Whether starting a new world or simply expanding your horizons, there’s always a need for a few Minecraft base ideas to inspire you. As such, we’ve collected ten base ideas for you to follow the tutorial or borrow elements from!
Each entry list’s the pros of cons of each base and links a tutorial or world video. We hope you enjoy the list and that it helps spark new ideas!
If you want to spice things up, you can use one of these texture packs to revamp the look of each base. Additionally, we’ve used Complementary Shaders for all our images.
10 Best Minecraft Base Ideas
From Castles to ships to underground chambers, here are 10 of the best Minecraft base ideas to draw inspiration from. We also want to give a shout-out to Disruptive Builds, who continues to create stunning bases.
Note: While other bases are out there, we’ve tried to curate a list of survival bases. These might not be your favorite, but these are the ones we discovered. If you have any other suggestions, let us know in the comments below.
Minecraft Survival Castle Base Idea
Great defence against mobs
Lots of storage
Nether portal included
Requires a lot of resources
Isn’t starter friendly
Creator: Disruptive Builds
These four walls will keep mobs out while you grind away at the game. This castle is one of the best base ideas for survival Minecraft, hosting an enchanting room, Nether portal, storage, and four farms. It’s great for playing alone or with friends – the towers offer boarding for up to four players.
The primary material is stone, stone bricks, spruce, and andesite. So, if you’re getting ready to build this base, ensure you have a carry and a sound furnace system. You’ll also need to find a spruce tree, as you’ll need spruce logs, planks, fences, slabs, and stairs.
What we enjoy about this build is not too much texturing involved. Instead, the design relies on the material’s current look without mixing in various other blocks for a textured look.
Lastly, we must mention the main entrance – a dock leading to a grand staircase. Ultimately, this castle base idea is perfect for rivers or even in the middle of the ocean.
Minecraft Underground Circle Base Idea
Creator: Moby Dick
If you’re looking for a modern take on the best Minecraft base ideas, this circle base is your best option. While the base isn’t furnished in the images above, there’s potential for sorting systems, a Nether portal, a kitchen, a bedroom, workstations, and more! In addition, with its massive field, you won’t have to worry about going hungry, and its underground floor offers protection from mobs.
The primary material in this build is oak logs, stripped oak, oak planks, stairs, and glass. While the material palette is simple, it still looks great and is easy to obtain. Our only comment is that the digging takes forever, so it’s best you have an enchanted shovel with efficiency V and unbreaking III.
The base has multiple entrances, including a descending staircase, first-floor doors, and a staircase to the fields above. Additionally, the four fish ponds/aquariums add a nice touch to the ambiance of the base.
Minecraft Mini Fort Base Idea
Easy to follow tutorial
Includes stables
Built-in enchanting room
Lots of decorative blocks
Uses lots of stone and concrete
Creator: TheMythicalSausage
This build from themythicalsausage is a Minecraft mini fort base idea to draw inspiration from. It includes an inner courtyard with a tiny crop field, an enchantment table, a small kitchen, and an upper bedroom. It’s perfect for single-player survival worlds as a central base or a possible outpost.
The main materials used are cobblestone and stone, spruce logs, diorite, white concrete, stone, and stone bricks. In addition, the building includes stables inside the courtyard and two towers that can be turned into storage rooms or a Nether portal.
We have to note that the downside to this build is that it’s highly decorative. As a result, it requires a lot of small elements that can become expensive in the long run. These include spruce trapdoors, campfires, spruce fences, and gates.
Minecraft Pirate Ship Base Idea
Isolated from mobs (excluding drowned)
Lots of storage space
Includes different work stations
Hard to build over the ocean
Very small
Creator: Disruptive Builds
Ahoy! Is that a pirate ship on the horizon? If you’re playing in a Minecraft world seed with islands and vast oceans, this pirate ship base idea is the best starter base. It’s survival friendly and perfect for early-game building (if you don’t have spruce, you can swap it for oak). The top deck and lower half have tons of storage space and everything you need to get started.
The ship consists mainly of wood – to keep it buoyant, of course – and banners. There are also deepslate bricks, deepslate brick walls, spruce trap doors, and lots of spruce fences. However, as mentioned above, if you don’t have access to spruce trees, you can always swap them out for oak or birch.
A neat feature is a trap door at the bottom of the boat that acts as a quick way in and out without having to climb the ship’s sides.
