Nether fortress
Dark nether bricks between grey basalt pillars, with red nether brick roofs. Shroomlight is the light source, so the build glows without a torch in sight.
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Open in Blockroll
All six blocks open locked. Press Space to roll new rules, or unlock a block to swap it.
- 11 × 15 footprint
- 18 blocks high
- Java 1.16+ or Bedrock 1.16+
The blocks
How to build with it
- Mark out 11 × 15 blocks and lay the Polished Blackstone floor first.
- Put Polished Basalt on every corner and every 4 or 5 blocks along long walls, then fill between them with Nether Bricks.
- Roof it with Red Nether Bricks stairs and slabs. Keep the whole build within 18 blocks of height, roof included.
- Give Chiseled Nether Bricks one job, such as a band under the roof or frames around doors and windows, and repeat it.
- Add Shroomlight last and use less of it than you think.
Rules for this build
- Something sticks up: a chimney, a tower or a spire.
- Light it without a single torch.
- Walls sit on at least 2 different depths.
Rules keep a build from turning into a box. Follow all three, or roll others in Blockroll.
Related palettes
Blackstone bastionPolished blackstone bricks with lighter basalt pillars, the blocks a bastion is made of. Magma blocks glow along the base, and a few gilded blackstone blocks are the only gold.Warped forest outpostTeal warped planks held in a frame of polished blackstone, with a blackstone brick roof. Stripped warped stems are the bright trim, and warped wart blocks hang off it like the forest outside.Crimson forest houseCrimson planks between white quartz pillars, the strongest contrast the Nether has, under a near-black nether brick roof. Stripped crimson stems trim the doors, and shroomlight from the same forest lights it.