Hearthbound Blueprints FAQ

Craft a blank Blueprint by placing blue dye or lapis lazuli in the center of a crafting table and surrounding it with eight sheets of paper. Then place the blank Blueprint in a stonecutter to choose from the available house designs.

Yes, the mod's material substitution system lets you place any block from the same family into the construction slots—so you can build a house with oak wood instead of spruce, or use different stone types interchangeably.

Your deposited materials are stored safely inside the Blueprint, so you can break the station and place it elsewhere to continue building without losing any resources.

Yes, completed buildings automatically spawn with tables, workbenches, and decorative blocks included at no extra material cost.

The subterranean modules are designed with valid doorways and multi-floor stair bridges that let you link them together into a larger connected settlement.

Surface Houses are standalone above-ground structures like cottages, taverns, and manors, while Subterranean Modules are connected underground rooms such as libraries, barracks, and smithies that stack vertically.

Each material slot has an indicator that turns green when you've inserted enough blocks of that type; once all indicators are green, you can click the Build button.

Yes, when you place a Blueprint Station on the ground, it projects a wireframe preview of the entire structure so you can check placement and size before filling the material slots.

The mod adds openable shutters, hearths, shelves, counters, roof shingles, and other decorative building blocks to give finished homes a polished appearance.

There are 26 distinct designs total: 14 above-ground houses across categories like cottages, bakeries, blacksmith shops, and farmhouses, plus 12 subterranean room modules.