Minecraft Survival Base Ideas
5 survival bases, each with a free 3D preview and the full materials list, from 1,233 to 2,625 blocks: 1 medium and 4 hard.
Bases made for survival, with room for storage, crafting, smelting and a bed close at hand.
- Builds
- 5
- Blocks
- 1,233 to 2,625
- Build time
- 1.5 hours to 2.5 hours
- Layers
- 13 to 28
Medium survival bases
800 to 1,600 blocks
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Viking
Bjorngard Viking Survival Base
Hard About 1.5 hours 32 × 21 1,233 blocks
A fortified Viking survival base: a log hall with beds and an enchanting corner, a storage wing lined with chests, a stone wall with a covered gatehouse round a yard with a smithy, a storage shed, a garden and an animal pen, and rails running out of a mine in a rocky hill.
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Rustic
Knotwood Rustic Survival Base
Medium About 1.5 hours 38 × 27 1,257 blocks
A rustic survival base: a woodcutters' camp with a log bunkhouse, an open sawmill with a saw bench and rails, a lookout over the gate, a fenced yard with stacks of logs and planks, a lean-to with chests and furnaces, a charcoal kiln, a well and a plot of crops.
Large survival bases
More than 1,600 blocks
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Modern
Ironvale Modern Survival Base
Hard About 1.5 hours 34 × 30 1,715 blocks
A modern survival base: a walled compound with a house of concrete, wood and glass, a watchtower with a glass lookout over the gate, a greenhouse full of crops, an open workshop with furnaces and an anvil, an obsidian portal, a field and a mine with rails into the rocks.
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Fantasy
Thornroot Fantasy Survival Base
Hard About 2 hours 31 × 25 1,720 blocks
A fantasy survival base: a hall in the stump of a giant tree under a great pointed hat of pale sea-green tiles, inside a thorn hedge with stone posts and a gate, with a lookout on stilts, a smithy, a field and a pen, an obsidian portal and a mine with rails into the rocks.
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Medieval
Ashcombe Medieval Survival Base
Hard About 2.5 hours 41 × 35 2,625 blocks
A medieval survival base: a walled farmstead with a round stone tower and a timbered enchanting room under a steep tiled spire, a jettied farmhouse with its stores outside, an open smithy with furnaces, an anvil and a forge, a timber barn with stalls and a hay loft, a pen and a well in the courtyard, fields outside the gate and a mine with rails in the hill.
The blocks these builds use most
Added up over all 5 survival bases. A good palette to stock up on before you start.
| Block | Blocks in total | Used in |
|---|---|---|
| Spruce Planks | 998 | 5 of 5 builds |
| Cobblestone | 486 | 4 of 5 builds |
| Stone Bricks | 436 | 2 of 5 builds |
| Spruce Log | 310 | 3 of 5 builds |
| Spruce Stairs | 309 | 3 of 5 builds |
| Glass Pane | 283 | 5 of 5 builds |
| Dark Oak Log | 276 | 2 of 5 builds |
| Mossy Cobblestone | 224 | 4 of 5 builds |
Questions
How many blocks does a Minecraft survival base need?
The survival bases here take between 1,233 and 2,625 blocks. The smallest is Bjorngard Viking Survival Base with 1,233 blocks, the largest is Ashcombe Medieval Survival Base with 2,625.
How long does it take to make a survival base in Minecraft?
About 1.5 hours for Knotwood Rustic Survival Base, up to about 2.5 hours for Ashcombe Medieval Survival Base, once you have gathered the blocks.
Which survival base is the easiest?
Knotwood Rustic Survival Base. It is rated medium, takes 1,257 blocks and stands 38 by 27 blocks on the ground.
Can I build these in survival?
Yes. Every build lists each block you need with the number of stacks, so you can gather first and build after. All of them use blocks you can get in survival.
Do these survival bases come with a schematic?
Yes. Each build has a .schem file for Litematica, WorldEdit and Axiom, next to the layer-by-layer blueprints.
Are the blueprints free?
The 3D preview, the sizes and the full materials list of every build are free. The layer-by-layer blueprints and the schematic come with the build for €2.99, paid once, or with Pro for every build.
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