How to build Oak Treetop Village in Minecraft

Five giant oak and birch trees with a cabin wrapped around each trunk, all joined by sagging rope bridges. The biggest tree holds a round meeting hall with a balcony over the pond, reached by a staircase that spirals up the trunk. The other cabins have ladders up their trunks, flower boxes, lanterns under the eaves and a different coloured roof each. Below there is a pond with a little dock and a rowing boat, a stream with a footbridge, winding paths and a pair of giant mushrooms.

• DifficultyAdvanced
• Size71 × 69, 43 layers tall
• Blocks14,074
• 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. Grow the trees first: trunk, then the big limbs as diagonal log lines, then the leaf clusters. Everything else hangs off them.
2. Build each platform one block below the cabin floor you want, then add the log cross-beams and diagonal struts underneath so it looks like it is really held up.
3. For the rope bridges, mark both ends, then let the middle dip one or two blocks. Alternate top slabs and bottom slabs to get a smooth half-block sag.
4. Leaves decay in survival unless they touch a log within six blocks. Run hidden log branches into big leaf clusters, or place the leaves with shears-collected blocks and break nothing nearby.
5. Leave the trunk running straight through the cabins and roofs. It is the whole charm of a treehouse, and it doubles as the ladder wall.
6. Light the underside of every platform and bridge post with lanterns so mobs cannot spawn in the shade of the canopy.
7. Give each cabin a different roof wood (dark oak, spruce, cherry) so you can tell them apart from a distance.

