Step-by-Step ATM 10 XP Farm Build Guides For Fast Levels

Stuck at level 30, wishing you could max out those new enchants without hours of grinding? In All The Mods 10, slow XP is a relic of the past. If you're ready to transform your gameplay and unlock powerful abilities faster than ever, you're in the right place. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the most effective and efficient Step-by-Step ATM 10 XP Farm Build Guides available, ensuring you spend less time mindlessly killing mobs and more time enjoying the vast world of ATM10.
We'll dive deep into automated, semi-automated, and even passive methods, empowering you to choose the farm that fits your playstyle and progression stage. From early-game boosts to late-game AFK machines, get ready to elevate your XP game.

At a Glance: Your ATM10 XP Farm Options

Automated Mob Crusher & Sophisticated Backpacks: The most popular and robust AFK farm. Utilizes upgraded spawners, Mob Grinding Utilities, and smart storage for endless XP and loot.
Simple Mob Crusher & Exp Taps: A more straightforward automated build for earlier automation, funneling XP into tanks for manual collection.
Mystical Agriculture XP Farm: A completely passive, non-combat method, growing experience as a crop. Ideal for those who prefer farming over fighting.
Experience Bees: A unique, late-game AFK solution that generates XP from industrious bees.
Manual Grinding with Apotheosis Spawners: For rapid early-to-mid-game boosts through active combat with a highly enchanted sword.
Emergency XP: Quick fixes like the Infernal Tear for when you need a level right now.

Why XP Farms Are Your Best Friend in ATM10

Experience Points in ATM10 are more than just a number; they're the lifeblood of progression. You'll need XP for:

Enchanting: Maxing out tools and armor with powerful enchantments from vanilla Minecraft, Apotheosis, or other mods.
Anvil Repairs: Keeping your high-tier gear in top shape without breaking the bank.
Mod-Specific Mechanics: Many mods integrate XP into their crafting or operational processes.
Apotheosis Gear: Crafting and enhancing powerful weapons and armor that require substantial levels.
Silent Gear: While Silent Gear tools don't break, repairing parts and upgrading them still benefits from XP for various reasons.
Having a reliable, automated source of XP means you can focus on exploration, building, and advancing through other mods without the constant worry of needing "just a few more levels." This guide will help you create the ultimate ATM 10 XP farm for your base.

Foundational Knowledge: Essential Tools & Concepts

Before we build, let's ensure you're familiar with the core components that make these ATM10 XP farms shine. Mastering these will give you a significant advantage.

Silk Touch: Your Spawner Relocator

Perhaps the most crucial initial step for any spawner-based farm is the ability to move spawners. By default, spawners drop nothing when broken. With a Silk Touch enchanted pickaxe, however, you can pick them up and place them exactly where you need them.

How to Get Silk Touch:
Enchanting Table: The classic method, though it can be RNG-dependent.
Librarian Villagers: Trade for Silk Touch books.
Chests: Explore dungeons, strongholds, and other generated structures.
Steam Mining Drill (Industrial Foregoing): This powerful tool can be toggled to Silk Touch mode by holding Left SHIFT and right-clicking.
Anvil & Books: Combine a Silk Touch book with your favorite pickaxe using an Anvil. Note that for more advanced tools, using an Obsidian block with the Anvil can help transfer enchantments.

Spawner Upgrades with Apotheosis: The Heart of Efficiency

Apotheosis transforms vanilla spawners into customizable mob-spawning powerhouses. These upgrades are vital for maximizing your XP per minute. Once you have a spawner moved with Silk Touch, you can right-click it with various items to enhance its capabilities:

Echo Shards: Increases the amount of mobs spawned per cycle. More mobs = more XP.
Nether Stars: Significantly reduces the delay between spawn cycles, leading to a much faster mob generation rate.
Chorus Fruit: Makes the spawner ignore light levels, allowing mobs to spawn even in bright areas. Essential for farms built above ground or with lighting for visibility.
Wool: Silences the spawner, removing its ambient mob sounds – a blessing for your ears in a large farm!
Turtle Eggs: Causes the spawner to produce baby mobs, which can be useful for certain farm designs or aesthetics, though generally not for XP.
Combine Echo Shards and Nether Stars for maximum effect. A fully upgraded spawner is incredibly potent.

Mob Grinding Utilities: The Workhorses

This mod provides the machinery to efficiently dispatch mobs and collect their drops and XP.

