Farming refers to the systematic production of Renewable Resources. Specific types of farming include:
- Animal Farming
- Using Wheat, Seeds, and Carrots to breed animals, to be slaughtered for their products or used in Egg, Milk, or Wool Farming.
- Automatic Farming
- Using Redstone circuits to produce cactus, melon or pumpkin with limited player interaction.
- Cactus Farming
- Farming Cacti for Cactus Green dye or traps.
- Carrot Farming
- Farming carrots.
- Chicken Egg Farming
- Farming Eggs for use in Cake, Pumpkin Pie or creating Chickens.
- Cobblestone Farming
- Creating a stone or cobblestone generator for self-repairing shelters or harvesting.
- Cocoa Bean Farming
- Farming Cocoa Beans for use in Cookies or creating Brown Wool.
- Ice Farming
- Farming ice using a self-refilling rink.
- Iron Farming
- Farming Iron Ingots by killing the Iron Golems spawned in large NPC Villages.
- Gold Farming
- Farming Gold Nuggets by killing the Zombie Pigmen which spawn in the Nether or near Nether Portals in the Overworld.
- Melon Farming
- Farming Melons for Melons.
- Mob Farming
- Creating spawn rooms for hostile mobs, to be killed for their drops.
- Mushroom Farming
- Farming Mushrooms for use in mushroom stew or creating giant mushrooms.
- Nether Wart Farming
- Farming Nether Wart for use in Brewing.
- Potato Farming
- Farming potatoes.
- Pumpkin Farming
- Farming Pumpkins for use in Pumpkin Pie or Jack 'o' Lanterns.
- Snow Farming
- Trapping a Snow Golem and digging the Snow it produces.
- Spawner Farming
- Waiting at an active monster spawner for monsters to spawn. This includes mobs that do not spawn naturally without the use of spawners, notably Cave Spiders.
- Sugar Cane Farming
- Farming Sugar Cane for Books and Sugar, which is required for Cake and Pumpkin Pie.
- Tree Farming
- - Farming Trees for wood, saplings, apples, or charcoal.
- Villager Farming
- Farming NPCs by creating houses, doors, or curing spawned Villager Zombies.
- Vine Farming
- Farming vines for use instead of Ladders or for decoration.
- Wheat Farming
- Farming Wheat, which is required for Bread, Cake or Cookies.
- Wheat Seed and Flower Farming
- Farming Seeds and Flowers, which are used for breeding and decorative uses.