Minecraft is all about creativity, offering a boundless sandbox experience like no other. Standing strong as the best-selling game of all time over a decade after its genre-defining release, Mojang's gem has given us the ultimate creative outlet in which we can build, craft, gather, mine, and traverse an infinite world to our liking. Whether you're hoping to build a massive secluded fortress or an aesthetically pleasing cozy farm base, you can do whatever you put your materials and mind to in Minecraft. With frequent updates including features like new blocks, the possibilities only grow further.
Now that Tricky Trials, the long-awaited 1.21 update, is just on the horizon, you may be gearing your world up with impressive builds to tide you over until the new content drops. It's never a bad idea to prepare in advance for a large patch, especially as it can see you through to the more challenging or later-game features that come with an update. If you'd like to avoid the daunting feeling that can hit upon starting up a brand-new world amid the 1.21 changes yourself, you can opt to get a head start now with a base build or two.
One of the best builds to prepare either for current content or in advance for future updates is a farm. You can't go wrong with a good in-game farm, as you'll find yourself using it regardless of the Minecraft version you're playing. If you'd like to have a go at building a bustling, vibrant home for your crops or a full-blown farmstead, some help and inspiration can help get the ball rolling. That's where our handy guide here comes in, featuring 10 of the best Minecraft farm ideas to inspire your own future builds.
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Top 10 Minecraft Farm Ideas
There's no better way to enhance your in-game build with a functional yet visually appealing component than by adding a farm to it. You can efficiently oversee the growth of various crops, from potatoes to wheat, while also customizing your green space to your liking so that it complements the aesthetic of your home or the biome surrounding it. Regardless of how you want your farming area to look or work, our top 10 Minecraft farm ideas are sure to inspire you and set you on your way to building the farmstead of your dreams.
SimpleMC's Simple Farm
This simple farm design is as just as efficient as it is stunning. While SimpleMC's build here doesn't take up a ridiculous amount of space, it still houses various crops in a beautiful, compact manner. The farm features an enchanting leafy archway and hanging lanterns, boasting essential vegetables such as beetroots, carrots, and potatoes. From end to end, while dubbed "simple," this breathtaking farm seems to be anything but thanks to its adorning details and functionality.
If you want to try your hand at SimpleMC's cozy farm space yourself, you'll need to gather more than just seeds. Prepare with acacia, birch, and oak wood for fences, lanterns, leaves, and the like. You can always opt to make your own version of this farm in creative mode if you're more into the build for its aesthetic appeal rather than its efficiency or functionality within a survival mode world, but it's accessible enough to recreate either way.
Croissant Cat's Aesthetic Farm
For those of you even more invested in creating a visually jaw-dropping farm to complement a nearby base or take your breath away each time you walk through to harvest your crops, you won't want to miss Croissant Cat's aptly named aesthetic farm. It ticks all of the coziest cottagecore boxes that it possibly could, featuring glowing lanterns and adorable makeshift scarecrows crafted out of hay bales and Jack o'Lanterns.
If you want to match Croissant Cat's style exactly, you'll need to download the resource pack she uses here. As for materials, you'll need to gather oak wood for fences, logs, slabs, trapdoors, and more. Your whimsical build will largely be comprised of such wood blocks as well as some decorative moss, flowers, glow berries, hay bales, Jack o'Lanterns, sweet berries, and functional objects such as beehives and composters.
Polar Cat's Cherry Blossom Greenhouse and Bee Farm
Our next pick is just as stunning as our previous one and functions as an indoor greenhouse rather than an outdoor farm. Polar Cat's cherry blossom greenhouse doubles as a bee farm, too, leaving you with all of the buzzing little buddies and sweet honey that you could ever want. This build makes use of the ever-enchanting cherry blossom trees found within Minecraft's cherry groves, resulting in a beautiful pink greenhouse adorned with pastel petals and glass walls.
If you're a fan of more cutesy building styles featuring softer tones and floral décor galore, Polar Cat's little glass farm housing both bees and plants alike is the perfect build for you to try in a cherry grove biome in your own creative or survival mode world. For those of you building in the latter mode, be sure to stock up on as many cherry leaves and as much cherry wood as you can since this greenhouse will see you using many of the pink materials.
Disruptive Builds' Compact Farm
What about those of you who value function over fashion but still want your farm builds to look nice amid Minecraft's emerald-green forests and bright blue waters? Disruptive Builds' compact farm is a great choice to look toward for inspiration if that applies to you. This three-story farm building looks quite nice with its dark wood columns and tiered glass balconies. It's also quite spacious on the inside with plenty of room for crops while fitting snugly within your base or village build.
Of all our Minecraft farm ideas, this is definitely one of the most practical while still remaining unique as it doubles both as a good-looking building and an indoor farm. If you want to give it a go in your world or draw inspiration from its materials, you'll need glowstone, lanterns, spruce wood, stone bricks, and lots of glass blocks and panels. This farm may take you longer to accomplish in survival mode as you'll need to collect and craft a good few blocks, but it's well worth it if you're not a fan of creative mode or want it beside your main base.