Mob Crusher:
Function: An automated block that damages and kills mobs in a 3x3x3 area directly in front of it. It automatically collects all drops (items and XP essence).
Output: It has an internal buffer for essence. This essence can be piped out or directly used by Exp Taps. It also outputs items, which you'll want to collect with a Sophisticated Backpack or a separate item sorting system.
Upgrades: Can be enchanted with Sharpness, Smite, Looting, and other weapon enchantments to increase damage and drop rates.
Mob Masher:
Function: Similar to a Mob Crusher but requires a valid sword inside its inventory. It applies the sword's enchantments (Sharpness, Smite, Looting, Knowledge of the Ages, Scavenger, Sweeping Edge) to the mobs it kills.
Output: Like the Mob Crusher, it collects items and XP essence.
Advantages: Can be more flexible with enchantments, particularly useful for maximizing rare drops (Looting) and XP (Knowledge of the Ages, Scavenger).
Exp Taps:
Function: When placed on a tank containing XP essence (like a Singularity Tank or Mekanism Basic Tank), they allow players to right-click them to instantly draw XP levels. Each tap can provide XP quickly, and multiple taps on a single tank can cater to several players or just faster collection.
Usage: Best for collecting XP from a tank, rather than direct mob crushing.

Sophisticated Storage: Your XP & Item Vault

Sophisticated Backpacks are an absolute game-changer for automated farms, acting as both an item buffer and an instant XP storage/retrieval system.

Netherite Backpack: The top tier backpack, offering immense storage.
Crucial Upgrades:
Tank Upgrade: Adds internal fluid storage, perfect for holding XP essence.
XP Pump Upgrade: Allows you to instantly store/withdraw XP levels directly from the backpack's UI. This is incredibly fast and convenient.
Magnet Upgrade: Automatically pulls nearby items directly into the backpack. Essential for collecting mob drops.
Absorption Hopper: (Optional, but useful) For even faster collection, place an Absorption Hopper (Mob Grinding Utils) on top of a Sophisticated Backpack. It will grab items and XP from the Mob Masher/Crusher and send them directly to the backpack.

Powering Your Farm: Wind Generators & Ender Cells

Automated farms require power (Forge Energy/FE).

Wind Generators (Mekanism): An excellent early-to-mid-game power source. Build them as high as possible for maximum FE generation.
Ender Cells (Mekanism): Portable, wireless power storage and transmission. Essential for powering your machines from a central power grid without stringing cables everywhere.
Powah Player Transmitter: For wireless charging of your jetpack or other FE-powered armor.

Dreadful Dirt / Cursed Earth: Boosting Mob Spawns

These special blocks (or similar variants in ATM10) act like a supercharged dark room, significantly increasing mob spawn rates compared to regular dark blocks.

Dreadful Dirt (Mob Grinding Utils): Mobs spawn much faster on this block in dark conditions. Ideal for the floor of your mob farm.
Cursed Earth: Another common version with similar properties.
Using these on the floor of your mob farm, under your spawner, will dramatically increase the number of mobs you're processing.

The Go-To Build: Apotheosis Spawner, Mob Crusher & Sophisticated Backpacks (Automated, AFK)

This is the holy grail of ATM10 XP farms: fully automated, minimal effort once set up, and generates tons of XP and mob drops while you do other things.

Step 1: Acquire & Upgrade Your Spawner

Find a Spawner: Dungeon spawners (skeletons, zombies, spiders) are common and effective. Blazes are excellent for blaze rods, but their movement can be tricky. Enderman spawners (if you find one or make a pseudo-one) are also great for XP.
Silk Touch It: Use your Silk Touch pickaxe to break and collect the spawner.
Place & Upgrade: Place the spawner in your designated farm area. Right-click it repeatedly with:

Echo Shards: Max out the spawn count.
Nether Stars: Max out the spawn delay reduction.
Chorus Fruit: Make it light-level independent if you want to light up your farm.
(Optional) Wool: Silence it.

Step 2: Set Up the Mob Grinding Area

The Chamber: Build an enclosed 9x9 (or larger, depending on spawner reach) dark room. The spawner should be centrally located, about 2-3 blocks above the floor.
Dreadful Dirt Floor: Replace the floor of your mob spawning chamber with Dreadful Dirt to maximize spawn rates.
Mob Funneling: Mobs need to get to your Mob Crusher.

Water Streams: Place water in the corners or along the walls to push mobs towards a central 1x1 or 2x1 hole.
Vector Plates (Mob Grinding Utils): These blocks push mobs in a specific direction. They're excellent for precise funneling without water. Place them on the Dreadful Dirt floor to push mobs towards your killing zone.
Height Variation: You can have mobs drop a few blocks (e.g., 22-23 blocks) to take fall damage, bringing them to very low health before they hit the Mob Crusher. This makes killing them faster and potentially more efficient if the crusher isn't fully enchanted.

