New Farms · Allays · Java & Bedrock

How to Make an Allay Item Farm

Hand an allay an item and it gathers every matching one and drops it by a note block into your chest, a living item sorter.

ALLAY FETCHES → NOTE BLOCK DROP

ITEMS

drops near a note block

gathers matching items

Hand an allay an item and it collects every matching one it can find, then drops them by a note block. A hopper under that block funnels the haul into your chest, hands-free.

What you need

A note block (the drop spot)

Amethyst to duplicate them

The item you want gathered

A hopper to collect it

Hand it an item, point it at a note block

An allay grabs only the item you give itso it works like a living filter. Play a note block over a hopper and the allay drops everything it collects right there instead of following you. Free allays from outpost cages, and duplicate them with an amethyst shard while they dance, to build a whole team of gatherers.

Quick answers

What is an allay item farm in Minecraft?

It is a collector built around allays, the little flying helpers. You hand an allay an item and it gathers every matching dropped item nearby and brings them to a note block, where a hopper funnels them into your chest. It is perfect for picking one item off a messy floor.

How do allays collect items?

Give an allay the item you want by hand and it will fly around picking up all the matching dropped items it can reach, then return them to you. They only grab the exact item you gave them, so they double as a living filter.

How do you make an allay drop items at a fixed spot?

Play a note block near the allay. After hearing it, the allay drops what it gathers next to that note block instead of following you, for a couple of minutes at a time. Put a hopper under the note block and the haul flows straight into storage.

How do you get and duplicate allays?

Find allays caged at pillager outposts and woodland mansions and free them. To make more, let an allay dance near a playing note block while holding an item, then feed it an amethyst shard and it duplicates into two, on a cooldown.

What is an allay item farm good for?

Cleanly separating one item from a pile. Point allays at a farm that drops several things and they will pull out only the item you handed them, so you get a sorted stream without a redstone sorter.

Does an allay item farm work on Bedrock?

Yes. Allays collect matching items, drop at note blocks and duplicate with amethyst on both editions, though pathing and timing differ a little, so a Java layout may need small tweaks on Bedrock.

Database →

The allay mob

Look up the allay, where it spawns and how duplication works.

Guide →

Note block song

The same note block allays love, put to work playing music.

A mob that fetches for you

An allay picks up copies of what you hand it

Give an allay an item and it collects every matching item it can find and brings it back, which makes it the only mob that sorts by hand. For a farm that means an allay per item type, and each one holding the item you want collected.

A note block is the drop off point

An allay delivers to the nearest note block it has heard, so a note block over a hopper is what turns fetching into storage. Without a note block the allay hands the items back to you, which is fine for gathering and useless for a farm.

They come from cages, and they duplicate

Allays are found in pillager outposts and woodland mansions, and one can be duplicated with an amethyst shard while it dances to a jukebox. That duplication is what makes a multi item farm possible at all, because catching enough of them in the wild is not realistic.