How to Build a Sky Fortress in Minecraft

Last Updated: February 3, 2020

Having your base stand out in Minecraft can be very difficult. A cool enough sky fortress, however, can stand out very well on a multiplayer server, or just look cool in a solo world.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:
Building upward

1
Build up to your sky fortress. Build a tower with ladders up to the height you want your sky fortress to be.
- The tower here doesn't have to be made of anything fancy, though if you want to keep it, it should probably match the material of your sky fortress.
- In creative mode, ladders are not necessary. In survival mode, they are the only way to get to the top!
2
Make the floor. Choose how wide and long you want your floor to be, what you want it to be made of, and get building.
- This is by far the hardest step, though it is far easier in creative mode. If you have cheats enabled, type "/gamemode 1" to go into creative mode, and "/gamemode 0" to go back into survival.
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3
Build the walls: Build the walls of the fortress.
- If you build it up 2 blocks at a time, it will save a lot of falling damage.
- A wall that is four blocks tall, with a ceiling one block above that, will feel very spacious.
4
Build the ceiling. Again, this is much easier in creative mode, particularly if your walls are tall.
5
Build more floors to your house. If you want to have that really spacious feel, or to separate different stuff, or just to have multiple floors, then repeat steps 3 and 4 on top of the roof of your current fortress, as many times as necessary.
6
Decorate! Your sky fortress is now ready to be filled with both useful and decorative items. You can set your spawn in your fortress if you have a bed, which will save a lot of going up and down the ladder.

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Method 2

Method 2 of 2:
Floating Fortress

1
Build a floor. Make the floor as big as you want, but bigger floors increase the work load immensely.
2
Build your walls. Walls are a must-have for any house. Build these anywhere from 2 blocks tall to 4 or 5 blocks tall if you are in survival and want to save effort.
3
Build a ceiling. Just build a one-layer ceiling on the top of the house.
- This is a lot easier in creative mode.
- Add more floors. You can use the ceiling for the floor of the next story.
4
Mine! Mine away a lot of the area around your house, or if you built it on a hill, mine away the hill.
5
Make a path to your house. Your house may be great, but if you can't reach it, what was the point of making it? You can make a walkway from a nearby hill, mountain, or a ladder, or some combination of the two.

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