Step 3: Integrate the Mob Crusher

Placement: Below your mob funneling point, place a Mob Crusher. Ensure it's facing into the chamber where mobs will collect. It operates in a 3x3x3 area in front of it.
Power: Connect the Mob Crusher to your power source (e.g., Ender Cells, cables from a Wind Generator).
Enchantments (Optional but Recommended): Place the Mob Crusher down, then pick it up to get it as an item. Enchant it on an Anvil with:

Sharpness V: Increased damage.
Smite V: Extra damage to undead mobs (zombies, skeletons, Withers, etc.)
Looting III: Increases mob drop quantity (essential for resources).

Step 4: Configure XP Collection with Sophisticated Backpack

Place Your Backpack: Place a Netherite Sophisticated Backpack directly adjacent to (or even under, if using an Absorption Hopper) the Mob Crusher.
Upgrade the Backpack: Ensure your backpack has at least:

Tank Upgrade: To store XP essence.
XP Pump Upgrade: For instant XP transfer.
Magnet Upgrade: To collect all items dropped by the Mob Crusher.

Automation: The Mob Crusher will automatically output its essence and items into the adjacent backpack. The Magnet Upgrade ensures nothing is missed. When you open the backpack GUI, you'll see your accumulated XP and can instantly pull it into your levels.

Step 5: Power & Final Touches

Consistent Power: Ensure your Wind Generators are high enough to provide ample power for the Mob Crusher and any associated item sorting.
Lighting: Use Light Field Blocks (from Integrated Dynamics or similar) strategically. These emit light in a 24-block radius without occupying space, preventing unwanted mob spawns outside your farm while keeping your work area visible.
Chunk Loading: For an AFK farm, you must chunk load the area. Use a Chunk Loader (e.g., from Chicken Chunks or FTB Utilities) to ensure the farm continues to run even when you're far away or offline.
Item Sorting: While the Sophisticated Backpack handles initial collection, consider a larger storage system (e.g., Applied Energistics 2, Refined Storage, other Sophisticated Storage solutions) to sort and store the vast quantities of mob drops. Mekanism logistical sorters and pipes can be used for automated transfer from the backpack's output.

Alternative Automated Build: Mob Crusher & Exp Taps (Simpler, Earlier Automation)

This build is a slightly simpler, earlier-game alternative to the Sophisticated Backpack method. It focuses on using Exp Taps to collect XP manually from a tank, while still automating mob killing.

Step 1: Spawner Setup

Follow Step 1 from the previous build: acquire, Silk Touch, place, and upgrade your Apotheosis Spawner.

Step 2: Mob Crusher & Essence Tank

Mob Grinding Area: Set up your mob funneling area using Dreadful Dirt and Vector Plates, similar to Step 2 above, directing mobs to a single point.
Mob Crusher: Place a Mob Crusher facing the collection point. Power it and enchant it if desired.
Essence Tank: Place a large fluid tank (e.g., Singularity Tank or Mekanism Basic Tank) directly behind or beneath the Mob Crusher. The Mob Crusher will automatically pump XP essence into this tank.
Item Collection: For mob drops, you’ll need a separate system. A simple chest with hoppers underneath the crusher, or a Sophisticated Backpack without the XP Pump Upgrade (but with the Magnet Upgrade) can work.

Step 3: Exp Taps Placement

Around the Tank: Place 2-4 Exp Taps from Mob Grinding Utilities on the sides of your essence tank.
Collection Area: Create a small, safe platform near the Exp Taps where you can stand to collect XP.

Step 4: Draining XP

Manual Tap: Simply right-click the Exp Taps. Each click will give you a burst of XP levels directly from the tank. The more taps, the faster you can collect.
Monitoring: Keep an eye on your tank's essence level to know when to collect. This method requires a bit more active participation than the Sophisticated Backpack.

The Green Thumb Approach: Mystical Agriculture XP Farm (Passive, Non-Combat)

If fighting isn't your thing, Mystical Agriculture offers a unique, completely passive way to generate XP by growing it as a crop.

Step 1: Get Your Experience Seeds

Mystical Agriculture Progression: You'll need to progress through Mystical Agriculture to craft Experience Seeds. This typically involves crafting lower-tier essence and seeds, then upgrading them.
Crafting: You'll eventually be able to craft "Experience Seeds" which, when grown, yield "Experience Essence."

