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title: "Getting started - BuildPrint wiki"
description: "Install BuildPrint, load your first schematic and place the first blocks."
url: https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/getting-started
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[BuildPrint](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint) [Wiki](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki)Getting started

# Getting started

Install BuildPrint, load your first schematic and place the first blocks.

## What you need

* Minecraft **26.2** or **26.3**
* [Fabric Loader](https://fabricmc.net/use/installer/) 0.16 or newer
* [Fabric API](https://modrinth.com/mod/fabric-api) and [YACL](https://modrinth.com/mod/yacl)
* [Mod Menu](https://modrinth.com/mod/modmenu), optional, for the settings screen in the mod list

## Install

1. Install Fabric Loader for your Minecraft version.
2. Download [BuildPrint from Modrinth](https://modrinth.com/mod/buildprint), and Fabric API and YACL.
3. Put the files in the `mods` folder of your Minecraft folder.
4. Start the game. The same BuildPrint file works on 26.2 and 26.3.

With the Modrinth app or another launcher that reads Modrinth, installing BuildPrint pulls in Fabric API and YACL for you.

## The first start

The first time you join a world, a short setup asks whether you want easy place, easy destroy and angel placement on. If you used Litematica before, it also offers to bring over your placements. You can change all of it later in the settings.

## Load a schematic

1. Press M to open the menu.
2. In the **Local** tab, pick a file and click **Load**. No files yet? Drop one onto the game window, or open the **Marketplace** tab and click **Place** on a build.
3. The build appears as a ghost where you stand. Use the **Loaded** tab to move or turn it. See [Moving and aligning](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/moving-and-aligning).

Clip: A house shown as a ghost on a grass field. Video: https://voxelsprout.com/media/buildprint/ghost.mp4

## Build it

* Place blocks by hand on the ghost. The [colors](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/status-colors) show what is wrong.
* Open **Materials** in the Loaded tab to see what you need. See [Material list](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/material-list).
* Press N for [Easy place](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/easy-place) and right-click the ghost to place the right block.
* Use the [Layer view](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/layer-view) to work through the build one layer at a time.

[Next Loading schematics](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/loading-schematics)

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