Food farms 1.11+ Easy
Requires redstone
Automatic melon and pumpkin farm
Output ~150 melons or pumpkins/h
Dimensions 18x9x3
Build time 20-30 minutes
Difficulty ** Easy
About this farm
A melon and pumpkin farm is one of the most efficient automatic food farms. Melons and pumpkins grow from their stems onto an adjacent dirt block. An observer detects when a fruit appears and triggers a piston that breaks it. Hoppers collect the melon slices or pumpkins. The farm is fully automatic: it needs no player interaction at all. Melons restore 2 hunger points per slice (one melon block drops 3-7 slices) and make excellent food. Glistering melon slices (gold nuggets + a melon slice) are an ingredient in potions of healing. Pumpkins are used for snow golems, iron golems and jack o'lanterns.
Key features
- Fully automatic: no interaction needed
- Observer + piston = instant harvesting
- Melons for food and potions of healing
- Pumpkins for snow golems and iron golems
- Jack o'lanterns from pumpkins: light and decoration
Required materials
+ Observers (1 per stem)
+ Pistons (1 per stem)
+ Hoppers (1 per 2 stems)
+ Chests (2)
+ Redstone dust (16)
+ Dirt/farmland (32)
+ Melon/pumpkin seeds (16)
Tips and tricks
- A stem needs an empty spot on dirt or farmland next to it: that's where the fruit grows.
- An observer facing the spot where the fruit grows triggers the piston automatically.
- A melon block drops 3-7 slices. If you break melons yourself, use an axe: it's faster.
- Collect pumpkins whole: 1 pumpkin at a crafting table = 4 pumpkin seeds.
- A glistering melon slice (gold nuggets + a melon slice) is an ingredient in potions of healing.
Technical specifications
| Name | Automatic melon and pumpkin farm |
| Category | Food farms |
| Output | ~150 melons or pumpkins/h |
| Dimensions | 18x9x3 |
| Version | 1.11+ |
| Build time | 20-30 minutes |
| Difficulty | Easy (2/5) |
| Redstone | Required |
Related tags
melon pumpkin automatic observer piston food
