How to import .litematic, .schem and .mcstructure files

Which file is for which game

File	Game	Tool you need	What it does
.litematic	Java	Litematica mod (Fabric)	Shows the build as ghost blocks you build over, layer by layer, with a material list
.schem	Java	WorldEdit (mod or server plugin)	Pastes the blocks into the world at once
.mcstructure	Bedrock	Structure block (Windows) or a behavior pack	Places the blocks into the world
.mcfunction	Java or Bedrock	A data pack / behavior pack function	Runs /fill and /setblock commands; large builds are split under the 32,768-block limit of one /fill

Every file we export is made by our own code from the shape you planned. It holds blocks only: no entities, no commands that run by themselves.

Java: Litematica (.litematic)

Litematica does not place blocks for you in survival: it shows a see-through “ghost” of the build so you can place every block in the right spot. That makes it the best fit for circles, domes and pixel art.

1. Install Fabric Loader, Litematica and MaLiLib for your exact game version. Mod versions are tied to game versions, so check the mod page before you update the game.
2. Copy the file into .minecraft/schematics/. If you use a launcher with separate instances, use that instance’s folder. Create the schematics folder if it is missing.
3. Load it. In game press M, choose Load Schematics, select the file, keep Create placement ticked and click Load Schematic.
4. Place it. The placement starts where you stand. Open Schematic Placements (M + P) to move, rotate or mirror it. The material list (M + L) shows what to gather, and the verifier (M + V) finds wrong or missing blocks.

Tip: show one layer at a time (Litematica’s render-layer setting) and work from the bottom up, the same way the studio’s build mode works.

Java: WorldEdit (.schem)

WorldEdit pastes the whole build at once. It works in single player (as a mod) and on servers (as a plugin) where you have permission.

1. Copy the file into the WorldEdit schematics folder:
   • single player or mod servers: config/worldedit/schematics/
   • Paper/Spigot servers: plugins/WorldEdit/schematics/
2. Load it: //schem load circle-25 (the file name without .schem). //schem list shows the files WorldEdit can see.
3. Paste it: stand where you want it and run //paste. Add -a (//paste -a) so air in the file does not erase blocks already in the world. If it lands in the wrong place, //undo, move and paste again.

We export Sponge schematic format version 2 by default (read by WorldEdit 7 and newer) and version 3 on request.

Bedrock: structure block (.mcstructure)

On Windows:

1. Turn on cheats for the world, then get a structure block: /give @s structure_block.
2. Place it, open it and switch the mode to Load.
3. Click Import (only on Windows) and pick the .mcstructure file.
4. Set the offset and rotation, then click Load.

A structure block handles up to 64 x 384 x 64 blocks. Larger builds have to be split; the studio’s Bedrock export splits them for you.

On phones and tablets: put the file in the structures folder of a behavior pack (see Microsoft’s sample pack in the sources), for example structures/seedview/circle25.mcstructure, add the pack to your world and run /structure load seedview:circle25 ~ ~ ~. Consoles cannot import files.

No mods? Build it by hand

Every shape page shows the plan layer by layer, the run pattern and the material list. On a phone, build mode keeps your place: tap a run when it is done and the next one lights up.