Tutorials/Building a metropolis

You've built a house, have 20 stacks of wood and more cobblestone than you can count. So what do you do now? Why not build a metropolis. '''A metropolis is a massive city, with lots of buildings. If you like, use Creative mode as that is much easier to do. If you want a challenge, use survival.''' Here's how to set up a video-worthy city: 1. You will need a relatively flat land to build on. Use Super flat, but you can only use this on Creative as there will be no ores to obtain. If you want to do this on Survival, use Tnt to clear some space. Use seeds to get flatter land.

2. Make a center building, a town hall that you can use to start your place off. If this is being made on an existing world, this can be your house. Be lavish and make it out of diamonds!

3. Now you have 1 building. A start, but we need more! So grow your city outwards and make it bigger and bigger. Here is a list of buildings and ideas. '''Note. You should upload this to a server, as many ideas are intended for that purpose'''

Streetlamps
Mobs. Don't have them in your city. Not only will streetlights prevent these from spawning, but they will give your settlement a cozy feel and look good too. There are many designs out there, but a good one is two fence posts on top of each other. Then place a wood block on top and a torch on top of that. Finally, place 4 trapdoors on the wood block on all 4 sides. Place as many as you can.

Paving
Grass doesn't do justice. Though time-consuming, paving your streets will improve the feel of your city drastically. Stick with a simple material like Cobblestone or Stone. Moss stone is good as well, but hard to find on Survival. Just like NPC villages, Gravel is a good choice too.

Transport System
As your village turns into a town, then a city, you might think about putting in a minecart system to shuttle players around your place. See Tutorials/Train station for more information. You can charge people and make money. It can be underground or overground.

Skyscraper
Your city can be impressive, so brag and build a tall building so that people can fully appreciate the vastness of your creation. Make it as high as possible.

Nether access
Build a portal and let people get to the Nether. Even better, if it spawns you right next to a Nether fortress, then you can make a tour and block off dead ends. Or just make a netherrack mine.

Public Mine
Why not? Build ladders down to Layer 12 and let people have easy access to ores. They can extend it and you can signpost some caves and ravines. Destroy spawners in Dungeons and operate a first come, first served policy.

Forest
Fence off an area and grow trees in it. Have a chest of axes and a chest of saplings nearby and people can get wood, since you will have cleared trees out. Even better, corner a forest off to save you another job. Two birds, one stone.

Farm
It's a fact: you need a farm. Have an area for growing crops and rearing animals. Also, charge people for them and have a farm shop.

Slaughterhouse
How cruel...next to the farm will work well. Simply make a building and put a Mob Grinder in it.

Help Building
Be nice to newcomers. Have a house full of crafting tables and furnaces. Even better, put some wood in a chest. They will thank you in the long run

Building Plots
For server use only and a great space-waster. Fence off some areas and let people start a life there. It can be good to come back and see what has been created.

Houses
So obvious. Make some giant red Mushrooms and put a ladder on the white bit, the stalk. Climb up and make a floor. Place a bed, a crafting table and a furnace inside. Make more and charge people rent to live in them. Great fun!

Spleef Stadium
See Spleef for information on the game. You can make a massive stadium which will make your city impressive. Enjoy!

Shops
Make shops and place chests will all the essentials in them. You can charge people for what they have and make some money. Pretty much needed.