Pumpkin Farming Best Practices: A Case Study

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  1. Kozz

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    Purpose

    Find most effective way to farm pumpkins considering both the difficulty and profitability of each method used.

    Process

    Used stopwatch to record time taken clearing a strip of pumpkins at "/warp farm".
    One strip is ~2,000 blocks (2x1000).

    An efficiency 5, unbreaking 3 axe was used.

    Recorded total amount of pumpkins farmed and profit earned in elapsed time.
    Pumpkins were sold at "/warp highgarden".


    Derived the hourly profit by using:
    Code:
    3600 / [time elapsed] * [profit]
    *Actual hourly profits will be less. The time taken to sold the items was not accounted for.

    I have just included them to use as loose reference.

    Methods

    Methods vary in:
    • Speed used (/speed)
    • Sprinting or walking
    • Clearing one row or two rows at a time (straight-line or zig-zag)

    Evaluation

    === One Row at a Time ===


    Speed: 1
    Rows: 1
    Sprint: Yes
    Difficulty: Easy
    Time: 06:00
    # Pumpkins: 2,000
    Money: $899.98
    Hourly: $8,999
    Notes: Boring, slow. Wouldn't do unless you don't have /speed and you want to Netflix and MC chill.

    Speed: 2
    Rows: 1
    Sprint: Yes
    Difficulty: Easy
    Time: 06:00
    # Pumpkins: 2,000
    Money: $899.98
    Hourly: $10,441
    Notes: Still boring and slow. Recommend using a higher speed.

    Speed: 5
    Rows: 1
    Sprint: Yes
    Difficulty: Easy
    Time: 03:37
    # Pumpkins: 1,998
    Money: $899.10
    Hourly: $14,916
    Notes: Good, but can still up the speed without losing too many pumpkins.

    Speed: 6
    Rows: 1
    Sprint: Yes
    Difficulty: Easy
    Time: 03:18
    # Pumpkins: 1,978
    Money: $890.10
    Hourly: $16,183
    Notes: Great method. Going fast, while leaving minimal pumpkins behind.

    Speed: 7
    Rows: 1
    Sprint: Yes
    Difficulty: Easy
    Time: 03:02
    # Pumpkins: 1,840
    Money: $828
    Hourly: $16,378
    Notes: Great method. Going as fast as possible, while not leaving too many pumpkins behind. My favorite least-effort method.

    Speed: 8
    Rows: 1
    Sprint: Yes
    Difficulty: Easy
    Time: 02:47
    # Pumpkins: 1,416
    Money: $637.19
    Hourly: $13,735
    Notes: Too fast, leaving too many pumpkins behind. Recommend decreasing speed.


    === Two Rows at a Time ===


    Speed: 1
    Rows: 2
    Sprint: No
    Difficulty: Easy
    Time: 03:55
    # Pumpkins: 1,927
    Money:
    Hourly: $13,284
    Notes: It's easier, but I definitely recommend sprinting or upping the speed.

    Speed: 1
    Rows: 2
    Sprint: Yes
    Difficulty: Easy - Intermediate
    Time: 03:04
    # Pumpkins: 1,988
    Money: $894.60
    Hourly: $17,503
    Notes: Great money, very efficient method. Takes more concentration than straight-lining, but the extra effort pays off.

    Speed: 2
    Rows: 2
    Sprint: No
    Difficulty: Easy
    Time: 03:21
    # Pumpkins: 1,962
    Money: $882.90
    Hourly: $15,813
    Notes: A bit slower than sprinting at default speed, but is a bit easier to do.

    Speed: 2
    Rows: 2
    Sprint: Yes
    Difficulty: Intermediate - Hard
    Time: 02:39
    # Pumpkins: 1,947
    Money: $876.14
    Hourly: $19,837
    Notes: Effort-intensive, but great money. For the dedicated pumpkin farmers.

    Speed: 3
    Rows: 2
    Sprint: No
    Difficulty: Intermediate
    Time: 02:57
    # Pumpkins: 1,930
    Money: $868.50
    Hourly: $17,664
    Notes: Nearly equivalent to sprinting at default speed. Seems only slightly faster.

    Speed: 3
    Rows: 2
    Sprint: Yes
    Difficulty: Hard
    Time: 02:24
    # Pumpkins: 1,826
    Money: $821.70
    Hourly: $20,542.50
    Notes: For pumpkin farming enthusiasts. This takes some practice... and intense focus.. The "go hard or go home" method.

    Summary

    The way I see it, there are two ways of pumpkin farming:

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    If doing one row at a time, I recommend speed 6 or 7 and sprinting.

    If doing two rows at a time, I recommend default speed and sprinting, or upping your game by upping your speed.
     
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    Thank you for taking the time and effort to evaluate these different methods, and then sharing the information with all of us!
     
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    This is awesome! Thanks for the research!
     
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    Wow this is great I’m gonna use this when I have a pumpkin axe again
     
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    To think I’ve been doing pump farming wrong this whole time... nice tut, @Kozz!
     
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    @Kozz what about the hit em sideways at speed 10 and go back to pick them up? Would that be a contender because of the time it takes to walk back down the row?
     
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    Never thought of this method. I'll have to try it out
     
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    Can you update accordingly to the price balancing?
     
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    @xCheatCode you can just do the price in the spoilers X 1.5
     
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    Is there any reason you're not using speed 4.5 instead of speed 3 and sprinting, for the double row method? I've also been able to double row at speeds 6 and even 7. I prefer 6 as speed 7 seemed to leave behind pumpkins more often than 6.
     
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    When y’all are saying speed. What are your referencing flying or running, if running how do you change running speed.
     
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    I think it’s /speed 1-10
     
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    We'd be referencing running speed. To change the speed for running, just stand on the ground and do /speed. For flying, fly in the air and do the same
     
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    ive noticed while doing this method. im doing 2 rows at 5 speed with no loss on pumpkins. with sprinting.
     
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    i can clear a whole inventory in just above 3 minutes or less.
     
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    Unless sprinting for some reason has a lesser drop rate, that should equate to a /speed 6.5. I occasionally get loss at even /speed 6, so I might try the sprint method to compare.
     
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    While doing this more I did notice minimal loss at atleast 10-15 pumpkin loss per row. Per 1000 pumpkins
     
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    I tried speed 5 with sprinting for 1 minute and dropped 8 stacks
     
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    then im not sure what was happening last night but im doing it again today and im getting the same as you. all i can guess is that my game was lagging to the point where i was able to pick everything up and minimal drops.
     
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    I'm fairly certain now that my issue was due to server lag
     
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