Step-by-step: all 43 layers

1. Layer 1 Gravel ×83, Sand ×67, Oak Log ×4
2. Layer 2 Water ×142, Birch Leaves ×15, Spruce Slab ×6, Oak Leaves ×4, Oak Log ×4, Spruce Stairs ×2
3. Layer 3 Grass Block ×2255, Dirt Path ×228, Moss Block ×155, Oak Planks ×24, Oak Leaves ×19, Sand ×19, Birch Leaves ×18, Gravel ×15, Oak Slab ×6
4. Layer 4 Birch Leaves ×139, Oak Log ×110, Oak Leaves ×59, Birch Log ×49, Poppy ×45, Dandelion ×38, Cornflower ×36, Oak Fence ×11, Oak Slab ×9, Oak Stairs ×6, Ladder ×4, White Concrete ×3, Chest ×1, Spruce Stairs ×1
5. Layer 5 Oak Log ×92, Birch Leaves ×90, Birch Log ×41, Oak Leaves ×35, Oak Fence ×14, Ladder ×4, White Concrete ×3, Lantern ×1, Spruce Fence ×1, Spruce Stairs ×1
6. Layer 6 Oak Log ×67, Birch Log ×28, Red Wool ×20, Birch Leaves ×14, Lantern ×9, Oak Leaves ×7, Ladder ×4, White Concrete ×2, Spruce Fence ×1, Spruce Stairs ×1, White Wool ×1
7. Layer 7 Oak Log ×53, Red Wool ×23, Birch Log ×18, White Wool ×7, Ladder ×4, Spruce Fence ×1, Spruce Stairs ×1, White Concrete ×1
8. Layer 8 Oak Log ×49, Red Wool ×36, Birch Log ×18, White Wool ×10, Ladder ×4, Spruce Fence ×1, Spruce Planks ×1, Spruce Stairs ×1
9. Layer 9 Oak Log ×45, Birch Log ×18, Red Wool ×18, Oak Leaves ×9, Ladder ×4, Spruce Fence ×4, White Wool ×3, Spruce Stairs ×1
10. Layer 10 Oak Log ×44, Oak Leaves ×31, Birch Log ×21, Ladder ×4, Lantern ×4, Spruce Fence ×1, Spruce Stairs ×1
11. Layer 11 Oak Log ×65, Birch Log ×29, Oak Leaves ×12, Ladder ×4, Spruce Fence ×1, Spruce Stairs ×1
12. Layer 12 Spruce Planks ×127, Oak Log ×50, Birch Log ×32, Birch Leaves ×12, Spruce Slab ×12, Ladder ×4, Oak Leaves ×4, Spruce Fence ×1, Spruce Stairs ×1
13. Layer 13 Oak Log ×58, Birch Leaves ×46, Spruce Fence ×46, Birch Log ×28, Oak Leaves ×25, Birch Planks ×24, Moss Block ×16, Spruce Slab ×9, Lantern ×4, Ladder ×3, Oak Fence ×2, Chest ×1, Crafting Table ×1, Oak Door ×1, Red Bed ×1, Spruce Planks ×1, Spruce Stairs ×1
14. Layer 14 Oak Leaves ×59, Oak Log ×53, Birch Leaves ×44, Birch Log ×41, Glass Pane ×16, Spruce Fence ×10, Cornflower ×9, Birch Planks ×8, Lantern ×8, Poppy ×6, Oak Fence ×4, Ladder ×3, Spruce Slab ×3, Dandelion ×1, Spruce Stairs ×1
15. Layer 15 Spruce Planks ×124, Oak Leaves ×82, Oak Log ×55, Birch Log ×37, Spruce Slab ×21, Glass Pane ×16, Birch Leaves ×12, Birch Planks ×8, Spruce Fence ×5, Lantern ×4, Oak Fence ×4, Ladder ×3, Spruce Stairs ×1
16. Layer 16 Spruce Planks ×145, Oak Log ×70, Spruce Fence ×49, Oak Leaves ×46, Birch Planks ×24, Spruce Slab ×24, Birch Log ×18, Lantern ×12, Moss Block ×12, Spruce Log ×6, Oak Fence ×4, Ladder ×2, Oak Door ×2, Chest ×1, Crafting Table ×1, Red Bed ×1, Spruce Stairs ×1
17. Layer 17 Spruce Planks ×142, Oak Log ×73, Spruce Fence ×67, Spruce Slab ×33, Spruce Stairs ×25, Oak Planks ×24, Birch Log ×20, Moss Block ×17, Glass Pane ×16, Oak Leaves ×6, Spruce Log ×6, Dandelion ×5, Cornflower ×4, Lantern ×4, Poppy ×3, Oak Door ×2, Chest ×1, Crafting Table ×1, Ladder ×1, Red Bed ×1
18. Layer 18 Spruce Planks ×309, Spruce Fence ×62, Oak Log ×48, Glass Pane ×32, Spruce Stairs ×23, Birch Log ×20, Spruce Slab ×18, Birch Planks ×16, Moss Block ×12, Cornflower ×8, Oak Planks ×8, Spruce Log ×8, Lantern ×7, Poppy ×6, Dandelion ×3, Chest ×1, Crafting Table ×1, Oak Door ×1, Red Bed ×1
19. Layer 19 Spruce Fence ×78, Oak Log ×57, Glass Pane ×32, Birch Log ×26, Spruce Planks ×26, Spruce Stairs ×26, Birch Planks ×24, Red Carpet ×21, Moss Block ×17, Lantern ×10, Oak Planks ×8, Poppy ×8, Spruce Log ×8, Bookshelf ×4, Oak Door ×4, Dandelion ×3, Chest ×2, Cornflower ×1, Crafting Table ×1
20. Layer 20 Oak Log ×58, Spruce Stairs ×50, Glass Pane ×32, Birch Log ×26, Dark Oak Planks ×24, Oak Planks ×24, Lantern ×13, Birch Planks ×8, Dandelion ×8, Spruce Planks ×6, Poppy ×5, Bookshelf ×4, Cornflower ×4, Oak Leaves ×4
21. Layer 21 Oak Log ×65, Spruce Stairs ×48, Oak Leaves ×25, Birch Planks ×24, Dark Oak Stairs ×22, Birch Log ×20, Dark Oak Planks ×18, Glass Pane ×16, Lantern ×5, Spruce Planks ×2
22. Layer 22 Oak Log ×53, Oak Leaves ×41, Cherry Stairs ×28, Cherry Planks ×24, Birch Log ×23, Dark Oak Stairs ×22, Glass Pane ×16, Spruce Stairs ×16, Dark Oak Planks ×14, Birch Planks ×8, Spruce Slab ×8, Lantern ×1
23. Layer 23 Oak Log ×54, Oak Leaves ×49, Cherry Stairs ×32, Birch Log ×27, Birch Planks ×24, Dark Oak Stairs ×22, Lantern ×14, Spruce Stairs ×12, Dark Oak Planks ×10, Birch Leaves ×4
24. Layer 24 Oak Log ×47, Dark Oak Planks ×42, Dark Oak Slab ×40, Birch Leaves ×33, Oak Leaves ×31, Birch Log ×26, Dark Oak Stairs ×22, Cherry Stairs ×16, Lantern ×2
25. Layer 25 Oak Leaves ×99, Birch Leaves ×62, Dark Oak Stairs ×56, Oak Log ×53, Birch Log ×26, Cherry Stairs ×12, Lantern ×3, Dark Oak Planks ×2
26. Layer 26 Oak Leaves ×102, Birch Leaves ×87, Oak Log ×54, Dark Oak Stairs ×28, Birch Log ×21, Dark Oak Slab ×8, Lantern ×1
27. Layer 27 Birch Leaves ×166, Oak Leaves ×137, Oak Log ×43, Dark Oak Stairs ×32, Birch Log ×19
28. Layer 28 Oak Leaves ×204, Birch Leaves ×126, Oak Log ×39, Birch Log ×18, Dark Oak Stairs ×16, Lantern ×1
29. Layer 29 Oak Leaves ×366, Birch Leaves ×162, Oak Log ×34, Birch Log ×18, Lantern ×1
30. Layer 30 Oak Leaves ×376, Birch Leaves ×134, Oak Log ×32, Birch Log ×9
31. Layer 31 Oak Leaves ×263, Birch Leaves ×140, Oak Log ×30
32. Layer 32 Oak Leaves ×144, Birch Leaves ×142, Oak Log ×21
33. Layer 33 Oak Leaves ×226, Birch Leaves ×136, Oak Log ×21
34. Layer 34 Oak Leaves ×210, Birch Leaves ×124, Oak Log ×21
35. Layer 35 Oak Leaves ×207, Birch Leaves ×51, Oak Log ×21
36. Layer 36 Oak Leaves ×177, Oak Log ×21, Birch Leaves ×7
37. Layer 37 Oak Leaves ×145
38. Layer 38 Oak Leaves ×130
39. Layer 39 Oak Leaves ×135
40. Layer 40 Oak Leaves ×138
41. Layer 41 Oak Leaves ×140
42. Layer 42 Oak Leaves ×75
43. Layer 43 Oak Leaves ×12

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