How to build a giant Iron Ore in Minecraft
The Iron Ore block, 16 times bigger: every pixel of its real texture becomes one block. Plan it, gather the exact blocks and build it layer by layer.
- 16 × 16 × 16 blocks (wide × tall × long)
- 1,352 blocks hollow (21 stacks + 8), 4,096 solid
- 16 layers from the bottom up
- 8 kinds of block
Blocks you need
For the hollow build at real size, with 1-block walls. In the builder you can pick other block groups, a different size (½× up to 16×) or a solid build, and the list changes with it.
| Block | Count |
|---|---|
| Stone | 352 (5 stacks + 32) |
| Andesite | 284 (4 stacks + 28) |
| Light Gray Concrete | 218 (3 stacks + 26) |
| Cyan Terracotta | 120 (1 stack + 56) |
| Waxed Exposed Copper | 120 (1 stack + 56) |
| Brown Mushroom Block | 114 (1 stack + 50) |
| White Terracotta | 96 (1 stack + 32) |
| Stripped Spruce Wood | 48 |
How to build it
- Plan: choose the blocks you have, the size, hollow or solid, and the build direction.
- Gather: get the exact block list in stacks and shulker boxes, or download it as a Litematica schematic.
- Build: place one layer at a time, with a 3D view and a 2D map of each layer that counts the blocks in every row.