How to Make Farmland in Minecraft

1. Dirt/Grass Blocks
2. Hoe (Any Material)

It is incredibly simple to start making farmland in Minecraft. While you cannot obtain farmland, it is very simple to make it. You just need to right-click on some dirt or grass blocks with a hoe equipped to make farmland for yourself. You can start planting crops as soon as you have access to a hoe.

The first step to making farmland is to get a hoe. The material of the hoe does not matter as it does not make better farmland, instead, it just makes your hoe have higher durability if you use a higher grade material. To make a hoe, you will need 2 sticks and 2 wood, cobblestone, iron ingots, gold ingots, or diamonds.

Once you have made a hoe, you just need to select it in your Hotbar and right-click on dirt to make farmland. This will take some durability away from your hoe, but you can always make another if necessary. Use whatever material is expendable to you.

You should also consider where you want your crops to be. You will need some space for a large-scale farm, and you will need to have water aligned with your crops as well. Since you cannot move farmland, it is best to dig up some dirt to supplement wherever you want to grow your crops.

Also, be careful treading on your farmland. You can walk without holding the sneak button over your farmland without trouble, but you cannot sprint or jump on your farmland without destroying it! Tread carefully and make sure you do not drop from higher than a block onto your farmland otherwise you may need to re-till the land.

This goes for mobs, both passive and hostile mobs can break your farmland, so keep it well protected.

Water will hydrate your farmland if the farmland is within 4 blocks of the water. Not everything within 4 blocks is hydrated just yet, but you can clearly see the outreach of the water below and how farmland will quickly deteriorate on its own without being hydrated.

As you can see, the water will reach 4 blocks away diagonally as well, making a 9x9 square of land fully hydrated by one water source block placed in the middle. Hydrating your farmland is not required to grow crops, but it will lower the time it takes to grow crops. It will also ensure that you do not need to re-till the land if it happens to deteriorate.

Farmland can also be hydrated by rain. While this is not a particularly consistent method, it can help you get efficient crop growth before finding a bucket to move the water.

In order for the farmland to be hydrated, it needs to be on the same “Y” level as the water placed nearby. The water can be placed 1 block above where the farmland is and still provide hydration 4 blocks away.

You will have to make farmland in order to grow crops. You can grow wheat, carrots, potatoes, beetroots, melons, and pumpkins out of your farmland.

Pumpkins and melons have some special qualities, but every crop in the game requires you to have some farmland placed first in order to grow. Farmland is also relatively interesting as the block height changes to 15/16 blocks high. While it is difficult to arrange any secret buttons or chests behind this margin, there are some creative applications that you can accomplish with this.

There is one advancement related to farmland in Minecraft. It is the “A Seedy Place” advancement that requires you to plant a seed and watch it grow. Its parent advancement is the husbandry. While the advancement does not specify any particular seed, it does need to be either beetroot, melon, pumpkin, wheat, or curiously nether wart. The nether wart can only be planted on soul sand, so its inclusion stands out from the others.

Planting any of the 5 listed above will do the trick for this advancement, assuming it is next in line.

What is a Farmland Block in Minecraft?

A farmland block is a tilled piece of dirt that you can plant crops on in Minecraft. Farmland is a special block that cannot be obtained, instead, you must create it from dirt/grass blocks with a hoe. While it cannot be obtained, it is a relatively common block as you can create it anywhere with a hoe equipped. Farmland does not need sunlight to grow, and instead simply needs water to be placed within 4 blocks to prevent it from decaying.

How to Decay a Farmland?

Getting your farmland to deteriorate is simple. You can jump on top of it to get rid of it immediately, or if you need a more large-scale solution, you can plug up any water that is nearby the farmland and the farmland will decay naturally. You can also sprint on top of the farmland to get it to deteriorate faster.

Congratulations, you now know the ins and outs of farmland in Minecraft. Knowing how farmland behaves will get you in your way of building an impressive self-sufficient farm that keeps you alive in survival Minecraft. Make sure to keep your farmland hydrated if you want to ensure that your farm survives. Since hunger is used in just about everything in Minecraft, it pays to understand how to keep efficient crop growth.