Minecraft (Tutorial) Monster spawner / Mob killer / Item collector / Killing machine

[KtmBenno]

how many spawners did u use?

[nosam258]

Dude! Awesome! I know it would be long, but, can you show me how to build this?

[xDrickk]

does this work with 1.1?

[mr8ballz]

Awesome vid!

I made a spawner just like this. WORKS like a charm! Finished it today. This setup is not outdated.

More detailed instructions for this video specifically are on wikipedia mob farming strategies. This video shows what the first strategy looks like.

[heroguy97]

@theflyinghippo123 you dont need a spawner, the room will spawn them for you.

[KaMiK2205]

Does this still work in 1.0?

[mr8ballz]

@KaMiK2205 I just finished it today. IT WORKS! :)

[mcw550]

what texture pack did u use?

[mr8ballz]

@mcw550 looks like LB's photorealism pack to me

[aprettyponyful]

how do you get the mobs to spawn?

[mr8ballz]

@aprettyponyful they spawn in complete darkness in a room with the correct dimensions.

50 x 50 just 2 high.

[alessio84ap]

why my cavern is full of spiders that dont go down and then with many spiders the other mobs dont pop?

[mr8ballz]

@alessio84ap spiders can block other mobs. You must have a choke spot in your tunnels that is causing it. Happened to me!

[alessio84ap]

@mr8ballz you mean that there are spots in the waters that do not move?

alessio

[mr8ballz]

@alessio84ap no. I mean that the water tunnels that lead to your lava knife are being clogged by spiders. Spiders can climb walls. When they fall down the funnel hole and start floating towards the lava, they climb up the walls and sit there above the water. This blocks up the tunnel.

Solution: Spiders cannot climb soulsand. The tunnels leading to your lava knife should be lined with soul sand. Not the ceiling or floors but just the walls of your tunnels. This works like a charm.

[mr8ballz]

@alessio84ap you also want to make sure that the soulsand tunnels have enough headroom too. If they are all two blocks high they are at greater risk of being clogged.

[theflyinghippo123]

how do you get the monster spawner. do u find it or use toomanyitems. i used too many items and it only spawns pigs. how do i change it to monsters

[mr8ballz]

@theflyinghippo123 cannott change a pig one to a monster one. Monsters spawn naturally in a large dark room at least 2 high. Dimensions like 50 x 50 spawn a lot more than smaller rooms. You also cannot be too close to the room. 24 blocks away.

[Knotingham]

okay. question. on the middle islands in the spawn room it looks like a very large drop from the edge of the island down to the river. Mobs wont jump down that far, though, right? How do they get into the water if they wont jump down that far?

[mr8ballz]

@Knotingham they will wander around and occasionally fall down there. More often they will get trapped in the shallow channels.

[chapney1]

how much does it matter if you dont make the spawning place under the water?



[12Cjrose]

What Texture Pack is this?

[mr8ballz]

@12Cjrose looks like LB photorealism

[SuperSodaDrinker]

you mean LIGHT UP

[Redmile2006]

Had the same problem with the creatures burning up with all the items, use signs instead of ladders and put an extra block above the lava so they can't jump, then dig a hole below for the items to fall, then use another canal to collect the items. or something. worked for me

[BenNicholson234]

Hey, I've built this and it works fine, but I'm getting nowhere near the amount of mobs that you are... like, three a minute perhaps? Difficulty is on hard, the canal chamber is pitch black. I can't work out why more mobs aren't spawning...

[mr8ballz]

@BenNicholson234 Mobs spawn more if the 50x50 room has no dark caves above it. Also if the 50x50 room is built underneath an ocean, more mobs spawn. Location matters.

You can also add another layer above your current spawn room. It should almost double the output.

[Zayler501]

There is 10 idiots in the world

[alessio84ap]

@Zayler501 11

[1299Brandon]

nice

[kingherold47]

Awesome tutorial dude, well done =)

[Theamazingflamindude]

how do you make an enemy spawner >_<

[1299Brandon]

@Theamazingflamindude you need a mod in order to do that sorry to break the news :(

[heltonSThomazin]

I've done this farm, but its not catching spiders, they climp out the water cannals, I guess...

any idea to fix it?

[mr8ballz]

@heltonSThomazin line all the walls of all tunnels and canals with soulsand. Spiders cannot climb it. Do not put soul sand on the floor anywhere where they monster will be walking. Only on the walls of the canals and tunnels.

