Other Blocks.<\/strong> A door, ladders, torches, a trapdoor, and a few other blocks are either necessary or optional. Refer to the instructions below.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\nWith the above said, we can move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 1: A Flat Place to Start<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Before you start your Minecraft tower, you are going to want to find a flat and level place to build on. Preferably, high on a hill or a mountain. The reasoning here is that when your tower is itself high up, it will be harder to reach by both hostile mobs and players alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having a height advantage against attackers is also advantageous, allowing you to fire arrows or throw potions down at them with ease. Water and lava buckets can also be used offensively from the top of the tower, adding yet another obstacle any would be attackers would have to contend with.
If the place you want to build isn\u2019t flat and level to your liking, you can, of course, level it flat using your shovel and pickaxe, or by adding dirt and cobblestone to create a large and flat area. A roughly 9-by-9 block area should be adequate for this tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 2: Lay the Foundation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Once you have cleared or leveled out the appropriate area for your Minecraft tower, the next step is to lay the foundation. As outlined above, we are going for a foundation of cobblestone blocks, seven blocks in diameter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are unsure at this part, the following website has a useful tool for checking circle size and shape in Minecraft: (https:\/\/www.plotz.co.uk\/plotz-model.php?model=Ellipse). Otherwise, you\u2019ll know you\u2019ve got the right shape when the outermost sides are three blocks long, and the total number of placed blocks is 37.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 3: The Door and Walls<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Next, begin placing stone bricks around the edge of the foundation, leaving a space for a door in the middle of one side of the ring. There are several doors to choose from here. We recommend using the spruce version of the wooden door as it helps to provide a nice medieval aesthetic to a given\u00a0build.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once the first two \u2018rings\u2019 of\u00a0stone\u00a0brick blocks are placed, continue adding rings of stone bricks upward. At four blocks high you should have used about 62 blocks, discounting the two blocks unused in place of the door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This means that every four additional blocks of height in our tower will require at the most 64 blocks or one full stack of stone bricks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tower we will be building here will be 12 blocks in height, meaning about three stacks of blocks total. However, feel free to add or remove layers if you feel the need to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 4: Stairs or Ladders?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Now that\u00a0we\u2019ve completed the lower and central portions of the Minecraft tower, we can work on the upper portion. First, however, we should add a way to reach the top from the ground more easily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You have a couple of options here: You can use a simple wooden ladder that reaches from the ground floor to the top, or you can place a staircase going up and\u00a0down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both of these\u00a0approaches have their own advantages and disadvantages, but for simplicity\u2019s sake, we recommend using ladders. Placing the ladder is straightforward: simply\u00a0attach it to any of the interior walls of the tower, reaching up to the top. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add or remove as many ladder blocks as you need to, depending on the height of the tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 5: Topping it Off<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Once you are satisfied regarding the height of the tower, we can now go about topping the Minecraft tower off. First, start by using stone brick blocks to make a 9-block diameter circle around the top of the middle section of the tower.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Again, you can refer to the website linked above here. The 9\u00d79 ring should be about 20 blocks in total. Fill the ring in with either up-facing wood slabs (wood slabs placed in the \u2018upper\u2019 portion of a block space) or more stone brick blocks, leaving space for either the ladder or the staircase as mentioned previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once you\u2019ve laid down the floor\/roof of your tower, you can start to work on the crenelations. I.e., the decorative notches that form the tops of castle walls or battlements. These are easy and simple to do in Minecraft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, add a second 9\u00d79 ring of blocks, forming a low wall around the top. Next, add alternating blocks around the rim of the top of the tower. There are a couple of different layouts, so feel free to\u00a0experiment here to see what\u2019s more comfortable with you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We recommend placing blocks on the corners of the outermost sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 6: Finishing Touches<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations! Your tower is complete. Now all you need to do is add the finishing touches.\u00a0You can add furniture in the form of a bed, chests, furnaces and crafting tables. Add lighting by placing torches on the inner walls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can even go the extra step and add additional floors inside the tower, dramatically increasing the available\u00a0space to build on. You can hang custom banners on the sides of the tower\u2019s crown, as a way of giving your personal touch to the building.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, if you want to add some\u00a0variety and uniqueness to the outside, consider using vines or mossy stone brick blocks to give your tower an air of age and weathering. You can also add arrow slits in the walls of the tower by combining stone brick stairs with their upside-down variants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
There are many things to build in Minecraft. Whether it\u2019s a house, a castle or something else, a degree of skill and some effort can make anything look good. With that said, we hope this guide for building a Minecraft tower is of help to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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