Mission 663
Water Staircase: Carve Rice Terraces Down a Hill
Badge: Water Wrangler
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Carve 6 rice terraces down a hill and feed every step from one spring.
A whole hillside, turned into giant glittering steps of water. One spring at the top has to feed them all.
- New skill Controlling flowing water
- Level 7 · Time Travellers
- Difficulty Intermediate
- Mode Creative
- Time 40–60 min
- Ages 13+
What you’ll build
Carve a hillside into a staircase of flat terraces, each one shallow and full of water. Plant green shoots in every paddy, build a spring at the top that spills from step to step, then race a floating item down the hill on foot.
Finish line: Your hillside has six watery terraces fed from one spring, and you know who won the item race.
Bonus challenge: Design a water-sharing system: gates (or blocks you remove) so each terrace takes its turn, top to bottom. Can you make it work with one spring?
You’ll need
- Water buckets
- Seagrass
- Stone or dirt for walls
- A timer
You choose
- My terrace village's name
- Terrace walls: mud bricks, dirt or stone?
- My bet for the item race to the bottom: ___ seconds
Stuck?
- Paddy won't fill to the edges? Place a water source in each corner. The water spreads to fill the rest.
- Seagrass needs a full water block on top of solid ground to be placed.
- Spill not flowing? Cut the gap at the very edge of the wall, so water can drop onto the step below.
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Get this mission
This mission is in Mission Pack 66. Each printable has the full steps, a Plan & Log page and a parent page.
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Played on Minecraft Bedrock on iPad. Buttons can differ on other devices and versions.