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Iron farm

Iron for hoppers, rails and beacons without mining: AFK near the farm and empty its chest.

Full farms

Day 1

Built from what you have on your first day.

Without redstone

330 iron an hourIron farm

330 iron an hour · 516 blocks · 0.64 an hour per block · 8 iron to build · underground farm with a deep pit

39 minutes from the first block to a full set of iron armour, then 330 iron an hour · needs no redstone

With redstone

411 iron an hourIron farm

411 iron an hour · 625 blocks · 0.66 an hour per block · 11 iron to build · dust-pulse farm, its kill below the villagers' range, dug 11 deep (needs 45 redstone dust)

43 minutes from the first block to a full set of iron armour, then 411 iron an hour · needs 45 redstone dust

Other farms

296 iron an hourIron farm

296 iron an hour · 198 blocks · 1.5 an hour per block · 18 iron to build · golems burn in lava pits

44 minutes from the first block to a full set of iron armour, then 296 iron an hour · needs no redstone

442 iron an hourIron farm

442 iron an hour · 665 blocks · 0.67 an hour per block · 11 iron to build · dust-pulse farm with three watchers, its kill below the villagers' range, dug 11 deep (needs 44 redstone dust)

47 minutes from the first block to a full set of iron armour, then 442 iron an hour · needs 44 redstone dust

381 iron an hourIron farm

381 iron an hour · 568 blocks · 0.67 an hour per block · 16 iron to build · two bed-plate farms side by side, dug 8 deep

67 minutes from the first block to a full set of iron armour, then 381 iron an hour · needs no redstone

353 iron an hourIron farm

353 iron an hour · 827 blocks · 0.43 an hour per block · 17 iron to build · bed-plate farm with its chute to the side, dug 11 deep

55 minutes from the first block to a full set of iron armour, then 353 iron an hour · needs no redstone

349 iron an hourIron farm

349 iron an hour · 517 blocks · 0.68 an hour per block · 8 iron to build · bed-plate farm dug 7 deep, its kill out of the villagers' sight

44 minutes from the first block to a full set of iron armour, then 349 iron an hour · needs no redstone

344 iron an hourIron farm

344 iron an hour · 543 blocks · 0.63 an hour per block · 8 iron to build · bed-plate farm with two watchers and two sleepers, dug 11 deep

44 minutes from the first block to a full set of iron armour, then 344 iron an hour · needs no redstone

326 iron an hourIron farm

326 iron an hour · 920 blocks · 0.35 an hour per block · 8 iron to build · underground farm, drop then sideways chute

44 minutes from the first block to a full set of iron armour, then 326 iron an hour · needs no redstone

302 iron an hourIron farm

302 iron an hour · 480 blocks · 0.63 an hour per block · 11 iron to build · dust-pulse farm dug 11 deep, its kill pit 13 below the beds (needs 45 redstone dust)

42 minutes from the first block to a full set of iron armour, then 302 iron an hour · needs 45 redstone dust

258 iron an hourIron farm

258 iron an hour · 544 blocks · 0.47 an hour per block · 8 iron to build · underground farm with a sideways chute

38 minutes from the first block to a full set of iron armour, then 258 iron an hour · needs no redstone

256 iron an hourIron farm

256 iron an hour · 417 blocks · 0.61 an hour per block · 8 iron to build · bed-plate farm dug 12 deep, nothing on the surface

38 minutes from the first block to a full set of iron armour, then 256 iron an hour · needs no redstone

244 iron an hourIron farm

244 iron an hour · 284 blocks · 0.86 an hour per block · 8 iron to build · underground farm beside the village

34 minutes from the first block to a full set of iron armour, then 244 iron an hour · needs no redstone

Middle

An evening's build, for more iron.

1,800 iron an hourIron farm

1,800 iron an hour · 1,836 blocks · 1.0 an hour per block · 86 iron to build · four farms around one kill chamber

1,834 iron an hour from a 107-minute build

1,700 iron an hourIron farm

1,700 iron an hour · 4,207 blocks · 0.40 an hour per block · 66 iron to build · farms around one kill chamber

1,696 iron an hour from a 107-minute build

931 iron an hourIron farm

931 iron an hour · 993 blocks · 0.94 an hour per block · 46 iron to build · two farms kill their golems where they land and one water channel carries the iron to one chest

931 iron an hour from a 77-minute build

919 iron an hourIron farm

919 iron an hour · 888 blocks · 1.0 an hour per block · 46 iron to build · two farms drop their golems into one water channel that carries them to one lava chamber and one chest

919 iron an hour from a 71-minute build

faster than smaller versions

441 iron an hourIron farm

441 iron an hour · 615 blocks · 0.72 an hour per block · 16 iron to build · golems fall out of sight to a lava blade

441 iron an hour from a 27-minute build

430 iron an hourIron farm

430 iron an hour · 2,562 blocks · 0.17 an hour per block · 333 iron to build · villager carousel: twelve villagers ride minecarts past one golem station, a gate at every stop

430 iron an hour from a 211-minute build · twelve villagers riding minecarts past one golem station

Late

The most iron: modules you copy side by side.

858 iron an hourIron farm

858 iron an hour · 706 blocks · 1.2 an hour per block · 61 iron to build · pair stack: two modules stacked, the upper one's golems falling into the lower one's lava blade

858 iron an hour, 6,864 in a night AFK

Components

The pieces an iron farm is made of, each with the best versions to build into your own farm.

One whole farm, the unit bigger farms are copies of: its iron an hour, its blocks and its build time. 9 versions.

Where the villagers sleep and watch the zombie: how many villagers, and how many of them watch. 14 versions.

What hides the zombie at night, so the villagers can sleep. 3 versions.

Golem spawn area

The floor where the golems appear: its size, and how often a golem finds a spot on it. 3 versions.

How the golems get from where they appear to where they die. 6 versions.

Where the golems die: the lava, the drop, and whether the villagers see it. 7 versions.

How the iron reaches your chest, and how long the chest holds it. 2 versions.

The chests that hold the iron until you come back for it. 2 versions.

The way to the chest and back, and the way in to build it. 1 version.

Villager carousel (in progress)

An iron farm being built: batches of villagers ride to one station by turns, and each batch summons its golem there. Each part as it stands today, with what it measured.

Station, portal pad and Nether kill

Where each batch of villagers panics and summons its golem: the golem lands on a pad touching a portal, leaves for the Nether at once, dies there in lava, and its iron is sorted and stored. 1 version.

Release controller

The redstone that sends the villagers out 3 by 3: each golem pulse releases the 3 head carts, then moves the 18-cart queue up 3 slots in three steps; a missed golem falls back to a timed release, and an early one is held. 3 versions.

The one bed of the farm, beside the loop: each night every villager's cart turns off into it by turns; the villager is dropped beside the bed, sleeps, is woken by a zombie behind an iron hatch that opens and shuts by itself, gets back into its own cart, and waits there until its group passes again. 1 version.

Single-lane loop

The villagers ride one track in carts: the queue moves up 3 places after each golem, the front 3 leave for the station and come back to the tail. 1 version.