How to Make a Minecraft Wool Farm

There are plenty of uses for wool in Minecraft, so no doubt why players want to have it in bulk. Since it can be dyed in 16 colors, it’s a great bright and vibrant building block. Moreover, a few rather essential blocks contain wool in their crafting recipes, such as abed in Minecraft, and it comes very much in handy when exploring anancient city in Minecraft. Thankfully, this block can be farmed easily, and in this guide, we will show you how to make a wool farm in Minecraft.

Mechanics of a Minecraft Wool Farm Explained

The wool farm in Minecraft is pretty straightforward to construct. Although a bit expensive, we recommend you firstbuild an iron farm in Minecraftand then you can focus on this farm. The wool farm uses the sheep-eating grass mechanic. Every time a sheep does so, it will regrow its wool if it was sheared.

The change of block state of that grass block can be detected with an observer and a dispenser will then shear the sheep. It’s the Hopper Minecart below that will collect the sheared wool, and you get infinite wool without much work. You do need to keep the dispensers filled with shears at all times, though, to keep the farm running.

Materials Needed to Make a Minecraft Wool Farm

EveryMinecraft dye colorwill have its own module in our wool farm, but you can also make a farm for all colors. We have included a list of materials required for both here:

For each color module, here are all the materials necessary for a wool farm in Minecraft:

If you are planning to make a wool farm for all colors in Minecraft, you need the following materials:

Build a Wool Farm in Minecraft: A Step-by-Step Guide

Note: This will activate the piston and push the grass block into the minecart. If you chose this route, you will need to remove the rail minecart is sat on before pushing the grass (dirt) block. The farm will function either way, but it’s more compact like this.

Also, while you are here, don’t forget to check out thebest farms in Minecraftif you are setting up your world and are on a farm-building spree.

After you shear a sheep, it’ll look for a grass block. Then, it’ll eat the grass and immediately regrow its wool.

Yes, it definitely is. Wool is used in many different scenarios and is quite frequently needed. So, if you make a wool farm early in your world, you’ll have plenty of wool to build, plan or sneak with.

Radojka Travar

I’m a gaming enthusiast with a strong passion for writing. My expertise lies in creating simple, to the point and clear content teaching you about various features, mechanics and community-based inventions related to Minecraft. In spare time, I love flying around in my Minecraft world and exploring stories of other pixelated games.

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