Auto Farms are an amazing help if you plan to spend a long period of time playing Minecraft without going insane. Whether you don’t like hunting, or you don’t wanna waste time growing flowers, these farms will get you enough materials to get on your feet.
10. Flower Farm
** Note: You do NOT need this much bone meal
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/GI9mz7ywZxg?t=2829
Red and yellow wildflowers are nice, but if you want to spruce up your digs with a ton of pretty decorations, then this is the Auto Farm for you.
Makes Flower Farm Great:
- As long as you have bone marrow, it can run eternally
- Create flowers in bulk quickly
How It Works:
- Grass block falls into hopper to allow collection
- Grass grows flower
- Dispenser feeds flower bone meal
- Observers fire at each other and create a flower output
9. Cactus Farm
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/GI9mz7ywZxg?t=2562
Cacti are amazing things, and the best part is that the ones in Minecraft can’t prick you. Part of what makes this farm great is how little materials it requires, and the simple nature of the design.
Makes Cactus Farm Great:
- Easy to construct
- Requires little materials
How It Works:
- Sand in the hopper allows for instant collection
- Cactus grows on the sand
- Cover the top, cactus is always captured
8. Kelp Farm
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/GI9mz7ywZxg?t=2287
Those beautiful stems arching from underneath the Minecraft ocean look tempting, but they can be kinda hard to reach. With your own personal on-land kelp farm, you’ll be stocked for days on end.
Makes Kelp Farm Great:
- Simple design
- Aesthetically pleasing
- Flexible for adaptation
How It Works:
- Slabs/blocks prevent water from escaping
- Grass allows kelp to grow
- Glass allows for the kelp to grow as high as you want
- Pistons push kelp into being collected
7. Sugarcane Farm
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/GI9mz7ywZxg?t=1966
Sugarcane will come in handy if you need sugar to make complex desserts. Whether it’s that, or you just like the way it looks, a sugarcane farm is a great farm to have in your pocket.
Makes Sugarcane Farm Great:
- Clever design to grow/collect sugarcane
- Does all the work for you, like any Auto Farm should
How It Works:
- Water allows for the sugarcane to grow
- Observer alerts redstone, which alerts the piston
- Piston pushes sugarcane into the hopper
6. Pumpkin Farm
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/GI9mz7ywZxg?t=1846
I think growing pumpkins in Minecraft can be aggravating, so here’s a way to just get it over and done with, while using minimal work.
Makes Pumpkin Farm Great:
- Never harvest pumpkins too early again
- Neverending food supply chain
How It Works:
- Stalk will grow with water
- Observers will notice growth
- Piston pushes pumpkin into chest
5. Wool Farm
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/GI9mz7ywZxg?t=1329
Tired of hunting down sheep to shear? Annoyed with keeping so many in one tiny pen? I’ve got an invention for you.
Makes Wool Farm Great:
- Tons of durability
- You will get an obscene amount of wool
How It Works:
- When sheep don’t have wool, they eat the grass
- Observer fires dispenser when grass is gone
- Sheep is sheared
4. Beef Farm
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/GI9mz7ywZxg?t=1107
This farm will save you time, as well as providing you with ample energy. If you’re looking for a way to get meat, this is a good solution.
Makes Beef Farm Great:
- Cooks the beef for you
- Doesn’t require many to start
How It Works:
- Cows are bred onto starter block
- Dispensers are filled with water
- Water causes cows to move/randomize
- Observer dispenses lava
- Lava turns adult cows into steak
- Steak is collected and stored
3. Fish Farm
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/GI9mz7ywZxg?t=874
Fishing in Minecraft can be fun, but it can also be tedious when you actually need food, or want to collect fish. This Fish Farm will solve both of your problems.
Makes Fish Farm Great:
- Never waste time fishing again
- Build up huge supplies of meat
How It Works:
- Water is trapped in between slabs
- Pressure plate and trap door work in tandem
- Note block will trigger the use of fishing rod
- Hopper collects the fish that you catch
- Fish stored in chest
2. Egg Farm
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/GI9mz7ywZxg?t=542
A Chicken Farm is all well and good, but what about one where you can actually collect chickens?
Makes Egg Farm Great:
- Egg farm collects eggs without turning them into chickens
- No need to go searching for chickens
- No need to stop your pen of chickens from trying to escape every 5 seconds
How It Works:
- Lever wedges the honey block beside the hopper and chest
- Chickens are trapped on top of the honey block
- Laid eggs are stored in chest
1. Chicken Farm
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/GI9mz7ywZxg?t=280
Chicken is one of the most convenient Minecraft foods, and what better way to prepare for a quest than to head out with a boundless supply?
Makes Chicken Farm Great:
- The chicken is all cooked
- Easy conceptually
- Introduces you to a new way to build Auto Farms
How It Works:
- Start out with about 64 eggs
- Adult chickens lay eggs into hopper
- Dispenser fires eggs, creating chicks
- Chicks grow up and die via lava
- Cooked chicken is stored in chests
