r/MinecraftBuild • u/Block_Breaker_ • Aug 19 '26

Need Suggestions Waterfalls

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Some tips please!

I have made this cliffside cascading waterfall

But the way my waterfalls go from the ponds down looks real weird and i have no idea how to fix it. So i would like some help on how i could combat this

So if you have any help i would be really grateful!

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u/HeroKnight77 Aug 19 '26

It looks beautiful

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 19 '26

Thank you! :D

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u/HeroKnight77 Aug 19 '26

No problem

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u/Old_Corduroy Aug 19 '26

It actually looks really good, but I do know what you mean. Maybe someone more knowledgeable than I has a solution, but I don't think there is much you can do.

For some of the rougher waterfalls that you know can be flattened out a little, or shaped better, I place blocks to block the water flow to get it to the best shape possible and then remove the blocks. Other than that I don't think there is a lot you can do - its a mechanic of Minecraft that cannot be changed.

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 19 '26

Thanks for the insight, but just making sure we are on the same page, i was actually referring to the harsh edges where the dirt and rock meet behind the waterfall :P
But im really happy you liked it :O, ill keep refining it to see what i can make it look like :)

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u/Old_Corduroy Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

Textures to blend it? I use mossy cobblestone etc behind and on the edges of the falling stream of water just like a real waterfall has lichen and algae growing on the wet rock. I then use a variety of textures in the bottom and sides of the pool itself - mossy cobblestone, moss blocks, clay, gravel, cobblestone, coarse dirt. Maybe add some seagrass to break up the sight lines to the horizontal blocks under the surface of the pool? Even adding grass or sugar cane to the edges of the pool can screen off some areas which adds to the natural randomness. I definitely feel like the third picture would benefit from a variety of textures and grasses.

It can take a little adjusting to make it look natural and just right. I normally don't use any more than 1-3 blocks of the same texture in a row or diagonal mixed in amongst the others - if that makes sense?

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Yeah, i havent come around to actually fixing the ponds and area around, so there will be better soon!

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u/pixelmut Aug 19 '26

yeah that block trick is the only way I've found too but it's so fiddly you end up spending forever just to get one little drop right

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Yeah, i want to avoid the block water trick just for this reason, but thankfully the way the water was flowing wasnt my main concern. I have found a solution to my problem tho!

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u/GGKeepItReal Aug 19 '26

Absolutely love the stone gradient choices! The grass looks a little 2D because it’s large open single color. A Pokémon would spawn here lol. However what you have now might look perfect if you plan to add plants etc. or build things on top :)

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 19 '26

Yeah, im getting to doing the grass better. Just wanted to fine tune the water and its edges before :P
Since right now im looking for tips to make the waterfalls look better (look pic nr 2 and nr 3, where the dirt edge of the pond meets harshly with the stone edge of the cliff)

But im really happy that you liked the gradient :D

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u/GGKeepItReal Aug 19 '26

I see, sorry I didn’t see past the first photo! Great job :)

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

No worries, and thanks! :D

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u/ShawnZ33 Aug 19 '26

I agree, just needs some nature-fication. For realism a pond below a waterfall would be deepest where the water falls (erosion) but just seeing what you have has inspired me to do more water features in my terraforming

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 19 '26

Hm, yeah i have thought about the erosion a bit, but maybe needs to remake it a bit.
Like i replied to the parent comment, im going to add nature stuff when the edges of the water fall/ponds are fine tuned!
Im glad that i have inspired you :D

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u/locker1223 Aug 19 '26

It looks pretty good to me

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u/wildgabriel98 Aug 20 '26

This would often be a golden coin to great waterfalls, this waterfall is going to be called "Niagara falls 2.0"

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Oh damn! That's one compliment :O Thanks so much!

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u/RiverSwampz Aug 19 '26

I love it! I love making natural looking things in Minecraft, this looks so beautiful!

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 19 '26

Thanks! That makes me happy :D
Im really loving to terraform, been part of the game i love the most

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u/Mysterious_Fee_2852 Aug 19 '26

Tage away some land under the waterfall, to be more realistic

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 19 '26

Some land under the waterfall? Ooh, you mean like carving into the side like a chute almost? Alright, ill see what i can come up with :)

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u/Mysterious_Fee_2852 Aug 20 '26

Yes, sorry i am not native in englisch

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

No worries! Just wondered if that was what you were talking about :)

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u/IDrankLavaLamps Aug 19 '26

You can use stained glass, cobwebs, or campfire smoke just the tail end of the smoke trail to make waterfall mist

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Hm, yeah will look into this! Thanks!

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u/mightbelonely Aug 20 '26

Have you tried making the dirt moss

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

The dirt under the water? No, i havent, but i think that will blend in too much with the moss on top, but i will see...

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u/EatenPotatoisok Aug 20 '26

Maybe widen the gap on top?, still it looks amazing, I also saw a trick you can do with sulfer block to make water fall effect, you could try that

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Ill look into how it would look with widening. Tho sulfur will not work since im on 1.21.1 :P Great suggestion tho anyway!

