Minecraft Workbench: Anatomy of a Mob Grinder with Luclin

[Solexwolfy]

Texture pack = Misa's Realistic. Hope I helped.

[epicninjastar1985]

what texture pack are you using?

[thingyguy1]

FAKE!

The sun is a circle!

[111455]

hehe, lute chute =P

[eueu987yoshi]

Thx luclin your awesome :)

[ZirenzDubstep]

Is it me or does this guy sound like Nicholas Cage?

[daviduck1]

Good Old Times

[g0d11c3]

I was building the first floor, then I noticed I was building a swastika

[cfunkrun]

The third floor won't work in Minecraft 1.0.0 the way he built it, since mobs are now programmed not to fall down ledges. But an easy fix is to place signs (or ladders) around the perimeter of the open edge of the floor. This tricks the mobs into thinking there's a block there that they can walk on, so they end up falling to the next floor below.

[321804528]

could u do toomanyitems for 1.0.0

[mbomkamp13]

Spent hours building one and have not gotten any mobs to spawn. Guess I need to figure out what I did wrong

[gedwashere91]

I used to grind mobs like you, then I took an arrow to the knee...

[MrDeziqnOG]

@gedwashere91 loser

[Piece0fYou]

they dont walk over the edge anymore all floors must be like floor 2

[TheLazzaRuss]

does it work with 1.0.0?

[HarunDanyal]

@TheLazzaRuss yes

[bf9562m]

texture pack?

[Troll2yoU]

hey man... i did this with 13 stories and i did just the one conveyer at the bottom. on all the floors w/o conveyers the mobs know not to go over the edge.. ive spent 3 hours making this so it would be nice if you could respond, and tell me how to fix, thanks.

[AboveMeIsARetard]

@Troll2yoU that's why you repeat his 2nd floor, ignore his 3rd floor

[PhenixReviewz]

the loot burns ..

[lolfulUPSB]

Does this work on spiders?>

[lionatemeboy]

"saw you.... still MINEEEEEEEE" on EVERY fucing video

[AppelJaxMan]

Stop saying use signs... they do the same job but signs are more draining to your resources

[runeytunes89]

for all the incompetent children out there who dont know, it needs to be blocked off so its totally dark. no torches

[Vatticone]

Would not recommend this design. Spawns are chosen by chunks, and chunks are 16x16x128. This design is covering all of 1 chunk, no matter how high it is built. i.e. building it higher will result in the same number of mobs to grind. Instead, leave it at 1 story and extend your conveyors outward. Also, canals should be deeper to prevent most mobs from climbing out.

[Tornadoof44]

Where are the blueprints you mentioned?

[Sjokobaggyp]

you can stop the water with a sign :)

[pwndsumzombies]

i built one with 7 spawning floors but it dosnt produce every meny items do i have to be close or far away to make it faster? please reply

[codmod212]

@pwndsumzombies try lighting up nearby caves. hope it helps :)

[LokiAndFriends]

What Video Caputure do you use?

[darthvatrayen]

How many blocks between each level?

[darthvatrayen]

6:30 WHY YOU NO PICK WATER BACK UP?!

[AboveMeIsARetard]

@darthvatrayen because water's infinite -_-

[padawon291]

use signs lols

[Elvald91]

You sound like Duke nukem

[grislego]

i build one in a moutain, it works perfect!!

[seaninboise]

this method burns all the loot.. the loot pops up into the blade of lava and is incinerated 100% of the time

[Ziensar]

@seaninboise Musta missed something, man. Try signs instead of ladders under the lava; ladders catch loot and let mobs climb up so the loot might burn. Signs don't. If spiders are a problem, soul sand might help, cuz it can't be climbed.

I tried this, and loved it. My cannons thank you.

[seaninboise]

@Ziensar i was using signs... i switched to a piston smashing method which works a lot better

[InnSewerAnts]

@Ziensar thanks for the soul sand tip, didn't know that and was having the problem of the spiders not letting themselves be transported on the conveyors

[MrOmegaForce1888]

Does a mob grinder has to be on the water?

