How to build Wild West Main Street in Minecraft

A dusty frontier town. Boardwalks with hitching posts and water troughs line both sides of the main street. On one side are a saloon with batwing doors and an upstairs balcony, a brick bank with gold lettering and a vault, and the undertaker with coffins propped by the door. Opposite are the sheriff’s office and jail, the general store and the livery stable with its forge. A wooden water tower stands behind the shops, a white church with a bell tower closes the end of the street, and cacti, tumbleweeds and a covered wagon fill the desert around it.

• DifficultyAdvanced
• Size55 × 102, 27 layers tall
• Blocks14,804
• Build time8–10 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. Lay out the street first: 11 blocks of dirt path, then a 3-block boardwalk on each side one block above the street. Every shop front sits right behind its boardwalk.
2. The tall false fronts are what make it look Western. Build each front wall three to eight blocks higher than the roof behind it and finish it with a row of upside-down stairs as a cornice.
3. Paint each shop a different colour: tan terracotta for the saloon, brick for the bank, stone for the jail, white for the store and barn red for the stable.
4. Letters are 3 blocks wide and 5 tall with a one-block gap. Set them one block out from a dark board so they cast shadows and read from down the street.
5. For the saloon’s batwing doors use two trapdoors in the doorway at chest height. Fences stand in for them here.
6. Hang lanterns under every awning and balcony. At night the whole street glows.
7. Cacti are green columns with arms that bend upwards. Tumbleweeds are little tangles of oak fence.

