Farms That Make Money

Farms DonutSMP players use to make money - kelp, cobblestone, gold, spawners and more - and where they sell the output.

How farm output is sold

Farm output is sold in three ways: with /sell, by filling buy orders in /orders, or by listing it on the auction house (/ah) [1]. Since the June 9, 2026 update, a higher-paying matching buy order can receive items sold with /sell [2]. According to the fan price tracker DonutOrders, /sell and /orders are the same market: what /sell pays for an item is the price of the buy orders for it, and items nobody buys come back to your inventory [3].

DonutOrders says "a farm is only as good as the orders waiting for its items", and ranks farms by both the top order price and how many items buyers still want near that price [4]. It suggests checking an item's page before a big build, because the top order and the 10th order show how deep the market is [4]. See its blog post The best money farms on DonutSMP right now and its money guides page for live data.

DonutSMP announced a 2% tax on November 11, 2026, covering /pay, /ah and /orders [5]. A seller filling buy orders with /sell gets the full order price, because the player who places the order pays the tax [5]. On the auction house the buyer pays the tax [5]. See Economy for the commands.

The June 2–3, 2026 update removed the sell multiplier [1].

Kelp

DonutOrders notes that dried kelp blocks can fuel the furnaces that make them [4]. Live prices: kelp, dried kelp blocks.

  • On January 15, 2026, BasicRedstone posted a kelp farm with rates of "100,000+ Kelp Per Hour". They said it was "especially designed for Donut SMP" and not ideal on a normal server because of the server's redstone and hopper speed mechanics [6].
  • BasicRedstone's January 31, 2026 farm gives 36,000 kelp per hour and uses 36,000 bone meal per hour. Its smoker array uses 28 smokers and 2,938 blaze rods per hour, producing 3,902 dried kelp blocks per hour [7].
  • A May 2, 2026 BasicRedstone farm produces 576,000 kelp per hour [8].
  • In a January 30, 2026 video, MyshCat called the IKEA v4 "the BEST kelp farm on DonutSMP" and claimed "$200M+ per hour" [9]. This was before the sell multiplier was removed [1].
  • In a May 11, 2026 video, SimpleEco described a farm producing 400 kelp per second. They claimed "3 BILLION $ per Day" in revenue, and noted the kelp has to be smoked to reach that [10].

On the community schematic site donut.build (not affiliated with DonutSMP), the most-downloaded schematic is a small fast kelp farm, and a beginner kelp farm tops its trending farms [11]. A Minecraft Forum article on the economy after the June update ends with the question "Anyone still bothering with kelp farms after the sell multiplier died?" [1]. In its November 2026 ranking, DonutOrders lists dried kelp blocks as fully AFK but low-priced [4].

Gold

A gold farm "kills zombified piglins for gold nuggets", plus the odd gold ingot [4]. In its November 11, 2026 ranking, DonutOrders called a gold nugget farm the "best all-rounder" [4]. It also said that:

  • gold ingots only drop when a player makes the kill, and Looting raises nugget drops [4];
  • spawning platforms are much faster than portal farms [4];
  • nuggets have far more buyers than ingots or blocks, so crafting them up only pays when the block price beats the equivalent nuggets [4].

Live prices: gold nugget, gold ingot, gold block. See also DonutOrders' blocks, ingots or nuggets and piglin bartering guides.

  • On June 13, 2026, Vyxin posted a video using a gold farm "To Make Millions Of Dollars In Donut SMP's New Update" [12].
  • In an August 23, 2026 video, RyvenSMP said they made "$124,000,000 in just 1 hour" with a gold farm [13].
  • In an August 30, 2026 video, Brown Mushroom showed a custom gold farm with a one-hour test. They said it was "afkable with only 1 account" [14].
  • In an October 17, 2026 video, Mr. Flanders said their gold farm was "Making 120m/h" [15].

Zombified piglin spawners also produce gold nuggets (see Spawners) [16].

Bone meal

Kelp farms use bone meal: BasicRedstone's January 31, 2026 kelp farm needs 36,000 bone meal per hour [7]. BasicRedstone's DonutSMP bone meal designs include a January 4, 2026 farm listed at 1,000 bone meal per hour and 111 bone blocks [17]. Their October 13, 2026 design makes 1,900 bone meal per hour from two stone generators and a moss layer, composting all the moss into bone meal so it is self-sustaining [18]. In an April 27, 2026 video, Wensstt claimed their compact bone meal farm made "63.3m+/day" [19]. A beginner bone meal farm is the second most-downloaded schematic on donut.build [11].

Skeleton spawners drop bones, which players turn into bone meal [1][16]. Live prices: bone meal, bone, bone block. See also DonutOrders' composting guide.

