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{{Infobox structure
| group1 = V1
| group2 = V2
| group3 = V3
| group4 = V4
| group5 = V5
| group6 = V6
| 1-1 = Starting House JE1.png
| *-1caption = Outside
| 1-2 = Starting House (inside) JE1.png
| 1-2caption = Inside
| 2-1 = Starting House JE1.png
| 2-2 = Starting House (inside) JE2.png
| 2-2caption = Inside (Added TNT chest)
| 3-1 = Starting House JE1.png
| 3-2 = Starting House (inside) JE3.png
| 3-2caption = Inside (Added Separated Cloth chest)
| 4-1 = Starting House JE1.png
| 4-2 = Starting House (inside) JE1.png
| 4-2caption = Inside (removed TNT & Cloth chests)
| 5-1 = Starting House JE1.png
| 5-2 = Starting House (inside) JE4.png
| 5-2caption = Inside (All chests removed)
| 6-1 = Starting House JE2.png
| 6-2 = Starting House (inside) JE5.png
| 6-2caption = Inside
|blocks = 
* {{LegacyBlockSprite|torch-je1}} [[Minecraft:Torch]]
* {{LegacyBlockSprite|oak-planks-je3-be1}} [[Minecraft:Oak Planks]]
* {{LegacyBlockSprite|stone-je2-be1}} [[Minecraft:Stone]]
* {{LegacyBlockSprite|mossy-cobblestone-je1-be1}} [[Minecraft:Moss Stone]] (formerly)
* {{LegacyBlockSprite|chest je1 be1|text=[[Minecraft:Chest]]}} (formerly)
}}

The '''starting house'''<ref>{{citation|url=http://notch.tumblr.com/post/387901149/that-was-a-lot-of-work-but-it-should-behave-better-now|title=That was a lot of work, but it should behave better now|section=|website=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140427003832/http://notch.tumblr.com/ The World of Notch]|author=[[Minecraft:Markus Persson]]|date=February 14, 2010|quote=The starting house will only spawn in nice places now. Mostly. ;)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427012050/notch.tumblr.com/post/387901149/that-was-a-lot-of-work-but-it-should-behave-better-now}}</ref> was a [[Minecraft:structure]] that acted as the starting place when first spawned in a [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev]] world. It could be considered the first "[[Minecraft:structure]]" added to the game (though it could also be considered a [[Minecraft:feature]]).

== Generation ==
When creating a new world, the [[Minecraft:player]] spawned inside the starting house located in the center of the world.

== Structure ==
{{main|Starting House/Structure}}
The structure consisted of a single 7 block wide × 7 block long × 4 block tall room, with a 1×2 hole for players to exit and two [[Minecraft:torch]]es on the interior. When starting houses were added, they were made of mossy cobblestone (which was unavailable naturally on the map anywhere else) and 4 [[Minecraft:chest]]s, one filled with [[Minecraft:TNT]], one with a full stack (99 at the time) of every type of [[Minecraft:block]], another with every type of [[Minecraft:item]] and one filled with every color of [[Minecraft:cloth]]. As Indev progressed from testing items and blocks to testing the actual survival aspect, these chests were removed. Later, the design of the house was changed. The floor was changed to [[Minecraft:stone]] and the walls and roof were changed to [[Minecraft:planks]].

== Chest contents ==
The contents of the chests changed between versions.

===	Indev 0.31 20100124-2119 ===
The original layout in [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100124-2119|Indev 0.31 20100124-2119]] contained Block and Item chests;
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! scope="col" style="width: 200px" | Blocks
! scope="col" style="width: 200px" | Items
|-
|{{Container
|title = Large chest
|type = large-chest
|Stone, 99
|Grass Block, 99
|Cobblestone, 99
|Oak Wood Planks, 99
|Oak Sapling,99
|Bedrock, 99
|Sand, 99
|Gravel, 99
|Gold Ore, 99
|Iron Ore, 99
|Coal Ore, 99
|Oak Log, 99
|Oak Leaves, 99
|Sponge, 99
|Glass, 99
|Red Cloth, 99
|Orange Cloth, 99
|Yellow Cloth, 99
|Chartreuse Cloth, 99
|Green Cloth, 99
|Spring Green Cloth, 99
|Cyan Cloth, 99
|Capri Cloth, 99
|Ultramarine Cloth, 99
|Violet Cloth, 99
|Purple Cloth, 99
|Magenta Cloth, 99
|Rose Cloth, 99
|Dark Gray Cloth, 99
|Light Gray Cloth, 99
|White Cloth, 99
|Dandelion, 99
|Rose, 99
|Brown Mushroom, 99
|Red Mushroom, 99
|Block of Gold, 99
|Block of Iron, 99
|Smooth Stone Slab, 99
|Bricks, 99
|TNT, 99
|Bookshelf, 99
|Mossy Cobblestone, 99
|Obsidian, 99
|Torch, 99
|Water Spawner, 99
|Lava Spawner, 99
|Chest, 99
}}
|{{Container
|title = Chest
|Iron Shovel
|Iron Pickaxe
|Iron Axe
|Flint and Steel
|Apple, 99
|Bow
|Arrow, 99
}}
|}

