How many pieces and minifigures does The First Night include?

Set 21115 has 408 pieces built from 81 unique parts, along with 2 minifigures.

What Minecraft scene does this set represent?

It recreates the classic first night of survival mode, when a player has to build shelter quickly before hostile mobs appear after dark.

Is this set built mostly from basic blocks?

Yes, with just 81 unique parts across 408 pieces, it relies mainly on repeated basic block pieces rather than specialised elements.

Minecraft

The First Night

The First Night recreates one of Minecraft's most familiar moments, the scramble to build shelter before nightfall, as a 2014 LEGO® Minecraft set. It combines 408 pieces and 2 minifigures into a small landscape-and-shelter build. The full list of its 81 unique parts appears further down this page.

Set number: 21115
Year: 2014
Pieces: 408
Minifigures: 2
Theme: Minecraft
Different parts: 81

What can I build with it?

View the official building instructions at LEGO® ↗

Parts list 81

As BrickLink list (XML)

Import on BrickLink: Wanted → Upload, upload the file (or paste its content), pick a Wanted List and add the parts.

Spare parts (6)

These extra parts come with the set in case one gets lost.

Minifigures 2

Steve fig-0021183 pieces × 1
Creeper fig-0064784 pieces × 1

Description

Blocky terrain in earthy tones

The colour set matches Minecraft's blocky, terrain-based look closely: reddish brown and medium nougat stand in for dirt and wood, while light bluish grey and dark bluish grey cover stone-style blocks, giving the model the same layered ground-and-shelter structure familiar from the game. At 408 pieces, this is a mid-size early Minecraft set, big enough for a small hideout with some surrounding landscape, while staying simple enough to build quickly in one sitting.

81 unique parts, mostly simple blocks

With only 81 unique parts making up 408 pieces, the build relies heavily on repeated basic blocks rather than specialised elements, which mirrors how Minecraft itself is built from a limited set of block types repeated at scale. That makes the set a solid source of plain reddish brown and grey block pieces for other builds, Minecraft-themed or otherwise. The parts list above shows exactly which of the 81 elements and colours are used, and in what quantities.

Two minifigures for the survival scene

The set includes 2 minifigures, enough to set up the classic first-night threat of a lone survivor facing off against a hostile mob figure, rather than a larger settlement scene. That pairing fits the set's name directly: it's built around a single tense night rather than an established base with a crew of characters, which keeps the scene easy to read at a glance and simple to recreate from the game.

An early set in a growing theme

21115 was part of the first wave of LEGO Minecraft sets released in 2014, shortly after the theme launched, and its block-based building style set the pattern that later, larger Minecraft sets would build on. Because the pieces are mostly plain blocks in a handful of colours, they mix easily with newer Minecraft sets as well as general building projects. Compare the piece count, part variety and colours above with other Minecraft sets to see where this one fits.

FAQ

How many pieces and minifigures does The First Night include?: Set 21115 has 408 pieces built from 81 unique parts, along with 2 minifigures.
What Minecraft scene does this set represent?: It recreates the classic first night of survival mode, when a player has to build shelter quickly before hostile mobs appear after dark.
Is this set built mostly from basic blocks?: Yes, with just 81 unique parts across 408 pieces, it relies mainly on repeated basic block pieces rather than specialised elements.