Building and storage

A small, claimed, organised base beats a palace with zero gym badges. Build for progress first — pretty later.

Minimum viable base

• Bed (set respawn) + torches
• Claimed chests / backpack dump
• Crafting table + furnace (anvil later)
• Waystone inside the claim
• Apricorn corner + tiny wheat patch
• Room to expand pastures / sorting later

Day-one layout

1. Pick a spot near spawn or a village you like — not 10k blocks away on hour one.
2. Place bed → claim the chunk(s) → dump starter kit into labelled chests.
3. Activate / place a waystone next to the bed.
4. Plant apricorns + wheat before the first long Brock hike.

Storage tips

• Label chests early: Balls / Heals / Ores / Maps / Food / Misc.
• Road kit stays in the backpack: balls, food, pickaxe, map, potions.
• PC boxes for coverage teams — /pc — Healing & storage.
• Sophisticated Storage / Tom’s Storage are in the pack for later sorting — learn them after Brock / Misty, not instead of badges.

Expand without chaos

• Expand the claim before the build footprint grows.
• Keep farms and pastures inside the same claim as the bed.
• One “dump chest” is fine for 20 minutes — not for a week.
• Pretty roofs can wait until Valerio; a lit, claimed box cannot.

Common mistakes

• Palace first, claim never.
• Waystone outside the claim.
• Every item in one mega-chest forever.

See also: Claims · Travel · First hours