KoalaBuilds' Simple Greenhouse
KoalaBuilds' simple greenhouse is an adorable little build that would fit nicely within any Minecraft biome, really. It features such a simple yet visually pleasing design consisting of wooden beams and glass walls, allowing you to see the inside of the greenhouse at all times. There's even a small outdoor area beside the main building where you can plant wheat or any other crop you'd like to include outside of the adorable main greenhouse.
The roof pattern with alternating glass and wood adorned with growing grass makes for the perfect cozy farmhouse aesthetic, as do the hanging plants indoors. You'll need to gather birch wood, moss blocks, oak wood, spruce wood, stone bricks, and more to recreate this cute greenhouse in your own survival mode save. It's a fun build to play around with in creative mode, too, especially if you'd like to customize it to your tastes with extra flora or even another building tier.
Gorillo's Tiered Crop Farm
If you want a very simple farm build that still fits nicely beside your base, the tiered crop farm from creator Gorillo could be a good go-to for you. This quick build features three unique tiers where you can plant any crops you'd like, as well as a handy underground interior where you can craft or farm even more. The exterior is pleasantly detailed, too, seeming much like a tiny castle or a fortress farm with fun decorations including berry bushes, flowers, and hay bales.
Prepare for this build with cobblestone, mossy stone blocks, and wooden decorations such as trapdoors and fences. As for the surrounding flora, you can gather bushes, flowers, and leaves of your choice to give the tiered crop farm a bit of your own flavor. If you want to change things up a bit even more, you can opt to use the indoor area of the farm differently, too, turning the sublevel into a room dedicated to growing mushrooms instead of conventional crops or even a full-blown little base.
Kelpie's Fairytale Farm
Our next farm pick is downright enchanting, appearing as though it was plucked straight from a medieval fairytale with its fenced-in, unique farm plots and adorning lanterns. This cottagecore-inspired farm is set entirely outdoors, so you have the freedom to move plots around as you please to fit your overall base's aesthetic. This also gives you plenty of opportunity to decorate the surrounding area however you'd like, whether you use hay bales and pumpkins like Kelpie does or otherwise.
If you want to match Kelpie's style exactly, you'll need to download the resource pack she uses here. As stunning as this whimsical fairytale farm build seems, it's thankfully also quite simple to recreate so you'll be able to fit it nicely into any survival mode world you're playing on. You can even change the wood you use for the fencing and other details if you want different colors. Can you imagine how magical this farm would look in pink using cherry wood?
Tanol Games' Large Capacity Greenhouse
We've covered builds that appear small but house many plants and farms that don't take up too much space thus far. What about a build that is both massive and capable of housing various crops? Tanol Games' large-capacity greenhouse is perfect for those of you with lots of room and time to spare. This farm is indoors but features a stunning open-air top-level roof floor where you can craft or grow even more plants. The exterior is also quite nice, with glass, leaves, and wood blending well together.
If you're hoping to recreate this huge build in a survival mode world, prepare yourself as you'll need to craft and gather quite a bit. With hundreds of wood and other such blocks that you'll need, it may feel daunting and you might opt to try your hand at it in creative mode instead. Either way, it stands as an impressive farm and pairs well with all flavors of base builds if you want to have it beside your home or within a personal village.
ItsMarloe's Redstone Crop Farm
If you want an even more functional farm that still retains an appealing appearance, look no further than ItsMarloe's mind-boggling redstone crop farm. This unique build incorporates redstone mechanics to allow for a semi-automatic farm, meaning less time spent harvesting and tending to all of your beetroot, potato, or wheat crops. It's completely outdoors but is also contained within a cute fenced-in area adorned with stone and wood décor.
Everything works quite well if you follow the creator's build guide precisely, leaving you with an efficient farm that you don't have to worry about as much. This is a great pick for players looking to farm while also wanting to dedicate more time to exploration or gathering, as well as those who prefer a more automated approach to their builds. While you can give it a try in creative mode, ItsMarloe's farm is the perfect addition to a survival mode world's base.
Foxel's Stardew Valley Farm
Our final pick of Minecraft farm ideas will likely strike a chord within Stardew Valley players' cozy gamer hearts. Foxel's farm draws direct inspiration from ConcernedApe's farming game gem, Stardew Valley, and boy does it do so well. This expansive farmstead build is much more than just an outdoor area for crops or a greenhouse, but rather an entire base dedicated to farming, ranching, and tending to land, much like the farm in Stardew Valley is.
You'll find that this farm build is also a great choice for efficiency, as you can fit all of the crops that you could ever hope to grow within its space. This build even incorporates an adorable farmhouse that you can use as your home in-game, as well as a cute barn, glass greenhouse, and even an aesthetically pleasing silo. If you want the best of both worlds and are just as much a fan of Stardew Valley as you are of Minecraft, then this build is a great one to work toward. While time-consuming, it's a good pick for a survival mode world, too, as it acts as a functional base-farm combination.
Those were just 10 of our favorite Minecraft farm ideas, but there are many more. You can choose your top pick from our roundup and try your hand at it in creative or survival mode. Alternatively, why not have a go at using one of these builds as inspiration for your own personal creation? You can always look at other creators' builds and go from there with your own additions and changes. Whether you're hoping to build the perfect cozy farm or want to create a self-sufficient space as a base, you should have the blueprint you need to start on such a project now.