[TVjoakim]

Does it matter if i make a big dark room above the surface??

[mr8ballz]

@TVjoakim it will not spawn as efficiently as a room way underground.

[Scraplstolemyname]

This is terribly cruel. They are born merely to die. Like putting a baby cow through a slaughterhouse.

Except instead of a baby cow it's a monster that wants to kill you.

[MrBadbiker93]

Probably dumb, but do you have that many mobs because of how large your containment area is, or because of a settings change?

[mr8ballz]

@MrBadbiker93 He has that many because there are no caves above his 50x50 room . From the surface all the way down to the 50x50 room there is only rock, dirt, no caves.

Also, he built this under an ocean which also increases spawn rates.

So if your spawner has no caves above it and is built under an ocean, the spawn rate will greatly increase.

[Oinkzer123]

What are those black box when you follow the water?

[MrZyper321]

nice trap

[Flyinpenguin117]

This is kind of a brutal, nonstop, autonomous killing machine. I mean, it spawns mobs and sends them on a one-way path to their horrible, untimely, premature death, then you just harvest their remains. Morally unacceptable. I LIKE IT!

[DashCrist]

For fact, i hate to dig underground...or more exactly i hate underground.....

i only go down random cave to find ores, and wandering about 2-3 hours inside dark (lost and ores hunt) xD

have enough, working on ground yet.

So my question here is, will this trap can be design like 5-10block under ground?

[mr8ballz]

@DashCrist yes but will not be as effective.

[TrickyySniper]

easyer way is make a box in the air so when they spawn have a hole on the floor so they fall through on surface and then just collect your stuff and your laughing :)

[halo3madmonODST]

This is probably a nooby question but WHY DO THE SKELETONS HAVE NO BOWS???

(I've been playing since beta 1.1)

[mr8ballz]

@halo3madmonODST cause it would make the game too easy.

[chrispejoe]

HOW DID HE GET SLIMEBALL



[halo3madmonODST]

@chrispejoe -_-

[anonsai2009]

it took me 5hours to make it, and it works

[Paaranoia]

well its all good well and nice but seems mobs now climb ladders sooo loot gets destroyed! so does this mean our mob farming days are over?

[halo3madmonODST]

@Paaranoia What? use signs. Also I've used ladders and never had any problems...

(Mobs have always been able to climb ladders)

[Django333]

@halo3madmonODST I'm having the same issue. I tried signs but the mobs still seem to climb up the lava blade so that when they die the items burn.

[ChristozMinecraft]

i did this exactly how u said but when they die the items they drop burn.. why?

[TechNerdTutorials2]

How do I keep the mobs from going up the ladders? I tried putting signs and it did the same thing...When ever the mobs fall down the hole into the the burning lava part and where the ladder holds up the lava, the mobs go up the ladder and then they die up there and their drops are burnt also. Any idea?

[funkymonkyshow]

Not only did I like the video I loved the vid u just earned a sub

[Coontree]

how did you get so many mobs spawning? please answer my question, i only get, like three!

[timmur3112]

hi. I watched all of ur videos, and theyre awesome. But i have a question. So I built this monster farm just like as described in mc wiki, but it seems that monsters spawn very rarely, much more rare than in ur video. Is it because I'm using Beta 1.8? I got it for free so I play SP survival only.

[Mokomi1]

If anyone is still building this, someone made a nice write-up including some diagrams that will make building this A LOT easier. It is on the minecraftwiki page, under gameplay-> tutorials-> Mob Farm

[seanowbo]

@Mokomi1 THANK YOU!!! this is the only one on youtube i found WITHOUT mob spawners. liking this vid for future reference. Very informative and clear.

[halo3madmonODST]

@Mokomi1 I'm still making this! I think it's the best design for a legit spawner out there!

[wheresmycrunch]

@Mokomi1 The Wiki says to build a 50x50 cavern. Since the dimensions are an even number, there's no good way to center the falling pit. It also makes it really hard to position the canals, as they are in sections of 7. I'd recommend building a cavern with dimensions divisible by 7. That way you have a perfect center that will match up with the canals that will be built. With the 50x50 room, I'm left trying to readjust the canals. Or did I do something wrong?

[mr8ballz]

@wheresmycrunch the 50x50 room works I just finished it. Try re counting. I had a few times where I messed up counting and thought the 50 x 50 was wrong but the math works out. Check out wikipedia minecraft for mob farming. They have a diagram there inspired by the 50x50 dimensions.

