IMPORTANT: Check out the video description for important updates, FAQs, and tips! If your rates are a lot lower than expected (or you see wither skeletons bunching up along a wall near the golem), lower the portal at the spawning platform by 1 Y level (without adjusting anything else). This fixes a sporadic pathfinding issue. PAPER AND SPIGOT servers often disable entities in playerless dimensions, which results in mobs cramming to death and teleporting their drops to the kill chamber. You can work around this issue by having a friend AFK within 128 blocks of the overworld bridge, or you can convert the overworld bridge into a kill chamber.
Great video! Im for sure making this farm. Why are we killing the skeletons in the nether and not in the overworld? Wouldn't killing them in the overworld be less work and not hurt the mob cap in nether?
@@healyourgutguy Hi! To simplify the video, I present a single design that can work with different situations, but you are absolutely correct that if you commit to a 2-player design, it would be best to put a killing chamber in the overworld.
@@stikyscommands6381 Hi Stiky! The farm isn't mob cap limited, so putting in wither roses actually doesnt really help. It would improve the rates by maybe a few percent at best. For the sake of comparison, the 2 wolves increase the rates by about 10%.
This farm has singlehandedly destroyed the economy of my server in its first week and I absolutely love it. Starter houses using beacons as light? Yes.
@@YellowBunny Good point, though it's not written out as clearly on-screen, as other tutorials like Shulkercraft do, thus the comment (and the numerous likes in favor).
I've watched a couple of tutorials that were obviously based on yours and it was so frustrating. I'm so happy, that one of them linked to this video. Thank you so much for explaining every single thing and giving extra information! THIS is how a tutorial should be. Can't wait to follow it step by step. :)
I love how you also explain the reasons behind the design. It makes the structure way more interesting to build and learn from rather than just rotely following a recipe like a lot of tutorials out there.
@@RidgeVR Y, Ian made a perfect block by block tutorial that is much better than all of shulkercraft tutorials, explained mechanics, shown the best conditions, material list, ways to speed run building and searching, perfect block by block tutorial tutorial that is extremely easy to follow, it's literally absolutely better than shulkercraft tutorials, why would you want a shulkercraft tutorial then Also, you realize the amount of effort that it takes to design a similar farm with these materials and rates, you realize that each time shulkercraft steals a design from someone the original video views gets stunned and shulkercraft takes all the fame while he literally did nothing, you realize that ian has WAY less subs than what he deserves and sc will make them even lower rates, I wish this just never happens because the original video already fits everything the viewers want.
@@chamsderreche5750 it's sad if shulkercraft uploading a farm hurts the original poster but if it doesn't hurt them, it would actually be good for him to post it, as it would raise how many people know about it. best case scenario would be him posting it and giving credit at the beginning of the video
your simplicity is a thing of beauty! watched ALL your minecraft video's tonight, and somehow i've learnt more about the game than in the past 9 years i've been playing it. you're a complete breath of fresh air! thank you very much for making me WANT to play minecraft again. can't wait to see what your next innovation will be.
Built it in my 1.20 hardcore world just now, works fantastic. As a note, for those of us who don't think about these things beforehand, mobs CAN and DO spawn on the platform while you're building it. Exercise extreme caution :D
How long did you have to wait, when i go throught the portal in the overworld, There are a lot of wither skeletons but they do not enter the other portal leading to the chamber. I have waited for more than 30 min.
VERY IMPORTANT: For people making the farm underground/underneath netherrack make sure the eggs have 2 air blocks above them!! This lets the zombie piglins see them and despawn, giving much higher rates. When i did this my rates were extremely noticeable.
- I know this. - I read this comment before building - I still managed to forget and had to run all the way back and to my mobswitch to fix this simple mistake >_< :D
How long did you have to wait, when i go throught the portal in the overworld, There are a lot of wither skeletons but they do not enter the other portal leading to the chamber. I have waited for more than 30 min.
For those who want better rates (keep in mind that the farm is already running pretty well for it's simplicity, if you want absurd rates you'll have to build another design which immediately clears spawning spaces and takes far longer to build): - Place 4 wolves in the corners like shown to shoo the skeletons into the portal/outside of the despawn sphere - Build a clock of your choice that pushes the player station up every minute or so to clear out blazes from the platform - Building another layer is not worth it because you'll have a hard time building it. If you do, you'll need to place more turtle eggs, one for each side, in the middle of the other 2 to lure pigman out of the despawn sphere, and spawn proof an unreasonably large area given the marginal increase in drops. - Removing the cobwebs in the overworld has no effect on the rates as they simply serve to bunch up the skeletons a bit more before they transport to the chamber. They're not necessary to build either Add-ons to consider: - a simple item sorter + sword disposal to clear the killing chamber to reduce lag on lower end servers/PCs - a furnace array so you can smelt your items with the ungodly amounts of coal provided - if you don't have mending, a Smite III or better enchanted diamond sword kills the skeletons in 2 hits, making it last a little bit longer. Info: The farm does take quite a while to get up to speed due to the cobweb and length of the bridge. It takes around 10 minutes for it to spit wither skeletons out.
Hey there, your farm is working like a charm !! Small advice for those, like me, who would have only blazes and zombie pigmen : the farm requires NO LIGHT in order to spawn skelettons !
Nothing was coming through the portal. I checked the overworld bridge, empty. I make the trek back to the spawning platform. The portal is unlit. D'oh. Works like a charm. Keep up the great work my dude. All your farms are aces.
So, I just spent some time on time on this farm actively killing wither skeletons. Not only to get 3 stacks of skull and more coal and bones than I'll ever need but mostly as a cathartic treatment killing these suckers as I remember all the hours I spent, looping through nether fortresses, high on fire res potions, to maybe get my next 3 skulls. God this farm works so well and can be built in like an hour. You Sir, are a genius for coming up with this and deserve a million more views!
I didn’t expect this to work as well without roses or spawn proofing, but boy it’s working so well that I have to leave a comment. I’ve done this for about 20 minutes and already have 100+ either skulls
I tried the wither rose method but due to the bounding box being smaller for wither skeletons to spawn on any block, you have to do nether bricks on this farm unless you want to spawnproof.
the farm videos you make are so well made! sometimes I just go through and watch/listen to them just to learn about the mechanics of the game. I really appreciate how you go into every detail for the construction of the farms to answer any "why are you doing this specifically?" questions, understanding how everything works makes fixing any mistakes I make while building easier to recognize, as well as making it easier for me to make any modifications that I want/need since you're helping me actually understand how the farm works. Thanks for making these farm tutorial videos!
Someone recommended you in another RUclipsr's comment section. I took trust in his trust in you. I followed this video and it worked immediately! It was not nearly as hard as I thought it would have been. The only hard part is farming all the nether brick... THANK YOU!!!
How long did you have to wait, when i go throught the portal in the overworld, There are a lot of wither skeletons but they do not enter the other portal leading to the chamber. I have waited for more than 30 min.
this guy never misses!! I can't believe I haven't thought of this, given that it's pretty much the same as your gold farm. thanks so much edit: wow that trick with the portal breaking is genius
I was getting a lot of pigmen in my farm, found out it was because my spawn platform was built inside the netherrack and I made it 3 high as suggested so the wither can spawn, but that ment it was only 1 air block above the turtle egg. You need at least 2 air blocks above the eggs for zombie pigman to rush it.
Came from the Shulkercraft video to say thank you! I've never built a wither skeleton farm because I always thought it was far too much effort, but this farm is stupidly easy to build. I'm also a big fan of the huge amounts of bones you get, as I need thousands of bone blocks for a project. Thanks for designing this simple yet efficient farm!!
