“By order of the Crown, all structures raised within the realm shall honour the craft of our ancestors. Let your halls sing of timber, stone, brick, and thatch - materials that tell a story of our age.”
Welcome, builder! JeriCraft is a Late Middle Ages-themed realm (roughly 1320-1400) inspired by Northern Europe. This guide will help you create homes, fortresses, and shops that feel at home in our world. On the following pages you’ll find a generous palette of permitted blocks, a list of modern blocks that break immersion, and practical style tips.
1. Permitted Blocks (The Builder’s Palette)
Stick to these materials and you’ll always be safe. Every block listed existed in some form during the medieval period, or its Minecraft texture reads as a period material.
Structural Wood
- Oak Log / Stripped Oak Log
- Spruce Log / Stripped Spruce Log
- Birch Log / Stripped Birch Log (use sparingly for contrast)
- Dark Oak Log / Stripped Dark Oak Log (rare, for heavy beams)
- Oak/Spruce/Birch/Dark Oak Planks
- Oak/Spruce/Birch/Dark Oak Slabs, Stairs, Fences, Gates
- Trapdoors (wooden types only)
- Bookshelves, Ladders, Scaffolding (as construction bracing)
Stone & Brick
- Cobblestone, Mossy Cobblestone
- Stone, Smooth Stone
- Stone Bricks (all variants: plain, cracked, mossy, chiselled)
- Andesite, Diorite, Granite (polished versions acceptable if used sparingly)
- Brick (clay brick), Stone Slabs/Stairs of all above
- Gravel, Dirt Path, Coarse Dirt
Roofing
- Oak/Spruce Stairs and Slabs (for thatched/wood shingle look)
- Dark Oak Stairs (for dark timber roofs)
- Hay Bales (as thatch texture - great for peasant cottages!)
- Terracotta (natural browns/reds: unpainted, brown, red, orange) - for tile roofs
- Note: No glazed terracotta!
Decorative & Furniture
- All wooden signs, item frames, flower pots
- Iron Bars (as wrought iron window grilles)
- Chains, Lanterns (soul lanterns only in dark mystical places)
- Torches (retextured as caged lanterns if using resource pack)
- Candles (place in groups)
- Wool (all colours permitted for banners, rugs, tents - but not as primary walls)
- Carpets, Banners, Paintings
- Beds (wooden, with wool colours fitting the era)
- Barrels, Chests, Crafting Table, Furnace, Smithing Table, Fletching Table
- Anvils, Grindstones, Stonecutter (as a mason’s tool), Cauldron (as a pot)
Glass & Windows
- Glass Panes (but used in small window openings, not floor-to-ceiling curtain walls!)
- Use Iron Bars or wooden lattice (fences) for more authentic medieval windows.
- Tinted glass is acceptable for very dark, thick bottle glass.
2. Conditional & Banned Blocks
Concrete - allowed, but choose wisely
Concrete itself is not banned. In the right colour, it’s a fantastic medieval material:
- White and light grey concrete work beautifully as plaster, lime-wash, or weathered stone walls.
- Brown, red, and orange concrete can stand in for brick or timber framing accents.
- Black and dark grey concrete are fine for soot-stained areas or dark stone.
However, bright or unnatural colours (cyan, magenta, lime, blue, pink, etc.) look jarringly modern and should be avoided. Additionally, concrete must be used in period-appropriate shapes—no flat, boxy modernist structures. A white concrete wall with timber beams? Very medieval. A neon pink cube? Please no.
Artificial & Modern Blocks (banned)
These materials look too industrial, magical, or futuristic for our setting. Placing them may result in a friendly request to replace them, or staff assistance with WorldEdit.
- All Glazed Terracotta
- Redstone Lamps, Sea Lanterns, Prismarine and its variants
- End Rods, Shroomlights, Froglights, Magma Blocks (as visible light sources)
- Observers, Dispensers, Droppers, Pistons (when visible; hidden redstone machinery is fine)
- Copper Bulbs, Lightning Rods, modern scaffolding (bamboo)
- Nether materials used out of context: Netherite blocks, Ancient Debris, Crying Obsidian, Respawn Anchor (unless hidden in a crypt with staff permission)
- Full diamond/gold/emerald blocks as building materials (treasure rooms ok, not as exterior walls)
- Slime blocks, Honey blocks, TNT, Jukebox
If you’re unsure about a block, ask in Discord with a screenshot.
3. Building Style Rules
A few simple guidelines to keep your creation period-appropriate:
- No modern shapes. Avoid featureless cubes, perfectly flat roofs, or giant glass domes. Use depth, overhangs, dormers, chimneys, and uneven lines.
- Wooden frameworks (timber-framed houses) are highly encouraged. Use stripped logs as vertical/horizontal beams, with white wool or white concrete infill between them to mimic wattle and daub.
- Roofs matter. Most medieval roofs are steep, of wood shingle, thatch, or clay tile. Use stair blocks and experiment with different pitches.
- Windows are small and divided. Use a pane in a wall with a trapdoor shutter or an iron bar grille. Large expanses of glass were extremely rare.
- No floating builds. All structures must be supported by columns, walls, or foundations that touch the ground.
- 1×1 dirt/sand pillars are forbidden (scaffolding while building is okay, but remove them after).
- Redstone machines must be hidden inside a period-appropriate shell (e.g., an automated farm inside a barn, not exposed observer wiring).
- Farms and livestock - pens should use fences or stone walls, not glass boxes.
- Concrete is okay - if used thoughtfully. White/grey plaster walls, brown accents, and dark details are welcome. Avoid bright colours and modern forms.
4. Examples
Good (Medieval)
A simple village house using oak planks, stripped spruce logs, cobblestone foundation, and a white concrete plaster wall.
Bad (Breaks Immersion)
A modern neon-concrete and glass box. These colours and shapes are not permitted.
5. Help & Inspiration
- Walk through Spawn - the castle, villages, and surrounding districts are built entirely with allowed blocks. Study them!
- /warp tutorial - visit our in-game medieval building tutorial area (coming soon).
- Ask the Builder’s Guild - experienced players can give you tips or even help medievalise your house.
- Need a block swapped? If you’ve already built something that doesn’t fit, staff can assist with WorldEdit replacements without destroying your design.
6. The King’s Edict on Architecture
All structures within the realm shall honour the craft of our ancestors. Let your halls sing of timber, stone, brick, and thatch.
Those who build with respect for the age shall be welcomed as true citizens. Those who raise abominations of garish colour and soulless shape shall be visited by the Reeve, and their dwellings corrected by the King’s own masons.
(Translation: Staff will help fix immersion-breaking builds. Persistent offenders may lose building privileges.)
Remember: building within constraints sparks creativity. Some of the best-looking structures on JeriCraft were made with only five block types. When in doubt, keep it rustic, keep it medieval, and your neighbours will thank you.
Happy building!