Balanced Iron Farms
Balanced Iron Farms aims to make iron farms less overpowered. Iron farms are still possible to make, but depending on how the mod is configured they will be less efficient and more complex.
Do not expect existing iron farm designs to work with this mod.
Features
Iron golems will not be pushed by water streams
Iron golems will not target persistent mobs (mobs which won't despawn)
These changes can be individually toggled in the config - balancedironfarms.json5
Dependencies
This mod only needs to be installed on the server (but also works in singleplayer)
This mod requires owo lib
You might also want to check out the other mods in the Balanced Minecraft collection
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.3
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as BalancedIronFarms-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 15 KB
- Download link checked 10 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.