[wheresmycrunch]

@mr8ballz Yeah, I messed up the canals. The diagram on the wiki is confusing (the grid is bigger than 50x50). Which made me mess up the parts where you remove a block below the water to keep it flowing. And I forgot that the water doesn't have to flow 7 blocks before continuing downwards. I really suck at this :/ I've pretty much screwed it up beyond repair. I also discovered my 50x50 room is way too close to the bedrock.

[mr8ballz]

@wheresmycrunch time to restart! Lol. To build this trap is a lot of work and i had to restart several times and get my room the right size. I am not good at this stuff either that's why I had to look up the guide. It took me almost a whole day to complete this thing. But at the end of the day it is totally worth it cause I have enough gun powder to bomb my entire world.

[Callofd1]

@Mokomi1 hey brah, i did everything perfectly fine, except...the items burn up in the lava ..how do i fix this?

[drkillstreak1]

@Callofd1 same

[mr8ballz]

@Callofd1 you have to make sure a block is directly above the lava knife edge. The edge of the lava knife should not be sticking out. items should only be able to fall back or down but not into the lava. I had the same problem.

[mr8ballz]

@Mokomi1 The write on on WIKI is exactly how to make the spawner in this video. It works brilliant

[allys1101]

this helped very much, thanks for the tutorial :)

[TheAwesomezGuy]

Do ladders still constrict lava flow in 1.0.0? I thought it would just burn them :P

[mr8ballz]

@TheAwesomezGuy yes. signs work better tho

[OppositionDept]

This video may be a tad old but it really really helped :3

[YouKnowItsFake]

Your voice is exceptionally calming (:

[tBauser100]

Does this still work with the official Minecraft 1.0.0 release?

[MrDust44]

@tBauser100 yes

[gaaraxpotatopie]

sorry-- how do you build that shaft under the ocean?

[mr8ballz]

@gaaraxpotatopie many solutions. Start a shaft on land, tunnel down a few and then horizontally until your under the ocean, then tunnel straight down. Make sure your under rock, not sand. :)

[enriqemtz92]

i belive that this tramp will work for me... lets start working :)

[thegastlygamers]

how do u download it i crant find the link!

[Astartta]

I don't get how to prevent the spiders from climbing above the lava and dieing and dropping their web into the lava. I tried putting up Soulsand to prevent them from climbing and using signs instead of ladders, still doesn't help.

[mr8ballz]

@Astartta you need soul sand blocks directly above your lava flow. your lava knife should not stick out, it should align with the soulsand above it. In other words, from top to bottom.

Soulsand, lava knife, sign, no block.

[beniburek]

3:55 wtf slime :D?

[amazingred09]

so you can just make a dark room and it will spawn monsters right?

[KevinJRattman]

@amazingred09 Monster will spawn if light level is 7 or lower. obviously, dark room is darker than light level 7. So monster will spawn.

[mr8ballz]

@amazingred09 yeah but its gotta be big enough if you want to spawn a lot of monsters. Small rooms will only spawn a single monster every once an a while. A 50 x 50 room spawns packs of monsters over and over again.

[heavyfire88]

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE... :O

[killerblazer459]

dude i just finished building one of these, all ive seen so far has been spiders, and they all seem to climb up and top of the lava at the end, so when they die, they're drops go with them. what am i doing wrong?

[aaaaarrrrrggggghhhh]

@killerblazer459

go to minecraft wiki and search "mob trap". there should be a picture on that page showing how to fix that

[mr8ballz]

@killerblazer459 you need blocks above the lava. They should not be able to climb above or past the lava in any way.

[xzfallout987]

Im a noob to minecraft so there's likely an obvious answer but if the creepers saw you, why didnt they start a count down? or did i just not notice?

[imabeastgamer]

@xzfallout987 creepers cant see through glass

[imabeastgamer]

@imabeastgamer im gonna reply to myself with exclamation points for 3 more posts

[imabeastgamer]

@imabeastgamer !

[imabeastgamer]

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[imabeastgamer]

@imabeastgamer !

[MRackovic]

Really ingenious brother, props.

[RobloxGuy321]

Kann ich die Texture Pack?

[FizZxNightMare]

my monster spawners just sit there and dosent do anything and i have gotten rid of all the torches and i play on hard. Tips?

