Description
These are the instructions for how to build a Minecraft redstone carrot farm. To get carrots to grow in this redstone carrot farm it is essential to plant them near to a water source. This farm works by allowing the crops to grow naturally and then the player will pull a lever and the water will flow down and harvest the carrots. With this build there will only be carrots harvested, unlike wheat where you will have wheat and seeds to collect. The water will push carrots into the hoppers and eventually into a chest for you to collect.
- Food source – carrots are a food source for the player.
- Breeding – carrots can be used for breeding pigs, rabbits and villagers.
- Harvesting – carrots can be planted to grow more carrots. Each carrot drops between 2 and 4 carrots when harvested.
- Crafting – carrots can be crafted with gold nuggets to create golden carrots, which are used to brew potions of Night Vision. Golden carrots also provide one of the highest saturation levels when eaten.
- Crafting – carrots are an ingredient in crafting a carrot on a stick, which is used to control pigs when riding them.
To grow carrots you will first need to obtain carrots. These can be found at the following places.
- Village farms.
- Zombies have a chance to drop carrots.
- Carrots can sometimes be found in shipwreck supply chests.
- Carrots can also be found in dungeon chests.
Ingredients
These are the ingredients and recipes that you will need to make this Minecraft redstone carrot farm. Please ensure that you have all of the ingredients before you start your build.
| Item | Picture | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Stone block |  | 34 |
| Bucket of water |  | 8 |
| Repeater |  | 8 |
| Redstone dust |  | 10 |
| Chest |  | 2 |
| Hoe |  | 1 |
| Lever |  | 1 |
| Hopper |  | 8 |
| Sticky piston |  | 8 |
| Carrots |  | 48 |
- Hopper -in this build you need craft a chest to make it.
- Sticky Piston – for this build you will need to make a piston first.
Build Plans
Here we will explain in detail how to build this build a Minecraft redstone carrot farm in Minecraft. Please follow the instructions carefully.
- The first stage is to prepare for the redstone section of the build.
- This entails digging 2 blocks down in a 8 block x 3 block section. Then on the left hand side dig 3 block x 2 blocks.
- Finally a 1 block down and a 1 block x 2 blocks to enable you to get out of the hole. Dig this on the end of the 3 x 2 block hole. It should look something like the picture.
- Lets now place down the sticky pistons. Place the sticky pistons in the back section ensuring that they are green side up.
- Next run repeaters pointing towards the sticky pistons along the whole length of the sticky pistons.
- Then place redstone dust behind the repeaters extending by one block at the end and place down a lever in the next block.
- When switching the lever the sticky pistons should come level with the ground.
- Lets now switch the lever and ensure that the sticky pistons extend and retract normally.
- Ensure that the pistons are extended and are level with the ground before we move on to the next section.
- Ok, first up lets hoe a rectangle, from the sticky pistons, hoe 6 blocks all the way along the pistons to make a 6 block x 8 block rectangle.
- Dig a 1 block hole down each side of the tilled area.
- Next dig a 1 block deep hole along the opposite end to the sticky pistons for 10 blocks (2 blocks longer than the tilled area on one end).
- Place your two chests down as shown in the picture. Next you need to place your 8 hoppers leading into the chest, you will need to crouch to place the hoppers .
- Fill the hole by the side of the tilled area with water ensuring it reaches both ends.
- In this section we need to build the stone walls around the build.
- From the hoppers place stone blocks over the water and go up 9 blocks.
- Next place a row of stone blocks on top of the pistons.
- Then place a second row of stone blocks to join the two rows in step 2.
- Place a row of stone blocks above the repeaters making a trough.
- Now lets place water into that gap.
- You should now have something that looks like this picture.
- Lets now make sure that this works.
- If you select the lever that you placed earlier, the front row of blocks will drop down and the water will flow down the edge of the hoppers.
- This is final section, we plant the crops and wait for them grow.
- Select the lever and watch the crops flow down into the hoppers and then into the chest.
Hints and tips
What can go wrong – water flowing into the hoppers.
- Ensure that there are six blocks for the water to flow over.
What can go wrong – mobs trampling crops.
- Build fences and a gate around the build to protect the crops.
Where next
Additions to the build –
- Increase crops – this build can be made wider by adding more pistons and hoppers, it cannot be made longer as the water will only reach this far.