In Minecraft, you cannot obtain a farmland block directly in your inventory in Survival mode. Farmland is a unique block state created for agriculture and does not exist as a collectible item in the same way other blocks do under normal gameplay conditions. Instead, you create and use it directly within your game world.
While it's impossible to carry farmland in your survival inventory, there are specific ways to interact with it and obtain it in creative contexts.
Understanding Farmland in Minecraft
Farmland is a vital block for any player looking to establish a farm in Minecraft. It serves as the foundation for growing most plantable crops.
How Farmland is Created
Farmland is created by using a hoe on most types of dirt-based blocks. Specifically, you can till:
To do this, simply equip any type of hoe (wooden, stone, iron, gold, diamond, or netherite) and right-click (or use the equivalent action button) on one of these blocks.
Purpose and Maintenance
- Crop Growth: Farmland is essential for growing all types of seeds, such as wheat, pumpkin, and melon seeds, as well as crops like carrots and potatoes.
- Water Requirement: For farmland to remain active and productive, it needs to be hydrated. If farmland is not placed near a water source block (within a 4-block radius horizontally, or directly above/below), it will decay back into a regular dirt block over time, making it unusable for crops.
Why Farmland Cannot Be Inventoried (Survival Mode)
The reason you cannot pick up farmland in Survival mode is due to its nature as a block state rather than a solid, item-form block. When you break a farmland block, even with tools enchanted with Silk Touch, it will revert to a plain dirt block and drop as such. There is no item form of farmland in Survival mode to add to your inventory.
This design choice ensures that players must actively manage their farms by tilling the ground and providing water, rather than simply placing pre-tilled blocks.
Practical Insights: Working with Farmland in Survival Mode
Since you can't carry it, the key to using farmland in Survival mode is to create it directly where you intend to grow crops.
Steps to Create and Utilize Farmland:
- Craft a Hoe: Ensure you have a hoe in your inventory. Any material will work, but stronger hoes have higher durability.
- Locate or Place Dirt: Find an area where you want to build your farm. Lay down dirt blocks if necessary.
- Provide Water: Dig a trench or place water source blocks near your intended farmland. Remember, water hydrates farmland within a 4-block radius horizontally.
- Till the Soil: Right-click on the dirt blocks with your hoe. They will transform into hydrated (darker color) or unhydrated (lighter color) farmland. Ensure they are hydrated for optimal crop growth.
- Plant Crops: Once you have created hydrated farmland, you can right-click on it with seeds, carrots, or potatoes to plant your desired crops.
Example Setup: A common farming technique involves a 9x9 square of farmland with a single water source block in the very center, effectively hydrating all surrounding farmland blocks.
Obtaining Farmland in Creative Mode or via Commands
While inaccessible in Survival, there are ways to acquire a farmland block item in your inventory in non-survival game modes or through administrative commands.
1. Creative Mode Inventory
In Creative Mode, you can directly access the farmland block item from the Creative inventory tabs. Simply search for "farmland" or browse through the decoration blocks.
2. Using Commands
For advanced players or server administrators, you can use the /give command to place a farmland block item into your inventory.
- Command:
/give @s minecraft:farmland@s: Targets yourself.minecraft:farmland: The item ID for farmland.
This will give you a stack of farmland blocks that you can place like any other block.
Farmland Acquisition Overview
| Method | Game Mode | Obtain in Inventory? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Using a Hoe | Survival, Creative | No | Converts dirt blocks into farmland on-site. The most common and intended way to create farmland in gameplay. Farmland breaks into dirt when mined. |
| Creative Inventory | Creative | Yes | Allows direct access to the farmland block item. Ideal for building large farms quickly without resource gathering. |
/give Command |
Any (with cheats) | Yes | Grants the farmland block item directly into the player's inventory. Useful for testing, custom maps, or administrative purposes. |
To summarize, while you cannot "collect" farmland in your inventory in a standard Survival game, you are meant to craft it on the spot using a hoe and maintain it with water. For creative building or command-driven scenarios, the farmland block item is readily available.
