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Cyrus for Minecraft

Minecraft temple and ruin ideas

Ruins look old when they are broken unevenly: missing roof sections, half-height walls, rubble piles and plants taking over. Temples add a single strong centrepiece. Mossy stone bricks, tuff, leaves and water or ice give very different moods with the same layout.

Sunken overgrown temple (example build)
Example builds

3 example builds to download

Generated by Cyrus from a written design. Previews show a cutaway: the roof and the two front walls are hidden so you can see inside.

Sunken overgrown temple: isometric cutaway preview of the Minecraft build

Sunken overgrown temple

A roofless ruined temple: broken mossy walls, tuff pillars, vines, leaves and water.

  • 58 x 20 x 58 blocks (W x H x L)
  • 19,686 blocks placed
  • 54 block types

Main blocks: mossy stone bricks, cracked stone bricks, stone bricks, mossy cobblestone, vine

Larger than 48 blocks: load the .nbt with /place template, not a structure block.

Frozen sanctum: isometric cutaway preview of the Minecraft build

Frozen sanctum

A glacier palace of packed and blue ice, quartz pillars, ice spikes and sea lanterns.

  • 50 x 28 x 50 blocks (W x H x L)
  • 25,294 blocks placed
  • 32 block types

Main blocks: packed ice, snow block, blue ice, ice, quartz pillar

Larger than 48 blocks: load the .nbt with /place template, not a structure block.

Drowned mangrove hall: isometric cutaway preview of the Minecraft build

Drowned mangrove hall

A mud-brick hall flooded with shallow water, mangrove bridges, a tree in the middle and froglights.

  • 52 x 20 x 52 blocks (W x H x L)
  • 20,430 blocks placed
  • 50 block types

Main blocks: moss block, mangrove planks, mud bricks, packed mud, mangrove log

Larger than 48 blocks: load the .nbt with /place template, not a structure block.

Tips

  • Break the roof and the top of walls irregularly, not in straight lines.
  • Let moss, vines and leaves spill from the cracks.
  • Use one centrepiece: an altar, a crystal, a statue.
  • Water or ice on the floor adds reflections and depth.

What Cyrus builds here

Cyrus builds one temple room or ruined hall at a time. Surrounding terrain, jungle or snow biomes are not generated.

FAQ

Questions

Which file formats can I download?

A WorldEdit schematic (.schem, Sponge schematic version 3, for WorldEdit 7.3+ and FAWE) and a vanilla structure file (.nbt, for structure blocks and /place template). Both are made from the same build, block for block.

Can Cyrus make my own temples and ruins?

Yes, within the limits above: describe it in the build generator (for example "an overgrown ruined temple with a broken roof, mossy pillars, vines and an altar in the middle") or paste a picture.

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