Gold is a valuable material in Minecraft, just like real life. Obtaining and maintaining a supply of gold in the game gives you the materials needed to craft some of the best healing items in the game, such as golden apples, as well as brewing materials such as golden carrots and glitter melon slices .
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As a result, building a gold farm should be one of your top priorities. Luckily, with our handy guide, you can build a simple and effective gold farm.
Golf Farm Concepts
The gold farm we are going to build works by harvesting gold nuggets from zombified piglins. Piglins spawn in abundance in the Nether, especially in the Nether Wastes. So this is where you will want to build your gold farm.
The Gold Farm works by trapping the Zombified Piglins, then safely killing them to harvest their gold. The best way to do this is to create a hole and cover it with hatches. If the trapdoors are open, the Piglins will believe there is a block below them and enter it, falling into your farm. 5x2 is a good setup for this, as it allows a fair amount of Piglins to fall into the trap.
Build the gold farm
You will need to build high walls on either side of the initial pit you dug. It's a good idea to secure one side with doors, a ceiling, and generally enclose the gold farm from the outside, except for the trap entrance. This creates a safe side and entrance.
Three blocks down you'll want to place hoppers, then chests. This will capture the gold for easy collection.
By digging down to the level next to the hoppers, you will now need to create the point where you will attack the Piglins. At the hoppers, you'll want to place a line of slabs aligned with the feet of any trapped creatures. If you don't remember to place this slab, the little Piglins will be able to escape. This creates a harvest area.
On the other side of the trap, it is useful to dig for easy access to chests.
Once you've finished building, simply attack the Zombie Piglins by attacking one of them and lure them into the trap by standing on the safe side you created. Next, drop down into the harvesting area and hit the Piglins. Any gold they drop will be deposited in the chests below. And here is your gold farm!
Once you've mastered gold farms, why not try How to Build an Iron Farm in Minecraft on Pro Game Guides.
