As one of the most recognizable and widely played video games in the world, there is no shortage of building tutorials and creations available inMinecraft. When you first step into a new Minecraft world, you may feel overwhelmed with the vast abundance of things you’re able to build, but a quick look online can narrow down what you want to build, and how you are going to create it.

One of the many things you must secure in Minecraft is a sustainable food source, but creating a visually pleasing farm is more difficult than you may think. While everyone may not be a master builder, you can still follow these tutorials to create aesthetically pleasing farms. Some even go beyond food production, allowing you to farm some of the many items in Minecraft.

An image from Minecraft of a wheat field surrounded by cobblestone blocks, lamps, and wheat blocks.

Updated June 29, 2025 by Jacqueline Zalace:Building farm is important in Minecraft, but if you want them to look good, it can be hard to come up with a design yourself. We’ve updated this list with a few more aesthetically-pleasing Minecraft farm ideas for you to try out!

21Classic Cobble Farm

Whenever you first start your Minecraft journey, you may be tempted to create a simplistic square of crops, with little to no decoration. This is where the Classic Cobble Farm comes in, since you can improve even the most rudimentary of farms with just a few natural resources.

After mining for a small amount of cobblestone, simply surround a circular field with different slabs, full block, and stairs. You can even equip this field with torches or lanterns to ward off threatening monsters.

An image from Minecraft of a wheat field surrounded by leaves, fences, grass, and lamps.

Furthermore, this pattern is easily repeatable, meaning you can create vast patches of farmland, each with its own designated area.

20Natural Farm

Another rendition of a fantastic starter farm leans more into a natural aesthetic, surrounding your crops with wooden fences and various flowers and leaves. Similar to the cobblestone farm, simply surround your crop of choice circularly with different natural materials and lanterns to ward off monsters.

Remember to always leave space for water sources, as your soil will dry up without the appropriate amount of hydration.

An image from Minecraft of a Cottage Core Farm Design, which is made up of 4 different clusters of plants surrounded by different shapes of fences.

19Cottage Core Farm

If you would rather circle your crops with fences, then this cottage core aesthetic may be the perfect choice for you. Instead of simply surrounding a square of plants with fences, we recommend creating unique shapes and decorating the edges of each of your plots.

While Minecraft may contain a world entirely made out of blocks, to create aesthetically appealing structures you’ll want to avoid building in a geometric grid, so generating asymmetrical plots of land will really make your builds look beautiful. Finally, adding lanterns or a custom tree can further differentiate your plots of farmland.

Crops with a fence and roads nearby.

18Cherry Blossom Crop Field

This farm combines three different squares of crops, with a living area underneath each field. The fields are lifted above ground with stone, creating ample room to carve out a living space underneath that includes natural light.

If you ever need more interior space beneath the farm, you could always add extra tiered fields, thus increasing your living area and crop yields.

An image from Minecraft of a Cottage that houses a leather farm. This automatic farm will instanly collect leather and raw meat from the cows that are trapped inside.

17Cottage Leather Farm

If you have been playing Minecraft for some time, then chances are you have seen compact cow farms that efficiently kill the animals to harvest their beef and leather. These 1x1 spaces use water, or simply compact space, to dispatch the cows without you having to lift a finger.

However, these contraptions can be incredibly ugly, so creating a structure around this harvesting station can really improve the overall feel of your base. In this tutorial, you may actually surround your cow farm with a small cottage, equipped with a wooden roof and a brick fireplace, all without interrupting the efficiency of the farm’s output.

An image from Minecraft of a Tiered Farm that has an underground living area.

16Tiered Farm

15Compact Farm

Everyone plays Minecraft differently, and many players choose to only build efficient structures that offer them the maximum amount of resources that they need to defeat the Ender Dragon. If you are one of these players, then the Compact Farm may be the perfect thing to add to your world.

This multi-tiered structure contains plots of different crops, allowing you to vertically build as high as you want, all while containing every crop in the game in a single building. Best of all, this structure is still pleasing to the eye, combining aesthetics and efficiency into one simple tutorial.

An image from Minecraft of a Compact Farm, which is a tight building that holds multiple levels of different farms, supplying you with every crop that you need.

14Automatic Aesthetic Farm

Similar to the Compact Farm, this simplistic field of crops combines a pretty appearance with machine efficiency, allowing you to instantly collect all of your crops with a simple push of a button. This farm is made up of a plot of plants, with a small well in the center that can be activated to flood the field with water for a short time period.

The water will cause all of your mature plants to be instantly farmed, so you can run through the field and collect your rewards without having to break any of the crops. However, this build may be slightly more difficult than others, since you will needto use redstoneto make the well release water for the correct intervals.

An image from Minecraft of an aesthetically pleasing piece of farmland equipped with a well in the center. Redstone will control the water, causing it to flow and automatically farming the crops when they are complete.

13Simple Farm Design

If you are looking for a farm with some vertical appeal, then we suggest getting some shears and building the Simple Farm Design. While the bottom of this farm may seem incredibly simple, as it is made out of simple rows of crops surrounded by paths and fences, the main appeal of this farm is the arches of lanterns, fences, and leaves that create a curved design.

Furthermore, installing someshaders will make this build truly stand out,as the leaves will sway in the wind and the lanterns will give off a subtle light across all of your crops.

An image from Minecraft of a simple farm design with hanging lights and plants that grow over the fields, offering shade and a pleasing appearance.

12Cottage Core Greenhouse

If you are looking to pollinate your fields with bees, then building a greenhouse is a great way of protecting these fragile creatures, while also creating a singular structure to house all of your crops. In Minecraft, bees can fly over crops such as wheat or carrots to pollinate them, making the crop grow significantly faster than it normally would.

However, you’ll want to build a centralized location to house your bees, as you don’t want these insects to fly away from your fields and halter your crop production. By simply using wood, leaves, and stained glass, you’re able to create a flawless structure that projects beauty from any angle.

An image from Minecraft of a Cottage Core Greenhouse, which has clear white windows and houses plants safely from monsters.