Description
These are the instructions for a Minecraft cow farm. Cows are produced either in the wild or are bred by feeding them wheat. This is a cow farm early build as it gives the player a ready supply of raw beef/steak and leather.
This farm is a simple pen housing the cows and relies on the player feeding, breeding and killing the cows.
The product of this build is cows.
- Food – cows produce raw beef/steak which once cooked is a great source of food.
- Leather – cows drop leather when killed. This can be used for making books, armour, item frames and trading with villagers.
- Milk – cows can be milked the milk can be used for removing status effects, baking cakes, Countering the whither effect.
- Breeding – cows can be bred very easily by the player producing an endless supply.
Here’s where you can find cows and leather and other uses for them:
- Cows – can be found in most places on the map where there are grass blocks.
- Milk – can be gained by placing an iron bucket on a cow. The milk can be drunk when you have been poisoned.
- Bartering – piglins in the nether may give leather if given a gold ingot.
- Killing – mooshrooms, horses, donkeys, mules, llamas and hoglins may all drop leather when killed.
- Loot chests – leather is sometimes found in village chests or bastian remnants in the nether.
- Crafting – combining 4 rabbit hides will make leather.
Ingredients
These are the ingredients and recipes that you will need to make this Minecraft cow farm. Please ensure that you have all of the ingredients before you start your build.
| Item | Picture | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Fence |  | 23 |
| Gate |  | 1 |
| Wheat |  | Stack |
Build Plans
Here we will explain in detail how to build a Minecraft cow farm. Please follow the instructions carefully.
- First lets build an enclosure using the fences. Ensure that you leave a gap for the gate.
- This can be as large or small as you need.
- Next add the gate so you can get into the enclosure.
- Ensure that you keep this closed so that you don’t get mobs in your pen.
- Next lets get some cows into the enclosure.
- Use the wheat to lure the cows through the gate by holding it in your hand.
- After feeding the cows with wheat they will start to breed.
- The hearts coming out of the cows mean that they are breeding and a baby cow will appear.
Hints and tips
What can go wrong – cows escaping
- Ensure that you close the gate whenever you enter or leave the pen, this stops the cows escaping and also from mobs getting in.
Where next
Additions to the build – carpet tiles
- The only addition to this build is a carpet tile can be placed on top of the fences to make it easy to get in and out of the pen. The player uses the carpet tile by jumping on it to get over the fence. This means that you don’t have to open the gate at all unless you are putting more cows in to it.