Remember to jump regularly, so the despawn sphere gets one block higher, which clears every mob on the spawning platform, including the blazes that might accumulate
How often do you jump? That'll clear the wither skeletons too so so I guess there's an optimal timing. My farm is only getting about 70-80 per hour so I'm wondering if this could help
I love this. I used to think gnembon and LogicalGeekBoy had the best quality farm videos, but I think it’s you now. This is an absolutely amazing farm, props to you for designing it, and the video is packed full of useful information with a quick and easy to follow tutorial. This has inspired me to start designing my own farms. Obviously I’m not going to be designing a wither skeleton skull farm, but I want to design a max efficiency iron farm for my world.
I feel like these tend to be more optimal for single player, or small population, worlds compared to folks like Gnembon. Gnembon tends to go all out, but some of his farms are just optimal in general. LGB vs Ian might be more a matter of how much work, and what you want to get. LGB seems to go more toward the, "I can do it day 1," sort of vibe. I gotta say, a good mix of the three works well for me.
Thanks for the farm man, however I'm an idiot and it took 5 million backups to get this working on my survival world, but now it is, and I'm very happy, anyways, I'll think I'll definitely be building this farm again in the future, it's amazing.
i used fences from a part of the fortress that wasn't part of the spawner area and still saw wither skeletons spawn on my platform but idk because i just built this and no skeletons are going through
@@suprotimnandy There are plenty of videos that will tell you to do it in a soulsand valley or warped forest to avoid spawnproofing. This design is admittedly even simpler due to the AFK spot above the roof with the portal elevator.
You are an absolute goat, don't get me wrong but I nearly pulled my hair out until I figured out that the spawn platform had to have 1 red area above it in order for things to spawn when I installed minihud. Cheers mate, subbed.
@@geoffreysandyaquino0119 the problem is that these 2 specific biomes have very low spawning rates for other mobs, because enderman and skeletons spawn on light level -7 and ghast needs 5×4×4 area to spawn, other biomes will make the farm far slower than the mentioned rate. I was so lucky because I found both of them
@@notLucaZ-b5n you must have built it wrong. If there's absolutely 0 wither skeletons spawning then make sure that your spawning platform is inside the bounding box of the fortress, and that your portals are linked properly
Well I've killed 60 wither skeletons in my game with looting 3 and haven't gotten a skull yet so I'm going to build this farm. Already got all the materials
@@dheerajkurapati1284 Takes a few minutes to kick in, but it matches ianxofour's rates. More than enough to supply all the bone meal and coal you'll ever need
Making this farm for the 3rd time on a server, my friends love it. Your farms never disappoint, and not only does this farm get you endless beacons withing half an hour, you have access to unlimited white dye, bone meal and coal. As well as lots of xp levels, Thank you Ian again
These farms require the same amount of genius to come up with. But a very different approach. The scicraft crowd would rather spend 3 weeks building a farm to get triple the rates as Ian's one hour builds.
@@jacobbabcock8943 scicraft is a technical minecraft smp. they dont care about instant farms made by others even if their drop rates are good. Their goal is making their own custom farms to push their efficiency to their limits
I'm amazed how well this works. Half an hour for roughly a stack of wither skulls, a stack of blaze rods, and a shulker full of blocks of coal and bone blocks. Can't believe the coherence of making all these farms both simple and efficient. Amazing
yoooooo you can't keep doing this man. These farms are so easy to build yet the results are just stupidly good. I just finish building the looting slime farm and the results are just *muah* chef's kiss. Btw keep it up hahaha LOOOVE YOUR VIDS.
Just started a new server. Saw the iron farm on every base. Next the scaffold mob towers popped up. Now we’ve got 2 water temple farms, and a few emerald stacking raid farms. Building this farm tonight after work. Can’t wait to e more designs Ian!!! You are becoming the staple farm designer.
In exactly 1 hour of farming I got: 2,880 coal (45 stacks) 3,712 bones (58 stacks) 95 wither skulls (1.5 stacks) Amazing rates for the simplicity. It took 2 hours to make including material collection.
Hello! Just commenting for people finding this later. I built this on a paper server, playing 1.20.4, and it worked perfectly (after trying and failing to build some other wither skeleton farms on the same server, including a knockoff of this tutorial which forgot to mention some key mechanics). Thank you so much! Your designs are always so practical and up to date.
was very affraid to have messed up something with the coords, and very happy when i saw the first wither skeletons arrive ! thanks for this awesome build !
Thank you for the brilliant farm and the perfectly structured tutorial (and informative description box!). Just finished building the farm my single world still on 1.19.2. First time building a wither farm! Such a joy watching the spawning platform with the freecam mod and then skellies started appearing on the afk spot.
I just wanted to say big thank you for this tutorial and design. I came here after weeks lost doing Shulkercraft's farm. Me and my friend together spent 2 weeks on creating 256x256 perimeter in the nether (just for our satisfaction), doing proof spawning on the bedrock and building farm. And it didn't work. On our server we tried many things but wither skeletons did not want to spawn on wither roses on our server. We lost two weeks of hard work and we were sad about it. Then I searched for different farms and I discovered this design which I can't even tell how amazing is. Thank you for this tutorial. It is well designed, well presented and clear. I also see that you reply to people in comments even to this day. You are commited to this work and I can see you want to help people individually. Great job and thank you again. Pure elegance!
I've built this farm on 4 servers now... it is by FAR the best wither skele farm and I will continue to build it until someone finds an easier one... but damn this is just SO EASY to build and the rates are fantastic. Thank you for this!
This farm is, of course, completely in line with the rest of ianxofour's body of work - absolutely astounding. The materials list is attainable for early game, the instructions are clear, and the results are game-changing. That said, I spent about three additional days trying to figure out a sorting system that sorted the skulls, bones, coal, and disposed of the swords in lava. If you're interested in making this farm, keep in mind you will either have to use your own inventory as the 'filter' for the items, or spend quite some time retrofitting the automated sorting system.
This has work fantastically for me. I needed mass bonemeal for some early farms and decided to try this out since I would need skulls at some point anyway. Took less than an evening of work from 0 items to complete and was perfect instantly. Just wanna thank you for all of your work with these awesome designs. P.s. would love to see you tackle moss -> bonemeal farms, tree farms and some renewable source of ice even though mobs seem to be your speciality
After remembering to go back and remove all the torches I put on the spawning platform for building, this farm worked first time, perfectly. I'm just rolling in wither skeleton skulls! Can't wait to star dropping beacons everywhere when I go mining. Thanks so much for the great tutorial!
built the gold farm by ianxofour a couple of days ago and it works stupidly well. tried this one now and its just as easy and efficient(other than the bit where the farm is around 5000 blocks away from my main portal in the nether, blame my seed for being that bad). youtubers should start urging their viewers to check ianxofour's channel out to their viewers more often, his farm are used literally all over youtube. it will really help him grow his channel and make content with even more enthusiasm. hands down the best design i've seen for a wither skeleton farm though, even ones that require spawn proofing are only half as rewarding as this one. thanks for letting everyone know about this crazy design, ian!!!
I just built this farm on a Java multiplayer server, version 1.20.4. Great farm and great easy to follow video. I've built this a handful of times in the past with no issues. As of version 1.20.4 and this comment, you do need to lower the portal at the spawn platform by 1 for pathfinding purposes as stated by Ian in his FAQ's. I couldn't get the farm to work without doing so. If you are playing on multiplayer or a server, you do need to be the only person in game in order for the farm to work solo. Otherwise, you will need someone close to the bridge in the overworld to keep mobs from de-spawning. I would recommend a glass shelter (Or other spawnproof block) on top of, but behind, the portal to the killing chamber in the overworld. This way the mobs will run to you and teleport away. Great job as always Ian!