[Bubba2x4]

@MrOmegaForce1888

nope! it can be anywhere you want, as long as you keep it dark on the inside.

[GadgetProfessional]

Someone help me? Nothing is spawning on any of my floors and I have 4 spawning floors. The floors are all pitch black.

[iRyaan]

@GadgetProfessional You're playing on peaceful lol...

[GadgetProfessional]

@iRyaan I'm playing on an SMP server... yesterday it spawned like 4 monsters then stopped working again. It appears it spawns very little when I go to the collection area and when I go into the actual grinder and then leave again it stops spawning altogether.

[illn35t0r]

@GadgetProfessional put it on Easy, Normal or Hard lol :P

[GadgetProfessional]

@illn35t0r It's on an SMP server

[MrCheatmaster987]

no offence but u sound relly really boring

[krye97]

@minecraftwb does this work with pigs and the passive mobs?

[langile1]

@krye97 if you have grass and expose it to sunlight or have an automatic light switch then yeah

[darthvatrayen]

@krye97 Yes, but you'd have to replace the cobble that makes up each floor's floor with GRASS (not just dirt) and make sure it is well lit.

[krye97]

@darthvatrayen I meant the grinder portion. Not the spawing pads.

[SmartFace571]

@krye97 it would but you would need to use grass instead of cobble and heaps of torches.

[djghb001]

does this still work?



[VannTango]

Hey Luclin, I buit a mob grinder blatantly ripping off this one, but it isn't working very well. It's spawning plenty of monsters, but very few of them venture over the edge of the 16x16 platform, so I'm not getting much loot. Any suggestions?

[Toohottorot]

@VannTango Mobs don't unwittingly walk off ledges anymore. If you line the sides of the floor with signs they should fall in

[sociohighway]

You sound a lot like H Jon Benjamin.

[Tony2438]

Freedom for Creepers

[DJSoyBoy]

whats the mod for the minimap

[zenfreak96]

@DJSoyBoy Zan's minimap i believe

[maatn0]

I built one the day before yesterday, thusfar i got one piece of bone as loot!

Seems like mobs don't like to spawn in these cramped spaces anymore?

[BrorUszasty]

23x23 not 22x22 ffs

[contesul]

@BrorUszasty i don't think it's such a big problem if it is actually 23x23, instead of 22x22..

after all, the dude said the spawning floor need to be "at least" 16x16, so, if it's actually 17x17, the better it is

[BrorUszasty]

@contesul yes it ruins the whole construction because i build both of them and the 22x22 produce way less items then 23 i did not maded this comment to ofend the maker or smthg but to make your contruction more effective. thx for attention.

And for the record not every comment theese days is ofending and youtube community isnt all made of troll's . Thx again

[contesul]

@BrorUszasty hmmm .. you may have a point there. indeed, i tried the same (22x22) and i get way less items than i see on vids about other mob spawners/grinders .. so .. tx :)

[xZxMADD0GxZx]

thank u i have 2 of them 16 levels works awsome!!!

:p

[klcpSuria]

Okay, so I built it, and it's awesome. It even has about six floors. Problem: mobs don't spawn. I checked and it's as dark as possible in each of the floors and as I was working on it, mobs would spawn around me at night but never inside the grinder... :(

[Kimoshnikov]

@klcpSuria

been having a similar problem lately. it's like they are afraid of the grinder. my massive grinder has very very few mobs.

[CGordNorton]

How do you make them spawn?

[ThelemaAndLouise]

Okay, I made this grinder. Only problem is, mobs can swim up little streams like that. Also, if they notice a cliff, they won't walk off it. I take it these weren't issues when you first made this video. How do I fix it?

[ThelemaAndLouise]

The footprint is 23 by 23. You forgot to include the little space in the center that the water is up against.

[Flashuploads]

Does this still work? Now that mobs have ten hearts and water changes, ect.

[wikiguy419]

whew, good thing i just finished my cobble generator

[r0b1n8er756]

won't the spiders go under the lava?