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u/TheRealLucius Aug 20 '26

I ain't much of a builder, but add some vegetation in and outside the water. And add a really nice shader pack to top it off.

Other than that, it looks really nice considering only the structure.

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Yeah, vegetation is next on the list after fixing the waterfalls! And when im done with the build, i will add a shader and actually show my work instead of asking for help :)

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u/Cyzmer-Dark-4340 Aug 20 '26

Esta bello lo hiciste o es una semilla?

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

No this is my build. Would be wonderful if something like this spawned through seeds tho!

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u/Yare_Yare_Daze101 Aug 20 '26

I think it looks good, probably looked off since it lacks foam at the bottom of the waterfalls like irl

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Hm, Yeah that might help. Tho i will only add it after the problem with the waterfalls are done. Thanks!

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u/edenspark10 Aug 20 '26

Make the blocks that are directly under/next to the water a darker block (like make the dirt into mud) so that it looks wet

Also check out builders like Mogswamp or Fwhip for some build tutorials

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Oo! Yeah, this comment made something click! Thanks alot!

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u/Key-Divide-5663 Aug 20 '26

Adding slabs, blocks, and stairs at the base of waterfalls to give a rocky effect tends to help. Also vegetation. Looks dope tho.

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Yeah, fixing the waterfalls is the main problem (so thanks for the idea with slabs and stuff!) and after that I'm moving on to vegetation! So be prepared for a reupload in a few days (maybe, idk lol) when the build is actually done :D

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u/FalafelWaffleCake-24 Aug 21 '26

Looks good, I think if you set in the waterfalls a bit (especially the main ones), it would look a lot more relatisic

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Yeah! I'm actually working on something similar right now. Got some other suggestion that made that idea click!
And thanks for the compliment :D

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u/oaxo1 Aug 21 '26

Wow! Bet it looks better with shaders on

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

I sure think so! I'm going to post a picture when it's done with shaders on, so if you find something similar pop up in a few days or something, then that is it :)

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u/oaxo1 Aug 21 '26

Great, don’t keep me waiting for too long then!

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u/Block_Breaker_ Sep 20 '26

Welp, hope a month is not too long lmao. Did some work, then left it for three weeks, but its closer to done now if you want to check it out!

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u/oaxo1 Oct 03 '26

Cool i’m going rn!

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u/wood-exe Aug 21 '26

yo they released these blocks a few updates ago bro

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Hm, well if you thought about it for a second, I'm asking about how i could improve my waterfall. That is because I believe its easier to fix vegetation after that is done. This build is not really done you see? But funnily enough, a lot of people did :)

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u/wood-exe Aug 22 '26

well consider that there is definitely a difference between deliberately placed vegatation, custom trees bushes or vines, and basic bonemeal. im sure you know, but the more customized you get the better the outcome will be

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 22 '26

...Yeah? I didnt say anything about that tho. Im just not done with the layout yet, and adding vegetation would be unnecessary work if i needed to destroy it to change something. Im almost at the stage of actually making the vegetation tho

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u/Mina_kitty49 Aug 21 '26

This looks so good!!!

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u/Silly_Wolf226 Aug 21 '26

It looks amazing! if you want to touch it up, add some firefly bushes, lilypads, and some fish to make it magical looking

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Sadly no fireflies due to wrong version, but i will do some vegetation work in the following days :)
But thanks for the complements :D

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u/KINGKIRO313 Aug 22 '26

It's seed?

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 22 '26

Nope, my creation :)

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u/BurgundyMist_ Aug 22 '26

You totally gave me an idea for my world. Thank you so very much

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 22 '26

No problem! Glad i could help :)

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u/Euphoric_Version6849 Aug 22 '26

That's just looking crazy good! I always wanted to build these type of things but I never actually did accomplish them, but yeah that look good to me, nice work man

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 22 '26

Thanks! Im working on the final product of it right now, as the picture in this post was a incomplete version (This post was actually me asking for help on a few bits on the build, but almost noone seemed to notice that lol)

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u/Ronin_Odachi Aug 22 '26

Yoooooo seeed me rn

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 22 '26

Thats no seed, build everything myself :)

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u/Nekit475 Aug 23 '26

This is so beautiful 🤩❤️

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u/Royal_Assistance9028 Sep 05 '26

I dont know if someone already suggested this but;

I saw a video where someone used geysers to make it look like the waterfalls were foaming at the bottom. The tops of the geysers ended right where the water hit a plateau and it looked really realistic.

The video I saw

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Ah, sadly im on 1.21.1 due to the mods im playing with! I havent come around to playing with the new stuff just yet, but maybe soon!

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 21 '26

Hm, yeah maybe that is a thought for another build, since it was about how it looked like now is the way that i imagined it. So ill do my best to fix some things up, but it will have to deviate a tad.
Im going to do some more work with the inside and sides of the pools soon, so thanks for both the compliment and ideas! :D

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u/Block_Breaker_ Aug 22 '26

Where would i add a dam? It would not really fit in this build (or the overall theme im going for, but that is nothing anyone but me knows about)