DonutSMP AFK Farm Tier List — Ranked 2026

Ranking every viable AFK farm on DonutSMP, factoring yield, build cost, reliability, and how much active maintenance they need.

Tier S — top of meta

Skeleton Spawner Farm Stack (10+)

• Yield: 2-3M/hr
• Cost to build: 5M coin per spawner stacked
• Maintenance: Zero after setup
• Why S: Linear scaling — 10 spawners = ~1M/hr each. Top-50 players run 50+ spawners.

Guardian Farm (drained monument)

• Yield: 800k-1.2M/hr + XP
• Cost: Time-heavy build, ~12-20 hr drain
• Maintenance: Zero
• Why S: XP printer alongside coin = double dipping.

Tier A — strong holds

Iron Golem Farm (triple stack)

• Yield: 1-1.5M/hr
• Cost: ~2M materials per farm × 3
• Maintenance: Restock villagers if they die
• Why A: Reliable, scales linearly, hard to break.

Trident Drowned Farm

• Yield: 600k-2M/hr (high variance — trident drops are king)
• Cost: Moderate
• Maintenance: Looting III sword durability
• Why A: Trident drops can spike profitability massively.

Enderman Farm (End)

• Yield: 800k-1.5M/hr + XP
• Cost: Travel to End + safety gear
• Maintenance: Player-kill required for drops
• Why A: Pearls have stable demand.

Tier B — solid, niche

Creeper Cat Farm

• Yield: 300k-500k/hr (gunpowder crafted to TNT)
• Cost: Medium build + cat collection
• Maintenance: Cats sometimes wander
• Why B: Useful but yield ceiling lower.

Bee Honey Farm

• Yield: 200k-500k/hr (honey blocks)
• Cost: Low — 4 nests
• Maintenance: Smoker campfires
• Why B: Reliable supplemental income, low setup.

Cave Spider Farm

• Yield: 200k-400k/hr + XP
• Cost: Tiny — found spawner
• Maintenance: Sword durability
• Why B: Best XP/setup-effort ratio in the game.

Tier C — decent, situational

Bamboo + Sugarcane AFK Farms

• Yield: 80k-200k/hr
• Cost: Low
• Why C: Scales horizontally well (many chunks) but ceiling exists.

Zombie Spawner XP Farm

• Yield: 200-400k/hr + ~20k XP/hr
• Cost: Low
• Why C: Drops are low-value but XP is useful for anvil work.

Wither Skull Farm (manual)

• Yield: 500k+/hr but requires active play, not AFK
• Why C: Excluded from S/A because not truly AFK.

Tier D — avoid for serious money

Generic Mob Farm (no cats, no spawner)

• Yield: 60k-100k/hr
• Why D: Too many low-value mobs eating the cap.

Cobblestone Generator

• Yield: 30k-80k/hr
• Why D: Cobble price floor is too low.

Wandering Trader Farm

• Yield: Random, hard to AFK
• Why D: Inconsistent for time invested.

The compound strategy

Top players run:

• 1× Tier S Spawner Stack (main income)
• 1× Tier A Guardian Farm (XP backstop)
• 1× Tier B Cave Spider Farm (anvil XP)
• Daily votes (free 200k+)

Total: 3-5M/hour passive, ~80-120M/day if AFK all day.

Common mistakes

• ❌ Building a generic mob farm without cats (mob cap waste)
• ❌ Not stacking multiple farms (single-farm AFK leaves money on the table)
• ❌ AFK in render of other players' farms (you compete for mob cap)
• ❌ Forgetting Looting III sword for kill-required drops

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