I think it's better to start with the flying machines from the top. Amethyst shards can land on budding amethysts, where they will despawn. The two flying machine groups from the sides can push already broken shards down, so I think you end up with less loss this way.

If you get a bad configuration that stops you from building flying machines in the right spot, then it may be possible to increase the number of drops by breaking 1 or 2 budding amethyst blocks and making more room.

Made one of these couple months back. Had the problem with upward flying machines so I only pushed from the sides. Then it broke. And now I know why. My observers weren’t covered. This proved to be very helpful.

It occurs to me that using a clock for this is flawed, because it will continue counting if the chunks are loaded even if no player is in random tick range, so it's entirely possible for the machines to be launched far too early and destroy all the partially-grown crystals. Hooking up a counter to a cactus+observer would let you time it based on the actual number of random ticks that happen, so it would reliably match the rate that the buds are growing. (And as a side effect also automatically compensate for higher randomtickspeed, which would be super convenient for testing in creative mode)

Some timestamps (FM = flying machine) 1:06 blitz farm challenge 3:25 amethyst shard farm 4:39 mapping all budding amethyst blocks 5:56 helper blocks where amethysts grow 6:44 slime and honey 10:52 anchor points for FM 11:51 basic FM tutorial 13:44 FM flies too far + fix 14:31 upside down FM 14:50 sideways FM 19:30 first side launch 23:04 second launch 25:27 top FM 25:47 prevent observer from detecting the nonmovable block 26:26 water streams 28:14 wiring the top 29:05 full launch 29:23 clock for launch 32:45 output and rates for this farm

I think what Mojang really likes about farming amethyst is that players can't just blindly follow a tutorial, they either have to solve a puzzle themselves or be content with manually farming them. I'm not sure if that's ideal, especially considering solving the puzzle mostly involves just a lot of grunt work, but it's an interesting mechanic at least. There also is the issue that the game doesn't really do much at all to teach redstone within itself, you basically have to go to outside resources.

Mango for real went: *Hmmm, ok I think I'll use (**4:50**) Lime glazed terracotta and (**5:56**) Coarse dirt to mark it out*

I can not find words to say. Great job!

Tweakeroo has a blacklist that will stop you from breaking certain types of blocks. You can also add a texture pack that makes the budding amethyst more visible.

I didn't know amethyst farming had so much in common with tetris

Interesting how amethyst geodes made it so that every amethysts farm that could be made will always be unique to one another. Definitely a challenge for people who just want to build from block for block tutorials, but for people who like to problem solve I see this as an opportunity for a kind of fun puzzle.

22:56 Its been a long time since I've heard the sticky keys sound. lol

Those flying machines are arranged in the weirdest patterns. So cool that such strange shapes optimize efficiency

To expand upon this, use ChunkBase to locate Geodes within your Spawn Chunks, or within 128 blocks of where you mainly are in your Overworld. The odds are 1/35 Chunks, and I have 20 possible locations just in my Spawn. Use a Water Collection system to a single point, with a Rail that connects and collects them all. Mine a 2x3 Horse Path along all of the Chunk Borders at Y level 2,3, &4 to find your Deepslate Coal Ore and other Rares, then use those to connect your Rail system together. While there will be some inefficiencies along the periphery, the multiple Geodes will more than make up any losses due to sheer numbers. I just needed a video that didn't require a degree in Redstone to wire them all up, great job!

I did 8 geodes like this when I was making these farms as well. I of course did get the inspiration because of the blitz server. however I did have a couple of differences that you didn't have. first have the top flying machine go first so the items that land on the budding amethyst will get shoved off by the front and side. it will increase the efficiency by a bit. but since it's easy to implement it should definitely be worth it. second is that I made the flying machines 3 blocks in footprint.

Almost done building it. I'm working on a triple geode farm, and after one piston/hopper style geode, I almost quit. This is SO much easier to build. Thank you.

22:56 gotta watch that shift key lmao

Built this for my small (9 budding) amethyst, it was very easy, didn't even need the vertical machines so I could have a nice viewing window right above, and I got practice for when I do it for a larger one! Nice!

it’s fascinating that everyone who builds this farm is building a unique structure, tutorial was great and this is the most fun im having with a farm in a long time

no joke this was an idea that i tough about after seeing all the submissions to write a code that would take in geode info and generate build like this I wrote some initial code in 2d world that could generate simple flying machines, but sadly i was not motivated to go trough with it not sure if i had discussion about it on discord tho

i know im never gonna ever build this but it was so much fun to just watch all the way through

Wow Thank you for in depth tutorial. Now I understand how those machines work.

