Tiny Mob Farm Mod Tutorial for Minecraft

The Tiny Mob Farm mod for Minecraft is a surprisingly powerful yet simple mod that lets you automate loot collection from almost any mob in the game. By capturing a mob with a lasso and placing it inside a tiny farm block, you can generate loot on a timer — completely hands-free. In this tutorial, you’ll learn every tier of farm, what each one costs to craft, how the lasso works, and how to set everything up for both passive and hostile mobs.

The Eight Tiers of Tiny Mob Farms

The mod includes eight tiers of mob farm blocks, each one more powerful than the last. In ascending order, the tiers are: Wooden, Stone, Iron, Golden, Diamond, Emerald, Inferno, and Ultimate. Despite the name “Inferno,” this tier is not exclusively for blazes — these names simply represent the progression of farm quality. You can shift-click any farm block to inspect its stats and tier information.

Passive vs. Hostile Mob Farming

Not every tier can farm every type of mob. The Wooden and Stone tiers are limited to passive mobs only — think cows, sheep, chickens, and similar animals. If you want to farm hostile mobs like zombies or skeletons, you must use an Iron tier farm or higher. Keep this restriction in mind when planning your early-game setup.

Loot Generation Speed by Tier

Each tier generates loot at a different rate. Here is a full breakdown of loot generation intervals per tier:

Wooden: Every 50 seconds

Stone: Every 40 seconds

Iron: Every 30 seconds (implied progression)

Golden: Every 20 seconds

Diamond: Every 10 seconds

Emerald: Every 5 seconds

Inferno: Very frequent; most loot cycles result in no durability loss

Ultimate: Every 0.5 seconds with zero durability loss on the lasso

Crafting Recipes and Cost

The recipes scale significantly in cost as you move up the tiers. You do not need to memorise these — you can look them all up in JEI — but understanding the cost curve helps you plan your progression. Here is a summary of the crafting requirements mentioned:

Wooden Tier

The simplest and cheapest farm to craft. Made from basic wooden materials and serves as your entry point into the mod.

Stone Tier

Requires two Wooden farms and two Obsidian blocks. Still limited to passive mobs only.

Iron Tier

Requires two Stone farms, Obsidian, a Block of Iron, and Blaze Rods. This is the first tier capable of farming hostile mobs, and the cost jumps noticeably here.

Golden Tier

Quite expensive to craft but offers a meaningful improvement: a higher chance of only losing one durability per loot cycle rather than two. Loot generates every 20 seconds.

Diamond Tier

At this tier, your lasso will only ever lose one durability per cycle, and loot generates every 10 seconds — a significant step up in efficiency.

Emerald Tier

Crafting the Emerald farm begins to require Nether Stars, making it a late-game investment. The reward is loot generation every 5 seconds and a chance for zero durability loss on the lasso.

Inferno Tier

At the Inferno tier, no durability loss becomes the most likely outcome on each loot cycle, meaning your lasso will last much longer under normal use.

Ultimate Tier

The top-tier farm. The lasso takes zero durability damage and loot is generated every 0.5 seconds. This is the endgame goal for fully automated mob loot collection.

The Lasso: How to Capture Mobs

To use any Tiny Mob Farm, you first need to capture a mob using a Lasso. The Lasso is crafted using two Diamonds, a Lead, and Slime Balls. Once you have one in your hand, simply right-click a mob to capture it. Remember: to capture and farm hostile mobs, you must use an Iron-tier farm or above.

Lasso Durability: What You Need to Know

The Lasso has a durability stat that decreases each time the farm generates a loot cycle. The rate of loss depends on the farm tier:

Wooden: Two-thirds chance to lose 3 durability; one-third chance to lose 2 durability

Stone: 33% chance to lose 1, 2, or 3 durability

Iron: 50/50 chance to lose 1 or 2 durability

Golden: Higher chance to lose only 1 durability

Diamond: Always loses only 1 durability

Emerald: Chance of zero durability loss

Inferno: Zero durability loss is the most likely outcome

Ultimate: Guaranteed zero durability loss

Setting Up Your Tiny Mob Farm

Once you have captured a mob with the Lasso, follow these steps to get your farm running:

Place your Tiny Mob Farm block in your desired location.

Open the farm’s interface and insert the Lasso containing your captured mob.

The farm will begin generating loot automatically as the progress bar fills up.

Place a chest directly adjacent to the farm block so loot is deposited automatically.

If no chest is placed next to the farm, the loot will simply be ejected out of the block as item drops. To keep things tidy and automated, always connect an adjacent chest.

Example: Farming a Skeleton

As a practical example, right-click a Skeleton with the Lasso to capture it, then insert the Lasso into an Iron-tier farm or higher. The farm will immediately begin cycling and generating skeleton loot — such as bones and arrows — each time the progress bar completes.

Summary

The Tiny Mob Farm mod is one of the most accessible automation mods available for Minecraft. With eight tiers ranging from the basic Wooden farm to the powerhouse Ultimate farm, there is a progression path for every stage of the game. Just remember: stick to passive mobs with Wooden and Stone farms, craft an Iron farm or higher before attempting hostile mob automation, and always place a chest next to your farm for clean loot collection. Happy farming!

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