Build in Survival

Supply real materials, clear the site and let the server build your schematic in groups.

Read the Materials screen

Press V with a preview loaded and open Materials. It shows Needed / Available / Fulfilled / Missing counts. The All / Missing filter button switches between the full list and missing items; Copy missing copies shortages. Already matching world blocks count as fulfilled.

All remaining materials must be available before starting. Clear solid obstructions. The Problems tab explains saved-data, cost and placement issues that need attention.

Choose where materials come from

Mode	Supply
Containers	Eligible containers near the transformed schematic.
Inventory	The player’s eligible inventory slots.
All sources	Containers first, then the player inventory.

Containers must be within 10 blocks of the transformed schematic’s edges, including vertically. Use Protect slots to protect inventory slots. On the Containers tab, exclude individual containers or change their extraction faces. Armor, offhand, inaccessible stores, unopened loot containers and containers the build would replace are excluded.

Substitutions and saved data

Select Swap blocks to choose substitutions. Compatible block properties are preserved. A mapping applies once to the original schematic, so replacement mappings do not chain through each other. The source file is never rewritten.

For unresolved saved data, choose supported preserved configuration, fresh default settings or manual placement. If preserving it needs a rule, an operator can use Problems → Add rule. Learn how to review the suggested fields.

What is paid for?

The builder consumes exact items, including decorated banners, heads and displayed or equipped items. Doors and beds are grouped; partial stacks, sign finishing and water buckets have appropriate grouped costs and remainders.

New machines and storage start without copied inventories, fluids or energy. Already matching storage keeps its existing contents. Empty chiseled bookshelves also clear their occupied-slot appearance and comparator memory.

Start, pause and cancel

Use Build options to select a rate from 1 to 200 groups per game second, subject to server limits and journal/storage work. Sound and particles are optional. Open the Survival build screen when ready to start.

• Pause keeps progress. A manual pause stays paused.
• Cancel keeps completed blocks and returns unused held inputs where possible. Any remainder that cannot be returned stays recorded as owed.
• Resume or Cancel checks return space again, including new containers added after a restart.
• Moving the preview does not redirect a started job.

Leaving the area

Walking away does not pause construction. Required chunks unloading pauses running work without force-loading them; it resumes when those chunks become available. Container-only work may continue while the owner is offline when the native permission and provider rules allow it. Offline player inventories are never edited.

Manual work and completed jobs

Living mobs appear in a separate Manual work checklist. They never block completion or cost automatic materials. Supported decorations and vehicles build automatically.

Paused and recent completed jobs retain their owner-scoped checklist across restarts. Use Previous/Next build to browse completed jobs. Personal checklist checkmarks last for the current screen.

Changing a relevant rule stops a build

A job fixes its plan and costs when it starts. If a rule for one of its own targets changes, it stops and returns held inputs as Cancel does. Use Restart with new rules; blocks already completed count as done. Unrelated rules leave the job alone.

Automate with redstone

Simple Schematics 0.2.0 includes a Schematic Printer for paid container-fed jobs and repeat building. The older 0.1.0 release does not include the printer.