Not everyone wants to freehand a build from scratch, and that’s completely reasonable — a good blueprint gets you a finished, proportioned house without the trial and error.

A blueprint-style floor plan and elevation diagram of a house
A floor plan and elevation is really all you need to start.

Why work from a blueprint

A blueprint gives you three things freehanding doesn’t: a confirmed footprint (so you’re not redoing walls halfway through), a materials list (so you’re not making three trips back to your chest room), and a proportion that’s already been checked to look right, rather than guessed at as you go.

Our free blueprints

Every blueprint on this site includes a difficulty rating, exact dimensions, a full materials list, and step-by-step build instructions:

  • Starter Cabin — a simple 5x5 wooden cabin, the fastest way to go from “just survived night one” to “have a proper base”
  • Mini Castle — an 11x11 medieval castle with corner towers and a gatehouse, for when you’re ready for something more ambitious
  • Watchtower — a tall, narrow 4x4 tower, ideal as a landmark or lookout point
  • Compact Farm — not a house, but the farm layout every base eventually needs

Browse the full, growing list on the Blueprints page.

Adapting a blueprint to your world

A blueprint is a starting point, not a rulebook. A few easy ways to make one feel like yours:

  • Swap the wood type — the same cabin looks completely different in spruce versus dark oak versus stripped acacia
  • Adjust for your biome — a snowy variant with spruce and white concrete, or a desert variant with sandstone and terracotta, reads as a deliberate choice rather than a copy-paste
  • Extend upward — most blueprints are written at their minimum viable size; adding an extra floor is usually a straightforward extension of the same wall pattern