barn Barn with every animal type. First time using beams. New to this game still

[Mongster]

I had to chisel the roof, because slate roofing blocks didn't give me the exact slope that I wanted. I've also never used the chisel up until this build. 

[Maelstrom]

Welcome to VS and the forums!   Beautiful build!

Every animal type?   Is dere elks in da barn?
I won't mention fluffy cows errr... moose or deer.  

Edited September 4, 2025 by Maelstrom

[Mongster]

17 minutes ago, Maelstrom said:

Welcome to VS and the forums!   Beautiful build!

Every animal type?   Is dere elks in da barn?
I won't mention fluffy cows errr... moose or deer.  

Hello! I meant every domesticatable animal type... though in my pursuits I did catch a few wild things. 

[Grummsh]

Nice build! I also really love the floor plan paint drawings of animals You did  

[Brady_The]

This build turned out very nice. Thanks for the enjoyable videos you release.

[Echo Weaver]

That is one nice barn. On one hand, I do wish vanilla had multiple slopes of roofing. OTOH, what we already have is confusing (I still can't figure out the use cases for "top" and "bottom" roofing pieces). Did you just chisel regular blocks for this effect? 

[Arsenik Milk]

I thought this barn was familiar. I saw this video! Good work catching all those suckers. A note for future endeavors is that you should still be able to attach ropes to animals and drag them that way, instead of making them chase you. I did that for my rams and boars in 1.20, though I have not yet gotten to that in my new 1.21 world, so I don't know if they removed the feature for now (it was pretty janky, but that doesn't stop wooden beams from being a thing).

If you're thinking of using ropes (if they still work as they did in 1.20), I suggest taking several and attaching them all to the same animal, since a single rope is very likely to break while walking back, because the animal tends to constantly try walking back to where it started, and you cannot overpower them in that case. But you can win by attrition if you put several ropes on them and drag them home slowly. The rams would still bonk you if you got too close, but you wouldn't be in mortal peril.

[Arsenik Milk]

2 hours ago, Echo Weaver said:

Did you just chisel regular blocks for this effect? 

He used the slanted slate roofing for the bottom half, then the top half was chiseled out of slabs (and whole blocks so it sloped up half a block at a time). He then used the 4x4 mode to make it slope up 4 voxels at a time. He then did the same to the underside.

[Shoom]

Lovely videos and lovely build! You're a chiseling/support beaming natural! 

Oak and birch are one of my favorite combinations of wood, I used the same combination in my barn as well.

[Mongster]

3 hours ago, Echo Weaver said:

That is one nice barn. On one hand, I do wish vanilla had multiple slopes of roofing. OTOH, what we already have is confusing (I still can't figure out the use cases for "top" and "bottom" roofing pieces). Did you just chisel regular blocks for this effect? 

The top and bottom pieces confused me as well. The top is just for roof ridges IIRC, but the bottom ones I can't quite figure out. I think they're just for hanging off of walls. The more gradual slope towards the top was achieved by chiseling slate blocks. 

[Mongster]

3 hours ago, Arsenik Milk said:

I thought this barn was familiar. I saw this video! Good work catching all those suckers. A note for future endeavors is that you should still be able to attach ropes to animals and drag them that way, instead of making them chase you. I did that for my rams and boars in 1.20, though I have not yet gotten to that in my new 1.21 world, so I don't know if they removed the feature for now (it was pretty janky, but that doesn't stop wooden beams from being a thing).

If you're thinking of using ropes (if they still work as they did in 1.20), I suggest taking several and attaching them all to the same animal, since a single rope is very likely to break while walking back, because the animal tends to constantly try walking back to where it started, and you cannot overpower them in that case. But you can win by attrition if you put several ropes on them and drag them home slowly. The rams would still bonk you if you got too close, but you wouldn't be in mortal peril.

When I first attempted to use rope, I would get a popup saying "this animal is too wild to attach a rope to" or something like that. I think it only works on animals that are a few generations in. 

[Arsenik Milk]

18 hours ago, Mongster said:

When I first attempted to use rope, I would get a popup saying "this animal is too wild to attach a rope to" or something like that. I think it only works on animals that are a few generations in. 

Ahh, that must have been one of the adjustments they made. Cringe - I hope they eventually add some way of lassoing animals or something, because the crate trap is far enough along to be unviable, and the pit method feels cheeky.

[SeaWarriorSon]

SO well done and pretty. Loved the video as well