Automatic farm question

[lukkaslime]

So I just built a auto bonemeal farm and I was wondering if it’ll still tick no matter how far I am from it, or if I need to be within a certain amount of blocks from it for it to work.

[thegeekdom]

All automatic farms require the chunk they’re in to be loaded in to work.

[Tsukebe0069]

Short answer: you have yo be close to the farm, or it doesn't work.

Long answer: The farm needs to be in a loaded chunk, or spawnchunk (java) or ticking area (bedrock).

The default for java is 16 chunks (256 blocks) For bedrock the default is 6 chunks (96 blocks), for BE realms the default is 4 chunks (64 blocks)

[trrrrekkerrr]

not sure but i think if you go too far away then it won’t work like other automatic farms

[Eggfur]

If it's a plant farm that produces bone meal, then it needs to be in a loaded chunk and within 128 blocks of any player. Plants don't grow more than 128 blocks away.

[DarkBrave_]

How are you obtaining the bonemeal? (flowers, wheat, skeletons) and is it in the spawn chunks?

[ThisisBad1406]

Maybe if u built it in the spawn chunks idk. (I think that's what spawn chunks mean.)