Are these outputs exact?

No — they’re approximations scaled by sensible settings (TPS, mob cap, random tick speed). Real farms vary with design and server performance.

What’s the default TPS and random tick speed?

TPS defaults to 20 and randomTickSpeed to 3. Change them if your server or world uses different values.

How should I count modules?

For mob farms, count spawning platforms or grouped layers. For crop farms, use total plants. The tool adjusts labels to make this clear.

Farm Efficiency Simulator

Estimate how many items per hour your farm can produce using simplified in-game logic. Great for planning, optimizing, or sharing results with a link.

Farm Type

Platforms / modules

Count your spawning platforms or grouped layers.

AFK radius (chunks)

Mob cap factor (1 = default)

Server TPS (20 default)

Simulation distance (chunks)

Estimated Output

1,440 / hour

Iron Ingots / hour

Per module: 480 / hour

Double chest fills in: 4h 48m

01,872

per minute

per 5 minutes

120

per MC day (~20m)

480

Visual shows rate context at a glance.

What it considers

Farm type presets for Iron, Creeper, and Sugarcane with baseline rates.
Modules/size scaling and optional efficiency modifiers (mob cap, tick rate, random tick speed).
Outputs include items/hour, per-module contribution, and chest fill time.

Plan smarter, not grind harder

This calculator gives you a realistic vibe-check for farm output without getting lost in spreadsheets. We use sensible baselines and scale by the settings most servers care about: server TPS (default 20), random tick speed for crops (default 3), and whether your mob cap is effectively full. It’s not “perfect sim” math — it’s the kind of estimate that helps you decide if you need two platforms or ten.

Defaults explained

TPS (ticks per second) is 20 by default in Minecraft. If your server lags, drop it a bit to see impact.
Random Tick Speed is 3 by default. Crops like sugarcane/bamboo react strongly to this.
Mob Cap Factor is a simple slider for how “healthy” your mob cap is (1 = default, lower on busy servers).
AFK Radius & Sim Distance help sanity‑check that your spawning area stays loaded and ticking.

Quick farm notes (rough ranges)

Iron

Simple villager-based designs often land around ~180–400 ingots/hour per “cell”. Larger/tuned systems can go higher.

Creeper

Per well-lit platform with good flushing and trident/portal kill, ~150–300 gunpowder/hour is a decent planning range.

Gold

Highly design-dependent (donuts, portals, aggro). Treat per‑module output as a building block rather than a promise.

Sugarcane

Rule of thumb: ~0.5 canes per plant per hour at RTS 1. With the default RTS 3, that’s ~1.5/plant/hour before losses.

Tips for more consistent rates

Keep your AFK spot fixed and within your farm’s ticking area. Avoid drifting outside sim distance.
Spawnproof caves/caverns near mob farms to reduce competition (or build high/void/Nether when possible).
Use water streams/rails to prevent item clogs; smelting/crafting throughput can bottleneck “real” output.
Redstone and hopper load affect TPS. If your server dips below 20, set TPS accordingly to get honest estimates.

Related helpers

Slime Chunk Finder — plan chunk‑based slime farms.
Ore Distribution Visualizer — plan mining side projects.
Redstone Circuit Designer — prototype timings before you build.

Notes

These are approximations, not exact simulators. Real-world output depends on design details (spawn proofing, processing speed, entity cramming, chunk ticking, and server performance). Use this as a planning guide.

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