks ×17, Dark Oak Stairs ×17, Cobblestone ×9, Mossy Cobblestone ×5, Spruce Log ×5, Light Blue Terracotta ×4, Mossy Stone Bricks ×4, Birch Planks ×2, Bricks ×2, Stone Bricks ×2, White Terracotta ×2
17. Layer 17 Dark Oak Stairs ×47, Spruce Planks ×44, Deepslate Tile Stairs ×36, White Terracotta ×22, White Concrete ×21, Bricks ×20, Dark Oak Planks ×18, Spruce Stairs ×18, Spruce Leaves ×11, Cobblestone ×6, Mossy Cobblestone ×4, Birch Planks ×2, Spruce Log ×2, Stone Bricks ×2, Lantern ×1
18. Layer 18 Dark Oak Planks ×39, Spruce Stairs ×36, Spruce Planks ×22, Red Concrete ×21, Brick Stairs ×18, Dark Oak Stairs ×18, White Terracotta ×16, Cobblestone ×9, Deepslate Tiles ×9, Bricks ×2, Mossy Cobblestone ×1, Mossy Stone Bricks ×1, Spruce Leaves ×1, Spruce Log ×1, Stone Bricks ×1
19. Layer 19 Dark Oak Stairs ×30, Red Concrete ×21, Spruce Stairs ×18, White Terracotta ×16, Bricks ×11, Spruce Planks ×10, Dark Oak Planks ×9, Dark Oak Slab ×9, Deepslate Tile Slab ×9, Cobblestone ×7, Cobblestone Wall ×1, Red Wool ×1
20. Layer 20 Dark Oak Planks ×30, Red Concrete ×20, White Terracotta ×12, Brick Slab ×9, Dark Oak Slab ×9, Spruce Planks ×8, Spruce Slab ×8, Cobblestone ×5, Bricks ×2, Cobblestone Wall ×1, Glass Pane ×1, Mossy Cobblestone ×1
21. Layer 21 Dark Oak Stairs ×30, White Concrete ×21, White Terracotta ×12, Spruce Slab ×8, Cobblestone ×4, Bricks ×2, Cobblestone Wall ×2
22. Layer 22 Dark Oak Planks ×30, White Concrete ×21, White Terracotta ×8, Cobblestone Wall ×3, Bricks ×2, Cobblestone ×1
23. Layer 23 Dark Oak Stairs ×30, White Concrete ×21, White Terracotta ×8, Bricks ×2, Cobblestone Wall ×1
24. Layer 24 Smooth Stone ×37, Dark Oak Planks ×29, White Terracotta ×4, Bricks ×2
25. Layer 25 Dark Oak Stairs ×29, Iron Bars ×16, Glass ×8, White Terracotta ×4, Bricks ×2, Sea Lantern ×1
26. Layer 26 Dark Oak Planks ×29, Glass ×8, White Wool ×3, Bricks ×2, Light Gray Carpet ×2, Glowstone ×1
27. Layer 27 Dark Oak Stairs ×29, Glass ×8, Bricks ×2, Sea Lantern ×1
28. Layer 28 Deepslate Tile Stairs ×16, Deepslate Tiles ×9, Brick Wall ×1, Bricks ×1
29. Layer 29 Light Gray Carpet ×2, Brick Wall ×1, Deepslate Tiles ×1, White Wool ×1
30. Layer 30 End Rod ×1
31. Layer 31 nothing to place
32. Layer 32 Light Gray Carpet ×2, White Wool ×1

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