How to build a giant Observer in Minecraft
The Observer 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
- 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Gray Concrete | 632 (9 stacks + 56) |
| Cyan Terracotta | 263 (4 stacks + 7) |
| Stone | 163 (2 stacks + 35) |
| Andesite | 99 (1 stack + 35) |
| Clay | 61 |
| Smooth Stone | 41 |
| Black Concrete | 34 |
| Light Gray Concrete | 30 |
| White Concrete | 15 |
| Light Gray Wool | 8 |
| Gray Wool | 2 |
| Red Nether Bricks | 2 |
…and 2 more kinds of block, listed in the builder.
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.