# How to put a tilemap in a tilemap

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**Created:** [February 9, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-put-a-tilemap-in-a-tilemap/42040 "2026-02-09T04:55:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rune](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/rune/32/18951_2.png) [@Rune](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Rune)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-put-a-tilemap-in-a-tilemap/42040/5 "2026-02-09T17:42:32Z")

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The color-coded tilemaps extension works great for this, as you can just draw the house image onto map the world image with 1 block. Otherwise you would need nested for each loops to run through a tilemaps one by one and place each tile on a position on the main map.

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