Tutorials/Building micro shelters

A microshelter is a compact shelter that can fit all of these supplies inside: a bed, furnace, crafting table, dual wheat farm, light source, double chest, and a door. It can be built very quickly, and requires very few supplies to build.

Supplies

 * 2 chests
 * 1 bed
 * 1 crafting table
 * 1 furnace
 * 14 blocks (any kind)
 * 12 slabs (any kind)
 * 2 dirt (only if you're not building on dirt)
 * 1 wooden door (or 6 planks)
 * 1 torch
 * Any hoe
 * 2 wheat seeds, potatoes or carrots
 * 2 buckets of water

At the bare minimum - using a wooden hoe, dirt walls, and wooden slabs - this will take the following raw materials:

You will have 1 stick, 1 plank, and 3 torches left over.
 * 10 wood
 * 3 wool
 * 8 cobblestone
 * 1 coal
 * 2 wheat seeds/potatoes/carrots
 * 14 or 16 dirt (16 if not building on dirt)
 * 6 iron ore (for the buckets)
 * Access to water, for filling the buckets.

Step 1
Place 2 blocks, and put a bed on top. Break the blocks, but leave the bed floating.

Step 2
Dig a hole one block deep along one side of the bed. Fill the hole with water. Use the hoe on the dirt under the bed. (If the squares aren't dirt or grass, dig them out and replace them with dirt.)

Step 3
Build walls, two-high around the bed, with gaps as follows: Don't block over the water yet, and also leave one space for a doorway at the head of the bed (opposite the water).

Step 4
Place blocks over, but not inside of the water. Place only the one layer, not a full wall.

Step 5
Place the chests on top of the new blocks.

Step 6
Break the two blocks above the head of the bed, and fill the space with the crafting table and furnace.

Step 7
Place a door where the yellow block is. Make sure to place from the inside.

Step 8
Place the torch on the last free block inside.

Step 9
Put slabs across the top as the roof. Plant your seeds on the farmland inside.

Minishelters
Minishelters are slightly larger shelters that provides an extra anvil and some space, finally! You do spawn on the roof, but it is safe to jump off.

Step 0
You will need:
 * 35 stone/wood/dirt/etc.
 * Bed
 * Hoe
 * 2 buckets of water
 * 2 dirt
 * Crafting table
 * Furnace
 * 2 or 3 chests
 * Door

Step 1


Create a two block high enclosure like so.

Step 2


Put a floating bed like so, by putting two blocks on top of floor, then putting a bed on, finally breaking the two blocks up.

Step 3


Don't remove the bed, I've removed it for clarity. Dig under the bed and the two blocks in the wall by the under-bed blocks.

Step 4


Just add water! Add water to the digout under the wall.