Schem to litematic

“Convert schem to litematic” usually means you have one Minecraft build and you need the other file. On this site the conversion step does not exist, because the generator writes both files from the same voxel grid.

1. Type the build on the generator. One compile produces both files.
2. Download .litematic if you will build in survival with a hologram.
3. Download .schem from the same result if you will //paste with WorldEdit or FAWE.
4. Do not rename one extension into the other. They are different NBT layouts.
5. If you closed the tab, generate the same prompt again. The grid does not depend on the clock.

Same blocks, two containers

The compiler picks a shape, a palette, and a size, then fills a grid. That grid is encoded twice. The .litematic is Litematica version 6: gzip NBT, one region, a block-state palette, and packed long-array BlockStates. The region origin inside the file is 0,0,0. Entity and block-entity lists are empty. The .schem is Sponge schematic version 2: gzip NBT, a palette of block-state strings, varint BlockData, data version 4189, and an offset of 0,0,0.

Because both encodings read the same grid, block counts match. A door in the house is a door in both files. Water on the farm is water in both files. There is no second “creative version” with extra blocks. The difference is which program can read the container. The comparison table lives on litematic vs schem.

Which button to press

Survival, single-player, hologram, material list: .litematic, then the import steps. Creative paste, or a server where you are allowed to paste: .schem, then WorldEdit import. FastAsyncWorldEdit uses that same .schem. The FAWE page is the server folder variant, not a third format.

Filenames share a slug. An oak house becomes oak-house.litematic and oak-house.schem. WorldEdit’s load command wants the name without the extension. Litematica wants the file in the schematics folder with the extension intact.

This is not an upload converter

There is no form to drop a WorldEdit file, a MCEdit .schematic, or a Bedrock .mcstructure onto the site. Payment and generate quotas are for compiles of a prompt, not for translating other people’s builds. If the shape you want is one of the kernels (house, tower, castle, farm, bridge, portal, and the rest in the prompt tips), describe it and download both results. If you need a bit-exact copy of a schematic you already own, use a converter you run locally and trust. Do not expect this website to reproduce an arbitrary upload.

Old .schematic files (numeric block ids, usually 1.12 and earlier) are not emitted here either. Renaming them to .schem does not make them Sponge v2. Bedrock structure blocks use .mcstructure, which is a different edition. See Java vs Bedrock.

When you already closed the page

The result stays in the browser tab. It is not saved as a public gallery, and the server does not keep your prompt as a library you can reopen later. If you only saved one of the two files, run the same prompt again. Free accounts get one generate per UTC day, so if you still have that generate, grab both downloads before you leave. Pro raises the daily cap; it does not change the file format. The geometry for a given prompt and a given size cap is stable: free clamps at 20, Pro at 48, so a “huge” prompt is a different grid on Pro than on free. Match the plan you used the first time if you want the same dimensions.

A corrupt download is a new save of the same compile, not a conversion. Check the file size before you start renaming things. Then place it with move and rotate or paste it with //schem load.

Reviewed 2026-09-23. Not affiliated with Mojang or Microsoft.