How to build Nyan Cat in Minecraft

The Pop-Tart cat of 2011, frozen mid-flight on a quartz pole: a pink frosted toaster pastry with magenta sprinkles, a grey kitty head with rosy cheeks and a little "w" smile, stubby legs, and a long six-stripe rainbow waving out behind it, with white sparkle stars around.

• DifficultyBeginner
• Size81 × 13, 50 layers tall
• Blocks2,917
• Build time1–2 hours
• CategoryMeme Builds

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. The whole cat is pixel art pushed three blocks deep. Build the front face from the 2D layer grid, then copy every block twice behind it.
2. The head sticks out one block further than the Pop-Tart, so it pops when you look at it from the side.
3. Every rainbow stripe is two blocks tall, and the stripes step up or down by one block every eight columns. That step is what makes it look like it is waving.
4. Black outlines are what make it look like the sprite. Do not skip them, even on the legs and tail.
5. Hide a jukebox in the plinth and the build is complete. Nyan nyan nyan.

Step-by-step: all 50 layers

1. Layer 1 Stone Bricks ×195
2. Layer 2 Smooth Quartz Block ×63, Chiseled Quartz Block ×36, Lantern ×4
3. Layer 3 Quartz Bricks ×15
4. Layer 4 Quartz Pillar ×1
5. Layer 5 Quartz Pillar ×1
6. Layer 6 Quartz Pillar ×1
7. Layer 7 Quartz Pillar ×1
8. Layer 8 Quartz Pillar ×1
9. Layer 9 Quartz Pillar ×1
10. Layer 10 Quartz Pillar ×1
11. Layer 11 Quartz Pillar ×1
12. Layer 12 Quartz Pillar ×1
13. Layer 13 Quartz Pillar ×1
14. Layer 14 Quartz Pillar ×1
15. Layer 15 Quartz Pillar ×1
16. Layer 16 Quartz Pillar ×1
17. Layer 17 Quartz Pillar ×1
18. Layer 18 Quartz Pillar ×1
19. Layer 19 Quartz Pillar ×1
20. Layer 20 Quartz Pillar ×1, White Concrete ×1
21. Layer 21 White Concrete ×3, Quartz Pillar ×1
22. Layer 22 White Concrete ×2, Quartz Pillar ×1
23. Layer 23 Quartz Pillar ×1, White Concrete ×1
24. Layer 24 Black Concrete ×24, White Concrete ×5, Quartz Pillar ×1
25. Layer 25 Black Concrete ×24, Light Gray Concrete ×24, White Concrete ×2, Quartz Pillar ×1
26. Layer 26 Black Concrete ×97, White Concrete ×5
27. Layer 27 Smooth Sandstone ×54, Light Gray Concrete ×40, Purple Concrete ×35, Black Concrete ×11, White Concrete ×2
28. Layer 28 Purple Concrete ×78, Smooth Sandstone ×51, Black Concrete ×39, Light Gray Concrete ×20, White Concrete ×5
29. Layer 29 Purple Concrete ×42, Pink Wool ×39, Light Blue Concrete ×36, Light Gray Concrete ×28, Black Concrete ×23, Pink Concrete ×16, Smooth Sandstone ×6, Magenta Concrete ×3, White Concrete ×1
30. Layer 30 Light Blue Concrete ×78, Light Gray Concrete ×40, Pink Wool ×36, Pink Concrete ×16, Black Concrete ×11, Magenta Concrete ×6, Smooth Sandstone ×6, White Concrete ×2
31. Layer 31 Light Blue Concrete ×41, Pink Wool ×39, Light Gray Concrete ×36, Black Concrete ×34, Lime Concrete ×34, Smooth Sandstone ×6, Magenta Concrete ×3, White Concrete ×3
32. Layer 32 Lime Concrete ×74, Light Gray Concrete ×43, Pink Wool ×39, Black Concrete ×22, White Concrete ×9, Smooth Sandstone ×6, Magenta Concrete ×3
33. Layer 33 Light Gray Concrete ×56, Lime Concrete ×42, Pink Wool ×39, Yellow Concrete ×32, Black Concrete ×17, Smooth Sandstone ×6, Magenta Concrete ×3
34. Layer 34 Yellow Concrete ×78, Pink Wool ×39, Light Gray Concrete ×32, Black Concrete ×27, Magenta Concrete ×6, Smooth Sandstone ×6
35. Layer 35 Pink Wool ×42, Yellow Concrete ×42, Orange Concrete ×36, Light Gray Concrete ×24, Black Concrete ×19, Smooth Sandstone ×6, Magenta Concrete ×3
36. Layer 36 Orange Concrete ×78, Pink Wool ×42, Black Concrete ×19, Light Gray Concrete ×16, Smooth Sandstone ×6, Magenta Concrete ×3
37. Layer 37 Orange Concrete ×42, Pink Wool ×39, Red Concrete ×36, Black Concrete ×19, Smooth Sandstone ×9, Magenta Concrete ×6
38. Layer 38 Red Concrete ×78, Pink Wool ×42, Smooth Sandstone ×12, Black Concrete ×6, Magenta Concrete ×3, White Concrete ×1
39. Layer 39 Smooth Sandstone ×57, Red Concrete ×42, Black Concrete ×6, White Concrete ×3
40. Layer 40 Smooth Sandstone ×57, Black Concrete ×6, White Concrete ×1
41. Layer 41 Black Concrete ×57
42. Layer 42 nothing to place
43. Layer 43 nothing to place
44. Layer 44 nothing to place
45. Layer 45 White Concrete ×3
46. Layer 46 White Concrete ×7
47. Layer 47 White Concrete ×15
48. Layer 48 White Concrete ×8
49. Layer 49 White Concrete ×3
50. Layer 50 White Concrete ×1

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