The EASIEST Wool Farm in Minecraft 1.21!
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Do you love building cool things in Minecraft, but getting wool feels like a chore?
Today you will learn how to build the easiest Wool Farm in Minecraft 1.21!
This farm is super easy to make, even for beginners. It will automatically collect wool for you, allowing you to have all the fluffy fun you want! Plus, this design is easily expandable, so you can create a woolly wonderland as big as your building desires.
Watch the video tutorial at the end of this post for a detailed step-by-step guide.
Benefits of a Wool Farm
- Consistent Supply: An automatic Wool Farm ensures a steady supply of wool, a valuable resource used for trading, building, or crafting various items including beds, carpets, banners, and paintings.
- Building Projects: Wool is a versatile building material that can be used for decorative purposes, insulation, or structural elements. A significant advantage is that you can design the farm to produce whatever wool color you like!
- Time-Saving: Having a Wool Farm will eliminate the need for manual sheep shearing or killing, saving you precious time and effort, that can be used in other Minecraft activities.
- Easy to Build: The design is straightforward and the required resources are easy to obtain.
How It Works
- The sheep is enclosed in a 1-block space with a grass block underneath.
- Sheep naturally consume grass blocks. As a sheep grazes on a grass block, it converts the block into dirt.
- An observer block is placed to monitor the grass-to-dirt conversion (indicating the sheep has eaten the grass).
- When the observer detects the block change, it sends a redstone signal that will activate a dispenser equipped with shears.
- The sheared wool is collected in the output chest.
- Grass blocks naturally regenerate over time, ensuring a continuous supply for sheep to graze upon.
Farm Details
- Farm Performance (1-Sheep farm):
- 50+ Wool Per Hour
- Farm Mode: Fully Automatic
- Farm Location: Overworld Dimension
- Farm Expansion: Easily Expandable
- Platforms: Java & Bedrock
- Versions: 1.21 +
Required Materials
- 7 Glass
- 2 Chest
- 1 Dispenser
- 1 Observer
- 1 Hopper
- 1 Minecart Hopper
- 1 Rail
- 1 Redstone Dust
- 1 Shears
- 1 Trapdoor
Additional Tips
- Apply a color dye to the sheep to make the farm produce the desired wool color.
- If you have mob griefing turned off this farm won’t work.
- If you have followed everything and the farm is not working, you have to shear the sheep first for it to start working.
