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GUIDE TO:
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Cover design: John Stuckey
FARMING
Cover art: B Smart
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS FARMING?
FARMING BASICS
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6-7
8-9
W elcome to the official Guide to Farming ! There are many ways to play
Minecraft, but one of the most satisfying is journeying through Survival
mode to the End. Along the way you’ll need many items and blocks, and
creating them quickly and efficiently is what farming is all about.
1. FARMING CROPS
Figuring out systems to do the work for you is fun, and they’re fulfilling to watch
PRINCIPLES OF CROP FARMING 12-13 in action. This guide shows you what you can produce, why you’d want to
WHEAT, CARROTS, POTATOES & BEETROOT 14-23 produce it, and how. It starts with growing crops and moves on to livestock, and
MELONS AND PUMPKINS 24-25 then turns to farming hostile mobs, finally finishing with generating blocks.
SUGAR CANES 26-27
MUSHROOMS 28-29 As farming at its purest is about making the resources you need to survive and
COCOA 30-31 venture onward, the focus here is on farms that are practical, using few rare
resources while being safe and straightforward to build and use. They’re meant
2. ANIMAL FARMING to be about making your Minecraft life easier, after all. But that doesn’t mean you
can’t be a little creative and silly with them, too.
PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL FARMING 34-35
PASSIVE MOBS 36-39 Let your inventive side loose, and enjoy!
TAMEABLE MOBS 40-41
OWEN JONES
3. HOSTILE MOB FARMING THE MOJANG TEAM
PRINCIPLES OF HOSTILE MOB FARMING 44-47
EQUIPMENT 48-49
OVERWORLD MOBS 50-57
NETHER MOBS 58-67
4. BLOCK FARMING
PRINCIPLES OF BLOCK FARMING 70-71
BLOCKS 72-77
FINAL WORDS 78-79