Step 2: Set Up Automated Farming

Large Farm Plot: Create a sizable farming area. The more crops, the more XP.
Farmland: Use enriched farmland (e.g., from Mystical Agriculture or other mods like Cyclic) for faster growth rates.
Harvester Pylons (Integrated Dynamics / Cyclic): These are excellent for automating crop collection. Place Harvester Pylons strategically around your farm.
Hoe for Pylon: Place a durable hoe (e.g., a Supremium Hoe from Mystical Agriculture, or even a Silent Gear Hoe that won't break) inside each Harvester Pylon. It will continuously harvest and replant.
Output: Configure the Harvester Pylon to output the harvested Experience Essence into a storage system or directly into an Experience Capsule or Sophisticated Backpack.

Step 3: Accelerate Growth

Growth Accelerators (Mystical Agriculture): Place these blocks underneath your farmland to significantly speed up crop growth.
Crystal Resonance Generator (Mekanism): Another way to boost growth rates if applicable in ATM10, placed under the farm.
Time in a Bottle / Time Wand: If you're building this in single-player or on a server with permission, Time in a Bottle (Time in a Bottle mod) or a Time Wand (Just Dire Things) can massively accelerate your farm by storing game ticks. Use with caution on servers as it can cause lag.

Step 4: Collect & Store XP

Experience Capsules (Mob Grinding Utils): Craft Experience Capsules (Soul Glass, Soulium Ingots) to store vast amounts of XP essence. Your Harvester Pylons can output directly into these.
Experience Crystals (Mob Grinding Utils): Similar to capsules, these store XP and allow for instant withdrawal.
Sophisticated Backpack: As always, a Sophisticated Backpack with a Tank Upgrade and XP Pump Upgrade is ideal. Pipe the Experience Essence from your Harvester Pylon into the backpack, and instantly pull out levels when needed.

The Buzzing Build: Experience Bees (Late-Game, AFK, Unique)

Experience Bees (from Productive Bees or similar mods) offer an end-game, fully passive, and surprisingly high-output XP farm.

Step 1: Breed Experience Bees

Start Bee Keeping: This method requires some initial setup in bee breeding. You'll need to crossbreed various bees until you get "Experience Bees." Consult your in-game JEI (Just Enough Items) for the specific breeding paths to obtain them.
Queen & Drone: Once you have an Experience Bee Queen and Drone, you can start your farm.

Step 2: Create a Bee Enclosure in the End

Dimensions: Build a dedicated bee enclosure. The End dimension is often recommended for certain bee types due to environmental bonuses, but check if it's specific for Experience Bees in ATM10.
Hives/Nests: Place numerous Bee Hives or Nests (or advanced versions like Apiaries) within this enclosure.
Flowers: Provide plenty of flowers or a "Flower Converter" (if available) to keep the bees happy and productive.
Automation: Use Bee Harvesters or similar blocks to automatically collect the output of the bees.

Step 3: Direct Output to Sophisticated Backpack

Essence Collection: Experience Bees will produce liquid experience essence. Use Mekanism pipes or similar fluid conduits to extract this essence from your bee collection system.
Sophisticated Backpack: Pipe the liquid experience directly into a Sophisticated Backpack that has both a Tank Upgrade and an XP Pump Upgrade. This backpack will accumulate huge amounts of XP. A single properly set up Experience Bee farm can store thousands of levels.

Step 4: Force-Load Chunks

As with any AFK farm, you must chunk load the entire bee enclosure and the Sophisticated Backpack. If the chunks aren't loaded, the bees won't work, and no XP will be generated.

Early-Game Boost: Manual Grinding with Enchanted Swords (Active, Fast Initial Levels)

Sometimes, you just need a quick burst of levels to get that critical enchantment, or you're not ready for full automation. This manual method, utilizing Apotheosis spawners and powerful sword enchantments, is incredibly effective.

Step 1: Get a Basic Spawner

Find & Silk Touch: Locate a spawner (zombie or skeleton is easiest) and pick it up with Silk Touch.
Basic Upgrades: Place it in a safe, enclosed area. At least apply a few Echo Shards and Nether Stars to speed it up.

Step 2: Set Up a Mob Funnel

Dreadful Dirt: Lay down Dreadful Dirt as your floor.
Vector Plates: Use Vector Plates to push mobs from the spawner into a tight 1x1 or 2x1 pit.
Fall Damage (Optional): Have them drop 2-3 blocks (enough so they take a bit of damage but don't die) into the pit. This makes them easier to one-shot.
Redstone Toggle: Consider making the spawner activatable with redstone. This allows you to turn it off when your pit is full, preventing mob cap issues and lag.