Flowers, fungus and nether wart

  • Pink petals and fungus. The Minecraft Forum author sells "Bulk farmables like kelp, fungus, and pink petals" when they need cash quickly [1]. In September 2025, KapyLMR claimed their pink petal farm made "69M per hour" [20].
  • Wildflowers. On June 14, 2026, SadBonker posted a wildflower farm "similar to the pink petal farm that was meta months ago". They called it the current meta "after the summer update" [21].
  • Nether wart. DonutOrders lists nether wart as cheap to set up. It grows on soul sand in any dimension, and a Fortune hoe gets more per harvest [4].

Live prices: pink petals, wildflowers, crimson fungus, warped fungus, nether wart.

Wool

A sheep farm using dispensers with shears produces white wool. DonutOrders calls it an easy sheep farm [4]. It says kelp, nether wart and wool farms "won't make you rich fast, but they run while you're away" [4].

Cobblestone

On June 20, 2026, BasicRedstone posted a 53,000 per hour cobblestone farm for Donut SMP that runs from a single lava source [22]. See the cobblestone price page and DonutOrders' stonecutter recipes and smelting guides.

Enderman

On June 5, 2026, BasicRedstone posted an enderman farm for DonutSMP. They said that "since the shop was removed ender pearls are one of the most valuable items on the server" [23]. See ender pearls.

Raid and totem farms

BasicRedstone posted a raid and totem farm for DonutSMP on August 12, 2026, saying it gives "tons of totems, redstone, emeralds" [24]. On October 4, 2026, Traxolotl built that design on DonutSMP and tested whether selling totems was worth the setup time and resources [25]. Live prices: totem of undying, emerald, redstone.

In a February 2026 blog post, one player described starting from $0 by killing a raid captain for an ominous bottle and selling it on the auction house [26].

Experience bottles

According to DonutOrders, experience bottles can only be obtained by trading with villagers, usually a levelled cleric. It calls this "a trade" rather than a farm, and says letting a zombie infect the cleric and then curing it gives a large discount on emerald costs [4].

Rare drops: ghast tears and wither skulls

DonutOrders lists two farms built for rare, high-priced drops [4]:

  • Ghast tears need a large ghast farm in the Nether.
  • Wither skeleton skulls drop about 2.5% of the time (about 5.5% with Looting III), so they are slow to collect but valuable.

Spawners

DonutSMP spawners do not spawn mobs. According to the fan-run Donutpedia wiki, they store mob drops, which you collect by right-clicking the spawner [16]. Stacking more spawners of the same type into one raises output, but it also concentrates valuable resources in one place, which is risky because many players hunt for bases to raid [16]. The Minecraft Forum article lists what players use each spawner for [1]:

SpawnerUsed forLive price
SkeletonBones, for bone mealbone
Iron golemIroniron ingot
SpiderStringstring
Zombified piglinGold nuggetsgold nugget
BlazeBlaze rods (Donutpedia says blaze powder only [16])blaze rod
CreeperGunpowder (Donutpedia only [16])gunpowder

The Forum article says no new spawners are created and the Shard Shop no longer sells them, so they are only traded between players. It says spawners "are not suitable" as a starter method for new players, because their price is set by their scarcity [1]. See Spawners FAQ.

Other farms in 2026 videos

  • Charcoal. On July 6, 2026, Zerox_x tested a charcoal farm from SadBonker, after claims that it "can make billions per day" [27]. See charcoal.
  • Slabs. On September 10, 2026, qualsie showed an "intermediate slab crafter" method and claimed up to 60M per hour [28]. On October 6, 2026, KingOostin tested a spruce slab farm that he said takes 30 minutes and 2 million in materials to build [29]. See spruce slab and DonutOrders' most profitable crafts guide.
  • Lava. On October 26, 2026, FalconMC posted a lava farm and claimed 40 million per hour [30]. See lava bucket.
  • Crafter farms. The February 2026 blogger built a crafter farm for dispensers. It made a profit, but buying ingredients, filling chests and fixing it took so much time that he was not flipping. He instead bought shulker boxes of dispensers from another player and resold them [26].

On October 25, 2026, KingOostin posted a video on making money that is "Not a 'New meta' or 'New farm / 5B per day'", explaining categories of methods instead [31].

Rules for farms

The official rules (last updated November 11, 2026) ban macros for farming, including harvesting and replanting crops, mining in fixed patterns, fishing, tree farming, mob grinding, and macro use in spawners [32]. They also ban auto-clickers for repetitive farming and for auto-clicking spawners or placing blocks, and they ban duplicating items: "Do not try to duplicate items using bugs, glitches, or unintended game mechanics" [32]. Many farm videos share schematics through Discord [9][10][13]. The rules say "Selling schematics or mods for in-game money is not allowed", with an IRL-Trading ban as the penalty, and they ban mods that auto-build from schematics [32]. See Rules and Making money FAQ.