The rates on this farm are insane for a farm without spawn proofing, and damn it broke the server's economy I play on XD. Cheers for the guide! Works in 1.18.2
@IlikeBridge Depends on how far away the other player is. I use it when other players aint online, Or when my buddy is online as their base is right next to the farm.
@IlikeBridge Nah, the other player needs to be within 128 blocks of the bridge in the overworld, or they would despawn. However, if you use Fabric as your server choice, you could spawn a local player into the afk spot using Carpet, which would work. Only other thing I can think of is to have a chunk loader going between the nether / bridge area, using a Hopper clock and minecart dispenser / cactus. That *should* keep you loaded.
I would like to recommend putting a hopper under each of the slabs that the skeletons fall on, and filling each slot with 1 wither skeleton skull so that it will pick them up automatically, freeing your entire inventory up to pick up other loot this will be able to store up to 640 skulls (including the ones you put in) which should be good for ~5 hours
@@pramod.n3835 Nahh I meant for the items, just fill you inventory with items other than the items dropped, and get them to an item sorter, and filter out the swords, to lava or something.
Man this is such an OP farm! Not sure the reason is for the cob webs since I forgot to put mine down while building this. It doesnt seem to matter since there's still huge amount of rates going through the portals. Just swung at the farm for 10 mins and slammed with 15 nether skulls. Thanks so much ianoxfour to share this with everyone!
Followed a Voltrox tutorial but came here to drop a like and a nice comment. Great design, and I really appreciate you explaining how it works as well! So much easier to troubleshoot and understand technical Minecraft when I know how it's supposed to work. Thanks!
Thank you for this farm, it's like one of the best thing I've ever built in my whole Minecraft plays. I've been vibing a lot in this farm for days cause my partner needs an ungodly amount of coal but also it's just a pleasant farm to hang out in. The building is really challenging but also fun and rewarding. Also the tip to keep your inventory full is just so good and I never really thought of it before. Thank you so much for creating this. I pray for your success in the future.
don't forget to break the torches if you put some during the construction of the spawning platform, or you will only have blazes and pigmans ! It will save you a lot of time looking for your mistake...😅
Excellent design, sir. I suspect the people who are saying it took 10 minutes to get going built it incorrectly, or in a bad location. I ran a timer from the second my feet hit the killing chamber floor. I had wither skeletons dumping in within 72 seconds exactly.
Loved the video. This solves a lot ot my problems, form when i tryed to brain storm a simple WS farm. Btw, for those who want to use an auto clicker, let your sword swing every 0.625 seconds (this is 1 second/1.6 atack speed)
I love how you explain everything so clean and easy. That's a gift. My favourite Channel for farms and I have watched tons on YT. But your channel is the best.
Took some time to get everything in place, but I got lucky and didn't have to travel too far to find a fortress out in the open in the middle of a large chunk of soul sand desert. Once I got everything in place it didn't take long to assemble and get running. Very clear and well-presented tutorial. Thanks!
Just stumbled across the dolphin video and now I’m watching all of these farm videos. These are possibly the best well thought through farms on this entire platform; well done
JUST BUILT IN 1.20.4 (Java, on a realm) HERE TO PROVIDE ANY DATA ON BUILDING THIS FARM! So first off, I recommend making a 1 block hole in the nether roof near where you’re going to build this. Getting to the roof efficiently is really helpful. Second, I recommend splitting up the work load. Focus on finding a fortress in a soul valley first, whether that be by travel or chunkbase, a separate day from actually traveling to and building this farm. Be as neat as possible. There is a lot of measurements, and thinking and preciseness needed for the coordinates, so using shulkers, and a bow and maybe a shield will really come in handy. Ian says it should be 100 blocks away from other biomes but I build mine within 50-60 blocks to another biome and it works very well. Additionally, bring tons of invis potions, and food. The golem is annoying to get into the chamber. I closed the chamber then pushed him in rather than using a lead, it was easier that way. I’m sorry if this seemed wordy, but I truly think sharing my experience while building this may help future choosers of this farm.
@@kiddhyw1 yup. Works great. I’d say if you’re gonna bring potions scratch the invis pots and just bring fire resist for the blazes. They get really annoying
Yeah, the 100 block comment didnt make too much sense for me, I cannot think of a single reason why its important enough to mention. You have some increased spawnrates for slimes in basalt biomes, and zombie piglins in nether wastes. But thats kinda it? in a lot of cases, you're building high up enough to exclude those spawns from your spawning sphere anyway, and if it really impacts the rates you can always come by with a stack of tnt and a few beds
I built this yesterday and set it AFKing overnight, I now have over 10 stacks of wither skulls. I had to do the pathfinding fix in the pinned comment, but after that it was perfect.
@@Aspenaar It's pinned so it should be at the top, but it just says this: IMPORTANT: If your rates are a lot lower than expected (or you see wither skeletons bunching up along a wall near the golem), lower the portal at the spawning platform by 1 Y level (without adjusting anything else). This fixes a sporadic pathfinding issue.
Great Video! Everything was simple, understandable, and had nothing important left out. Thank you for making this farm as it is very efficient and helped me a lot personally on the server i am playing on with my friends (i spawned thousands of withers)
Another amazing design man these farms are so so cool and simple. I used to have other go to people for my farms but now I know to come to this channel if I want something super simple but still awesome. I always think I need some grand huge farm design but you make them simple and they still produce more than I could ever even need!
For others that build too high: I built my farm within what I thought was the bounding box, but the fortress generated strangely. Moving the farm down to the level in the video helped. When you build the platform, expect to see wither skeletons, magma cubes and blazes on it when leaving and returning the area. I saw skeletons and assumed it worked; but those were just soul valley spawns. I did not need to move down the overworld portals, and I only extended the drop chute down to the new afk floor, it works well enough. Some spawn proofing would help, but this is sufficient. Thanks for the tutorial!
This is one of the only minecraft tutorials I have found, that quite literally explains everything. Thank you so much. I will be using this in the future :)
this works absolute wonders in 1.19! Thanks for the tutorial. I did nearly lose my hardcore world to going inside the tunnel of wither skeletons like an idiot but 100% worth it!
I have been super intimidated by most Wither Skeleton farms. Most of them seem so incredibly work intensive that I've never tried them. The simplicity of this is awesome, and it works like a charm. Thank you so much for this build!
I wasn't sure if I would be able to build this farm correctly. I was afraid I would mess something up halfway through and then be left with a lot of wasted effort. The hardest part was finding the right fortress and avoiding getting killed by the mobs! But once I got started, the build was easy and straightforward. And it works perfectly! I have so many skulls now!!! Thank you!
i followed a similar tutorial by someone else and my farm was frustratingly slow. Turns out he got a couple things wrong. I should have known to find a tutorial of yours. Your videos are always a 10/10
Just built this farm in my 1.20.1 server and it works perfectly! The only problem I ran into was when I was building the 30x30 platform, I started getting an insane amount of blaze and wither skeletons spawning and harassing me. Luckily, I have an iron farm, so I just built a ton of Iron Golem bodyguards. This is the third "Minecraft Elegance" farm I've built, and they've both worked perfectly. Thanks for the great tutorials!
