How to Make an Underwater House in Minecraft PE

Last Updated: March 7, 2021

If you think land houses are boring, this wikiHow will show you how to make an underwater house. As well as looking cool, it will also be impervious to mobs since they cannot swim. Your only possible intruder will be the peaceful squid, fish, turtles, and Dolphins. (Cause of Update Aquatic) And also Drowned (Which are a new type of Zombie)

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:
Pocket Edition, Creative Mode

1
Open up your inventory by pressing the three white dots next to your hot bar.
2
Pick a block to make your house out of. A good choice for a cabin-like house are wood plank blocks and glass, but any block can be used.
3
Find a body of water, such as a deep lake or ocean. You can't go too deep, or you will drown, but it has to be deep enough if you will live there permanently. The reason why it must be deep is because you don't want hostile mobs to be able to reach your house.
4
Go to the bottom of the lake or ocean and start out with a floor.
5
Raise the house and create some walls. This will help to get rid of water. If it is only in one area, then block off that area with a block.
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Build the roof.
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Add essentials, such as stairs, crafting tables, chests and furnaces, and a bed or two.
8
Add any decorations to the house.
9
Add a doorway to get in.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:
Survival Mode

1
Mine suitable blocks for your house.
2
Find a small body of water. No big ones, you can drown unless you have Water breathing potions.
3
Build a floor.
4
Raise up the walls a little bit, only 2 or 3 blocks high.
- Make sure the water isn't higher than the small walls. If it is, build more up.
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Fill in a "ceiling" in the space in between the small walls.
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Build up higher and make larger walls.
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Make the roof.
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Add an entryway.
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Add a chest, crafting table, furnace, bed, and other useful items for survival.
10
Decorate your house.

Community Q&A

Question

How do I make a water breathing potion so I don't drown in my underwater house?

Community Answer

Take a water bottle, put it in a brewing stand on the bottom, put nether wart at the top. Once you have your awkward potion, put in a pufferfish.
Question

Is this easy to build?

Community Answer

It's not that hard if you follow the directions and do it in creative mode. I died several times attempting it in survival mode.
Question

How do I keep the water out?

Community Answer

After you finish making your house, you can just use buckets or a diamond pick axe (if you have one). Just make sure your house is not flammable, put in a lava bucket, then mine the obsidians (it's very helpful if you want to go to the nether).
Question

How do I make an underwater hotel?

Arden Peng

Community Answer

You can follow the same steps as this article, you just have to make sure that your area is big enough.
Question

How do I make an underwater house in the new update?

Community Answer

Follow the same instructions. You can also use doors and glass windows to remove water. If you do, you can put torches in an underwater house with beds.
Question

Do sponges help get water out of an underwater house in Minecraft PE?

Community Answer

Yes, sponges absorb water in Minecraft PE. All you have to do is place the sponge in a water-filled area of your house though it may take several times before there's no more water in the house.
Question

Can you use buckets to get water out? (In Survival.)

Ashlyn Martin

Community Answer

Yes, but it would take up a lot of time, try using sponges instead. They are found in ocean monuments.
Question

How do I craft a sponge in Minecraft PE?

Ashlyn Martin

Community Answer

You can’t craft them, they can only be found in ocean monuments and creative.

Warnings

Make sure to use sea lanterns or glowstone to light up the base, it'll keep Drowned out.

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In survival mode, you can drown if you haven't drunk Water Breathing potion.

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If you can, carry Water breathing potions with you. Their recipe requires a awkward potion and puffer fish.

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If you are building a redstone airlock then make sure to seal of all the redstone.

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If you are building a farm inside your underwater complex, then ensure that all the plants get light and water.

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