Step-by-step: all 27 layers

1. Layer 1 Sand ×3071, Dirt Path ×737, Orange Terracotta ×252, Spruce Planks ×247, Dirt ×176, Gravel ×174
2. Layer 2 Spruce Planks ×1252, Dirt ×143, Oak Fence ×61, White Concrete ×59, Spruce Stairs ×56, Red Carpet ×45, Spruce Fence ×43, Oak Planks ×31, Spruce Slab ×27, Cobblestone ×22, Dark Oak Fence ×13, Green Concrete ×11, Birch Log ×8, Water ×7, Stone Brick Stairs ×6, Gravel ×5, Spruce Door ×5, Oak Log ×4, Spruce Log ×2, Hay Bale ×1, Ladder ×1, Polished Andesite ×1, Polished Blackstone ×1
3. Layer 3 Spruce Planks ×114, Oak Fence ×61, White Concrete ×51, Stone Bricks ×46, Bricks ×45, Dark Oak Planks ×42, Oak Planks ×38, Red Terracotta ×37, Spruce Fence ×34, Spruce Slab ×34, Orange Terracotta ×22, Chest ×21, Cobblestone ×19, Dark Oak Slab ×19, White Terracotta ×19, Block of Iron ×18, Polished Andesite ×17, Spruce Stairs ×15, Dark Oak Fence ×13, Green Concrete ×11, Block of Gold ×10, Iron Bars ×10, Oak Log ×10, Birch Log ×8, Yellow Stained Glass ×8, Gray Terracotta ×6, Spruce Door ×6, White Wool ×6, Hay Bale ×4, Quartz Pillar ×4, Dark Oak Door ×3, Black Terracotta ×2, Green Terracotta ×2, Ladder ×2, Oak Door ×2, Spruce Log ×2, White Bed ×2, Oak Stairs ×1
4. Layer 4 Glass Pane ×79, White Concrete ×55, Spruce Planks ×48, Stone Bricks ×41, Red Terracotta ×37, Iron Bars ×33, Spruce Fence ×32, Bricks ×31, Spruce Slab ×30, Oak Planks ×29, Green Concrete ×21, Dark Oak Planks ×18, Dark Oak Slab ×18, Block of Iron ×17, White Wool ×15, Block of Gold ×11, Oak Fence ×10, Orange Terracotta ×10, Dark Oak Fence ×9, Oak Log ×9, Birch Log ×8, Orange Stained Glass ×8, White Terracotta ×8, Hay Bale ×6, Brown Stained Glass ×5, Lantern ×5, Quartz Pillar ×4, Glass ×3, Black Terracotta ×2, Bookshelf ×2, Chest ×2, Cobblestone ×2, Gray Terracotta ×2, Green Stained Glass ×2, Green Terracotta ×2, Ladder ×2, Spruce Log ×2, Black Concrete ×1, Fire ×1
5. Layer 5 Glass Pane ×81, White Concrete ×58, Stone Bricks ×41, Spruce Slab ×39, Iron Bars ×38, Red Terracotta ×37, Spruce Planks ×36, Bricks ×32, Oak Planks ×27, Green Concrete ×24, Lantern ×22, Spruce Fence ×22, Block of Iron ×18, Dark Oak Planks ×17, White Wool ×13, Block of Gold ×10, Orange Terracotta ×10, Birch Log ×8, White Terracotta ×8, Yellow Stained Glass ×8, Green Stained Glass ×6, Bookshelf ×5, Oak Log ×4, Quartz Pillar ×4, Brown Stained Glass ×3, Glass ×3, Gray Terracotta ×3, Hay Bale ×3, Black Terracotta ×2, Cobblestone ×2, Green Terracotta ×2, Ladder ×2, Spruce Log ×2, Glowstone ×1, Torch ×1
6. Layer 6 Spruce Slab ×195, Spruce Planks ×66, Stone Bricks ×64, White Concrete ×61, Bricks ×42, Oak Planks ×39, Red Terracotta ×37, Block of Iron ×28, White Terracotta ×27, Dark Oak Planks ×21, Oak Fence ×20, Orange Terracotta ×20, Green Concrete ×18, White Wool ×16, Lantern ×15, Iron Bars ×13, Birch Log ×8, Blue Stained Glass ×8, Spruce Fence ×8, Gray Terracotta ×7, Bookshelf ×6, Glass Pane ×4, Oak Log ×4, Quartz Pillar ×4, Black Terracotta ×2, Cobblestone ×2, Green Terracotta ×2, Hay Bale ×2, Ladder ×2, Spruce Log ×2, Glowstone ×1
7. Layer 7 Spruce Planks ×662, Dark Oak Slab ×207, White Concrete ×71, Oak Planks ×39, Red Terracotta ×37, Bricks ×34, White Terracotta ×33, Dark Oak Planks ×26, Green Terracotta ×21, Stone Bricks ×18, Brown Terracotta ×17, Green Concrete ×11, Spruce Slab ×11, Birch Log ×8, Gray Terracotta ×7, Lantern ×7, Oak Log ×4, Quartz Pillar ×4, Black Terracotta ×2, Ladder ×2, Spruce Fence ×2, Spruce Log ×2
8. Layer 8 Spruce Planks ×198, Bricks ×50, White Concrete ×49, Spruce Stairs ×42, Oak Planks ×39, Spruce Fence ×30, Red Terracotta ×26, Orange Terracotta ×22, Brown Terracotta ×17, Spruce Slab ×16, Glass Pane ×11, White Terracotta ×10, Gray Terracotta ×7, Birch Log ×4, Oak Log ×4, Quartz Pillar ×4, Red Bed ×4, Dark Oak Planks ×3, Green Concrete ×3, Black Terracotta ×2, Cobblestone Wall ×2, Green Terracotta ×2, Lantern ×2, Spruce Door ×2, Spruce Log ×2, Stone Bricks ×2, Blue Stained Glass ×1, Ladder ×1, White Bed ×1