For anyone seeing very few wither skeletons... check the 2 overworld portals. It may be that they are spawning in the upper portal instead of the lower and are falling out the backside down to the ground. Just put a couple blocks on the other side of the portal to keep them on the platform. When I built this farm, they go from upper to lower portal, instead of other way around. Still seems to work just fine though. If I should change this to get better results, let me know!
yeh I did this once on my sp world and it worked perfectly, and then I tried again on a server with a friend last night and it linked to the wrong portal like the way you said, and the rates are so bad that they dont even come push themselves to the other portal
I have a long term experimentation world that has still never dropped a wither skeleton skull after nearly 100 kills. Then in my main/current world I got 3 skulls in the first 20 kills. Luck is crazy like that. Either way the statistics of a farm like this will make that luck irrelevant thankfully lol
I also have the mod that shows the bounding box of the fortress and I used that info to make the spawning platform 1 block below the top of the bounding box of the fortress (My player is one block in the bounding box and one block above it when standing on the killing platform for reference) and from what I can tell nothing is spawning at all. Edit- I just rechecked the bounding box in relation to my spawning platform and it turns out I built it one block higher than I intended 😭 so I have to remake the ENTIRE farm ONE block lower.... FINAL EDIT- I just finished rebuilding the farm one block lower and added a custom autosorted storage system. Now that I got it working I can say this farm is insanely good!
I appreciate that even tho you are in creative, you don't fly around to build it like others do. Great farm btw, built in 2 of my worlds so far, works great!
Thank you for the great video. It works great and i have tons of skulls, however I must warn anyone building this to beware of the portal linking step. When linking the portals I messed up and ended up in a cave jammed full with about 60 wither skeletons. It did not end well. lol.
Great build, great tutorial. I was having a lot of trouble getting it to work, so i lowered the portal (in the spawn room) by 1 block and removed the stairs. I also read a ton of replies, but it didn't help. HOWEVER, I lowered my afk platform by 1 block and all of a sudden the mobs started coming in, and i mean COMING in. I hope this helps someone if you are stuck and only getting one or two mobs through every ten mins.
IMPORTANT: Check out the video description for important updates, FAQs, and tips!
If your rates are a lot lower than expected (or you see wither skeletons bunching up along a wall near the golem), lower the portal at the spawning platform by 1 Y level (without adjusting anything else). This fixes a sporadic pathfinding issue.
PAPER AND SPIGOT servers often disable entities in playerless dimensions, which results in mobs cramming to death and teleporting their drops to the kill chamber. You can work around this issue by having a friend AFK within 128 blocks of the overworld bridge, or you can convert the overworld bridge into a kill chamber.
Great video! Im for sure making this farm.
Why are we killing the skeletons in the nether and not in the overworld?
Wouldn't killing them in the overworld be less work and not hurt the mob cap in nether?
@@healyourgutguy Hi! To simplify the video, I present a single design that can work with different situations, but you are absolutely correct that if you commit to a 2-player design, it would be best to put a killing chamber in the overworld.
@@ianxofour Nice thanks!
If I was to use update suppression to plant wither roses, would that increase the rates of the farm?
@@stikyscommands6381 Hi Stiky! The farm isn't mob cap limited, so putting in wither roses actually doesnt really help. It would improve the rates by maybe a few percent at best. For the sake of comparison, the 2 wolves increase the rates by about 10%.
This farm has singlehandedly destroyed the economy of my server in its first week and I absolutely love it. Starter houses using beacons as light? Yes.
Hahahaha! Thanks for sharing!
Bruh
What Server IP?
i love this.
disable entity through nether portal easy
Here's a materials list, hoping these can be included in the future, please! (Upvote for better visibility, thanks!)
896 Nether Bricks (14 stacks)
360 Netherrack (5 stacks) [any temp. block]
130 Cobblestone Wall* (2 stacks+2)
88 Glass (1 stack+24)
75 Stone* (1 stack+11)
58 Obsidian
49 Stone Slab*
12 Redstone Repeaters
10 Ladders
4 Cobblestone Stairs*
4 Chests
4 Turtle Eggs
3 Cobwebs
3 Iron Bars
2 Trapdoors (any wood)
1 Door (any wood)
4 Iron Blocks/1 Carved Pumpkin [Iron Golem]
1 Lead
Flint & Steel to light portals
Ender Pearls to access Nether Roof
*any non-flammable type can be used
Ah yes, Netherite the perfect temporary scaffolding block. I am a pauper who uses dirt M'lud.
@@akshaysk9582 Hahaha whoops, fixed it to "Netherrack" They ought to have been more creative when naming these blocks, heh
If only the video had a chapter called "Materials list" where the materials were shown.
@@YellowBunny Good point, though it's not written out as clearly on-screen, as other tutorials like Shulkercraft do, thus the comment (and the numerous likes in favor).
Oh wow thank you! v helpful
Now I can have the stone sword farm I've always dreamt of
priorities.
You know, a junk vendor mechanic would be kinda cool. It'd be cool if the nitwits could facilitate that somehow.
Mmmm yes the meta of sticks and stones
It might break my bones
@RedSnt A whole inventory of stone swords for an emerald lol
I've watched a couple of tutorials that were obviously based on yours and it was so frustrating. I'm so happy, that one of them linked to this video. Thank you so much for explaining every single thing and giving extra information! THIS is how a tutorial should be. Can't wait to follow it step by step. :)
Be sure to check the video description for tips and updates.
@@ianxofour I've read every information you provided. Again, thank you SO much!
Edit: It works like a charm on my server. 💚
I love how you also explain the reasons behind the design. It makes the structure way more interesting to build and learn from rather than just rotely following a recipe like a lot of tutorials out there.
This is by far one of the most underrated tutorials out there. You get straight to the point and build as if you were in survival mode.
Yeah but I got so confused when it came to the placement of the farm😥
I would really like a shulkercraft tutorial of this.
@@elijah3789 why?
@@RidgeVR Y, Ian made a perfect block by block tutorial that is much better than all of shulkercraft tutorials, explained mechanics, shown the best conditions, material list, ways to speed run building and searching, perfect block by block tutorial tutorial that is extremely easy to follow, it's literally absolutely better than shulkercraft tutorials, why would you want a shulkercraft tutorial then
Also, you realize the amount of effort that it takes to design a similar farm with these materials and rates, you realize that each time shulkercraft steals a design from someone the original video views gets stunned and shulkercraft takes all the fame while he literally did nothing, you realize that ian has WAY less subs than what he deserves and sc will make them even lower rates, I wish this just never happens because the original video already fits everything the viewers want.
@@chamsderreche5750 it's sad if shulkercraft uploading a farm hurts the original poster but if it doesn't hurt them, it would actually be good for him to post it, as it would raise how many people know about it. best case scenario would be him posting it and giving credit at the beginning of the video
your simplicity is a thing of beauty! watched ALL your minecraft video's tonight, and somehow i've learnt more about the game than in the past 9 years i've been playing it. you're a complete breath of fresh air! thank you very much for making me WANT to play minecraft again. can't wait to see what your next innovation will be.
Wow, thanks!
Built it in my 1.20 hardcore world just now, works fantastic. As a note, for those of us who don't think about these things beforehand, mobs CAN and DO spawn on the platform while you're building it. Exercise extreme caution :D
Check the peer pressure fortress farm video for important tips on managing spawns while you build.
also i highly recommend making sure you use an iron door if you haven’t already. i just died because a bunch of mobs broke through the door
I just lowered my render distance to 2. And I used fire pots. Had no problem making this farm! It’s an absolute beast of a farm!
omg they ripped my ass off, if i wasn't already brewing 8min fire res potions it'd be almost impossible to build it.
@@LucianoVeryNiceHi bro i always build it without fire res and it’s so easy
Just crazy! Incredible farms.. speechless at how clever you are
How long did you have to wait, when i go throught the portal in the overworld, There are a lot of wither skeletons but they do not enter the other portal leading to the chamber. I have waited for more than 30 min.
VERY IMPORTANT: For people making the farm underground/underneath netherrack make sure the eggs have 2 air blocks above them!! This lets the zombie piglins see them and despawn, giving much higher rates. When i did this my rates were extremely noticeable.
