Nether VS overworld gold farm

Discussion in 'General Minecraft Discussion' started by Marshmallow369, Jul 16, 2014.

  1. What's the best? What has the most efficient design?
    Marshmallow369, Jul 16, 2014
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  2. It depends. If it is on the top of the nether then it is better. If it is below the nether then it is not better unless you half slab everything in a specific radius.
    MakeAmericaGreat, Jul 16, 2014
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  3. Overworld farms > Farms under nether. Not sure if they're good above nether as I haven't seen/used one above it.
    Gap542, Jul 16, 2014
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  4. Let's get a few things out here because at the moment no one has really brought up an argument for either.

    Overworld farm - Pros / Cons
    Pros:
    No slabbing
    Easy to build, cheap materials
    No redstone

    Cons:
    If you don't have a good computer a lot of portals/particles make lag.
    With EMC spawning limitations can't be built as big but still can be built large enough to be efficient.

    Nether Farm - Pros / Cons
    Pros:
    High efficiency if you put work into it.
    You can make designs that also farm the other nether mobs. (magma cubes and ghasts)

    Cons:
    It's the nether, I mean the place with all the fire and lava and annoying ghasts?
    You have to make sure no other mobs can take up mobcap in a perimeter this means slabbing/spawn proofing a large area.
    Resource heavy, pistons, redstone, lots of stone or other explosive proof block.

    Feel free to add to this list as it was typed up fairly quickly. I recently built a pretty efficient overworld gold farm and I love it.
    samsimx, Jul 16, 2014
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  5. Well, my answer was based on amount of gold produced per hour.

    Though, I wouldn't consider a few double chests of obsidian and lots of build material cheap, though compared to the nether they might be. I'm unsure on how much a nether farm cost.
    Gap542, Jul 16, 2014
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  6. Bump. Good point guys. Let's hear more! If you have a sweet gold farm post pics or a vid!
    Marshmallow369, Jul 16, 2014
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  7. I have a pretty inefficient gold farm, it's in the nether and I spent lots of time slabbing and building an in the end it wasn't as efficient as I thought it would be. Just save yourself time and make an overworked farm
    Mman, Jul 16, 2014
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  8. I personally like the nether ones better, but the overworld ones are more efficient with supplies and gold production. This may be because mine is really slow, but if you make a farm like qwerty189 with 360 portals, you will get a ton of gold :p
    ArkWarrior1, Jul 16, 2014
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