Minecraft 1.7.10 , gold farms primarily exploit the spawning of Zombie Pigmen. The most effective methods for this version involve large-scale Overworld Portal Farms Nether Ceiling Farms
Building above the Nether bedrock (Y=128+) is the most efficient method in 1.7.10. Because no other mobs can spawn on the bedrock, the mob cap is entirely dedicated to your farm. 1.7.10 gold farm
Powered spawners ignore the hostile mob cap. You can put 4 spawners in one room and crash your server (joking... mostly). Efficiency: Godlike (10,000+ ingots/hour). Minecraft 1
If you cannot access the Nether roof or prefer to stay in the Overworld, you can build a massive array of Nether Portals. [Vanilla SSP Journal][1.7.10-1.12] To Make a Gold Farm Powered spawners ignore the hostile mob cap
: Massive arrays of maximum-sized (23x23) portals are built in a concentrated area. Collection
: Leveraging the high spawn rates of the Nether .
: These farms often yield more than just gold; because they rely on natural spawning, they also produce Ghast tears, gunpowder, and Magma cream .