XP farms 1.0+ Very easy
XP bank (furnace with automatic storage)
Output ~100 XP/furnace/h (scalable)
Dimensions 5x3x3 (1 module)
Build time 10-15 minutes
Difficulty * Very easy
XP/h ~100-2,000 XP/h (depending on scale)
About this farm
An XP bank is a clever setup built on the fact that furnaces in Minecraft store the XP from every item they smelt. When you take a smelted item out, you get all the stored XP at once. The build is simple: hoppers automatically load the furnace with something to smelt (cactus, kelp or stone), and whenever you like, you take out the smelted items and collect all the XP that has built up. One furnace smelting cacti for an hour stores about 100 XP, and a set of 20 furnaces gives 2,000 XP/h. It's an ideal way to repair your tools quickly and to enchant without having to fight mobs.
Key features
- The simplest XP farm in the game
- Stores XP passively: you don't have to stay AFK
- Scalable: add more furnaces
- Cactus is the easiest resource to automate
- Ideal for quick tool repairs
Required materials
+ Furnaces (1-20)
+ Hoppers (2 per furnace)
+ Chests (2 per furnace)
+ Fuel (coal/lava)
+ Items to smelt (cactus/kelp)
Tips and tricks
- Cactus is the best item to smelt: it grows on its own.
- Kelp gives 0.1 XP per item: less than cactus, but kelp is easier to mass-produce.
- Connect a cactus or kelp farm directly to your furnace system.
- 20 furnaces with a steady supply of cacti = ~2,000 XP/h, enough for enchanting.
Technical specifications
| Name | XP bank (furnace with automatic storage) |
| Category | XP farms |
| Output | ~100 XP/furnace/h (scalable) |
| Dimensions | 5x3x3 (1 module) |
| Version | 1.0+ |
| Build time | 10-15 minutes |
| Difficulty | Very easy (1/5) |
| Redstone | Not required |
| XP per hour | ~100-2,000 XP/h (depending on scale) |
Related tags
XP furnace cactus kelp simple early-game repair
