Iron farms in Minecraft: Everything you need to know

In Minecraft, iron is one of the most important resources that players can have. It is one of the best resources to create armor, tools, and weapons out of. Players will need to use iron to create lots of useful items.

Iron is used to create good pickaxes, shears, water buckets, and much more. Without iron pickaxes, players would not be able to mine diamonds.

Since iron is used for many things in the game, players need to have a lot of it. Players can find iron inside caves and ravines or chests around the Minecraft world. Players will need a stone pickaxe or higher to mine iron.

Iron farms are one of the most effective ways for players to keep a large quantity of iron in a simple and organized way. Iron farms will save the player a lot of time and a lot of resources.

Iron farms cannot be found naturally spawning around Minecraft the world like food farms or other farms. Iron farms have to be created by the player and can vary in size.

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What is needed to create Iron Farms in Minecraft?

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Creating iron farms in Minecraft can be simple, but first, players will need some resources before they can get started. This may seem like a lot of items, but it'll be worth it in the end.

1. 36+ stone
2. One block of dirt
3. Four blocks of oat leaves
4. Three beds
5. Four chests
6. One glowstone block
7. 37 Stone slabs
8. Two Hoppers
9. 10 Glass panes
10. One lever
11. Spruce Trap doors (9-10)
12. 7 standard rails
13. One powered rail
14. A Minecart
15. Two stone stairs
16. Two wooden chairs
17. 36 fence pieces
18. Red Wool
19. One name tag
20. One lantern
21. Shovel
22. Water buckets

Players will also need to make sure that there are villagers and a zombie close by. These items should be enough for a player to build a 5x5 iron farm.

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How to build it?

There are several different ways for players to make iron farms in Minecraft, so they vary in size and shape. Players can use the listed materials above to build a 5x5 iron farm.

Below are two videos where the iron farms are different but still function using some of the same materials listed above. The second video uses a few different resources. However, it is still functional, and some of the resources are the same.

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How does it benefit the player?

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Iron farms will yield around 30-40 iron per hour for players to collect. Iron farms work by using methods to scare villagers. When villagers get frightened, they will spawn an iron golem.

On the farm, iron golems are spawned and then either immediately killed or separated into a holding cell to be killed later. Iron farming from iron golems is one of the most efficient and easiest ways to iron farm Minecraft.

Players will be able to gain a great amount of iron in a short length of time.

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