User blog comment:The Black Easterling/How to make an Impregnable Fortress/@comment-27324018-20160105142415

Bases are overrated, I just put an enderchest down and put my stuff in it. :D

Seriously, my bases are usually just high walls, higher towers, and a piston gate. I often build a keep too with only one entrance and about 50 blocks high. Spiders can climb vertically, so use overhangs (upside-down stairs look cooler than regular blocks). Some Rohan horses can jump more than 10 blocks high, so make your walls 20 to be on the safe side. Definitely banner protect, and make the protection extend a ways out from the wall, to prevent pillar jumping. (Remember, the horses can probably jump a ways horizontally too). But people always seem to find a way in on TOS anyway, so don't listen to me...

For maximum protection, build a 6x6x6 cube of obsidian. Put your valuables chest inside, set your waypoint inside, banner protect it from the inside, and no power except the great god WorldEdit can break it.