Everything you need to know to build a well in Minecraft.
Minecraft’s sandbox gives its players endless opportunities to display their creativity and intuition, especially with its building mechanics. In your playthrough, you will need to build settlements for defense, shelter, and resources. These settlements will contain farms, housing, and even mines.
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Moreover, every settlement needs a reliable water source. To fulfill this necessity, you can build a functioning well. There are many ways to go about this, and, like other construction projects, gives you the opportunity to flex your architectural skills.
This guide will look at how you can build a well to fulfill all your irrigation and hydration needs.
Building A Well in Minecraft
Note that the method below is one of many you can use to build a well. However, this guide can be your foundation for building a consistent function well. In fact, it is one of the earliest commonly used builds for a well.
Required Materials for Building a Well
- 12 Cobblestone
- 16 Fence
- 20 Wooden Half Steps
- 4 Water Buckets
- 8 Torches(Optional)
- 12 easy to destroy blocks (e.g. dirt)
Before you start building, you’ll need to plan a location for your well. First, ensure that the well is easily accessible from the rest of your structures. Make sure that it is near a water source, such as a river, lake, etc. Furthermore, ensure that the area around the well is well-lit to prevent mobs from spawning there.
How to Build a Well
Place 12 Cobblestone around the location of your spring, leaving a 2×2 empty space in the middle. Make sure not to dig in the ground.
Place water using your buckets in the four empty blocks, one on each corner.
And done. You now have an infinite water source. It really is that simple. The rest of the steps are purely for aesthetic purposes and can be modified to your liking.
Place the 12 easy-to-destroy blocks on top of the cobblestone.
Place the 12 Fences on top of the blocks.
Destroy the blocks and place the remaining fences, one in each corner.
Cover the top of the fence with 16 of the Wooden Half Steps.
Place the last of the wooden steps in the center.
Place your torches on the corner of the well.
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