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Build a riverside village with a water mill and strip fields for all.
The village is hungry. Grain needs grinding, fields need sharing and the river is ready to work.
- New skill Building a water wheel and channel
- Level 7 · Time Travellers
- Difficulty Intermediate
- Mode Creative
- Time 45–60 min
- Ages 13+
What you’ll build
Dig a mill channel from the river and build a giant water wheel on your mill wall, with gears and millstones inside. Then lay out long strip fields shared fairly between families, plant wheat everywhere and build a row of cottages.
Finish line: Your riverside village has a water wheel mill, strip fields full of wheat and a row of cottages.
Bonus challenge: Add a bakery by the mill. How many loaves would the 40-guest feast from Mission 655 need if each guest eats 2?
You’ll need
- Wood planks
- Fences
- Water buckets
- Seeds
- A hoe
- Stone
You choose
- My village's name
- The miller's name
- How I share out the strips
Stuck?
- Water stopping short? On flat ground it only flows about 7 blocks from its source, so add more or step the channel down.
- The water wheel is decoration and won't spin, so focus on making it look great.
- Crops popping off? Flowing water breaks crops, so keep the channel away from the fields.
For grown-ups
Get this mission
This mission is in Mission Pack 65. Each printable has the full steps, a Plan & Log page and a parent page.
Print one mission at a time. You never need to print everything.
Played on Minecraft Bedrock on iPad. Buttons can differ on other devices and versions.