How to build a castle in Minecraft

After building your shelter to survive in the world of Minecraft, you had the brilliant idea of ​​increasing the defenses of the structure you live in by erecting a castle that can keep enemies away. But if you find yourself reading this guide, I bet, it’s because you ran into a few hitches and now you’re looking for more precise tips on how to build a castle in Minecraft, right?

If that’s the way it is, well, don’t worry: I’m here to help you! In today’s guide, in fact, I will show you how to build your castle in Minecraft, in order to be sure of the resources to be used and the steps to take to build this majestic structure. Furthermore, if patience is not your strong point and you have little time available, I will also show you how to build a castle in a few clicks, thanks to ad hoc systems.

I’m sure my premise intrigued you, didn’t it? So what are you waiting for? Let’s start immediately: sit comfortably, take a few minutes of free time and pay attention to the advice I have written for you in this guide of mine. I am sure my suggestions will be useful to you, so that you are ready to face the construction of your castle in Minecraft. All that remains for me is to wish you a good read and, above all, good fun!

Index

• What materials to choose
• Building a castle
• Useful tips for building a castle
• Mod to build a castle

What materials to choose

If you want to build a castle in Minecraft, know that the operation will take you many hours and days of work. Also, considering the size of this building, the resources you will need to collect will be numerous.

In light of the above, plan the castle design carefully, without being in any hurry. Furthermore, considering that a castle is a defensive structure, it must be resistant to any enemy attack. So consider creating thick walls and making traps or ditches to limit or completely prevent enemies from approaching.

To create strong walls, consider using stone or clay bricks if you prefer. However, if you want to give a classic style to the structure you are building, between the two, stone is the most suitable material from an aesthetic point of view. In a workbench, therefore, use four stone units to generate a stone brick block.

In the internal section of the walls, if you do not want to use stone bricks, you can use concrete or obsidian coatings.

The concrete is obtained by processing, in a workbench, of four units gravel, four units sand and a colorant. By doing this, a block of concrete powder is obtained on which, by pouring water, a concrete block is obtained.

In addition to this material, obsidian is particularly suitable for resisting any explosion.

Making blocks with this material is simple: just pour water on lava to transform it into obsidian; then using a diamond pickaxe, you can collect it for use in your own projects.

For the interiors, on the other hand, you can use different types of coatings, such as concrete of different colors or leave the brick blocks, which I told you about in the previous lines.

In addition to these, you can create coatings with wooden plank, which is made from wooden blocks in a workbench, or using sandstone blocks. You have to use four blocks of sand in a workbench to make a block of this material.

Building a castle

Now that you know what materials you can use to build a castle, you need to get to work.

First of all, identify the area where the project is to be carried out: this must be large, perhaps on the top of a huge rock. The important thing is that you can have a vision of what is happening around the walls.

Once this is done, also build a small area to build a bed and all the tools that can help you with the fabrication of the materials, such as a workbench. and a furnace. Also place chests, which will need to contain all the resources you collect from crafting and exploration.

My advice is to lay the foundations first and lay the first row of walls to outline the perimeter of the project and of each room. If you see fit, outline an area in the center of the walls to be used as a courtyard, for crops or for the animals you have tamed.

What you need to do now is build the outer walls to defend yourself from enemy attacks. Place several torches, to illuminate the entire internal area well, to prevent creatures from being generated that could attack you and slow down the realization of the project.

Remember to dig a moat around the castle, filling it with lava, helping yourself with a bucket. Also build traps, crafting explosives or any other contraption that can help you defend yourself in the event of an enemy intrusion. In this regard, I can advise you to consult the Minecraft Wiki, in English, which contains suggestions for creating different types of traps, based on your needs.

For any other type of construction, decoration or furniture, you can refer to the list of projects that you find inside the workbench or rely on the Italian Wiki dedicated to Minecraft, which contains lots of useful information to improve the castle.

Also given the importance of the project, to speed up the construction of the castle, you could invite friends and get help. If your friends don’t know Minecraft yet, you can recommend them to check out my guide on how to play Minecraft, which is useful for getting familiar with this game and understanding its basic mechanics.

Useful tips for building a castle

In addition to the advice I gave you in the previous chapter, you can also take inspiration from projects made by other players. In this case, you can watch some YouTube videos made by many Minecraft fans.

What you need to do is open youtube to YouTube and type in the terms “minecraft castle” or “castle minecraft”, in English, in the search bar at the top. I’m sure you will find lots of ideas to build a castle that can be the envy of anyone.

Mod to build a castle

If a castle building project may be something you don’t want to tackle due to the time and resources required to build it, you can rely on mods, to add prefabricated structures, in a few simple clicks.

Among those useful for this purpose, I recommend Instant Structures Mod (ISM) , available on  CurseForge. To use it, however, you need to install Minecraft Forge, a tool for managing Minecraft mods.

To download it, you need to connect to the official website of the program: then press the Windows Installer button and download the file. After you have downloaded the installation file, double-click on it and, in the screen that appears, press  OK to add it to Minecraft.

At this point, visit the ISM web page. Now,  click on the Download Instant Structures Mod button and select the version of Minecraft you have installed on your PC. By doing so, the JAR file will be taken which you will need to place in the mods folder, in the path C: \ Users \ [name] \ AppData \ Roaming \ .minecraft. If you can’t find this folder, create it manually.

After following the steps above, launch Minecraft and press the ▲ icon located next to the Play button. Select the Forge profile and click  Play to start playing. At the same time, a new screen will also open, relating to Instant Structures Mod: through its interface, you can explore the different structures using the search engine or the categories located on the left.

After you have identified the castle you want to import into the game session, click on it, press the icon with a brick and finally click on  Place structure. By doing so, you will have built a castle in just a few clicks with minimal effort. The convenient solution, isn’t it?

 

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