Great video to watch whilst eating a mango. **slurps up mango juice**

Three flying machines is so neat and organized as opposed to the piston messes you sometimes see

20:30 I bet you still could do that. Take a schematic, process it in python to 3 2D images, then do some image processing (I know enough to know it's doable, but not enough to do it myself) to design a layout with those L shapes in the slime/honey, then use that to make a schematic. Then you just line them up in the world manually. You could design it such that you don't duplicate already broken crystals. If it gets stuck it can just give up, or try a different algorithm. I would certainly not be surprised if someone manages to make such a program within a few weeks

If the leftover grown amethyst bother you, you can build a piston extender out of the other two sides of the cube that runs after the first three flying machines have finished.

Love this style of video!, way more informative to have a good outline of the mechanics than just one particular build.

So I finally got around to building this with a 12 bud geode... and man it's AWESOME! Thanks so much for all you do man!

22:57 "Do you want to turn on sticky keys?" The eternal bane of Minecraft creative mode XD

"hey, guys." Well I kinda missed hearing that.

I really love that this tutorial isn't a "here you have a schematic, enjoy rebuilding this exact farm in your wold" but showcasing how to do it in your world. We are still left with building it in our own world in the way we need it. Don't get me wrong, I love your videos with world downloads to help me build it in my world, but here I am left with some work to do on my own 🙂

Wow, this is a great video... and I LOVE that the comments are actually slight (but important) upgrades. Great community of builders you got here!

I finally got around to finishing this after starting it almost 6 months ago and I gotta say it was very satisfying to finally run it with it fully functional. The results are plenty for my small server.

Finally, an Amethyst Farm that's easy to understand... ilmango saves the day again...

Thanks so much for making this video. Amethyst farms now feel much more manageable for an average player

This is an awesome farm to have, I got it complete on a large geode. Thank you Ilmango!

I'm impressed y'all found a way to do it, congrats

Thanks for this video, very well explained!

Wow this farm is so satisfiying... I actually think it is really cool that you have to adapt the concept to your own geode xD

would it be possible to increase efficiency if you broke just a few budding amethyst blocks to open up more budding amethysts that were not accessible before

this farm looks epic! by far the best looking shard farm :)

Actually exactly what you need to get this working, I also had trouble doing bespoke flying machines after I tried copying the original concept 😄

Happy to see another red stone video from you. It’s too bad people started ripping off your content because I absolutely loved all your tutorial videos. I love the dedication to efficiency that you have. We need that for everything else in the world haha. ilmango for president of earth lol.

the intro is honestly incredible

Genius! And looks cool too

awesome tutorial, really smart method to simplify a geode farm!

Really great video. Everything is well explained :)

this is the first time i´ve seen how to use flying machines. Very good explanation.

Awesome and simple solution!

Thank you so much mango!

Really nice ! Thank you so much !

I am definitely going to build one

Your a boss mango. Straight up legendary

great video, amazing farm, clever mechanic but let me tell you... The double clock is what BLEW MY MIND. hooooly moly that's a very elegant easy and simple solution to a problem! i followed everything clearly but when he was building the clock with the dropper i was like "wtf is he doing? how can it works without a signa..." he starts build the second clock truth of the universe revealed

I chuckled when I heard the sticky keys sound pop up, I have PTSD from that sound.

This is so good thanks

This was really insightful. Even as long as it was, there were parts I'd definitely have to pause/slow down if I built this one myself! Really cool to see how all the redstone machinery works. I can't wait to build my first flying machines!!! I kind of want to just set one loose in the overworld and let it go forever...

22:56 You can go to Windows' Settings to disable the sticky keys shortcut!

This is great! The only thing is would unloading it while the flying machines are running break it? The one that breaks each one with a piston is nice because I can just build it under a base and it runs constantly. Aside from that this is a great design and way easier to fit to your chosen geode! Also the clock is great! Thanks ^_^

Wow that’s really great

Awesome video!

Nice solution Mr Mango sir.

I came here from Docm77's Hermit Craft video. This is amazing - definitely want to build this, even though I doubt I have much use for shards outside from what I've been collecting manually. (edit) Gotta say, so much fun to build. It's like a puzzle game!

