How To Use Litematica in Minecraft

In this guide, we will explore the Litematica mod, a helpful Minecraft tool that lets players create, save, and preview building blueprints directly in the game. It is perfect for planning, copying, or recreating complex structures. You can also use it to design large projects or share your creations with friends.

The mod may seem a little intimidating the first time you open the menus, but once you get familiar with the hotkeys and learn how to navigate the interface, it becomes a powerful and easy to use building tool.

Litematica Overview

Litematica is a Minecraft mod designed to make building and planning structures easier. With this mod, you can load a saved design, called a schematic, and see it as a holographic outline in your world. The overlay shows exactly where each block should go, and you can move, rotate, or flip the blueprint to fit your project. Litematica also provides a full list of the blocks needed, helping you gather materials and plan ahead.

The mod works in both creative and survival modes, making it easier to build large or detailed structures without confusion. It includes intuitive in game menus and settings, allowing you to customize your building experience and navigate the tools with ease.

Installing Litematica

Before you can start using the Litematica mod, you’ll need to download and install it on your Minecraft client. This is very easy to do. Simply visit a trusted mod site such as CurseForge or Modrinth, find the version of Litematica that matches your Minecraft version and mod loader, and add it to your modpack profile if you’re using the CurseForge or Modrinth app.

We recommend using one of these apps because they automatically install any additional mods that Litematica needs to work properly, such as the MaLiLib mod, and make it much easier to manage and update your mods.

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If you are using the vanilla Minecraft launcher, you can install Litematica manually by placing the mod file in your game’s mods folder. To do this:

1. Open the Installations tab in the launcher and click the folder icon to open your game directory.

2. Inside the directory, open the mods folder and move the Litematica mod file there.

3. You will also need to download and install the MaLiLib mod, which is required for Litematica to work.

4. Once everything is set up, launch Minecraft, and you’re ready to start building!

If you need help installing a mod loader for the vanilla launcher, check out our step-by-step guide here.

Using Litematica

Litematica is a versatile Minecraft mod that helps players plan, visualize, and build structures more efficiently. While it is often associated with loading schematics, the mod also provides powerful tools for selecting, editing, and previewing your own creations directly in the world.

Getting Started

Before using Litematica’s features, make sure you have a stick in your inventory, as it’s required for many of the mod’s basic functions.

To open Litematica’s main menu, press the M key. From here, you’ll find several important menu and options:

• Schematic Placements: Shows all schematics currently placed in your world and lets you manage each one individually.
• Loaded Schematics: Displays schematics that are currently active in memory and provides options to modify or unload them.
• Load Schematics: Lets you access and load saved schematics from your computer or those you’ve previously created.
• Area Editor: Displays details about your current selection, such as corner coordinates and other editing options.
• Area Selection Browser: Lists all saved selections and allows you to create new ones or open them in the editor.
• Area Selection Mode: Used to define regions for schematics. Choose between Simple mode for single areas or Normal mode for multiple connected regions.
• Configuration Menu: Contains settings for visuals, colors, hotkeys, and general mod behavior, allowing you to customize how Litematica looks and functions.
• Schematic Manager: Provides access to all your saved schematics, letting you organize and manage them easily.
• Tasks Manager: Keeps a record of completed actions, such as material analysis or area edits.
• Tool Mode: Indicates the mode you are currently using, such as Fill, Delete, Area Selection, and several others.

These tools make it easy to organize, edit, and build using Litematica, whether you’re managing schematics or planning new structures.

It’s a good idea to set up and learn your hotkeys before you begin building so you know exactly which keys to use for each action. Since many are unassigned by default, take a few minutes to review them, assign the ones you’ll use most often, and explore the available options to make the controls feel natural and easy to remember.

Selecting Areas

One of Litematica’s main features is the ability to select specific areas in your world. You can do this by marking two opposite corners of a cube-shaped region, also known as a cuboid selection. To set your points, use the right mouse button to mark the first corner and the left mouse button to mark the second.

Once you have selected a region, several options become available. You can name the area so it appears in the Area Browser menu when saved, edit the XYZ coordinates of each corner, or move the corners to match your current position. You can also save the selection as a schematic, which is stored in your system’s memory and can be accessed later through the Loaded Schematics menu for further adjustments.

Finally, you can analyze the area to open a detailed materials list showing all the blocks required for your current selection or schematic.

Editing and Planning Builds

Selections in Litematica are not just for saving or pasting. You can rotate, flip, or replace blocks within a selection to try out different layouts. Turning a selection into a holographic preview lets you plan large builds, visualize designs before placing blocks, and test changes without affecting the world directly.

To make these changes, you need to be in the correct tool mode. You can switch modes using the hotkeys you set up or by pressing the M key to open the menu. In the bottom left, toggle through the available tool modes and select the one for the action you want to perform. For example, to move a structure, choose the Move mode, set the first and second corners of your selection, go to the location where you want to place it, and use the Move Entire Selection hotkey to move it there.

Loading and Using Schematics

Litematica is not only useful for editing areas in real time, but it also allows you to load pre-made schematics. A schematic is a saved design that can be displayed as a transparent hologram in your world. Once loaded, you can move, rotate, or toggle it on and off, making it perfect for recreating builds, testing designs, or collaborating with others.

Loading a Schematic

There are two main ways to load a schematic:

Option 1: Using a pre-made schematic file

1. Download a .schematic file from a trusted source.
2. Place the file into Litematica’s schematics folder, which is usually located in your instance folder.

Option 2: Creating a schematic in-game

1. Use the Area Selection Tool to select a region.
2. Press M to open the Litematica menu, then click Area Editor.
3. Select Save Schematic to save your selection. The schematic will then be stored in the system’s memory and can be accessed later.

Using a Schematic

To place a schematic:

1. Open Load Schematics from the menu and select the schematic you want to use.

2. At the bottom left, you can check Create a Placement to place it automatically at your current location.

3. If you skip automatic placement, make sure you are in Schematic Placement tool mode, then use a mouse click to position the schematic manually. You may need to test the rotation or orientation to get it exactly how you want it.

Removing or Deleting Schematics

To remove a schematic from the world, go to Loaded Schematics and click Unload.

To delete a schematic completely from your files, open the Schematic Manager and delete the schematic from the list of options that you want removed. This is permanent, keep that in mind. 

Removing or Clearing Outlines

You can adjust how much of the schematic is visible by changing its layers. By default, pressing Page Up adds layers, and Page Down removes them. This helps you view the build step by step, see what materials are needed, or preview how the finished structure will look before you start building.

If you want to hide all layers at once, press M + G to toggle render layers or M + R to remove overlays completely. Litematica offers many ways to customize these controls, so if you’d like to change the hotkeys, press M + C to open the configuration menu, scroll through the hotkey options, and set them to what works best for you.

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