Best Minecraft XP Farm 2026
— Level Up Fast
The fastest XP farms in 2026 — spawner-based, mob farm, and enderman farm. Java and Bedrock covered. Step-by-step build, answer above the fold.
Best mid-game XP: Enderman farm in The End. Build a platform 43 blocks above the main island. Endermen teleport to it, fall off, and collect below. One of the fastest XP rates in the game — level 30 in under 5 minutes once the farm is running.
Best all-round: Mob farm over the ocean at Y 190+. Nothing else can spawn there. All mobs funnel to your kill chamber. Produces XP and mob drops simultaneously — bones, arrows, string, gunpowder.
01 — Spawner Farm — Early Game Best Option
A spawner farm is the first farm most players should build. You do not need to gather materials — you use what the dungeon gives you. The spawner does all the work.
How to find spawners: Look for a mossy cobblestone room underground. Dungeons generate at Y 0 to Y 60. Use a cave sound as a hint — skeleton and zombie sounds through walls often indicate a nearby dungeon. Looting a dungeon chest before converting it to a farm is fine — the spawner is unaffected.
02 — Enderman Farm — Mid-Game Fastest XP
The Enderman farm is the fastest XP source in the game once you have access to The End. One Enderman kill gives 5 XP. A well-built farm cycles Endermen fast enough to reach Level 30 from zero in approximately 5 minutes.
Requirements before building: Access to The End (defeat the Ender Dragon), enough Ender Pearls to get there reliably, and basic armour (Endermen attack if you look at them directly — wear a pumpkin head to prevent aggro entirely).
| Step | What to Do |
|---|---|
| 1. Build platform | Build a platform exactly 43 blocks above the main End island. Use any solid block. Make it 20×20. Endermen cannot teleport to non-solid surfaces so use slabs on the edges to prevent escape. |
| 2. Pumpkin head | Wear a carved pumpkin on your head. Endermen cannot aggro on eye contact while you wear it. This is essential — without it the farm constantly fights back. |
| 3. Create the fall | In the centre of your platform, dig a 3×3 hole. Endermen walk off the edges of the platform and fall to the main island below, taking fall damage. The 43-block fall leaves them at 1-2HP. |
| 4. Kill spot | Stand on the main island directly below your platform. Endermen land around you. One hit kills each one. Collect XP passively — you barely need to aim. |
| 5. Looting sword | Looting III dramatically increases Ender Pearl drops. A productive session gives 200-400 Ender Pearls alongside the XP — enough for Eyes of Ender or trading stock. |
03 — Mob Tower Farm — Best All-Round Option
A mob farm produces both XP and mob drops simultaneously. It requires more initial effort than a spawner farm but does not depend on finding a specific dungeon and works anywhere in the world.
Location: Build at Y 190+ over the ocean or a flat biome with no nearby caves. At this height, mobs can only spawn on your farm platforms because there are no other valid spawn surfaces nearby. This maximises spawn rates.
Core design: Build 4 spawning platforms, each 9×9. Stack them 4 blocks apart vertically. Mobs spawn and walk off the edges into a central water elevator that carries them down 24+ blocks to a landing chamber where they survive at 1HP. One punch kills. The entire structure requires no redstone — just water flow and gravity.
Output: A well-built 4-platform mob farm produces Level 30 XP in approximately 15-20 minutes of active killing. It also yields significant quantities of arrows, bones, gunpowder, string, and rotten flesh — making it the best combined resource and XP farm for players who have not yet reached The End.