# Minecraft question: In the clouds.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-question-in-the-clouds/562079>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 27, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-question-in-the-clouds/562079 "2010-11-27T18:02:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-question-in-the-clouds/562079/1 "2010-11-27T18:02:08Z")

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What is the most efficient way to build a tower (or clear tree foliage or suspend a cobblestone four-sided torch) waaaaaay high up in the air?

I’ve mostly used a two block stair-step sort of thing but have recently decided that a 4 block square scaffold can prevent stupid falling deaths. Neither of these building methods has let me maneuver around a four sided block way up in the air. Nor have I made it passed the clouds.

So-- how do you build your spires?

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**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-question-in-the-clouds/562079/2 "2010-11-27T19:47:56Z")

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When I was trying to build the washington monument I had something like a 20x20 base and just installed stairs along the inside. I built a water pit in the middle so that I could jump down instead of walking all the way around.

Doesn’t the sneak function prevent falling deaths?

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-question-in-the-clouds/562079/3 "2010-11-27T20:02:32Z")

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If it’s near your spawn and you don’t mind dying, you can build a 1x1 by jumping and laying blocks underneath your feet when you’re in the air. It can go rather quick once you have the rhythm down. Lay a pond down below as mentioned if you want to get down again, just make sure you can aim okay.