[MikeHawk1234567890]

@r0b1n8er756 They just alot and will jump in the grinder.

[KillTyrant]

@r0b1n8er756 one of the added bonuses of having that roof on the lava is it also traps spiders. Since they cant fit in the 1x1 loot chute they'll burn till they die like the rest of them.

[megustaface]

You are the Bob Ross of Minecraft. Thx for this vid.

[jeremy786360]

Could i put water on the spawing floor that pushes them off the edge into the conveyer floor?

[zytachi]

ive seen essentially the same type of spawner, but instead of the lava grinder, it was built to where the mobs just fall about 75 blocks down and die from falling. i personally like that better. its neat to watch the skeletons shoot at you lol =p

[krozareq]

Also, to make it more efficient light up any nearby tunnels and outdoor areas. However if you include a non-hostile spawn ground then you don't want the grass lit up as those areas will compete with the grinder. So, replace grass with green wool :D

[Alfcamify]

Thats a very niccccccccce texture pack you have there BOOM!

What texture pack is it?

[xXCrazysteve25Xx]

i build a mob grinder out of this vid i did have to do some tweaking to it to make the items go to collection area, plus i ran out of cobble to make it higher than 2 storys... when ever i feel like it i will put the vid together of mine :D

[xXCrazysteve25Xx]

i just got done cutting out a 22x22 area 1 block under normal ground, now would i build the walls on the inside of the area i cut out or would i build the walls on the normal ground area?(the room would be 21x21 with first way and 23x23(from the wall) with the other way) i have already made one grinder but it has not worked at all and i am sick of cutting holes in my house just to have a creeper come and make a bigger hole..

[elpoptart]

its 23x23 with walls. 21x21 without.

[TRSnipers]

Probably a stupid question, but is that grinder floor 23x23 WITHOUT the walls? By that I mean is it 23x23 inside the walls or are the walls included?

[ragecawk]

epic thanks for the help!

[Kamiko1o1]

And the twelfth floor should be grass with torches, for piggies and cows. I'm gonna do a completely animal trap one.

[joshthelegodude]

@Kamiko1o1

You need to get grass to grow up there for them to spawn though.

[treethreethree]

A lot mire bigger and complicated than mine but still awsome

[balze86]

Its 23 block footprint he forgot about the center block sperating the water folks

[laithrules]

why did i just watch this? O.O

[WhatTehPat]

fucking horrible texture packs. better tutorial if it was on normal texture pack.

[Failbl0gpwn]

Can you put a link to the texture pack you use please, its epic

[Br33dGaming]

Thanks man, the video really helped me in the beta. most other vids are slow But definately a thumbs up from me (y)

[Hepatitt]

built one like this, and i already got a problem -.- it is completly dark inside, and all caves around are lit up, but no mobs spawn im it -.- i think i max have killed 10 mobs by now... how do i make it spawn mobs?

[GilbertHibachiArenas]

when mobs spawn they just stay on their level and wont go to the trap doors or anything

[GilbertHibachiArenas]

I really need help. I made this grinder exactly like you did (exept not in half) but no mobs spawn on the spawn level at night (its completely dark with no torches)

[Harrier42861]

I have a 50X50 one in process. It's got a different trench plan.

[STEVIEBOY551]

Yo, how can i make the whole building if i want just one grinder?

[T3hEm0J0k3r]

How is the conveyor slanted like that?

[WhiteSugarFive]

Do those rock patterns have a skull baby face in them?

[FarlzBarkley]

Well... I did this and it isn't working out like I thought it would.

The floor plan is 23x23x62. The interior is 21x21x60 and I am getting hardly any loot.

In the span of 12 hours, with Minecraft set to Hard difficulty, I only got 2 stacks each of arrows, feathers, gunpowder, string, and bone.

What could I have possibly done wrong or what could I do to improve the situation?

[domtheglitch]

@FarlzBarkley Make sure you have no light and torches in the areas that they spawn. I've made this mistake many times.

Also this works better when it's underground and or under watter.

(I have no clue why this is, but that's just the way it works).

