Minecraft Ultimate Nether Gold Farm Guide Wiki: Insane XP & Gold

We have already built the Enderman XP Farm, which is great for levels. But there is one problem with the Enderman farm: it does not give you any useful loot. Ender pearls are fine, but you can't trade them for rare items.

That is why you need a Gold Farm. Gold is the currency of the Nether. With Gold Ingots, you can trade with Piglins to get Fire Resistance Potions, Ender Pearls, Gravel, and even Obsidian.

Also, Gold is used to make Golden Carrots (the best food in the game) and Golden Apples. If you are playing on a server or a hardcore world, you cannot survive without a steady supply of gold.

Today, we are going to the most dangerous place to build the safest farm: The Nether Roof. By building above the Bedrock ceiling, we force the game to spawn hundreds of Piglins exactly where we want them. Let's get started.

1. The Science: Why the Nether Roof?

A lot of beginners build gold farms inside the Nether wastes. That works, but it is slow. The game tries to spawn mobs in caves, on cliffs, and in lava oceans around you.

The "Nether Roof" is a flat layer of Bedrock at Y=128. Mobs cannot spawn on Bedrock. If we glitch through the roof and build a platform at Y=250, the game has no choice.

Since the only valid blocks for spawning are the ones WE place, 100% of the mob spawns happen inside our trap. This is why Nether Roof farms are 10 times faster than normal farms. It is basically free loot.

2. How to Get on the Nether Roof (Glitch Guide)

This is the trickiest part. You need to break the game mechanics slightly.

Preparation:
Take 2 Ladders, 1 Ender Pearl, and materials to build a Nether Portal (Obsidian and Flint & Steel). Do not forget the Obsidian, or you will be trapped on the roof forever.

The Steps:
1. Mine up to the Bedrock ceiling (Y=127). Find a bedrock block that is at exactly Y=127.
2. Place ladders leading up to that block.
3. Climb the ladder and press your head against the bedrock.
4. Look slightly up and throw the Ender Pearl right at the corner of the bedrock block.
5. Jump! You should glitch through and stand on top of the flat bedrock surface.

3. The Design Mechanics (Diagram)

This farm uses the "Donut Design." Piglins are aggressive. If you hit one, all his friends get angry.

How the diagram works:
1. The Spawn Floor: Large rings made of Magma Blocks. Magma blocks prevent Ghasts from spawning (if arranged correctly) and damage the Piglins slightly.
2. The Bait: In the center, we trap one Zombified Piglin and name him (using a Nametag). This keeps the other piglins looking at the center.
3. The Drop: A 3x3 hole in the middle. We put open Trapdoors on the edges. Piglins think they can walk on trapdoors, so they run towards the bait and fall down.
4. The Kill Chamber: They fall 20+ blocks down to a platform where you are standing. You just swing your sword.

4. Step-by-Step Build Guide

Step 1: The Collection Room

Start on the Bedrock roof. Build a small room using Glass. This is where you will stand. Place chests and hoppers on the floor to collect the items. You will get a lot of Rotten Flesh, so make sure you have a Lava Trash Can nearby to burn the junk.

Step 2: The Central Tube

Build a tube going up from your collection room. It needs to be about 25 blocks high. This ensures the Piglins take fall damage but don't die immediately (so you can get the XP).

Step 3: The Platforms

At the top of the tube, build large platforms using Magma Blocks. You can build it in a square or a donut shape. The bigger the platform, the more spawns you get.
Tip: Place slabs or buttons every few blocks to prevent Ghasts from spawning. Fighting a Ghast on the Nether Roof is a nightmare.

Step 4: The Aggro Mechanic

This is how you turn it on.
Stand in your kill chamber. Shoot one Zombified Piglin with a bow. He will get angry. Because of the "Pack Mechanics," every other Piglin nearby will also get angry and rush towards you. They will run blindly into the central hole and fall.

As long as you keep killing them, new ones will spawn, get angry at you, and jump into the hole. It is an endless cycle of gold.

5. Handling the Loot Overflow

This farm produces way too many items. Your inventory will fill up in 30 seconds.

You need to convert Nuggets into Ingots using a Crafting Table frequently.
If you want to be fully AFK, you should build an item sorter that automatically throws Rotten Flesh into lava and keeps the Gold. Use our guide on storage systems for that.

6. What to do with all this Gold?

Now you are the richest player on the server.

1. Piglin Bartering: Give gold to Piglins. They will give you Obsidian, Soul Speed books, Fire Charges, and Ender Pearls.
2. Golden Apples: Combine Gold Ingots with Apples from your Tree Farm. Now you are invincible in PVP.
3. Powered Rails: If you love Redstone, you need gold for rails.
4. Beacons: Use Gold Blocks to power up your Haste II beacon for the Stone Farm.

This farm connects everything. Your Tree Farm gives apples, this farm gives gold, and together you get Golden Apples. It is all part of the industrial revolution in your world.