This helped me immensely. Thank you
- I know this.
- I read this comment before building
- I still managed to forget and had to run all the way back and to my mobswitch to fix this simple mistake >_< :D
How long did you have to wait, when i go throught the portal in the overworld, There are a lot of wither skeletons but they do not enter the other portal leading to the chamber. I have waited for more than 30 min.
For those who want better rates (keep in mind that the farm is already running pretty well for it's simplicity, if you want absurd rates you'll have to build another design which immediately clears spawning spaces and takes far longer to build):
- Place 4 wolves in the corners like shown to shoo the skeletons into the portal/outside of the despawn sphere
- Build a clock of your choice that pushes the player station up every minute or so to clear out blazes from the platform
- Building another layer is not worth it because you'll have a hard time building it. If you do, you'll need to place more turtle eggs, one for each side, in the middle of the other 2 to lure pigman out of the despawn sphere, and spawn proof an unreasonably large area given the marginal increase in drops.
- Removing the cobwebs in the overworld has no effect on the rates as they simply serve to bunch up the skeletons a bit more before they transport to the chamber. They're not necessary to build either
Add-ons to consider:
- a simple item sorter + sword disposal to clear the killing chamber to reduce lag on lower end servers/PCs
- a furnace array so you can smelt your items with the ungodly amounts of coal provided
- if you don't have mending, a Smite III or better enchanted diamond sword kills the skeletons in 2 hits, making it last a little bit longer.
Info: The farm does take quite a while to get up to speed due to the cobweb and length of the bridge. It takes around 10 minutes for it to spit wither skeletons out.
Also probably not a terrible idea to place down a bunch of wither roses on your spawn platform once you get a wither rose farm running
@@anotheraggieburneraccount You can't place them on nether bricks.
Instead of improving your weapon, you can simply put the killing chamber portal higher so they take fall down damage and make them 1 hit kill.
I have a design that produces 270 skulls per hour, works similar to this one
@@fortun8diamond can you create tutorial for building this? It's look awesome
I've just recently found your channel when I was looking for a guardian farm, your videos are S+ tier. Super easy tutorials and very well explained.
3:30 *everyone having fun at the wither skeleton party*
That one blaze: *"where the fuck am i"*
its like that one meme with black men and one white kid
@@Lyazee i was about to say that lol
@@Lyazee Well that sounds like the black men and white child meme with extra steps.
@@Lyazee nah its like that one drake meme where he is in a crowd
@@Lyazee 5 guys 1 girl
Hey there, your farm is working like a charm !!
Small advice for those, like me, who would have only blazes and zombie pigmen : the farm requires NO LIGHT in order to spawn skelettons !
same for me, but i noticed that the portal also gives off light, so there are very few places where they can actually spawn
so did you cover up the farm or what did you end up doing?
In 1.19 wither skeletons and skeletons can spawn in light lvl 12
Nothing was coming through the portal. I checked the overworld bridge, empty. I make the trek back to the spawning platform. The portal is unlit. D'oh. Works like a charm.
Keep up the great work my dude. All your farms are aces.
So, I just spent some time on time on this farm actively killing wither skeletons. Not only to get 3 stacks of skull and more coal and bones than I'll ever need but mostly as a cathartic treatment killing these suckers as I remember all the hours I spent, looping through nether fortresses, high on fire res potions, to maybe get my next 3 skulls.
God this farm works so well and can be built in like an hour. You Sir, are a genius for coming up with this and deserve a million more views!
So true !
I didn’t expect this to work as well without roses or spawn proofing, but boy it’s working so well that I have to leave a comment. I’ve done this for about 20 minutes and already have 100+ either skulls
I tried the wither rose method but due to the bounding box being smaller for wither skeletons to spawn on any block, you have to do nether bricks on this farm unless you want to spawnproof.
Mines not quite that fast, I may need to check the platform for fire
There’s no way you got 100+ wither skeleton skulls in 20 minutes
@@luiss.3866 Might just be lucky
the farm videos you make are so well made! sometimes I just go through and watch/listen to them just to learn about the mechanics of the game. I really appreciate how you go into every detail for the construction of the farms to answer any "why are you doing this specifically?" questions, understanding how everything works makes fixing any mistakes I make while building easier to recognize, as well as making it easier for me to make any modifications that I want/need since you're helping me actually understand how the farm works.
Thanks for making these farm tutorial videos!
same
Someone recommended you in another RUclipsr's comment section. I took trust in his trust in you. I followed this video and it worked immediately! It was not nearly as hard as I thought it would have been. The only hard part is farming all the nether brick... THANK YOU!!!
How long did you have to wait, when i go throught the portal in the overworld, There are a lot of wither skeletons but they do not enter the other portal leading to the chamber. I have waited for more than 30 min.
Hmmm. I wonder if Ian will ever design a wither skeleton farm. Nah. Not his style. Too much spawn proofing required.....
Hahahaha thanks
@Anmol Singh No, a chunk loader will not work.
@Anmol Singh use console client
@@ianxofour why
@@YourName-nr6ry the farm already loads the chunks, so adding a chunk loader doesnt change anything.
this guy never misses!! I can't believe I haven't thought of this, given that it's pretty much the same as your gold farm. thanks so much
edit: wow that trick with the portal breaking is genius
I was getting a lot of pigmen in my farm, found out it was because my spawn platform was built inside the netherrack and I made it 3 high as suggested so the wither can spawn, but that ment it was only 1 air block above the turtle egg. You need at least 2 air blocks above the eggs for zombie pigman to rush it.
Thank you so much for sharing, i was having the same issue and i didn't understand why
why dont u use wither roses to stop spawning any other mob
@@aziizus6592 because you can't place wither roses on nether brick, and nether brick are necessary to allow wither skeleton to spawn
@@aziizus6592 because that’s not in the tutorial lol the whole point is it’s a farm that needs no spawn proofing or wither roses
@@essivoinoieglituio in the crossroads the iwther skellies can actually spawn on any spawnable blocks
Came from the Shulkercraft video to say thank you! I've never built a wither skeleton farm because I always thought it was far too much effort, but this farm is stupidly easy to build. I'm also a big fan of the huge amounts of bones you get, as I need thousands of bone blocks for a project. Thanks for designing this simple yet efficient farm!!
Remember to jump regularly, so the despawn sphere gets one block higher, which clears every mob on the spawning platform, including the blazes that might accumulate
WAIT OMG THANK YOU
YOU FIXED MY FARM
How often do you jump? That'll clear the wither skeletons too so so I guess there's an optimal timing. My farm is only getting about 70-80 per hour so I'm wondering if this could help
Bro this is such a good hack
@@theTARDISisme That just means the portal stuff is one block lower... Or that's what happened for me
I love this. I used to think gnembon and LogicalGeekBoy had the best quality farm videos, but I think it’s you now. This is an absolutely amazing farm, props to you for designing it, and the video is packed full of useful information with a quick and easy to follow tutorial. This has inspired me to start designing my own farms. Obviously I’m not going to be designing a wither skeleton skull farm, but I want to design a max efficiency iron farm for my world.
I feel like these tend to be more optimal for single player, or small population, worlds compared to folks like Gnembon. Gnembon tends to go all out, but some of his farms are just optimal in general. LGB vs Ian might be more a matter of how much work, and what you want to get. LGB seems to go more toward the, "I can do it day 1," sort of vibe.
I gotta say, a good mix of the three works well for me.