Step 3: Enchant Your Sword

This is where the magic happens for manual XP. You'll want a powerful sword (Netherite or a good Silent Gear blade) enchanted with:

Knowledge of the Ages III (Apotheosis): Significantly boosts XP gain from kills. This is the main enchantment for XP farming.
Looting III: Increases item drops, giving you valuable resources alongside XP.
Scavenger (Apotheosis): Further increases mob drops.
Sharpness V / Smite V: For maximum damage, making kills faster.
Sweeping Edge III: For hitting multiple mobs at once, especially useful in a tightly packed pit.

Step 4: Enchant Your Helmet

Inspiration (Apotheosis): This helmet enchantment gives you bonus XP directly to your level when you kill a mob. Max it out (e.g., Inspiration V).

Step 5: Grind & Store

Gear Up: Equip your enchanted sword and helmet.
Activate & Kill: Turn on your spawner, let the pit fill with mobs, then jump in and start swinging! With Sweeping Edge, you'll be killing dozens of mobs at once.
Experience Crystal: Keep an Experience Crystal (Mob Grinding Utils) in your inventory or nearby. As you collect XP, you can right-click it to instantly store excess levels, preventing loss on death and allowing for later retrieval.
Sophisticated Backpack: Alternatively, keep an upgraded Sophisticated Backpack nearby with its XP Pump and Magnet upgrades to instantly absorb both XP and items.
This method can net you thousands of levels in minutes, perfect for enchanting sprees.

Quick Fixes & Emergency XP

Sometimes you just need a few levels without setting up a whole farm.

Infernal Tear: This rare drop (likely from certain mobs or bosses) can be consumed. By sacrificing a Diamond or Gold Ingot, you gain a significant number of levels instantly. Great for a quick boost.
Experience Crystals / Capsules: Always keep a few of these filled with XP from your farms. They are perfect for instantly gaining levels when you're crafting or enchanting away from your base.

Optimization & Advanced Tips for Any Farm

Once your farm is running, consider these tips to make it even better.

Time in a Bottle / Time Wand: As mentioned, these can accelerate any machine or crop growth. Use them on your Mob Crusher, Harvester Pylons, or even directly on your spawners (if applicable) for insane speeds.
Light Field Blocks: Use these to precisely control mob spawning, creating safe walkways or preventing spawns in unwanted areas within your farm.
Chunk Loading: Reiterate the importance of reliable chunk loaders for any AFK setup.
Sophisticated Storage System Integration: Beyond the backpack, integrate your mob drops into a full AE2 or Refined Storage system for ultimate organization and crafting automation.
Efficient Power Generation: Scale up your power. Consider larger Mekanism generators, Powah reactors, or other high-output options as your base grows.

Troubleshooting Common XP Farm Issues

Even the best-laid plans can hit a snag. Here's how to address common problems:

Mobs Not Spawning:
Light Levels: Ensure the spawning area is completely dark, unless your spawner has the Chorus Fruit upgrade.
Mob Cap: You might have too many mobs nearby, hitting the global mob cap. Check surrounding chunks.
Block Placement: Ensure the spawner isn't blocked by solid blocks where mobs should spawn.
Redstone Signal: If your spawner is redstone-toggable, ensure it's powered ON.
Dreadful Dirt: Make sure it's placed correctly.
Spawner Range: Is your spawner within range of where you expect mobs? Most vanilla spawners have a 9x9x3 range.
XP Not Collecting:
Power: Is your Mob Crusher/Masher powered?
Connection: Is the output from the crusher/masher properly connected to your tank or backpack? Check pipe directions and fluid/item filters.
Backpack Upgrades: Does your Sophisticated Backpack have the Tank and XP Pump upgrades?
Tank Capacity: Is your tank full?
Lag:
Too Many Mobs: Reduce spawner upgrades (Echo Shards, Nether Stars) or add a redstone toggle to manage mob density.
Too Many Items: Ensure your item collection and sorting system is fast enough to clear drops. Item entities on the ground cause significant lag.
Entity Cramming: If mobs are piling up in a 1x1 area, ensure they're being killed quickly or that the entity cramming rule is active (which will kill them).

Your Next Level Up

Congratulations! You're now equipped with the knowledge to build highly efficient XP farms in All The Mods 10. Whether you prefer the satisfying crunch of a Mob Crusher, the serene growth of Experience Seeds, or the industrious hum of Experience Bees, you have a clear path forward.
Remember, the best farm is the one that suits your progression and playstyle. Start simple, scale up as you acquire better resources, and soon you'll have an overflowing supply of XP for all your enchanting and crafting needs. Go forth, build smart, and conquer ATM10!