7 Minecraft Treehouse Ideas for your Next Build IGN

Treehouses in Minecraft are a fantastic way to incorporate unique and cool designs into your home. We have tips and ideas for anyone, no matter if you are just starting out or are an experienced player in Minecraft.

This list is focused on treehouses. However, if you're looking for more house types, we've got 8 Best House Minecraft Ideas to start!

Minecraft Treehouses

There are two things to think about while browsing through our most popular treehouse construction ideas:

In order to determine the size of your treehouse, it will depend if you're working on your primary hub or an addition to an existing build. You can also use natural trees or artificially created trees, based on the type of biome you select.

We've collected a selection of the best treehouse build ideas for Minecraft that range from basic starter tree houses to next-level designs and challenging builds and everything in-between.

1. Simple Treehouse

If you're unsure of how to build a treehouse in Minecraft, just go basic to begin with. Attach a small, four-walled structure to a tree that is at adequate height. It doesn't matter if the house is hung from the tree or sits on the ground close to. LIBERTY

Simple Treehouse in Minecraft

You can grow both up and out, and even artificially increasing the size of the tree as you progress in the game. This is a great place to start if you're new to Minecraft and building this type of house.

2. Jungle Treehouse

In the biome that has the highest trees, it only makes sense to take advantage of the estate and build a shack in the sky. It is easy to connect small structures using hanging vines and tall trees as they are tightly packed.

How to Build a Simple Jungle Tree House via Mr Mirror:

Video via: Mr Mirror

The vines that can be found on a variety of Jungle biomes trees act as a natural ladder. You can also set them on the leaves around the tree to create natural camouflage.

Jungle Treehouse in Minecraft

If you're playing a multiplayer game with friends, this can be a particularly enjoyable, and achievable project, with each house creating a beautiful Ewok-like village in the end!

3. Leaf House

Is your home not able to get to look right, hanging to the edge of a tree? Instead of trying to squeeze your home inside a box, place your home's base in the tree's leaves. Using Shears to gather leaves from trees around and create an encircling of leaves over the ones that naturally grow on the trees.

Inside a Leaf House in Minecraft

This may restrict your options for decorating and make it more difficult for your home to blend in with its surroundings. liberty is not free

Outside of a Leaf House, Minecraft

As a hint, turn your graphic settings from fancy to Fast and the leaves will no longer be translucent, meaning any structures beneath the leaves will be completely invisibly.

4. Literal Tree House

Literal Tree House in Minecraft

You can take your imagination to the next level by building your own tree. While it's not the most efficient method to make use of your resources, it can be fun to build your house to look like the tree.

5. Nether Tree House

With the Nether growing forests as of late it is possible to take advantage of the new leafy real estate to build a home up high in the deep down below. You could lose your home if you use blocks that are exclusive to the Nether such as Crimson Blocks or Netherrack.

Minecraft Nether Tree House

There are threats abound in the Nether, so if you have access to a surplus of Obsidian It could be worthwhile to build your home (or the outer shell at the very at) with it. This will help reduce the damage from any Ghast fireballs that may be found near your building.

6. Tree Root House

Do you want to appear a bit different? Go underground with some Stripped Logs, and construct out some tree roots. You can hang a house using the roots from the ceiling of the cave.

Tree Root House in Minecraft

To give your underground home a a natural look, add Spore Blossom, Pointed Dripstone and Glow Lichen.

7. Bonus: Make a Tree House for each type of tree

If you're feeling brave, you can also set yourself the challenge of building a tree house for every Minecraft tree type that is available in the game. All of them: Oak, Spruce Birch, Dark Oak, Jungle and Spruce.

Video via TheMythicalSausage

What are your top tree house designs in Minecraft? Let us know in the comments.

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