Description
These are the instructions for a Minecraft food XP farm. This is a simple build that just needs some fuel to be placed into a furnace on the bottom. When you place food into the chests on the top this will feed down into the furnace to be cooked, and thus providing the player with XP.
It is essential in Minecraft that you obtain XP. XP can be obtained in a number of ways, some of the most practical ways is to create farms. There are many different farms that can be created to farm XP. XP can also be gained during normal gameplay such as mining minerals and ores and by killing mobs.
XP is used for the following reasons in Minecraft –
- Rename equipment – rename equipment using an anvil.
- Combine enchantments and equipment – anvils allow the player to combine two broken or used enchanted books, tools, weapons or armour into one fixed item.
- Enchanting – use an enchanting table to enchant books, tools, weapons or armour.
- Mending – mending is done automatically on any item that has the enchantment of mending. The XP is removed when the mending occurs.
- Repairing – repairing is done in the anvil and it depends on what is being repaired on the cost of XP.
Ingredients
These are the ingredients and recipes that you will need to make this Minecraft food XP farm. Please ensure that you have all of the ingredients before you start your build.
Item | Picture | Amount |
---|---|---|
Chest | ![]() | 2 |
Hopper | ![]() | 2 |
Furnace | ![]() | 2 |
Hopper – for this build you will need to make a chest first.
Build Plans
Here we will explain in detail how to build this Minecraft food XP farm. Please follow the instructions carefully.

- First place two or more furnaces down You can use as many as you like.
- Place two hoppers leading into furnaces (a hopper needs to be on top of each furnace you have placed).
- Place two chests on top of the hoppers (again you would need a chest above each hopper and you will need to crouch to place these).
- Place food into the chests in order for it to feed down into the furnaces to be cooked thus giving you XP.