Farming is a task that every Minecraft player eventually has to undertake, and over the years, designs for various farms have sprouted up all over the community. Whether it’s traditional farming for crops or using clever methods to farm specific resources, you’ll want to take advantage of this process in Minecraft at some point or another.
The entire world of Minecraft can be harvested for resources, all of which allow you to upgrade and customize your character, gear, base, and everything in between. However, slowly collecting all the resources you need to build everything you’ve brainstormed can be painstaking work, especially if you’re not optimizing the way you loot items.
To help you with that, we have five farm designs that are intended to provide you with fast and efficient ways of farming various resources in Minecraft. You can also expand upon these design ideas to make your farms unique to your world.
Automatic Multi-Level Farm
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First up on our list is a multi-level crop farm that also features an automatic harvesting method so you don’t have to go around and loot every single crop one piece at a time. Not only does this farm look fantastic, featuring clear windows so you can see your crops from the outside, but it serves an impactful purpose.
You can use this farm design for a single crop that you need a lot of, or space out different crops on each level. If you wanted even more crops, you’re able to keep expanding the height of the farm as well. Overall, this is a fantastic way to move away from the basic farm design that usually looks out of place off to the side of your base.
Mob Farm
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Mobs are the lifeblood of Minecraft, and you need the resources from the dozens of mobs in order to craft a wide variety of different items. The specific mob farm we’re showcasing is designed to trap the dangerous mobs in Minecraft, such as zombies. However, you can also apply the idea to docile mobs, like cows and horses.
This mob farm is built in the middle of the water and intends to trap the mobs inside a dark enclosure inside the structure. Since mobs tend to spawn in dark and damp locations, you’ll get dozens of them spawning within minutes. The farm is then set up to eliminate the mobs and deposit their loot into chests, essentially doing all the work for you.
Iron Farm
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Iron is one of the most valuable resources in Minecraft, and, like any ore, it’s extremely tedious to find in the world. You have to go out with your pickaxe and hope you find a vein of iron ore to mine, and even then, it’s usually never enough. Fortunately, you never have to worry about iron again with this clever farm.
While an iron farm does utilize a slew of resources, it’s worth it to never mine an iron ore block again. The way the farm works is by using Iron Golems, which are then killed to drop the iron. You need to position villagers and beds in very specific ways to spawn the golems, but once that’s down, it’s smooth sailing.
Greenhouse Farm
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A greenhouse has been an extremely common way to design a farm in Minecraft since the game’s inception. However, you can expand the basic idea of a greenhouse into several different farming avenues. You can design a greenhouse to store basic crops, and you can also use it as an extension of your base. Perhaps the most clever way to utilize a greenhouse, though, is by storing honeybees inside.
The bees are protected in the greenhouse, and they’ll also pollinate your crops for you. This is also an easy way to start a honeybee farm, as you can build a small house for the bees that they can use to spawn even more of their species. Whichever way you decide to go with your greenhouse, it’s a tried and true way to farm that also looks amazing when built correctly.
Wool Farm
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While wool is most famously used in the creation of beds in Minecraft, it’s also an extremely common resource when crafting banners and other decorations. Heading out to find the amount of sheep you need for wool is never fun, so why not build an elegant farm for the furry creatures?
The wool farm we’re showcasing houses a dozen or more sheep inside a small stone and glass enclosure. The farm then shears the sheep after their wool grows back, effectively giving you an infinite supply of wool. The main issue with this farm is that you have to wait for all the sheep’s wool to grow back, but that’s going to be a problem no matter how you set up a farm like this. In the end, you’re getting around a dozen wool at the same time. And a sheep’s wool grows back in around two minutes, so you’re really not waiting that long if you need more of the resource.