Money-Making Meta Over TimeHow the best ways to make money on DonutSMP changed from 2024 to the June 2026 update and the November 2026 tax.Making Money With SpawnersHow spawners make money on DonutSMP, how to get them after the June 2026 update, and what players reported earning.Where to Sell: /sell, Orders or Auction HouseWhen to use /sell, buy orders or the auction house on DonutSMP, how they are linked, and how the 2% tax affects each.Flipping and TradingHow flipping works on DonutSMP - buying low on the auction house or through orders and reselling - and what the 2% tax changed.

Sources

  1. DonutSMP Economy After the June Update - Minecraft Forum - minecraftforum.net
  2. Orders - donutsmp.wiki (fan-run) - donutsmp.wiki
  3. How /orders works on DonutSMP: buy orders and /sell - DonutOrders (November 12, 2026) - donutorders.com
  4. The best money farms on DonutSMP right now - DonutOrders (fan price tracker, November 11, 2026, updated November 12, 2026) - donutorders.com
  5. In-game test of the 2% tax, November 2026 - DonutOrders - donutorders.com
  6. Fast & Efficient Kelp Farm | Donut SMP - BasicRedstone (YouTube, January 15, 2026) - youtube.com
  7. Fastest Kelp Farm | Donut SMP - BasicRedstone (YouTube, January 31, 2026) - youtube.com
  8. Max Speed Kelp Farm | Donut SMP - BasicRedstone (YouTube, May 2, 2026) - youtube.com
  9. IKEA v4 Kelp Farm Tutorial | $200M / H | Best Kelp Farm on DonutSMP - MyshCat (YouTube, January 30, 2026) - youtube.com
  10. NEW META Kelp Farm TUTORIAL (DonutSMP) - SimpleEco (YouTube, May 11, 2026) - youtube.com
  11. donut.build - community DonutSMP schematic site (not affiliated) - donut.build
  12. I Found The NEW META On The Donut SMP - Vyxin (YouTube, June 13, 2026) - youtube.com
  13. This Gold Farm Is The Best Farm On Donut SMP - RyvenSMP (YouTube, August 23, 2026) - youtube.com
  14. Gold = NEW META! (DonutSMP) - Brown Mushroom (YouTube, August 30, 2026) - youtube.com
  15. I Broke The Donut SMP Economy With This Farm - Mr. Flanders (YouTube, October 17, 2026) - youtube.com
  16. Spawner - Donutpedia (fan-run wiki) - donutsmp-wiki.pages.dev
  17. Fast & Efficient Bonemeal Farm | Donut SMP - BasicRedstone (YouTube, January 4, 2026) - youtube.com
  18. Fast Bone Meal Farm | Donut SMP | Java 26.3/1.21+ - BasicRedstone (YouTube, October 13, 2026) - youtube.com
  19. I built the BEST bone meal farm on the Donut SMP! 63.3m+/day - Wensstt (YouTube, April 27, 2026) - youtube.com
  20. Insane Pink Petal Farm 1.6B per Day - Donut SMP - KapyLMR (YouTube, September 16, 2025) - youtube.com
  21. This NEW META Farm Makes $10B Per Day on Donut SMP - SadBonker (YouTube, June 14, 2026) - youtube.com
  22. Easy Cobblestone Farm | Donut SMP - BasicRedstone (YouTube, June 20, 2026) - youtube.com
  23. Easiest Enderman Farm | Donut SMP Update - BasicRedstone (YouTube, June 5, 2026) - youtube.com
  24. Easiest Raid & Totem Farm | Donut SMP - BasicRedstone (YouTube, August 12, 2026) - youtube.com
  25. Testing New OP META on DonutSMP (October 2026) - Traxolotl (YouTube, October 4, 2026) - youtube.com
  26. From $0 to $100 million in DonutSMP over the weekend (blog post, February 2, 2026) - blog.vjeux.com
  27. This Farm Makes BILLIONS Per Day on DonutSMP - Zerox_x (YouTube, July 6, 2026) - youtube.com
  28. This New Farm Is Actually the New Meta on Donut SMP - qualsie (YouTube, September 10, 2026) - youtube.com
  29. Build This Farm in 30 Minutes → Make 500M/Day - KingOostin (YouTube, October 6, 2026) - youtube.com
  30. NEW META! Lava Farm Makes 40M/Hour! DonutSMP - FalconMC (YouTube, October 26, 2026) - youtube.com
  31. How to Actually Make Money on the DONUTSMP (No bs) - KingOostin (YouTube, October 25, 2026) - youtube.com
  32. DonutSMP Rules (official, last updated November 11, 2026) - rules.donutsmp.net

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