Building a Minecraft Gold Farm: Simple Guide & Tips for Infinite Gold

Gold is one of those resources that many players don’t necessarily value highly. For a long time, there wasn’t much you could do with it, but now there are fantastic uses for gold bars and possible recipes that you absolutely must include in your Minecraft world! Gold not only looks stylish, but it can also do so much more. For tools and your defence, it might not be the best choice, but it is all the more important in trading. We will explain all of this to you in more detail today, along with a guide for a simple gold farm in the Nether.

Collecting Gold in Minecraft: Valuable or Unnecessary?

Gold is quite a beautiful thing in itself! And you’d surely like to have a lot of it in your chests. However, there’s not much you can do with it, as it is very soft and not necessarily good for weapons and tools. But gold offers other options, especially when it comes to trading. There are also some delicious recipes!

Piglin Bartering in Minecraft: How It Works

Piglins are some of the inhabitants of the Nether and they are after gold. They are crazy about it! Always wear at least one piece of gold armour, otherwise, they will attack you.

You can barter with Piglins, which is probably one of the best uses for your excess gold. Simply throw a gold bar at their feet and they will give you an item from their inventory in exchange. This is always random, but each item has a certain probability. You can repeat this as often as possible and even build a trading station. We have an article on this if you want to learn more. (Bartering with Piglins in Minecraft: Guide & Build an Automatic Farm)

The best items are:

• Obsidian
• Nether Quartz
• Gravel
• Ender Pearls
• Potions of Fire Resistance
• “Soul Speed” Enchantment

Villager Trading in Minecraft: Exchanging Gold for Emeralds

You can also use gold for regular trading with villagers. The Cleric will accept three gold bars and trade them for one emerald. If you have enough reputation, you can even reduce this price! The Farmer, on the other hand, accepts golden carrots and trades three of them for three emeralds. So having enough gold is also a valid method to collect some emeralds for trading with villagers.

Golden Food in Minecraft: The Best Recipes with Gold

Speaking of golden carrots, there are indeed some good recipes with gold. These are somewhat expensive, but among the best foods you can craft.

The three golden foods:

• Golden Apple
• Golden Carrot
• Glistering Melon Slice

Gold Tools in Minecraft: Why They’re Not a Good Choice

Although gold, like many other ores, can be found underground, it is not very suitable for tools, weapons, and armour. Just like in real life, gold is a very soft material, so it breaks quickly. This mechanic also exists in Minecraft, as the durability of gold tools is very low. It is even worse than wood! So keep your hands off all practical items made of gold that have durability. It doesn’t help that gold mines faster than diamonds. The repair simply isn’t worth it.

The only armour you should craft from gold is for the Nether. One piece is enough to avoid being attacked by Piglins. But you can also obtain golden armour pieces without having to craft them yourself.

Building a Minecraft Gold Farm: Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

If you want to trade gold bars, you may wonder if there is a better method than mining. You will find a lot of gold in caves or in the Mesa, but mining it all manually is not very practical either.

Thankfully, there is a monster in the Nether that drops both gold bars and gold nuggets upon death. This is the zombified Piglins (formerly Pigmen), which you should not confuse with regular Piglins. The Zombie Piglins are half-skeletal and can be found in Nether Wastes, Crimson Forests, and on a Nether Fortress. They are neutral mobs, meaning they won’t attack you unless provoked.

There are some large and complex gold farms, but they are not necessarily needed and can be very complicated. Moreover, you would have to get to the Nether and through Bedrock, which is also difficult. Today, we will show you a simple version that you can build at the beginning of a world or server. We will take advantage of the mechanic where the Zombie Piglins will attack you when provoked.

Building Materials

• Building Material
• 6 Slabs
• 5 Hoppers + Chest
• 6 Trapdoors
• 7 Ladders
• Bow and Arrow

Step-by-Step: How to Build a Simple Gold Farm in Minecraft

Find a location where a lot of Zombie Piglins spawn. A Nether Wastes biome is probably your best choice! Dig a hole with the dimensions 3x4x4 in the ground.

At the bottom of the hole, on one of the short sides, place five hoppers in a U shape, all leading into a chest. Above the hoppers and the chest, place slabs so that items can fall through, but the Zombie Piglins cannot attack you. Then build a wall of 6 building blocks above it to create a kind of pitfall. You can climb in and out of the hole using ladders.

Now surround the pitfall and the access to the ladder with a two-block-high wall. The Zombie Piglins will fall in at the front, and you can use the ladder to go down and kill them.

Finally, you need to attach the six trapdoors to the upper edge of the pitfall. These will make the Piglins think they can walk over the hole. Instead, they fall to their doom!

You can now lure the zombified Piglins with a well-aimed shot from your bow and arrow. All nearby Zombie Piglins will be alerted and try to kill you. Slip down the ladder and wait for all the monsters to fall into the hole. Kill them there with your sword and collect gold nuggets, gold bars, and rotten flesh!

You can repeat this process as often as you like. Keep looking up to lure new Zombie Piglins with a shot from your bow. They should respawn fairly quickly. The gold farm may not be particularly fast, but it is beginner-friendly and easy to build.

Conclusion: Farming and Using Gold Efficiently in Minecraft

Gold may not be the best choice for your armour and weapons, but in trading, it is unbeatable! On one hand, you can obtain emeralds from villagers, and on the other hand, you can trade items with Piglins in the Nether. And there are some really cool things involved! Use a simple gold farm to take advantage of this and acquire exciting items. Rent your Minecraft server and gather enough gold bars with your friends to keep the trading alive.