[FarlzBarkley]

@domtheglitch

There are not torches at all.

I plan to work on an underground system one of these days when I'm not so busy.

I guess that I just wasted hours and time. Oh well.

[domtheglitch]

@FarlzBarkley What did you use as material? Cobblestone and smooth stone work the best when building above ground.

Also, make sure you only have grinders on the bottom floors. If you have grinders on all floors there's not nearly as much room for the mobs to spawn in, along with the fact that the lava causes light

[FarlzBarkley]

@domtheglitch

I did it using cobblestone.

the only floor with grinders is the bottom floor.

It is exactly the specifications at the one in the video, except completed and 62 meters high.

[domtheglitch]

@FarlzBarkley I'm not quite sure then...

Make sure the whole thing is sealed off

If not then I'm not sure what went wrong :(

[IcyAsh]

@FarlzBarkley I saw another video where you have to clear out the dark caverns (either fill everything up with blocks or use torches) BELOW the grinder so there is a much higher chance that the mobs will spawn inside the grinder. If the caverns are still dark, chances are, most of the mobs will spawn underground instead of inside the grinder.

[FarlzBarkley]

@IcyAsh

That is quite possible. I will take to that later. I have hundreds of thousands of torches stored up somewhere. Lol.

And that would be much better than using blocks seeing as torches illuminate for... I think, the equivalent of 15 blocks..(?)

@domtheglitch

Thank you for your valuable input. I much appreciate it.

[TheJeempy]

How do you know that mobs are going to spawn there?

Or do they just spawn on random places?

[zergful2000]

nice tex pak

[XShotGuyX]

what's the exact name of the texture pack you used in the video? please send me a link or name i love it

[nonoheredia]

Luclin does it matter if i made the spawn area 15x15?

[TheJeempy]

@nonoheredia Didn't he said that mobs only spawn on areas from 16x16? :s

My english isn't that good but I thought he said something like that ;p.

[nonoheredia]

@TheJeempy Mine isn't that great too but i think he meant that it's better to have 16x16 than any smaller.

[TheOrangeFondler]

When you misplaced the water you didn't have to kill it, you could pick it back up in the bucket.

[1Gigas1]

please answer this .. ive bult the mob grinder exactly like you did. Mobs spawn its good. tried droping items- they go to where i want to. Tryed pushing a pig to there- the loot was there where i wanted it to be. But mobs that spawn in the floors wont drop into the water, they just stay on the floor

[crazyklatsch]

I built the grinder exactly like you but the loot still burns in the lava! Please tell me if somebody knows why.

[Phate408]

I made this, and I get plenty of mob spawns on the spawning floors, but they never go through the trap doors.

[hanslee1000]

IMO that texture pack looks ugly.

[party1beast]

that's a really sexy texture pack man

[xTcRec]

do you play in offline mod?

[bqman2]

yeah, i dont think this works anymore.....mobs dont even spawn on the floors

[zZMoonL1ghtZz]

lol seariously why do all that when you have INVedit XD

[MrMushroomMan]

@zZMoonL1ghtZz Because not everyone likes to cheat

[koszarek1994]

last question your supposed to build it a above ground right?

[koszarek1994]

and how many items per hour does like a 8 story one produce?

[koszarek1994]

how many spaces should be in between each level?

[frenchy641]

im doing a 23x23x126 mob grinder =) with the second floor all the way

[Dalkia14]

@frenchy641

you'll need it to repeat. mobs can't spawn in air.

[BUCKrub91]

I made this but no mobs spawn in it..

[daebat]

I built this and it doesn't work because you have to be 25 blocks away from the grinder in order for it to work.

[Discoball93]

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[guild0]

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[monstermashman22]

what skin pack is that i used to have it but i wiped my pc and i dont remember the texture name

[liam12347]

Will mobsautomatically spawn on the top or does there have to be a monster spawner?

[DeepestShad0w]

This doesn't seem to allow skeletons to drop...

[Necromas]

Made a 3 story one, barely spawns anything and wont spawn anything unless I'm way below it, but the worst part is even when it does spawn anything, most of the items get destroyed by the lava.

