Arenas
A 41 × 25 oval with walls five blocks high makes a compact PvP arena.
Free Minecraft building tool
Minecraft Oval Generator
Set the width and length separately to get an ellipse blueprint for arenas, ponds, racetracks and long halls. Raise the walls, change their thickness and download the result as a schematic or a world.
- Width and length 1–256
- Walls up to 256 high
- Exact block counts
- Schematic and world downloads
- Blocks needed
- 44
- Stacks
- 0 + 44<0.1 shulker boxes
- Size (X × Y × Z)
- 15 × 1 × 9
Click or drag over blocks to tick them off as you build.Placed 0 / 44
Download or copy
The Java world is a creative superflat world (Java 1.21.4 or newer) with the build in front of spawn. Unzip it into .minecraft/saves.
WorldEdit commandWorldEdit has no dome command. Use the .schem file with //schem load and //paste.
Useful Minecraft oval sizes
Counts are for a one-block wall and a filled floor.
| Blueprint | Width × length | Good for | Outline blocks | Filled blocks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 × 5 | Ponds and flower beds | 24 | 37 | |
| 15 × 9 | Small arenas and garden paths | 44 | 107 | |
| 25 × 15 | Throne rooms and banquet halls | 76 | 299 | |
| 41 × 25 | Horse tracks and stadium bowls | 128 | 801 | |
| 64 × 40 | Racetracks and lakes | 204 | 2,012 |
How to use the oval generator
Set width and length
Width runs east to west (X); length runs north to south (Z).
Raise the walls
Wall height stacks the same outline upward, from a one-layer floor plan to a tall arena wall.
Choose the wall
Pick hollow with a thickness, or filled for a solid floor or pond.
Build or download
Follow the blueprint, or download a schematic, a Bedrock structure or a world.
How to build an oval in Minecraft
An oval is a circle stretched along one axis. Mark the centre, then measure half the width east and west and half the length north and south. Those four points are the flat ends of the oval.
Because an oval is only mirrored twice, build one quarter from the blueprint and copy it to the other three. Matching odd or even sizes on both axes keeps the centre on a single block or a clean 2×2.
Ideas for ovals
Racetracks
Two ovals, one inside the other, give an even track for horses or boats on ice.
Ponds and lakes
A filled oval dug one or two blocks deep looks more natural than a circle.
Download formats
Every shape can be downloaded for the tool you already use.
Litematica (.litematic)
Put the file in .minecraft/schematics, open the Litematica menu with M and load it as a hologram to build over.
WorldEdit (.schem)
Put the file in the WorldEdit schematics folder, then run //schem load <name> and //paste. The shape is centred on you.
Bedrock (.mcstructure)
Load it with a structure block, or add it to a behaviour pack and use /structure load. Shapes wider than 64 blocks come as tiles.
Java world (.zip)
Unzip into .minecraft/saves and open it: a creative superflat world with your build in front of spawn.
PNG blueprint
A printable image with a grid, coordinates and centre lines. Spheres and domes also come as one sheet with every layer.
Frequently asked questions
How do I make an oval in Minecraft?
Enter the width and length here and follow the blueprint. Mark the centre and the four end points first, then fill in one quarter and mirror it.
Is an oval the same as an ellipse?
Here, yes: the generator places every block whose centre falls inside a true ellipse with your width and length.
Can I make an oval tower or arena?
Set the wall height above 1 to stack the outline into walls. The block count and all downloads include every layer.
Can I paste an oval with WorldEdit?
Yes. Copy the //cyl command for odd sizes, or download the .schem file and use //schem load and //paste for an exact copy.
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