How to build Coastal Lighthouse in Minecraft

A tall red-and-white striped lighthouse on a rocky island, with a ladder inside, a railed lookout gallery and a glowing sea-lantern lamp room under a domed red cap.

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
Red Concrete1933 stacks + 1
White Concrete1882 stacks + 60
Grass Block1372 stacks + 9
Stone Bricks961 stack + 32
Stone741 stack + 10
Cobblestone58
Mossy Cobblestone45
Glass36
Iron Bars30
Ladder21
Glass Pane4
Sea Lantern2
Block of Gold1
Cornflower1
Dandelion1
Glowstone1
Poppy1
Spruce Door1

Building tips

  1. Round towers are easiest if you build one full ring, then copy it upward layer by layer.
  2. Each colour band is four layers tall. Count the bands, not the blocks.
  3. Place the ladder as you go up. It doubles as your scaffolding.
  4. Sea lanterns work underwater too, so you can build this one right in the ocean.

Step-by-step: all 32 layers

  1. Layer 1 Stone ×74, Cobblestone ×58, Mossy Cobblestone ×45
  2. Layer 2 Grass Block ×137
  3. Layer 3 White Concrete ×15, Cornflower ×1, Dandelion ×1, Ladder ×1, Poppy ×1, Spruce Door ×1
  4. Layer 4 White Concrete ×15, Ladder ×1
  5. Layer 5 White Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  6. Layer 6 White Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  7. Layer 7 Red Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  8. Layer 8 Red Concrete ×15, Glass Pane ×1, Ladder ×1
  9. Layer 9 Red Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  10. Layer 10 Red Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  11. Layer 11 White Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  12. Layer 12 White Concrete ×15, Glass Pane ×1, Ladder ×1
  13. Layer 13 White Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  14. Layer 14 White Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  15. Layer 15 Red Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  16. Layer 16 Red Concrete ×15, Glass Pane ×1, Ladder ×1
  17. Layer 17 Red Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  18. Layer 18 Red Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  19. Layer 19 White Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  20. Layer 20 White Concrete ×15, Glass Pane ×1, Ladder ×1
  21. Layer 21 White Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  22. Layer 22 White Concrete ×16, Ladder ×1
  23. Layer 23 Stone Bricks ×96, Ladder ×1
  24. Layer 24 Iron Bars ×28, Glass ×12, Sea Lantern ×1
  25. Layer 25 Glass ×12, Sea Lantern ×1
  26. Layer 26 Glass ×12, Glowstone ×1
  27. Layer 27 Red Concrete ×37
  28. Layer 28 Red Concrete ×21
  29. Layer 29 Red Concrete ×9
  30. Layer 30 Block of Gold ×1
  31. Layer 31 Iron Bars ×1
  32. Layer 32 Iron Bars ×1

More famous landmarks