Minecraft:Brick Pyramid

Brick pyramids were tall experimental Minecraft:generated structures made up exclusively of Minecraft:bricks present in Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev.

Generation

Brick pyramids would generate in predetermined locations throughout the world. These locations were always the same regardless of the world seed, surrounding terrain, or game version and only generate in the south-east quadrant (positive X, positive Z). For every 1024x1024 block area in the south-east quadrant, exactly one pyramid generates. This results in 976,562,500 pyramids generating in the world, before being overwritten by the Minecraft:world boundary (Prior to Inf-20100313, this number was 1,073,741,824, only being cut off by the Far Lands.)

Structure

Brick pyramids were completely solid; they had no interior rooms. A strange quality about these pyramids is that they spawned right on top of the terrain instead of being a complete pyramid with the bottom underground (like with Minecraft:desert pyramids); their bottom face would conform to the terrain rather than being flat. The pyramid would generate its top block at the top elevation of the map, and would expand down from there, with each consecutive layer containing the next odd square number of brick blocks. Since the height limit initially was 128<ref>Template:Slink</ref> and sea level and typical ground level was 64, the base of a pyramid was typically 127×127 blocks and the pyramid itself was 64 blocks high. Whenever it spawned on top of a large body of Minecraft:water, it would usually add to the number of bases.

Issues

Brick pyramids were removed from the game in early development and as such any issues relating to them are not considered valid for reporting.

Trivia

• A full brick pyramid contained about 344,000 brick blocks, which is equivalent to about 5,249 stacks of brick blocks, though the exact number varies depending on the terrain.
• During the time that brick pyramids existed, there was no way to craft Minecraft:bricks in the unmodified game, which lead to brick pyramids becoming the only method of naturally obtaining them.
• Beginning from the spawn point, the closest brick pyramid can be found by walking forward (south) 500 blocks then turning left (facing east), and continuing on for another 500 blocks. This brick pyramid is centered at X=502, Z=553.

Gallery

Screenshots

• A naturally generated brick pyramid in Infdev
  A naturally generated brick pyramid in Infdev
• Another view of a brick pyramid
  Another view of a brick pyramid
• The view from the top of a brick pyramid
  The view from the top of a brick pyramid
• The top of a pyramid in the March 16th release, showcasing a lighting bug at the height limit characteristic of that version
  The top of a pyramid in the March 16th release, showcasing a lighting bug at the height limit characteristic of that version
• A brick pyramid in the ocean
  A brick pyramid in the ocean
• A brick pyramid with a flat top because of build height
  A brick pyramid with a flat top because of build height
• A brick pyramid as seen from the Minecraft webpage
  A brick pyramid as seen from the Minecraft webpage
• Caves carving through a brick pyramid in the second March 25th release
  Caves carving through a brick pyramid in the second March 25th release
• A brick pyramid near the Far Lands in the March 21st release
  A brick pyramid near the Far Lands in the March 21st release
• Another angle of the brick pyramid
  Another angle of the brick pyramid
• Ditto
  Ditto
• A brick pyramid with the top cut off at build height
  A brick pyramid with the top cut off at build height

Graphics

• A graphic showing the locations of the brick pyramids near the origin
  A graphic showing the locations of the brick pyramids near the origin