9. Layer 9 Spruce Planks ×71, Glass Pane ×51, Spruce Stairs ×42, White Concrete ×41, Bricks ×36, Oak Planks ×31, Dark Oak Stairs ×26, Red Terracotta ×26, Brown Terracotta ×17, Orange Terracotta ×14, White Terracotta ×10, Gray Terracotta ×7, Birch Log ×4, Oak Log ×4, Quartz Pillar ×4, Black Concrete ×2, Black Terracotta ×2, Blue Stained Glass ×2, Cobblestone Wall ×2, Dark Oak Planks ×2, Green Terracotta ×2, Spruce Log ×2, Stone Bricks ×2, Green Concrete ×1, Ladder ×1, Red Stained Glass ×1
10. Layer 10 Spruce Planks ×72, Spruce Stairs ×42, Glass Pane ×40, White Concrete ×40, Bricks ×36, Oak Planks ×31, Dark Oak Stairs ×26, Green Terracotta ×21, Red Terracotta ×19, Brown Terracotta ×17, Orange Terracotta ×16, Hay Bale ×9, Gray Terracotta ×7, Birch Log ×4, Lantern ×4, Oak Log ×4, Quartz Pillar ×4, Black Terracotta ×2, Cobblestone Wall ×2, Dark Oak Planks ×2, Spruce Log ×2, Stone Bricks ×2, White Terracotta ×2, Blue Stained Glass ×1, Ladder ×1
11. Layer 11 Spruce Planks ×82, White Concrete ×52, Bricks ×50, Spruce Stairs ×42, Oak Planks ×39, Dark Oak Stairs ×26, White Terracotta ×26, Oak Fence ×20, Brown Terracotta ×17, Spruce Log ×17, Red Terracotta ×15, Gray Terracotta ×7, Birch Log ×4, Oak Log ×4, Quartz Pillar ×4, Dark Oak Planks ×3, Black Terracotta ×2, Stone Bricks ×2, Hay Bale ×1, Ladder ×1, Lantern ×1
12. Layer 12 Dark Oak Slab ×593, Dark Oak Planks ×65, White Concrete ×49, Spruce Stairs ×42, Dark Oak Stairs ×35, Orange Terracotta ×24, Stone Brick Stairs ×18, Brown Terracotta ×17, Spruce Slab ×17, Bricks ×16, Green Terracotta ×12, Red Terracotta ×11, Gray Terracotta ×7, Birch Log ×4, Oak Log ×4, Black Terracotta ×2, Stone Bricks ×2, White Terracotta ×2, Ladder ×1, Spruce Fence ×1
13. Layer 13 Spruce Stairs ×40, White Concrete ×39, Dark Oak Planks ×26, Dark Oak Stairs ×26, Black Concrete ×18, Brown Terracotta ×17, Red Terracotta ×10, Dark Oak Slab ×9, Green Terracotta ×7, Birch Log ×4, Oak Log ×4, Cobblestone Wall ×3, Dark Oak Fence ×1, Ladder ×1, Spruce Fence ×1, Spruce Log ×1
14. Layer 14 Spruce Stairs ×40, White Concrete ×35, Dark Oak Planks ×26, Dark Oak Stairs ×26, Black Concrete ×18, Yellow Concrete ×16, Stone Bricks ×15, Block of Gold ×10, Green Terracotta ×10, Red Terracotta ×6, Birch Log ×4, Oak Log ×4, Cobblestone Wall ×3, Cobblestone ×2, Oak Slab ×2, Dark Oak Fence ×1
15. Layer 15 Spruce Planks ×68, White Concrete ×33, Dark Oak Planks ×26, Dark Oak Stairs ×26, Spruce Slab ×20, Black Concrete ×18, Stone Bricks ×15, Dark Oak Slab ×13, Block of Gold ×11, Yellow Concrete ×10, Green Terracotta ×7, Birch Log ×4, Cobblestone Wall ×3, Cobblestone ×2, Dark Oak Fence ×1, Ladder ×1
16. Layer 16 Spruce Planks ×49, Dark Oak Planks ×26, White Concrete ×21, Black Concrete ×18, Block of Gold ×15, Stone Bricks ×15, Green Terracotta ×14, Yellow Concrete ×14, Dark Oak Fence ×3, Cobblestone ×2
17. Layer 17 Dark Oak Planks ×50, Dark Oak Stairs ×21, White Concrete ×21, Black Concrete ×18, Stone Bricks ×15, Block of Gold ×12, Yellow Concrete ×11, Birch Log ×4, Cobblestone ×2
18. Layer 18 Dark Oak Planks ×26, Spruce Planks ×24, Dark Oak Slab ×21, Black Concrete ×18, Stone Bricks ×15, Yellow Concrete ×13, Block of Gold ×9, Birch Log ×4, Cobblestone ×2
19. Layer 19 Dark Oak Stairs ×61, Dark Oak Planks ×26, Spruce Planks ×24, Black Concrete ×18, Stone Bricks ×15, Birch Log ×4, Cobblestone ×2, Dark Oak Fence ×1
20. Layer 20 Dark Oak Slab ×51, Spruce Planks ×25, Dark Oak Planks ×24, Orange Terracotta ×8, White Terracotta ×2
21. Layer 21 Water ×37, Spruce Planks ×24, Spruce Stairs ×16, Dark Oak Stairs ×10, Orange Terracotta ×8, White Terracotta ×2
22. Layer 22 Dark Oak Planks ×60, Dark Oak Slab ×10, Spruce Stairs ×8
23. Layer 23 Dark Oak Planks ×48, Spruce Planks ×1
24. Layer 24 Dark Oak Planks ×28, Dark Oak Fence ×1
25. Layer 25 Dark Oak Planks ×21, Dark Oak Fence ×1
26. Layer 26 Dark Oak Slab ×9, Dark Oak Fence ×3
27. Layer 27 Dark Oak Fence ×2

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