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Project Types

The four WesterosCraft project types plus project statuses and how builds break down.

Project Types

WesterosCraft categorizes each project using four project types, each suited to a different scope and builder experience level. This guide covers what each type involves and who can lead it, the statuses a project moves through, and how larger projects break down into Plots, Mini Builds, and Districts.

Project Status

Each project has a status tracking where it is in its lifecycle. You can filter by status on the Projects page to find where you can contribute, whether that's claiming plots in an active project or finding an available one to apply for.

  • Not Started: the location is defined but no one has applied to lead it. Available for application if you meet the requirements for that project type.
  • Available: the project was started but not finished, or completed but outdated. Open for updating, fostering, or a redo.
  • In Progress: approved and actively being built. You can contribute by claiming plots, applying for Mini Builds or Plots, or volunteering to help the project leader. Most building opportunities come from in-progress projects.
  • Blocked: can't start yet. Common blockers include waiting on adjacent projects, needing terrain work from the terraform team, or requiring more complex updates. Blocked projects aren't open for application until the blocker is resolved.
  • Completed: finished and given final approval. Completed projects are reference material for regional styles and quality standards. Study the completed projects in your region before applying for your own.

Immersion Projects

Independent builds that fill empty spaces and add life to the world — roadside inns, camps, farms, ruins, or natural features — placed where the map needs something but canon doesn't specify what. See Immersion Build for the full description and requirements.

Canon Projects

Significant locations from George R.R. Martin's books — castles, towns, and the seats of major and minor houses — that form the backbone of the map. See Canon Build for the full description and requirements.

Server Projects

Canon locations of exceptional significance — Great House seats and places where major events occur, like Winterfell, Storm's End, Dragonstone, and Harrenhal — larger and held to stricter standards than a Canon Project. See Server Build for the full description and requirements.

City Projects

Westeros's major urban centers — King's Landing, Oldtown, Lannisport, Gulltown, White Harbor, and Mance's Camp — the largest, most complex projects on the server, built over months or years with layered leadership. See City Build for the full description and requirements.

How Projects Break Down

Larger projects get split into smaller pieces. The three common units are Plots, Mini Builds, and Districts. Each project type uses them differently, so check the requirements for your type when applying.

Plots

Plots are individual buildings within larger projects. They're the smallest unit of work on WesterosCraft and where most builders spend their time.

Plot types. Plots can be classified using utility blocks that signify class (lower, middle, upper), profession (baker, blacksmith, etc.), or special (septs and other unusual structures that don't fit standard categories). These classifications help builders understand what to build and help project leaders organize construction.

Plot access. Plots usually come in two kinds:

  • OPEN plots are available to any builder, including Apprentices. These are straightforward buildings that follow established patterns within the project, and most plots in a typical project are open.
  • SPECIAL plots are ones the project leader wants someone to apply for: structures that need closer oversight, more complex planning, or specialized skills, like keeps, septs, unique landmarks, or large buildings critical to the layout.

Project leaders mark access using utility blocks placed above each plot. Standard practice is to mark SPECIAL plots explicitly, with unmarked plots defaulting to OPEN unless the project leader specifies otherwise.

Mini Builds

Mini Builds are sub-projects within a larger project, used to organize bigger parts of it: holdfasts, mines, quarries, lumber camps, small hamlets, or other points of interest. They're large enough to require planning and coordination but operate under your Canon Project's umbrella. Unlike Plots, they need planning and layout work beyond a single simple structure.

Examples of Mini Builds:

  • Holdfasts: small fortified manor houses for minor knights or landed gentry
  • Mining operations: quarries, coal mines, or iron mines with worker housing
  • Production sites: lumber camps, charcoal production, fishing villages
  • Hamlets: clusters of 5–10 houses forming a small settlement
  • Religious sites: small septs, godswoods, or waypoint shrines
  • Infrastructure: mills, bridges with toll houses, ferry crossings

Districts

Districts break City Projects into manageable chunks. A single district can contain Server or Canon Projects within it, and districts usually hold dozens of Plots and Mini Builds. You must have completed and led at least one Canon Project before leading a District, unless you're co-leading with someone who meets that requirement.