Really great vid

I'm wondering if mapping of the top side could be done by dropping a single layer of sand over the whole geode, then observe what block made it to the floor as blocks. The idea is to map the top side first by clearing out all growing crystals, tick freez, place torches on top of all budding amethyst, let the layer of sand fall and form a pattern on the floor. Then proceed with the building, just treat all the torches like a valid amethyst crystal and they'll be taken out by the flying machine eventually. That wouldn't leave out the over lapping spots, but I think it'll make the top/bottom side a lot easier to map. Edit: I don't have Java so I'm gonna test this theory on Bedrock, minus the actual flying machine part of course.

idk there's just something about engineering and problem solving like this that's deeply satisfying to me, great video as always :D

surprisingly i didnt make a mistake until the very beginning of the 2nd session of building this. broke 2 budded amethysts on the first flying machine i tested for the ceiling portion lol. To think I would mess up at the end of the long first day doing the two walls instead.

seems like...just going in with a fortune III pickaxe might be the way to go for moderate to low needs, then. I definitely agree on going with a lower speed pick, because one harvest I broke at least 3 buds accidentally.

This is so elegant

@22:57 Gotta love Sticky keys... lol

I think this is the coolest farm I've ever seen

may change my usermane to *addicted to ilmango's videos*

Very cool video, thank you for teaching in addition to just making clickable content.

one could launch the side flyingmachines again to sweep down any shards that landed on budding amethyst blocks

This is great.

Potential for optimization. There are some cyrstalls that did not get broken. Maybe if a flying machine does not fly the whole way to the other side but will return at some point in the middly and an other flying machine from the other side does the same maybe there can be more crystals in rerach without breaking any budding blocks.

Really brilliant design. Thank you for doing this tutorial.

Nice to have a cookie-cutter solution. I've yet to even bother with a farm for one, and have just manually harvested with fortune.

Yooo sick

Keep it up man love your video..technical minecraft is where its at

It could be slightly more efficient for some layouts to have separate flying machines come in from all four sides and reversing in the middle; they might encounter fewer conflicting blocks. The trick might be the necessary non-moveable blocks required in the middle of the geode to allow the machine to reverse. Probably wouldn't have a big impact, and in some cases you might not gain anything, but it can probably squeeze out at least a few more in many cases.

Finally a proper way to farm them!

This is completely off topic, but I just want it to be known that every time I see the thumbnail for this video in my peripheral, my 1990's ass brain sees the scene where Perfect Cell is pointing to his head talking about the nuclease that lets him regenerate.

Surprisingly, this is easy.

"Amethyst geodes are just impossible! You have no choice but to go in by hand! Oh how cruel mojang is to deny automation!" *ilmango: Do not worry my friends, there is always a way.*

one of the most stressful looking farms out there haha!

Ilmango never fails to make good farms! Keep it up! 👍

Brilliant

I normally hate when mcKZfaqrs use custom textures and shaders and such cuz it is very confusing sometimes, which is one thing I'm glad about your videos using the vanilla textures. HOWEVER: I was wondering if you would consider using JUST the Vanilla Tweaks redstone identifying block type resource packs (Like the ones that allow you to tell if a piston is a sticky piston even from the side, which direction hoppers/droppers/observers/etc are facing), most of these still look like the vanilla components just have little arrows and such added to them. I'm a rather staunch "Vanilla Minecraft"er ... but even I've started using these Vanilla Tweaks cuz it just makes life so much simpler.

Would it be better to have a hopper minecart on the bottom of the farm instead of lots of hoppers or water streams?

i may be wrong, but would it not be more effecient in specific scenarios to remove some of the budding amethyst blocks? one scenario I can think of that would be quite rare but still important to think about would be if several budding amethyst blocks are blocking all possible growing locations on another block, it would be beneficial to remove the blocked bud which would give you access to something like 4 extra growing locations

Hi can u make a tree farm using withers, as a server im playing on has tnt dupe disabled , would be very much appreciated tq

To get the last bit of efficiency out of things, sometimes you have one budding block covering multiple shard blocks that will not be cut off. In that case it might make more sense to get rid of that one so the other multiple ones are accessible, generating a few more

Is it possible to push the budding amethyst blocks into a more usable configuration for easier farming or do they have to stay in their original position?

I love how the honey and slime look like ancient glyphs on the sides of the farm!

Smaller scale version of this would supply a world with only a small group playing. Just harvesting with a timer on a set of pistons... or a detection version. Would there be a configuration to search for that would make a small farm the most efficient? Like a row of four evenly spaced or a row of three or four blocks to catch the row over and over.

Can you do a tutorial on the stone generator you recently showed in 4x4 chunk challenge

very tedious to build, but very satisfying to watch in action

Genius

mango you are still the best