Uploaded July 2011 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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As you all know by now, update 1.7 brought with it sticky pistons which, in my mind, will be one of the most useful items in the game. However, a lot of people are quite annoyed about the fact that the crafting recipe requires slime balls to make the pistons "sticky" as many have not ever even seen a slime.

With this in mind I thought I'd do a "quick" tutorial on how to make a slime farm so that obtaining slime balls will be much easier. Much of the research was already done by Roboticaust and so most of the credit must go to him. You can check out his channel at:
youtube.com/user/roboticaust

This video is divided up into several smaller parts to make the tutorial more accessible and easy to digest. Title screens (along with most of my other graphics) were supplied by NetherGirlHD who you can find at:
youtube.com/user/NetherGirlHD

There is an online tool which will allow you to search for chunks in which slimes are able to spawn and this can be found at the link below. Although, as I mention in the video, I have not tested this tool out and so cannot attest to its accuracy:
minecraftforum.net/topic/397835-find-slime-spawning-chunks

Forum Topic: minecraftforum.net/topic/419786-comprehensive-slime-farm-tutorial/page__gopid__5834831#entry5834831

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