Halls
Build a great hall like the ones in a palace, town hall or court of law. Choose a throne room with a dais and a carpet, a council hall with a long table, a courtroom with a judge’s bench and jury benches, or a ballroom with a gallery and chandeliers. Choose the style: classical, Gothic, baroque, oriental or Asian. You see the build plan layer by layer, a 3D preview and the block list, and you can download the hall for WorldEdit or Litematica.
Point at a block for the explanation. Click a block to mark it as placed. The side view shows the section at the chosen column, Layer shows the chosen layer from above.
Build plan
Per layer
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A number is the count of blocks of that part in that layer, in the colour of the part. Click a layer to see it from above.
Build tips
- Build the hall inside a larger building: a palace, town hall or castle. Then it has windows with a view and the entrance lies on a courtyard.
- Use the lectern as a ledger or a speaker’s desk, and put chests or barrels along the side wall for the files and the wine.
3D and layer-by-layer build plan
To Minecraft
Download the hall as a schematic file and paste it with WorldEdit, or build it with a hologram in Litematica.
How it is calculated
History and fun facts
The throne room: a hall that makes you feel small
A throne room is built to show who holds the power. The hall is long and high, the throne stands on a dais, and whoever enters has to cross the whole floor. In the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg and in the Taihe Dian of the Forbidden City in Beijing the throne stands on a platform with steps, under a ceiling full of gold and colour.
Council hall and courtroom
In a council hall the rulers sat around a table. The Knights’ Hall in The Hague from the thirteenth century is the best known: every year the king opens the States General there. A courtroom puts the judge higher than the parties. In Westminster Hall in London, built in 1099, the royal courts of justice sat for centuries.
The ballroom
The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles from 1684 is a long hall with mirrors opposite the windows, so the light of the chandeliers is reflected endlessly. In Vienna and Saint Petersburg ballrooms had a gallery for spectators and a stage for the orchestra.
Did you know?
- The Knights’ Hall in The Hague has been used since the Middle Ages; the king opens Budget Day there every year.
- Westminster Hall has one of the largest medieval timber roofs in Europe.
- In Minecraft a stair makes a good throne: put gold blocks behind it.
Sources and further reading
Read more about the history here. The links go to museums, archives and heritage organisations outside this site.
- Palace and Park of Versailles (opens in a new tab) UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Description of the Palace of Versailles with the Hall of Mirrors. - Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey (opens in a new tab) UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Description of the Palace of Westminster with Westminster Hall.
About this tool
With this planner you build a great hall in Minecraft: a throne room, council hall, courtroom or ballroom in classical, Gothic, baroque, oriental or Asian style. The hall gets columns, tall windows, chandeliers and the furniture of its kind.
You see the build plan layer by layer, a 3D preview and the block list, and you can download the hall as a schematic for WorldEdit or Litematica. Put the hall in a palace, town hall or castle from this site for a complete building.
Frequently asked questions
How do I build a throne room in Minecraft?
Choose Throne room and a style, set the width, depth and height and leave the columns and the dais on. Build the walls and columns first, then the floor, then the dais with the throne and the carpet. Put the ceiling on last.
Can I see the hall without a ceiling?
Yes. The ceiling is off by default, so you look into the hall from above. Turn the ceiling on to see the chandeliers hanging from chains.
Which halls are included as examples?
Westminster Hall, the Knights’ Hall, the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, the throne room of the Winter Palace, Taihe Dian in Beijing, the Hall of the Ambassadors in the Alhambra, the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in Venice, a courtroom like the Old Bailey, a Viennese redoute and the great hall of Nijo Castle.