@@WanderingWolfe
> "I gotta say, a good mix of the three works well for me."
same here
Get this man more subs. I like the small details you include as well like "this pillar has enough blocks for the whole thing"
Thanks for the farm man, however I'm an idiot and it took 5 million backups to get this working on my survival world, but now it is, and I'm very happy, anyways, I'll think I'll definitely be building this farm again in the future, it's amazing.
Solid tutorial - and impressive to see you still answering questions basically daily. Thank you, Ian.
WARNING:
The fences surrounding a spawner do NOT count to the upper limit of the bounding box.
learnt the hard way.
thank you man
So would it be safe to say the highest nether brick block, not including any variations on the block like fences?
@@tricursor2481 yes full block sir
i used fences from a part of the fortress that wasn't part of the spawner area and still saw wither skeletons spawn on my platform but idk because i just built this and no skeletons are going through
How do you figure out the bounding box without mods
No one ever thought of creating a wither skel farm without spawn proofing
To be fair this wouldn't have worked before the Nether Update.
@@curtisstofer6678 well even after 1.16 did anyone even thought of creating a wither skel farm without spawn proofing
It was impossible, so I thought
@@suprotimnandy There are plenty of videos that will tell you to do it in a soulsand valley or warped forest to avoid spawnproofing. This design is admittedly even simpler due to the AFK spot above the roof with the portal elevator.
@@harrycooke4699 bruh ianxofour's design don't even need to spawn proof the fortress dudeeeee understand
Are you sure, gnembon released a video about this a long time ago
You are an absolute goat, don't get me wrong but I nearly pulled my hair out until I figured out that the spawn platform had to have 1 red area above it in order for things to spawn when I installed minihud. Cheers mate, subbed.
Instant gold farm: your channel. Every video pure gold
Thank you Kilian!
@@ianxofour hello do i really need to fins a fortress on soul sand valley
@@geoffreysandyaquino0119 A warped forest will also work. Other biomes will have reduced rates unless you spawnproof them.
@@geoffreysandyaquino0119 the problem is that these 2 specific biomes have very low spawning rates for other mobs, because enderman and skeletons spawn on light level -7 and ghast needs 5×4×4 area to spawn, other biomes will make the farm far slower than the mentioned rate.
I was so lucky because I found both of them
This farm is way too OP. I only AFK'd for like 10-15 mins and I got 12 skulls. Thank you!
how did u do that mine is completely not working
@@notLucaZ-b5n you must have built it wrong. If there's absolutely 0 wither skeletons spawning then make sure that your spawning platform is inside the bounding box of the fortress, and that your portals are linked properly
@@notLucaZ-b5n liittle too late but check the pinned comment
Bro mine gets like 30 in 10 mins
Well I've killed 60 wither skeletons in my game with looting 3 and haven't gotten a skull yet so I'm going to build this farm. Already got all the materials
Farm works amazing in 1.18. Went well if you don't count me sticking my head into the portal and dying instantly from wither skeletons.
lol same
hahahaha
Wt r ur rates
@@dheerajkurapati1284 Takes a few minutes to kick in, but it matches ianxofour's rates. More than enough to supply all the bone meal and coal you'll ever need
Making this farm for the 3rd time on a server, my friends love it. Your farms never disappoint, and not only does this farm get you endless beacons withing half an hour, you have access to unlimited white dye, bone meal and coal. As well as lots of xp levels, Thank you Ian again
Do you have any issues with the portals desyncing between uses, and the overworld entrance taking you to the spawning platform instead?
This is smart beyond belief. I feel like you would make a great scicraft member
These farms require the same amount of genius to come up with. But a very different approach. The scicraft crowd would rather spend 3 weeks building a farm to get triple the rates as Ian's one hour builds.
@@madman2572 thats not how scicraft works but ok
@@fullerz6147 yea it really is.
@@jacobbabcock8943 scicraft is a technical minecraft smp. they dont care about instant farms made by others even if their drop rates are good. Their goal is making their own custom farms to push their efficiency to their limits
@@fullerz6147 so by the way you just explained it, scicraft would spend 3 weeks getting triple drop rates then, wouldn’t they?
I'm amazed how well this works. Half an hour for roughly a stack of wither skulls, a stack of blaze rods, and a shulker full of blocks of coal and bone blocks.
Can't believe the coherence of making all these farms both simple and efficient. Amazing
yoooooo you can't keep doing this man. These farms are so easy to build yet the results are just stupidly good. I just finish building the looting slime farm and the results are just *muah* chef's kiss. Btw keep it up hahaha LOOOVE YOUR VIDS.
12:25 for anyone doing this farm in 1.21 be careful when you go through the portal bunch of wither skeletons came and i lost my hardcore world
omg im sorry
rip
I'm not sure if this is just a 1.21 issue
yep lol happened to me was in my elytra to but i got out luckily but yeah just be fucking careful lmao they jumpscared me
@icylolz same but i popped totem
Just started a new server. Saw the iron farm on every base. Next the scaffold mob towers popped up. Now we’ve got 2 water temple farms, and a few emerald stacking raid farms. Building this farm tonight after work.
Can’t wait to e more designs Ian!!! You are becoming the staple farm designer.
Thank you, this is the first wither skeleton farm I’ve made, and probably will be the only one. I ain’t spending 12 hours spawn proofing
12 hours spawnproofing? I wish lol
In exactly 1 hour of farming I got:
2,880 coal (45 stacks)
3,712 bones (58 stacks)
95 wither skulls (1.5 stacks)
Amazing rates for the simplicity. It took 2 hours to make including material collection.
Did u use looting lll
@@rayaanisgood9298 yep
Oh ok
blaze rods?
The blazes spawn occasionally but it’s not enough to be even close to a blaze farm
Hello! Just commenting for people finding this later. I built this on a paper server, playing 1.20.4, and it worked perfectly (after trying and failing to build some other wither skeleton farms on the same server, including a knockoff of this tutorial which forgot to mention some key mechanics).
Thank you so much! Your designs are always so practical and up to date.
Man, you're so talented at building simple yet effective designs for farms. Criminally underrated.
You are so underrated brother, you deserve more than 1 million 🙌
Thank you
was very affraid to have messed up something with the coords, and very happy when i saw the first wither skeletons arrive ! thanks for this awesome build !
Was thinking the same thing but then they started coming and I got a skull in the first few seconds :)
@@hazgebu how long did it take you for the first skelekton to spawn
@@hazgebu bc mine dont spawn im currently on a server me ans one other guy is in it
@@ltg_whatsup9717 it doesn't work if someone else is online in the overworld.
It takes like 2-3min to start the farm
Thank you for the brilliant farm and the perfectly structured tutorial (and informative description box!).
Just finished building the farm my single world still on 1.19.2. First time building a wither farm! Such a joy watching the spawning platform with the freecam mod and then skellies started appearing on the afk spot.
I just wanted to say big thank you for this tutorial and design. I came here after weeks lost doing Shulkercraft's farm. Me and my friend together spent 2 weeks on creating 256x256 perimeter in the nether (just for our satisfaction), doing proof spawning on the bedrock and building farm. And it didn't work. On our server we tried many things but wither skeletons did not want to spawn on wither roses on our server. We lost two weeks of hard work and we were sad about it.
Then I searched for different farms and I discovered this design which I can't even tell how amazing is. Thank you for this tutorial. It is well designed, well presented and clear. I also see that you reply to people in comments even to this day. You are commited to this work and I can see you want to help people individually. Great job and thank you again. Pure elegance!
thanks for the note, and im so glad that your build worked out!
I've built this farm on 4 servers now... it is by FAR the best wither skele farm and I will continue to build it until someone finds an easier one... but damn this is just SO EASY to build and the rates are fantastic. Thank you for this!
