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Want to build a floating island in Minecraft? A floating island—also called a sky island—is a great spot for a home base in Survival, a challenge, or an incredible fantasy building in Creative. This wikiHow article will teach you how to build a floating base island in Minecraft.
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1Find a good location for your island. In Minecraft, there is a limit to how high you can build, so if you start in a mountainous area, you will have little room to build your island. The islands shown in this article will be built over the ocean; this location offers two advantages: falling into the ocean will not kill you, and sea level is a low elevation by default.- You may have to search around a little for a good place to build. As a general rule, look for the area of lowest elevation.
- While Ocean biomes work well for this, Deep Oceans may cause you some trouble if you're in Survival mode. If you aren't sure of the difference, press F3 to see data for your location. The third line from the bottom will tell you what biome you are in.
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2Create a dirt pillar. Dirt is best because it will not fall in the event of an accident, and it's easy to get. Place one block, stand on it, and then jump continuously (hold space bar) while placing more blocks (right click and hold). Continue until you feel you are at a sufficient height to begin building your island.Advertisement -
3Create a platform. Press and hold shift to crouch so you will not fall off the side, then build out from your pillar by placing blocks on all sides. This will become the lowest level of your island.- If you are using Creative mode while doing this, you can fly instead of standing on the platform.
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4Continue adding to your platform. From here forward, though, make it an abnormal shape to mimic the random effects of nature. -
5Add a level of dirt on this in the same manner. Make it even wider than the first level. Again, have a factor of irregularity in the process. -
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7Add a layer of grass blocks on top of these. If you are in survival, use a silk touch shovel and dig some grass blocks..You can also try hunt endermans with grass blocks in their hands to get a grass block.- Adding areas of different elevation will make it even more natural-looking.
- Adding areas of different elevation will make it even more natural-looking.
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8Add natural touches. Put trees, tall grasses, water, and/or flowers on your island, if you want to. -
9Build structures. This island will hold a small house for the player. -
10Add ladders and torches to the pillar. If this will be your home in Survival mode, you will need to have a way to get up and down. The torches will make it easier to see in the shadow of your island and make it harder for monsters to spawn. If this is just a build for you or part of a challenge map, destroy the pillar. -
11Finished!
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QuestionHow do I get up to the floating island in Survival without using water, stairs or ladders so that mobs can't get up?CaptianYayaCommunity AnswerMethod One: Use your existing way to get up to the island, but secure the perimeter with a fence and an iron door so no mobs can get in. However, creepers can blow things up or a fellow player can troll you, so you should experiment. Method Two: Enable cheats by exporting your world to LAN and enable cheats. Go into the island, press F3 and write down the coordinates. Press F3 again to get rid of the weird text. Get down to the ground. Use /tp X Y Z where X Y Z are the coordinates. Method Three: Enter the command/difficulty p.
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QuestionHow do I make the island so it is in the sky and if someone falls, they die?Nathan CullenCommunity AnswerYou can make it very high up in the sky with a solid surface as the ground. If you fall, you will die from fall damage.
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QuestionHow do I get water and no land?Community Answerif you are in creative mode you can use the water bucket to make a lot of water.
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- It is recommended that you build your sky island while on Peaceful or Easy (if in Survival) or start with a Creative world, in which you cannot die, and change it to a Survival world later on.Thanks
- Adding a waterfall to the side will be beautiful and give you a way up and down.Thanks
- Putting a fence around the edges of your island will keep you from accidentally falling off.Thanks
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