How to make a sphere in Minecraft

You are a fan of Minecraft and you spend part of your free time making projects in this video game. Lately, you’ve been thinking about trying your hand at building a sphere, but since Mojang’s designed game world is made up of square blocks, you’re trying to figure out how you can easily reach your goal.

How do you say? Is that just what you were thinking about? Then you will be happy to know that you have come to the right place at the right time. In fact, in today’s guide, I’ll show you how to make a sphere in Minecraft through simple steps. In detail, I will explain how to carry out this project step by step through online tools or how to facilitate the task thanks to the use of mods.

Having made this brief premise, I would say that it is time to start. What you have to do is just give me a few minutes of your free time, to carefully read all the suggestions that I will give you in the next chapters and put them into practice. Having said that, I just have to wish you a good read and, above all, a good time!

Index

• How to make a sphere in Minecraft
• Mod to make a sphere in Minecraft
• How to make a TNT sphere in Minecraft

How to make a sphere in Minecraft

If you want to create a sphere in Minecraft, what I recommend you do is to consider using an online tool to discover, step by step, all the procedures that allow you to carry out this project.

You must know, in fact, that building a sphere in Minecraft is not a difficult procedure, but it is long and requires a lot of concentration. Considering that Minecraft is a video game made up of square blocks, being able to build a small sphere is not possible, as it will only resemble a square structure.

Therefore, if you want the project you intend to create visually to be a real sphere, you will have to do it large, so that you can eliminate the squaring effect. To do this, the online tool available on the Plotz.co.uk website can help.

After opening the link I just provided you will be shown a section with the 3D model of a sphere. Using the bar at the bottom, called Size, you can change the diameter of the sphere, which by default is set to 32 but you can reduce or increase it using the appropriate icons next to it.

As you can see, by decreasing the diameter, the project becomes more and more square, no longer resembling a sphere. By increasing the diameter, on the other hand, you can create a less square sphere, making it, visually, practically perfect.

Obviously, trying to build a sphere with a very large diameter value will take a lot of time and a lot of resources, but it all depends on the time you have available and the type of project you want to carry out.

Having said that, to start building the sphere according to the diameter you set in the online tool, you have to move the parameter present in the vertical axis on the right to 1, i.e. on the first construction level. By doing so, you can see the blocks and their arrangement in 3D view.

If something is not clear to you, pressing the 2D button (top left) you will be able to see the project in detail and you will also be shown the amount of blocks to be used in the various sections.

After building the first level, move on to the second and follow the subsequent instructions, as I explained to you in the previous paragraph. As you complete a level, you have to move on to the next one, until you get to the last one, in order to complete the project. Easy, right?

Mod to make a sphere in Minecraft

If you want to build a sphere in Minecraft in the blink of an eye, I recommend using a mod. Specifically, you can easily make a sphere by using a command string using the WorldEdit mod.

The latter allows you to modify the world on Minecraft Java Edition for PC to your liking, easily creating structures thanks to the use of command strings. For its use it is necessary to install Minecraft Forge, a tool that enables the execution of mods on Minecraft.

To download this tool, go to the official website and click on the Installer button, in the Download Latest box located in the center of the page. I remind you that for everything to work correctly, the Minecraft client version must be the same as that of Minecraft Forge and WorldEdit. After downloading the Forge .JAR file, double-click on it and then hit the OK button to install.

Once this is done, you need to download the WorldEdit mod: you can proceed via the official developer website, by pressing on the Stable builds for Forge button, for the stable version of the mod, or on the Experimental builds for Forge button, to download the version of the mod in phase development (therefore with potential bugs) which is compatible with the most recent versions of Minecraft Forge.

Once this is done, move the .JAR file you just downloaded to the mods folder, which you find in the path C:\Users\[tuo nome]\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft. If you don’t find the aforementioned folder, you can create it manually.

Now, start Minecraft and click on the ▼ icon located next to the launcher’s Play button. At this point, select the Forge profile and then press the Play button. Doing so will run Minecraft with mod support, including WorldEdit.

Now, to generate a sphere with WorldEdit, open the chat by pressing the T key on your keyboard. The command you will need to use to achieve your goal is //hsphere [materiale] [raggio]. Also, if you enter the term at the end of the stringtrue, the base of the sphere will be generated on the same level as your avatar. By omitting this term, the center of the sphere will coincide with that of the avatar’s visual plane.

As for the command parameters, you will have to replace the [material] value with the appropriate one: stone to create a stone sphere, wood for wood or glass for glass, just to give you some examples. As for the [radius] value, you must set any integer value greater than or equal to 1 . I advise you not to set too large values, so as not to risk making the game wrong.

For example, if you want to create a stone sphere with a radius of 18 and that is positioned exactly on the same ground level as your avatar, type the string in the command console //hsphere stone 18 true.

How to make a TNT sphere in Minecraft

Do you want to make a TNT sphere in Minecraft? In this case, know that you can follow the same procedures that I indicated in the previous chapters. Therefore, if you want to build a sphere of TNT manually, you must carefully follow the instructions I gave you before.

Be aware, however, that you will also need to procure large quantities of TNT. You can craft this item in a workbench, using 4 units of Sand, commonly found in the world of Minecraft, and 5 units of Gunpowder. The latter is easily obtained by defeating the Creeper, the Ghast or the Witch.

If you want to make it easier for you using the WorldEdit mod, which I told you about in this other chapter, you will need to set the TNT value as material. Therefore, using the appropriate sphere generation command, you will have to type the string //hsphere tnt 18 true, to build a TNT sphere with radius 18 positioned at the level of the avatar.