YOU ARE SO GOOD EVERY. SINGLE. FARM YOU MAKE WORKS PERFECTLY I-
ikr
This farm is, of course, completely in line with the rest of ianxofour's body of work - absolutely astounding. The materials list is attainable for early game, the instructions are clear, and the results are game-changing. That said, I spent about three additional days trying to figure out a sorting system that sorted the skulls, bones, coal, and disposed of the swords in lava. If you're interested in making this farm, keep in mind you will either have to use your own inventory as the 'filter' for the items, or spend quite some time retrofitting the automated sorting system.
this got nerfed in 1.20, they reduced mob spawn significantly near portals
@@josephchen3574still worth building
This has work fantastically for me. I needed mass bonemeal for some early farms and decided to try this out since I would need skulls at some point anyway. Took less than an evening of work from 0 items to complete and was perfect instantly. Just wanna thank you for all of your work with these awesome designs.
P.s. would love to see you tackle moss -> bonemeal farms, tree farms and some renewable source of ice even though mobs seem to be your speciality
i second that p.s.
I LOVE THIS TUTORIAL!!! This is an underrated channel, I hope you get fast channel growth in the near future
After remembering to go back and remove all the torches I put on the spawning platform for building, this farm worked first time, perfectly. I'm just rolling in wither skeleton skulls! Can't wait to star dropping beacons everywhere when I go mining. Thanks so much for the great tutorial!
built the gold farm by ianxofour a couple of days ago and it works stupidly well. tried this one now and its just as easy and efficient(other than the bit where the farm is around 5000 blocks away from my main portal in the nether, blame my seed for being that bad). youtubers should start urging their viewers to check ianxofour's channel out to their viewers more often, his farm are used literally all over youtube. it will really help him grow his channel and make content with even more enthusiasm.
hands down the best design i've seen for a wither skeleton farm though, even ones that require spawn proofing are only half as rewarding as this one. thanks for letting everyone know about this crazy design, ian!!!
In the last 5 days I built the Raid and Guardians farms, but this one is insanely efficient and easy to build. Thanks a lot and greetings from Peru :)
this persons voice is actually so good and relaxing wtf
Perfect for explanitory videos
This farm is amazing, thank you so much for all of your hard work getting this dialed in and working so well!
I just built this farm on a Java multiplayer server, version 1.20.4. Great farm and great easy to follow video. I've built this a handful of times in the past with no issues. As of version 1.20.4 and this comment, you do need to lower the portal at the spawn platform by 1 for pathfinding purposes as stated by Ian in his FAQ's. I couldn't get the farm to work without doing so. If you are playing on multiplayer or a server, you do need to be the only person in game in order for the farm to work solo. Otherwise, you will need someone close to the bridge in the overworld to keep mobs from de-spawning. I would recommend a glass shelter (Or other spawnproof block) on top of, but behind, the portal to the killing chamber in the overworld. This way the mobs will run to you and teleport away. Great job as always Ian!
The rates on this farm are insane for a farm without spawn proofing, and damn it broke the server's economy I play on XD. Cheers for the guide! Works in 1.18.2
@IlikeBridge Depends on how far away the other player is. I use it when other players aint online, Or when my buddy is online as their base is right next to the farm.
@IlikeBridge Nah, the other player needs to be within 128 blocks of the bridge in the overworld, or they would despawn. However, if you use Fabric as your server choice, you could spawn a local player into the afk spot using Carpet, which would work.
Only other thing I can think of is to have a chunk loader going between the nether / bridge area, using a Hopper clock and minecart dispenser / cactus. That *should* keep you loaded.
I would like to recommend putting a hopper under each of the slabs that the skeletons fall on, and filling each slot with 1 wither skeleton skull so that it will pick them up automatically, freeing your entire inventory up to pick up other loot
this will be able to store up to 640 skulls (including the ones you put in) which should be good for ~5 hours
and an item dispensser which will filter the swords and put the swords into lava/fire
I mean you could just build a collection system, I might do that when I build this farm.
@@anthony.esper21 who makes collection chamber for swords dude
@@anthony.esper21 we cant even get cobblestone by smelting them
@@pramod.n3835 Nahh I meant for the items, just fill you inventory with items other than the items dropped, and get them to an item sorter, and filter out the swords, to lava or something.
Man this is such an OP farm! Not sure the reason is for the cob webs since I forgot to put mine down while building this. It doesnt seem to matter since there's still huge amount of rates going through the portals. Just swung at the farm for 10 mins and slammed with 15 nether skulls. Thanks so much ianoxfour to share this with everyone!
Followed a Voltrox tutorial but came here to drop a like and a nice comment. Great design, and I really appreciate you explaining how it works as well! So much easier to troubleshoot and understand technical Minecraft when I know how it's supposed to work. Thanks!
Incredible farm. I thought I did something wrong because no skeletons were spawning, but I just had to wait about 10 minutes or so.
this comment helped, I was about to ask how long it took! ty
Thank you for the tip u are an absolute legend!!!
wtf it took me 2 minutes
@@ElhamHabibi-x9r you propably had better rng with the wither skeletons' path finding in the overworld bridge
I have been waiting for around 20 mins and nothing has happened, can someone please help me
Thank you for this farm, it's like one of the best thing I've ever built in my whole Minecraft plays. I've been vibing a lot in this farm for days cause my partner needs an ungodly amount of coal but also it's just a pleasant farm to hang out in. The building is really challenging but also fun and rewarding. Also the tip to keep your inventory full is just so good and I never really thought of it before. Thank you so much for creating this. I pray for your success in the future.
don't forget to break the torches if you put some during the construction of the spawning platform, or you will only have blazes and pigmans ! It will save you a lot of time looking for your mistake...😅
I absolutely did forget. Thanks!
What if i didnt use torches but the mobs still dont spawn ?
@@link9137 other light sources like lava and fire also decrease rates
YOU SAVED ME I FEEL SO DUMB
I left my entire spawning platform lit up with torches and I still get tons of withers and blazes.
Excellent design, sir. I suspect the people who are saying it took 10 minutes to get going built it incorrectly, or in a bad location. I ran a timer from the second my feet hit the killing chamber floor. I had wither skeletons dumping in within 72 seconds exactly.
The epitome of work smarter, not harder.
Loved the video. This solves a lot ot my problems, form when i tryed to brain storm a simple WS farm.
Btw, for those who want to use an auto clicker, let your sword swing every 0.625 seconds (this is 1 second/1.6 atack speed)
I love how you explain everything so clean and easy. That's a gift. My favourite Channel for farms and I have watched tons on YT. But your channel is the best.
Brilliant design! After it got warmed up, the wither skeletons just kept on comin'
Thanks for the clear instructions!
how long did you wait? after 30mins not a single one went through even tho i did exactely as described
Took some time to get everything in place, but I got lucky and didn't have to travel too far to find a fortress out in the open in the middle of a large chunk of soul sand desert. Once I got everything in place it didn't take long to assemble and get running. Very clear and well-presented tutorial. Thanks!
This guy is really maximizing the usage of portal elevators
what do portal elevators do?
@@Carnagemode take mobs from 1 y level to another using portals
Just stumbled across the dolphin video and now I’m watching all of these farm videos.
These are possibly the best well thought through farms on this entire platform; well done
Thank you!
JUST BUILT IN 1.20.4 (Java, on a realm) HERE TO PROVIDE ANY DATA ON BUILDING THIS FARM!
So first off, I recommend making a 1 block hole in the nether roof near where you’re going to build this. Getting to the roof efficiently is really helpful.
Second, I recommend splitting up the work load. Focus on finding a fortress in a soul valley first, whether that be by travel or chunkbase, a separate day from actually traveling to and building this farm. Be as neat as possible. There is a lot of measurements, and thinking and preciseness needed for the coordinates, so using shulkers, and a bow and maybe a shield will really come in handy.
