How to build

From a blueprint on your screen to a build in your world. Start with our cabin, set up a separate Java instance, then follow ghost blocks or paste the whole building.

Build with ghost blocks Paste the whole build

Actual Minecraft screenshot of the Mossglen Cabin beside its translucent Litematica blueprint — Actual game capture · Re-captured from the saved Java 26.3 test world in English (US), 1 November 2026. Solid building on the right; Litematica hologram on the left.

Guides by topic

Seven short guides: set up the mods, load a hologram, paste a schematic, understand the file formats and fix the usual failures.

Set up Java, Fabric and the build modsFollow the recorded Minecraft Java 26.3 / Fabric setup for the cabin import example, including the Java runtime, mod releases and file folders.How to use LitematicaLoad a .litematic in Minecraft, place the hologram, move it into position and read the material list without accidentally building the wrong layer.Paste a build with WorldEditLoad and paste the cabin .schem with WorldEdit, choose whether to paste air, and use //undo to reverse a misplaced paste.Minecraft schematic formats comparedWhat .schem, .litematic, .nbt and datapack files are for, which tool opens each one, and how to choose the right download.Install a structure datapackInstall a blueprint datapack, reload it and place the build with /place template on Java 1.20.1, without installing a mod.Read the material listHow the material checklist counts doors, beds, slabs and stacks, and how to turn it into a survival supply run.Fix a build that will not loadFix the usual reasons a hologram, schematic paste or datapack does not appear: version mismatch, wrong folder, unloaded file or missing mods.

Choose your build method

Method	What you need	What happens in game
Web blueprint	The build page and a Java world	Read each layer and place the blocks yourself. No mod is needed to view the plans.
Litematica	Fabric, Litematica and MaLiLib	A translucent blueprint marks where the real blocks belong. You still place the blocks.
WorldEdit	WorldEdit and permission to use its commands	Load a .schem file and paste the building into the world. Try this in a new creative world first.

Start with Mossglen Cabin

Use the same files as our recorded test: an 11 × 14 footprint, 12 blocks high, 589 occupied cells and 587 placement items.

Open the cabin blueprint .litematic .schem

Our actual game test

One fixed cabin was checked in a local Java 26.3 singleplayer world on 1 November 2026. These are the results of that recorded run.

Whole-building import: 589 non-air cells. A WorldEdit export had zero missing cells, zero extra cells and zero block-state differences from the original model.
Ghost-block building: the .litematic rendered, its list showed 587 items, single-layer changes were visible, and one real cobblestone was placed by right click.
Not yet established: a full survival rebuild, material-progress refresh, Java 1.20.1 itself, multiplayer permissions, other builds, or farm operation and output. The NBT and datapack options were not imported in that run.

Reopen the saved test

On the machine where the test was made, select Blueprints-Mod-Test-26.3 in HMCL and open Blueprints Import Test. It was saved with the solid cabin, neighbouring hologram, one guided cobblestone and all-layer rendering. Other visitors can reproduce the setup above; this website does not distribute that game instance or a launcher script.

Shortcuts in our test instance

We remapped M to the main menu, L to materials, P to placement settings, Home to layer mode, End to player-height layer and Page Up/Down to layer changes. These describe that saved test instance, not universal defaults.

If something does not work

Downloads & references

The launcher and mod links go to their own projects. Install instructions were checked against HMCL, Fabric, Litematica and WorldEdit documentation; the screenshots and numeric results come from our recorded local game test.