Minecraft Desert Village Base Idea
Beautiful aesthetics
Lots of space to expand
Space for add-ons like a nether portal
Heavy on decorative blocks
Isn’t starter friendly
Creator: WhatIfGaming
You might notice this Minecraft desert village from our background article, but it also gives an excellent base idea. With tiny houses clustered together, you can turn each unit into a different workstation. One house can be a beautiful room, while another could be a storage room. You can create a Nether portal to the side of the village and decorate the streets with barrels for extra storage.
This is a village we’ve created, so unfortunately, there’s no tutorial video available. However, the build is still inspiring and gives you an idea of what to do with sandstone, red sandstone, and terracotta blocks.
The small crop and sugar cane field along the river bank is a bonus feature. In addition, we’ve used the mud blocks from Minecraft 1.19 update, which can be found in the new Mangrove biome, as decorative blocks.
Minecraft Medieval Village Compound Base
Compact yet functional
Space for add-ons
Multiplayer-friendly
Difficult design to copy
Uses hard-to-get resources
Creator: Antlerboy
We found this building while exploring Antlerboy’s 3,000-day Minecraft map. While it’s not technically a base, you can easily retrofit it into one. The building cluster creates a protected courtyard while offering tons of storage and living space.
Antlerboy uses many blocks, including stone brick, granite, polished granite, and bricks. Warped wood is used for trap doors, and touches of blue and crimson throughout the village. You’ll also find wool and carpet used for the roof of markets and nether brick walls for the tops of the towers.
Massive Minecraft Castle Base Idea
Perfect ultimate project
Heaps of space
All-in-one design
Requires a lot of resources
Needs custom terraforming
Creator: Antlerboy
Another build from Antlerboy is this breathtaking castle built on the crest of a hill. We can’t help but compare it to Hogwarts, especially the main building with the tower on the hill just behind it. It has a magnificent bridge that spans between the two buildings, which stretches above the main pathway.
With blue and white as the primary theme, dark oak slabs and stairs trim the roofs giving the building a clear outline. The mountains blend into the castle, making it seem like the walls are carved from rock.
We love this build and can imagine having a base like this on our server, with each player getting their room without it being too crowded.
Ultimate Wooden Minecraft Base Idea
Creator: Disruptive Builds
If you’re still low on resources and only have access to the most common tree type (oak), then this is a simple survival base for you to build in your world. It has an automatic furnace system, plenty of storage, an enchanting room, fields, and more! Disruptive builds are the designer behind this Minecraft base idea, and we have to say that he’s currently rocking it.
The main structure is 100% wood, and while that means it’s flammable, it also means that it’s incredibly cheap to build. Sure, you’ll be cutting down trees for hours, but you won’t need to hunt for dark oak logs. Instead, the first floor uses a mix of stone and stone bricks, which are just as easy to get your hands on.
We highly recommend this base to anyone just starting their Minecraft world. You’ll also find an easy-to-follow tutorial by clicking the button above.
Minecraft Underground Base Idea
Creator: Disruptive Builds
Do you prefer creeping away from the sun and the outside world? Perhaps you like keeping your base a secret and storing your treasures in an underground retreat. If that’s the case, you’ve got to try this Minecraft underground base idea. It has everything you need, from large crop fields to a personal mine – there’s nothing that doesn’t make this survival base feel like home.
Luckily, you needn’t many blocks to build this base as it’s been hollowed out from a mountain. Instead, you’ll only need polished andesite and stripped spruce logs. All other materials for this base are considered decoration and are hard to come by. For example, End rods aren’t the most accessible block to get your hands on.
Lastly, something that the pictures above don’t show, the base has a secret entrance. Once inside, a button activates a Redstone system that shuts the cave entrance. As such, it makes for a great secret underground base.
Ultimate Minecraft Fort Base Idea
Centred around farming
Main building includes workbenches
Safety against mobs
Requires a lot of stone
Needs a large area
Creator: Disruptive Builds
Do you have a fortified kingdom that needs a farm district? Or perhaps you have a passion for farming or need a starter base with tons of field space. If so, this is the perfect starter base for you. It has eight towers that can be turned into rooms such as a Nether portal, enchanting room, storage space, and more.
This Minecraft base idea consists primarily of stone bricks, so you’ll need to dig a quarry nearby. Other blocks include spruce logs, fences, gates, planks, and stairs. It’s an easy build when starting a new world and has an easy tutorial for you to follow.
Additionally, the central tower houses bedding, storage, and space for all your personal belongings. There’s even a paddock for all your animals!