Ian says it should be 100 blocks away from other biomes but I build mine within 50-60 blocks to another biome and it works very well.
Additionally, bring tons of invis potions, and food. The golem is annoying to get into the chamber. I closed the chamber then pushed him in rather than using a lead, it was easier that way.
I’m sorry if this seemed wordy, but I truly think sharing my experience while building this may help future choosers of this farm.
lol i’m currently about to build this on a realm i was looking for this
@@kiddhyw1 yup. Works great. I’d say if you’re gonna bring potions scratch the invis pots and just bring fire resist for the blazes. They get really annoying
Yeah, the 100 block comment didnt make too much sense for me, I cannot think of a single reason why its important enough to mention. You have some increased spawnrates for slimes in basalt biomes, and zombie piglins in nether wastes. But thats kinda it? in a lot of cases, you're building high up enough to exclude those spawns from your spawning sphere anyway, and if it really impacts the rates you can always come by with a stack of tnt and a few beds
I built this yesterday and set it AFKing overnight, I now have over 10 stacks of wither skulls.
I had to do the pathfinding fix in the pinned comment, but after that it was perfect.
where is that comment xd?
@@Aspenaar It's pinned so it should be at the top, but it just says this:
IMPORTANT: If your rates are a lot lower than expected (or you see wither skeletons bunching up along a wall near the golem), lower the portal at the spawning platform by 1 Y level (without adjusting anything else). This fixes a sporadic pathfinding issue.
Great Video! Everything was simple, understandable, and had nothing important left out. Thank you for making this farm as it is very efficient and helped me a lot personally on the server i am playing on with my friends (i spawned thousands of withers)
Another amazing design man these farms are so so cool and simple. I used to have other go to people for my farms but now I know to come to this channel if I want something super simple but still awesome. I always think I need some grand huge farm design but you make them simple and they still produce more than I could ever even need!
For others that build too high: I built my farm within what I thought was the bounding box, but the fortress generated strangely. Moving the farm down to the level in the video helped. When you build the platform, expect to see wither skeletons, magma cubes and blazes on it when leaving and returning the area. I saw skeletons and assumed it worked; but those were just soul valley spawns. I did not need to move down the overworld portals, and I only extended the drop chute down to the new afk floor, it works well enough. Some spawn proofing would help, but this is sufficient.
Thanks for the tutorial!
what if i built it too low
@@Williotic1 Should still work! Just slower
Ian's work shows a bright future for Minecraft farms
This is one of the only minecraft tutorials I have found, that quite literally explains everything. Thank you so much. I will be using this in the future :)
Shulkercraft sent me here. Great design and really well explained.
this works absolute wonders in 1.19! Thanks for the tutorial. I did nearly lose my hardcore world to going inside the tunnel of wither skeletons like an idiot but 100% worth it!
I have been super intimidated by most Wither Skeleton farms. Most of them seem so incredibly work intensive that I've never tried them. The simplicity of this is awesome, and it works like a charm. Thank you so much for this build!
SAME! I'm excited to build this (& have all the beacons a girl can dream of)
@@jelly221 Wha? G-G-G-G-G-G-Girl??? Girl???
I wasn't sure if I would be able to build this farm correctly. I was afraid I would mess something up halfway through and then be left with a lot of wasted effort. The hardest part was finding the right fortress and avoiding getting killed by the mobs! But once I got started, the build was easy and straightforward. And it works perfectly! I have so many skulls now!!! Thank you!
i followed a similar tutorial by someone else and my farm was frustratingly slow. Turns out he got a couple things wrong. I should have known to find a tutorial of yours. Your videos are always a 10/10
did you use the one by shulkercraft? i used that one and my rates are pretty bad
Your tutorials are so detailed and perfectly explained. I can tell this man is gunna be big
Amazing, I needed simple and modest. Bonus points for the detailed walk through in survival, gained a sub!
same😉
this farm is honestly OP, but who doesn't love that? thanks for the incredibly easy design given it's output. on to the Raid farm now...
Just built this farm in my 1.20.1 server and it works perfectly! The only problem I ran into was when I was building the 30x30 platform, I started getting an insane amount of blaze and wither skeletons spawning and harassing me. Luckily, I have an iron farm, so I just built a ton of Iron Golem bodyguards. This is the third "Minecraft Elegance" farm I've built, and they've both worked perfectly. Thanks for the great tutorials!
For anyone seeing very few wither skeletons... check the 2 overworld portals. It may be that they are spawning in the upper portal instead of the lower and are falling out the backside down to the ground. Just put a couple blocks on the other side of the portal to keep them on the platform. When I built this farm, they go from upper to lower portal, instead of other way around. Still seems to work just fine though. If I should change this to get better results, let me know!
Me too idk why it is doing it
yeh I did this once on my sp world and it worked perfectly, and then I tried again on a server with a friend last night and it linked to the wrong portal like the way you said, and the rates are so bad that they dont even come push themselves to the other portal
I needed a beacon, did manual skull grinding, killed like 230 wither skeletons with looting 3 and got 0 skulls. This is just what I need
Bro the odds of killing 230 skeletons and getting no skulls with looting 3 is 0.00022352%
@@billowen3285 thanks.
thats rlly unlucky! i only killed 23 wither skeletons and already got 2 skulls.
When I was building this farm I went mining for nether bricks, killed 3 skeletons and got 2 skulls lmao
I have a long term experimentation world that has still never dropped a wither skeleton skull after nearly 100 kills. Then in my main/current world I got 3 skulls in the first 20 kills. Luck is crazy like that. Either way the statistics of a farm like this will make that luck irrelevant thankfully lol
I also have the mod that shows the bounding box of the fortress and I used that info to make the spawning platform 1 block below the top of the bounding box of the fortress (My player is one block in the bounding box and one block above it when standing on the killing platform for reference) and from what I can tell nothing is spawning at all.
Edit- I just rechecked the bounding box in relation to my spawning platform and it turns out I built it one block higher than I intended 😭 so I have to remake the ENTIRE farm ONE block lower.... FINAL EDIT- I just finished rebuilding the farm one block lower and added a custom autosorted storage system. Now that I got it working I can say this farm is insanely good!
at least you figured it out!
Yeah :), also do you have any new farms your planning on making? (I'm sure you know by now that everybody loves your farms so I just wanted to ask:))
@@lordpeckis4344 what mod is it
@@medaarpilsjaar9986 Minihud
Thanks for your comment i checked mine and the same thing happened, going to lose my mind now
At last I built this farm. Its works more than i expected. Was hard to find right place and biome. Now I'm happy. Thanks for the amazing design.
I appreciate that even tho you are in creative, you don't fly around to build it like others do. Great farm btw, built in 2 of my worlds so far, works great!
Thank you for the great video. It works great and i have tons of skulls, however I must warn anyone building this to beware of the portal linking step. When linking the portals I messed up and ended up in a cave jammed full with about 60 wither skeletons. It did not end well. lol.
Great build, great tutorial. I was having a lot of trouble getting it to work, so i lowered the portal (in the spawn room) by 1 block and removed the stairs. I also read a ton of replies, but it didn't help. HOWEVER, I lowered my afk platform by 1 block and all of a sudden the mobs started coming in, and i mean COMING in. I hope this helps someone if you are stuck and only getting one or two mobs through every ten mins.
You just saved me so much trouble, i was trying to figure out what was wrong with my farm and i did this and it made it insanely efficient
Holy moly, this was the 2nd farm I ever built and it worked first try. Thank you so much for your clean tutorial, Ian.
Your farms never cease to amaze me!