[cheecoon]

hahaha...your math was a little wrong..your mob grinder is not 22x22..its 23x23

[TX426842685]

The lava looks like cheese i like cheese =3

[Brecky112]

does this work on latest patch?

[xFre4r]

i have question..

The mobfloor is 16x16, the water thingy is 8+8 +1 in the middle is 17..... help?

[spurven94]

@xFre4r Also wanted to make a quick correction the footprint for the mob grinder is

23 x 23 and the mob spawn floor is 17 x17 .

[Bruno1015]

I made one of these and it seems like nothing is spawning. Mine is two floors so I know its not that much but it doesn't seem like enough is coming. Do I need to be away from it?

[F4rl4nd]

after missplacing a water block you dont have to kill it -.- you can pick it up with a bucket

[imaginyou4]

@F4rl4nd it was a year ago, he was a noob ;D

[mistaspiffy1]

whats ur texture pack

[VexingRandomness]

what texture pack are you using?

[UltraMankiller]

@bugsone15 did u have tortches on the spawning floors?

[bqman2]

hmmm, i recreated it and it works fine for everything except the spiders...all the string gets burnt, anyway to get around that?

[CowsR4me]

Trapdoor

Conveyor

Grinder

[jhara74]

love the videos luclin great job

[Hawksbill010]

where was the diagram?

[floryzzz]

nice expleration

[bahiller]

Unfortunately 22 square is not big enough for spiders to fit through the corners of the room.. the room must be 23 blocks by 23 blocks (8x2) for water + (2x2) for openings + (1x3) for walls and divider =23. I wish I had done the math before attempting to build this instead of just doing 22x22 like you said in the movie. Thanks for all the great movies btw, even if your numbers are wrong i've learned alot about the concepts from you.

[flyer0101]

@bahiller happened to me aswell i didn't realize until i finished.....

[TimeOfEssence]

gee i wish i saw this before i built my faulty mob grinder. >.<

but thanks works great!

[bugsone15]

I built my grinder exactly to ur specs and nothing is spawing on the floors?? anyone have any ideas? 22x22 in total. floors are 17x17

[andrjex1236]

you sound sick

[manafest836]

This Mob grinder is amazing! I made one similar, 23x23x44 high, It took sooo long, It was sooo worth it though.

[FuzeeeHD]

whats that texture pack called?

[bodman1]

This system is great, but one piece of advice for when it comes to stopping mobs swimming into the lava: Put signs against the wall instead of ladders, as this will stop them climbing higher into the lava.

[WilliamAncich]

*NEW INFINITE WATER GLITCH*

Make a 3 long trough or pool - only 1 block thin. Fill it up at the last and first sides (both edges) then grab water into your bucket FROM THE MIDDLE, the water will regenerate back.

[ABleedingRose]

@WilliamAncich i still like the square on because the one your talking about if you dont take it from the middle it will go, but yours is good in a small space

[MarkLudford]

@WilliamAncich OR, make a 2x2 hole one block deep, and put a water block in one corner, and put another in the opposite corner. So much easier and you can grab water from any part.

[WilliamAncich]

@MarkLudford Sorry, I thought the 2x2 one was patched >_> Whatever it's something new.

[minecraftwb]

@tjb0607 This one does not either it is not the grinder .. its a cut away of an example of how one works :)

[tjb0607]

@minecraftwb If you look on the official thread for that grinder, you'll find people complaining about a spider problem, and mobs swimming up lava. Lava traps aren't as good anymore because or an update notch made. And it also says in huge red text "THIS TRAP IS OUTDATED" If you watch it killing mobs, you can sometimes see mobs swimming up the lava and letting their loot get burned. And because spiders are 1 tall, sometimes they will not die. (but cuz their 2 wide they can't get thru collection)

[elmopimp35]

@minecraftwb Confused a bit even tho its in the desc but im kinda asking whats the Horizontal and vertical

footprints

Vertical is the up and down

Horizontal is the side by side and stuff