=== Indev 0.31 20100124-2310 ===
A dedicated TNT chest was added in [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100124-2310|Indev 0.31 20100124-2310]], but the stack of TNT in the Blocks chest remained;
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! scope="col" style="width: 200px" | Blocks
! scope="col" style="width: 200px" | Items
! scope="col" style="width: 200px" | TNT
|-
|{{Container
|title = Large chest
|type = large-chest
|Stone, 99
|Grass Block, 99
|Cobblestone, 99
|Oak Wood Planks, 99
|Oak Sapling,99
|Bedrock, 99
|Sand, 99
|Gravel, 99
|Gold Ore, 99
|Iron Ore, 99
|Coal Ore, 99
|Oak Log, 99
|Oak Leaves, 99
|Sponge, 99
|Glass, 99
|Red Cloth, 99
|Orange Cloth, 99
|Yellow Cloth, 99
|Chartreuse Cloth, 99
|Green Cloth, 99
|Spring Green Cloth, 99
|Cyan Cloth, 99
|Capri Cloth, 99
|Ultramarine Cloth, 99
|Violet Cloth, 99
|Purple Cloth, 99
|Magenta Cloth, 99
|Rose Cloth, 99
|Dark Gray Cloth, 99
|Light Gray Cloth, 99
|White Cloth, 99
|Dandelion, 99
|Rose, 99
|Brown Mushroom, 99
|Red Mushroom, 99
|Block of Gold, 99
|Block of Iron, 99
|Smooth Stone Slab, 99
|Bricks, 99
|TNT, 99
|Bookshelf, 99
|Mossy Cobblestone, 99
|Obsidian, 99
|Torch, 99
|Water Spawner, 99
|Lava Spawner, 99
|Chest, 99
}}
|{{Container
|title = Chest
|Iron Shovel
|Iron Pickaxe
|Iron Axe
|Flint and Steel
|Apple, 99
|Bow
|Arrow, 99
}}
|{{Container
|title = Large chest
|type = large-chest
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
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|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
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|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
}}
|}

=== Indev 0.31 20100125 ===
Cloth was then moved to its own chest in [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100125|Indev 0.31 20100125]], and removed from the Blocks chest;
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! scope="col" style="width: 200px" | Blocks
! scope="col" style="width: 200px" | Items
! scope="col" style="width: 200px" | TNT
! scope="col" style="width: 200px" | Cloth
|-
|{{Container
|title = Large chest
|type = large-chest
|Stone, 99
|Grass Block, 99
|Cobblestone, 99
|Oak Wood Planks, 99
|Oak Sapling,99
|Bedrock, 99
|Sand, 99
|Gravel, 99
|Gold Ore, 99
|Iron Ore, 99
|Coal Ore, 99
|Oak Log, 99
|Oak Leaves, 99
|Sponge, 99
|Glass, 99
|Dandelion, 99
|Rose, 99
|Brown Mushroom, 99
|Red Mushroom, 99
|Block of Gold, 99
|Block of Iron, 99
|Smooth Stone Slab, 99
|Bricks, 99
|TNT, 99
|Bookshelf, 99
|Mossy Cobblestone, 99
|Obsidian, 99
|Torch, 99
|Water Spawner, 99
|Lava Spawner, 99
|Chest, 99
}}
|{{Container
|title = Chest
|Iron Shovel
|Iron Pickaxe
|Iron Axe
|Flint and Steel
|Apple, 99
|Bow
|Arrow, 99
}}
|{{Container
|title = Large chest
|type = large-chest
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
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|TNT, 99
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|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
|TNT, 99
}}
|{{Container
|title = Chest
|Red Cloth, 99
|Orange Cloth, 99
|Yellow Cloth, 99
|Chartreuse Cloth, 99
|Green Cloth, 99
|Spring Green Cloth, 99
|Cyan Cloth, 99
|Capri Cloth, 99
|Ultramarine Cloth, 99
|Violet Cloth, 99
|Purple Cloth, 99
|Magenta Cloth, 99
|Rose Cloth, 99
|Dark Gray Cloth, 99
|Light Gray Cloth, 99
|White Cloth, 99
}}
|}

