How to Build a Tree Farm: Unlimited Wood on Demand

Wood is one of the most important resources in Minecraft, and there’s plenty of it in every world. Not only are there many different forests, but you can also plant and grow trees using saplings. This makes wood renewable, but chopping down trees every time can be tedious. So, today we want to look at various types of tree farms that will make collecting wood much easier. Some of these are simple to implement, while others require a bit more effort.

Types of Wood in Minecraft

While Minecraft initially started with one type of wood, there are now ten different logs and planks you can find and craft. This makes the world of Minecraft very diverse, giving you many options to expand your tree farm and collect all ten types of wood.

Overworld:

• Oak
• Birch
• Spruce (+ large variant)
• Jungle (+ large variant)
• Acacia
• Dark Oak
• Azalea (Oak)
• Mangrove
• Cherry

Nether:

• Warped Stem
• Crimson Stem

All trees consist of two components: the trunk and the leaves. While the trunk is an essential resource for crafting and building, leaves disappear and leave behind saplings and sticks, sometimes even apples (Oak) or vines (Jungle). Both are important and should be considered when building a tree farm.

Basics for Tree Farms

To grow and harvest a tree, you first need a sapling. While most trees only require one sapling, large spruces, large jungle trees, and dark oaks need four saplings. Trees grow naturally with enough light or can be grown using bone meal. They must be planted on dirt or a variation of dirt.

Each tree has different variations in which it can grow. A single oak sapling can grow into either a small or a large oak tree. You should use an axe to chop down the wood, while leaves can be harvested with shears or a hoe with Silk Touch.

Simple Tree Farm for Any World

This simple tree farm should be built in every world because it is not only easy to set up but also very practical. The trees grow naturally in this design, but you can also use bone meal. Another advantage of this farm is that the trees have enough space for their leaves, so you’ll get enough saplings and other items.

Instructions:

1. You need a large, flat area to build your trees. You can expand the farm as you wish. It’s best suited for single saplings but less so for 2x2 saplings.

2. Each sapling should be four blocks away from another sapling. You can border the locations or build your tree farm from another material. There are no limits here as long as the saplings grow on dirt or a variation of dirt.

3. Place a light source between the saplings so they can grow naturally. Bone meal is not necessary if you have little of it or don’t need much wood.

4. If you want to plant oak trees but don’t want them to grow too large, cover the farm with a roof or solid blocks. A height of 7 blocks is required, with the eighth block serving as a stopper to prevent giant oaks.

Efficient Tree Farm for More Wood

If you can do without the leaves and want to focus primarily on one type of wood, a compact farm is most worthwhile. However, you will need enough bone meal because trees do not grow naturally when saplings are planted right next to each other.

You can obtain bone meal in various ways. You can either build a mob farm or look for a skeleton spawner. We’ve already provided instructions for that (How to Build an Automatic Monster Trap: Endless Resources) . You can also search for a soul sand valley in the Nether, where you will find wither skeletons made of full bone blocks. Each of these contains 9 bone meal. Check out our article on a Nether hub (How to Build a Nether Hub: Travel Faster in Your Minecraft World) for more details.

Instructions:

1. This tree farm works similarly to the one above but can be built more compactly. Simply line up your desired saplings in a row and use bone meal to grow them. This works with large trees as well.

2. Then, you only need to chop the wood and repeat the process.

Spruce Farm with Water Collection Basin

The trees that give you the most wood by far are large spruces. While there are also large jungle trees, they drop four times fewer saplings, making them much harder to grow. This farm also uses a collection basin to gather excess saplings and logs, making it much easier to use. Bone meal is also necessary here, so keep plenty on hand!

Instructions:

1. Measure an area of 16x16 blocks so that the water flow can collect the excess saplings and wood. A row of water sources should be enough to flow over eight blocks, fitting two levels in the field. One row will remain at the end. There, place a water channel leading to a hopper and a chest. We discussed a similar design in our wheat farm (How to Build an Automatic Wheat Farm) .

2. Build a small 2x2 platform a few blocks above the water so that the water flow is not interrupted. You can grow your large spruce trees there. Harvest them by building a spiral staircase up.

3. Regularly check the chest to collect new saplings or logs. You can also use this for other types of trees, but spruces give you the most wood by far.

Conclusion

You can’t avoid wood in Minecraft! It’s everywhere and needed for many recipes. It’s also one of the most important resources if you want to build. So, a tree farm is worth it to collect enough of the wood of your choice. Depending on whether you have enough bone meal or not, you can set up your farm accordingly. Never run out of wood again! Build a tree farm on your own server and supply yourself and your friends. Rent your Minecraft server and let the trees grow! Collecting wood for building projects is much faster and more enjoyable together.