Minecraft: The Best Ways To Get XP Fast

In order to get some of the coolest gear in Minecraft, you will need to focus most of your efforts on gathering levels. With enchantments like Mending in the game as well, having enough experience points in the long run has become even more important when trying to get the best possible gear and maintaining it.

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However, farming for levels is a tedious, and usually a pretty lengthy process. It can get incredibly boring and difficult after a while, which is why players have started coming up with easier, quick-fix solutions to the problem. Here are some great and pretty easy ways to farm experience without breaking a sweat, and the fastest way to actually achieve a high level.

Updated On March 30, 2023, By Helen Ashcroft: As Minecraft continues to expand so to do the ways of farming experience. With the addition of the Deep Dark an extra quick way to farm xp has been found. We've updated this list to make sure you know all the fastest ways to farm xp in Minecraft.

19 Farm The Deep Dark

Sculk Catalysts Speed Farming

The Deep Dark is a great biome to farm for XP. Sculk blocks offer a single point of XP when farmed, but Sculk Catalysts give a whopping 20 XP, equivalent to taking out a Piglin Brute but far less difficult. Using just an enchanted hoe, you can insta-mine the blocks, quickly gaining XP. Just make sure you take out the Shriekers first, so you don't accidentally summon the Warden.

If you don't fancy the risk then an alternative is to silk touch some of the blocks and build a Sculk farm like this one by Wattles. All the xp benefits with none of the risk.

18 Defeat The Ender Dragon

Re-Summoning For XP

The Ender Dragon is the big bad of Minecraft, and defeating it will roll credits on the game. However, as a sandbox game, the adventure is just beginning, especially since this action unlocks The End, a whole new realm to explore.

As you'd expect, finding the End Portal and slaying the Ender Dragon will reward you well. Specifically with 12,000 XP, although these are experience orbs and, as such, can be collected by anyone close by. The Ender Dragon can also be re-summoned, however it will only provide 500 XP for each subsequent victory. If you need some help, we have a guide to defeating the Ender Dragon to help.

17 Kill A Wither

An Inefficient Option For When You Need Some Variety

The Wither is another major boss in the game and feels like it should reward you well. However, the Nether Star - a key component of beacons - really is the best reward from this boss, which only grants you a measly 50 XP.

Summoning a Wither requires three wither skeleton skulls, which are difficult to farm, and can be an annoying fight due to the excessive environmental damage and withering effect. You will gain 50XP for each victory, but unless you need a lot of beacons, this is a very inefficient way to level.

16 Smash A Bottle O' Enchanting

Small Individual Gains But Easy To Collect

A Bottle O' Enchanting can be thrown on the ground and will release XP orbs worth between three and eleven XP per bottle. You can get your hands on them by looting shipwreck treasure chests, buried treasure, and chests in Pillager outposts. You can also trade with Villagers to get your hands on the bottles.

You'll need a lot to give yourself a decent number of levels, but they can be easily dispensed to give a fast XP boost after they've been collected.

15 Use A Grindstone

Cash In XP By Removing Unwanted Enchantments

Grindstones are used to remove unwanted enchantments from weapons and armor. Simply add the item to the grindstone, and you can disenchant it. You can also repair items by adding another of the same type to combine them and add five percent of the max durability on that item.

Enchantments that are removed in this way will award you with XP, although the amount is variable based on the enchants as well as the number and level of those removed.

14 Find Bastions With Piglin Brutes

Hard-Fought Battle XP

Since the 1.16 Nether update exploring the Nether is so much more exciting than it once was, mainly due to the new biomes and mobs that make it even more dangerous and colorful. With these new areas and mobs, came new ways of earning experience points.

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The Bastion Remnant is a structure that can be found in the Nether, and it spawns a special Piglin Brute who chases after you with an axe. This tough mob might be scary and can be lethal if you aren't prepared, but it also provides 20 points of experience when killed. So, gather all your courage and head on over to the closest Bastion to slay one of these beasts.

13 Complete Advancements

Thousands Of XP To Earn As You Play

Some players might now know this, but advancements do provide some experience points. This is only a feature in the Java Edition of Minecraft as of now. You get 50 points for completing Return to Sender, Great View From Up Here, Sniper Duel, Bullseye, and A Complete Catalogue. 65 points are given for Two Birds, One Arrow, and 85 for Arbalistic.

An impressive 100 points are given for Subspace Bubble, Uneasy Alliance, Cover Me in Debris, A Furious Cocktail, Hero of the Village, Monsters Hunted, Two by Two, A Balanced Diet, and Serious Dedication. For 500 points, complete Hot Tourist Destinations and Adventuring Time. Finally, for a whopping 1000 points, complete How Did We Get Here? Basically, just keep playing the game and watch the random XP roll in.

12 Build A Makeshift Farm In The End

An Unbeatable Defense Makes For Easy Mob XP

If the thought of building massive farms is too overwhelming or time-consuming for you, then rest assured there are quick ways to make makeshift farms as well. One of them requires you to unlock the End by finding a Stronghold and actually beating the Ender Dragon, but it will continuously provide you with steady experience points and Ender Pearls.

All you need to do is create a simple platform that's lower than three blocks in height and stand underneath it while staring at the Endermen around you. The Endermen won't be able to attack you, but you can kill them from safety when they approach you. Just make sure to go right back to the middle if you venture out to aggro them!

11 Build Nether Roof Farms

Controlling Piglin/Pigmen Spawn Rates To Rake In The XP

Accessing the Nether Roof isn't the easiest task in the game, but it's a task definitely worth undertaking for numerous reasons. For one, the Nether Roof is completely covered with bedrock, meaning nothing ever spawns there, and traveling around is safe. It's a perfect way to make a network of Nether portals in a safe location.

For two, since nothing spawns on bedrock, creating a platform on top of the bedrock out of some other block type that allows spawning allows the player to easily control the spawning rate of Piglins, Pigmen, and the like to create highly efficient farms. Speaking of which...

10 Create A Piglin Bartering Farm

Trading With A Trapped Piglin

Piglin bartering is a great way to get a wide range of useful items and can be combined with creating a gold farm that also generates XP. Thanks to ingenious designs created by the Minecraft community, you can kill angry mobs and then use their gold to trade with a trapped Piglin.

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Here are just a few incredibly ingenious Redstone and non-Redstone farms to help anyone boost their experience gain in Minecraft.

This type of farm provides a huge amount of XP alongside gold and a range of drops from the bartering system. These include potions, ender pearls, fire charges, and obsidian.