=== Indev 0.31 20100128-2200 ===
New tools and items were added, and all stacks went from 99 to 100 items;
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! scope="col" style="width: 200px" | Blocks
! scope="col" style="width: 200px" | Items
! scope="col" style="width: 200px" | TNT
! scope="col" style="width: 200px" | Cloth
|-
|{{Container
|title = Large chest
|type = large-chest
|Stone, 100
|Grass Block, 100
|Cobblestone, 100
|Oak Wood Planks, 100
|Oak Sapling, 100
|Bedrock, 100
|Sand, 100
|Gravel, 100
|Gold Ore, 100
|Iron Ore, 100
|Coal Ore, 100
|Oak Log, 100
|Oak Leaves, 100
|Sponge, 100
|Glass, 100
|Dandelion, 100
|Rose, 100
|Brown Mushroom, 100
|Red Mushroom, 100
|Block of Gold, 100
|Block of Iron, 100
|Smooth Stone Slab, 100
|Bricks, 100
|TNT, 100
|Bookshelf, 100
|Mossy Cobblestone, 100
|Obsidian, 100
|Torch, 100
|Water Spawner, 100
|Lava Spawner, 100
|Chest, 100
}}
|{{Container
|title = Chest
|Iron Shovel
|Iron Pickaxe
|Iron Axe
|Flint and Steel
|Apple, 100
|Bow
|Arrow, 100
|Coal, 100
|Diamond, 100
|Iron Ingot, 100
|Gold Ingot, 100
|Iron Sword
|Wooden Sword
|Wooden Shovel
|Wooden Pickaxe
|Wooden Axe
|Stone Sword
|Stone Shovel
|Stone Pickaxe
|Stone Axe
|Diamond Sword
|Diamond Shovel
|Diamond Pickaxe
|Diamond Axe
}}
|{{Container
|title = Large chest
|type = large-chest
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
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|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
|TNT, 100
}}
|{{Container
|title = Chest
|Red Cloth, 100
|Orange Cloth, 100
|Yellow Cloth, 100
|Chartreuse Cloth, 100
|Green Cloth, 100
|Spring Green Cloth, 100
|Cyan Cloth, 100
|Capri Cloth, 100
|Ultramarine Cloth, 100
|Violet Cloth, 100
|Purple Cloth, 100
|Magenta Cloth, 100
|Rose Cloth, 100
|Dark Gray Cloth, 100
|Light Gray Cloth, 100
|White Cloth, 100
}}
|}

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java indev}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.31|dev=20100124-2119|[[File:Starting House JE1.png|32px]] Added starting house.
|[[File:Starting House (inside) JE1.png|32px]] The starting house is made of [[Minecraft:mossy cobblestone]] with two [[Minecraft:torch]]es and three [[Minecraft:chest]]s.
|Contained 99 of every block in the game except for dirt, water, lava, fire, and double slabs.
|A smaller chest contained a shovel, pickaxe, axe, flint and steel, 99 apples, a bow, and 99 arrows.
}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100124-2310|[[File:Starting House (inside) JE2.png|32px]] Added [[Minecraft:chest]] with 54 stacks of [[Minecraft:TNT]] to the starting house.
}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100125|[[File:Starting House (inside) JE3.png|32px]] Cloth has been separated from the main chest of blocks to its own chest.
}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100128-2200|Added 100 coal, diamonds, iron ingots, and gold ingots to the items chest. Iron, wood, stone, and diamond shovels, pickaxes, axes, and swords have also been added.
|Blocks and items are now found in stacks of 100.
}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100129-1447|[[File:Starting House (inside) JE1.png|32px]] Removed TNT and cloth chests.
|Removed all items from the blocks and items chests.
}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100130|[[File:Starting House (inside) JE4.png|32px]] Removed the remaining chests.
}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100213|[[File:Starting House JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Starting House (inside) JE5.png|32px]] The starting house is now made of [[Minecraft:planks]] and [[Minecraft:stone]].
|The starting house now only spawns in flat, unobstructed areas. However, as a side effect, if there is no suitable place to spawn a starting house, it simply does not spawn.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java infdev}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100227-1414|The starting house has been removed.}}}}

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Minecraft 0.31 20100204-1541.png|The outside of the starting house
Mosshousechest.png|A view of the early starting house
Indev starting house.png|A view of the starting house
MoosHouseInside.png|The inside of the starting house
0.31wool.png|Contents of the cloth chest
0.31CHest.png|First version of the blocks chest
Indev 20100212-1210 house lead to void.png|A starting house that leads to the void.
</gallery>

== References ==
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