Cows are, without a doubt, the most amazing domesticated mob in Minecraft. The cows are friendly, easy to breed, and yield some amazing items. You can get food, leather, and milk, which acts as an anti-potion element, from the cows. But it’s usually the most crucial time in the game when you can’t find any cows near your base. Luckily, that issue has a simple solution. You just need to learn how to make a cow farm in Minecraft. Once it’s ready and populated, you will never have to search for another cow again. With that said, let’s get started!
We will first cover the mechanics and requirements to build a cow farm in-game. But if you want to skip ahead to the functionality, you can do so using the table below.
- Mechanics of a Minecraft Cow FarmItems Required to Make a Cow FarmHow to Make a Cow Farm in MinecraftAutomatically Kill Cows to Collect XP and ItemsFrequently Asked Questions
Mechanics of a Minecraft Cow Farm
Unlike other useful Minecraft farms, the cow farm can’t be automated – at least not without the use of Minecraft commands. So, you must put in some effort now and then to keep your automatic cow farm functional. But, at the same time, it also implies that cow farms are the easiest to make.
You need the following items to make a cow farm in Minecraft:
- Two cowsStacks of wheat (as many as possible)A stack of fences (or less, depending on the area)A fence gate
You can easily find two cows within the plains biome and its variants in Minecraft. You can read about all the Minecraft biomes via the link right here. They are much more common around villages. The same villages can also help you get wheat. Though, you can grow your wheat in Minecraft to get enough of it for your farm.
The crafting recipe of fences and fence gates only requires sticks and wooden planks. You can use any wood to create them. Moreover, their recipe is, in a way, opposite of each other. And thanks to the abundance of wood in Minecraft, you can quickly build many fences.
Follow the steps below to quickly and easily build a cow farm and get various resources in Minecraft:
Then, create a boundary around that area using fences. Then, add a fence door to the boundary for entering the farm and transporting cows.
Next, use wheat to make the cows follow you and have them enter the farm area. You only need two cows to get started but having more of them is only better.
Next, to activate the farm, hold a piece of wheat and stand outside the farm. The cows will move towards you as soon as they notice the wheat.
When the cows approach, you have to feed them wheat to make the cows breed. As soon as both cows are fed, you will see a baby cow spawn. It will take 20 minutes for the baby cow to grow into an adult. And it only takes 5 minutes for cows to be ready to breed again. So, if you time it right, you can get plenty of cows in no time.
Automatically Kill Cows to Collect XP and Items
In cow farms, most Minecraft players usually grab a sword and kill as many cows as they want. It is usually a need-based action. Though, unless you save some of them, you will have to start from scratch. In any case, you can follow these steps below if you wish to improve the killing process:
Then, place water in one corner of the farm. This will create a flow of water that pushes cows in one corner of the farm.
In the corner where water takes the cows, replace the corner block with a hopper and its surrounding blocks with magma blocks.
Now, every cow that reaches this corner will die because of damage from magma blocks. Their dropped items will get collected into the chest via the hopper.
The above mentioned method is the most efficient for killing a bunch of cows at once. Whenever you want to stop, you only have to remove the placed water to stop the flow of cows.
How to auto-breed the cows?
Unfortunately, there is no way to feed, and thus, breed the cows automatically in vanilla Minecraft. But you can use Minecraft mods to get this feature.
How to get seeds to grow wheat in Minecraft?
