Updated July 26 2023, by Rosa Baumgartl: Minecraft is always changing and expanding, but the need for farms is ever-present. Wouldn't it be nice if you didn't have to worry about needing to manually harvest your crops or hunt enemies for their drops, but instead you woke up every morning to chests upon chests of food and items? Well, you can, and it's much easier than you think! This list will cover essential automatic farms in Minecraft to take some of the weight of the grind off your shoulders. RELATED: Minecraft: Fastest Way To Level Up
Unfortunately, tethered to every survival world is the inevitable grind of resource gathering and farming.
Minecraft, quite possibly the most impactful game to come from the 2010s, is heavily centered around player creativity in construction, as well as exploration, both above ground and deep below.