Manual or automatic ?
Melon Farm (automatic)
Sugar cane Farm (automatic)
The pistons push the sugar cane into the water where it all collects in a pile.
Sugar cane farm (manual)
Why build a sugar cane farm you ask?
On servers with an active economy sugar cane farms can be a good way to make money.
The example shown above is an example of a three story manual sugar farm.
Sugar cane farm automatic
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Here pistons will push the sugar cane into the water were it will float to a collection point |
Automated farms use redstone wiring and water flows or pistons in order to farm vast areas in just the push of a button or the pull of a lever, however these farms can often be unsightly and complicated to construct.
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Manual farms often look preferable to the their automated brothers. |
Manual farms can be constructed relatively quickly and do not need any complex wiring, however you might have to get your hands dirt because these crops won't harvest themselves.
Be sure to surround your farms with fences and lighting, to stop mobs destroying your entire crop
Cobblestone generator/farm
If your tired of being in those dangerous and cramped tunnels, and all you need is a little stone, the cobblestone generator is for you.
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the flow of water can also be used to transport the stone away |
Using a pickaxe the stone is easily mined without having to dig a hole in the ground and climb endless ladders. The supply is limitless so the landscape isn't ruined too.
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A collection bucket means the farmed stone isn't just washed away. |
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Just to show it works ;) |

Animal farming
Open or enclosed ?
Egg farm
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There is no need to run around chicken chasing with the egg farm |
The chickens are put into a small pen that has a single water flow, the water pushes any eggs into the collection point. There is no need to run around chicken chasing with the egg farm
Using half slabs a collection point is made, this because the water will not flow through the half block space but eggs can be picked up through it.
Cow catcher
If your can't wait for that new leather jacket but don't have the time to find and catch your own cows try building a cow catcher.
Using a powered mine rail to push the cart a cow can be captured. When the cart enters the pen through the fence gap it catches a cow and is pushed back out when it hits another.
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One cow in a cart |
The cow cannot escape and can be dispatched of (humanely with a sword of course).
In order to ensure the cow catcher operates effectively the pen must be filled with cows, and it must be at least two fences high in order to stop cows jumping out.
can it capture other animals like chickens or pigs.also can it capture enemies?
ReplyDeleteIt can capture sheep and mobs that go on the ground (even slimes) but not chicken or pigs because they can go under the fence where the rail comes in. The pen needs to be full otherwise the cart gets stuck inside, i'm working on a system that drops the animals into a water stream and brings them to you will post it soon. Hope you find the idea helpful and entertaining tho :)
Deletehow do the powered rails work? i haven't yet been able to get them to work. please help!!!
ReplyDelete- JazziBee Roxx
They have to have a power supply going to them maybe a redstone torch underneath or next to it. also you can put a piece of track that is weight activated to power the rails infront.
Deletehope this helped. if not reply to this and i will post a pic of what i mean.
place a red stone torch next to the rail.
Deleteplace a red stone torch next to the rail THAT is unlitten
DeletePowered rails work by setting them down on a solid block and putting a redstone torch beside it or putting redstone connecting the rail to a button, or by using detector rails on both sides of the powered rail vertically. If you don't understand, look at pics, videos, or http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Minecraft_Wiki.
Deletewill there be any videos on how to make these things
ReplyDeleteYeah one day. which ones are you interested in?
DeleteI really need to know the melon farm
ReplyDeletethere we go
Deletethe melon farm appears to just be a row of pistons placed under the dirt blocks. wire the pistons to a button/switch and when it extends it'll break the melons into slices.
Deletemake sure you only have one row of dirt next to each melon stalk so the melons stay on the blocks wired to the pistons.
this is awesome
ReplyDeleteJust wanna say thanks for this website, i don't play multiplayer so i don't ever get other peoples ideas on how to build things and don't like having to youtube everything just to find something cool to build in my world. bookmarked, and gonna probably build everything on here eventually.
ReplyDeletethanks for all the help this website is pretty awesome
ReplyDeleteThis iz a nice site,no lag here and awesoem building ideas. But I think you guys should add a place for building
ReplyDeletehow tos. And lets builds
cows
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