[Perrix95]

@FizZxNightMare me 2 :(

[noahqweboy]

lol 00:00 through 00:09 the are in line to go to hell

[HermanAnimation]

I need to do some work with my canal, the monster spawn is too low and they get stuck sometimes. Damn spiders.

[TCVulture]

i like the texture pack, cam you link it?

[benoticedable]

so help full

[xthetacoavengerx]

can you give us a more detaled video on how to build this like from after the 50x50 room

[DevastatingDemise]

@Newmans1337 I wanted to know this too.

[GussyChonger]

does this work on 1.8?

[Iiownyou1993]

As you can see here yeah I went blind

[zensuke2]

I just built one of these and I'm not getting any items from it. the room has no lights and all the canals function properly the lava trap is built properly and still I get nothing.

[Sodisna]

This was more of a walkthrough or overview rather than a tutorial.

[TalyBontTiger]

Hey does this still work with 1.8

[ProductionRudeBoy]

The lawa is falls of the ladder ..

[Sodisna]

@ProductionRudeBoy  The Lava is too close then.

[ProductionRudeBoy]

I don't Understand the THings with the Water :S

[fireun100]

i run into caves alot if i go that low down so i mine about 30 spaces below the sea

[2012Bigbang]

or just use too many items

[gordon4426]

what's your texture pack

[wickedHACKSfree]

bye the way it is take

[nathanung1999]

Wtf how long did it tack him to do this

[BeingShotAt]

what texture pack are you using

[eah2119]

full tutorial here: minecraftwiki. net/wiki/tutorials/mob_farm

[john637295]

can u move the spawn boxes by destroying them and replacing?

[BigBoss101101]

Never mind. Watching this again helped me understand more. Thanks.

[BigBoss101101]

This did not help me. You did a good job but gave pretty vague info.

[Ulandos]

lmao your voice is so soothing xD

great commentator voice

make more videos please! =D

[wafflemonkey57]

Is there a simpler way to do something like this

[fireun100]

i get about 5 or 10 less than u do but i still get about 1845 items and hour ty!

[Elemxnt45]

HOLY SHIT

[nerfninja45]

How do you make that many monsters cause mine only gets liek 3 at a time. and also the spiders die and their drops burn in the lava

[nasorin1]

texture pack?



[Umbreon0]

I finally made mine. It works fine, except for the fact that Spiders can see me through the floor and tend to bunch up in packs above me, and avoid the water completely. All they do then is take up my spawn limit and make annoying hissing sounds. Has anyone found a fix to this?

[Goldkeks100]

Is your spawning room 50x50?

Cause I don't understand how to place the water...

I think water only flew's 8 Blocks (or was ist 7?)

=(

[600Snakeman]

What texture pack did you use? And may I have your texture pack please?

[TheRandominator100]

does it have to be above the layer of bedrock?

[sideswipe321]

@TheRandominator100

Dig 24 layers below the earth no lower or higher, I get great spawn rates there

[kajrocker]

what texture pack is this



[causbury]

haha Slime Pwn 3:52

[NoseBR]

it works on smp??

[TheWizard101glitcher]

i just do mcedit and make it more easily cause it gives you lava and water and i can get monster spawns

[ulktracarl2a]

any really took the time to do this?

[BBQyoshi]

So, is the water for the mob killing machine? I'm trying to make monsters spawn for a boss in my RPG map.

[cheesejrr]

I made this in Beta (latest as of 10 August 2011) but there is times I'm not getting any mobs, or maybe just 2 every few minutes.. my layout is the same as yours, no lights in the mob room, some redstone torches in the actual killer lava bit with glass. I'm not underwater through?

[ilkwart]

Put ur map on download :D

[Spoilification]

Stop looking around you so fast I'm trying to see how you've built it!!!!!!

[Zant7230]

you *harvest* living creatures? thats sick .. i like it

[ACCOUNTNAAM112]

wait...

at 3:55 there is a small slime, so you play easy or higher

at 4:33 you get hurt by lava and you get repaird so you play on peasful

HOW?????

[Mokomi1]

@ACCOUNTNAAM112 When the mobs were spawning it was on normal. When I filmed the layout it was on peaceful to stop mobs from spawning. I believe slimes do not get de-spawned when you toggle between peaceful and other difficulties (at least the small slimes)

[RagingSpartan24]

@Mokomi1 it happens with all slimes big or small because i put the game on peaceful to build something under ground one abd was low on health and i found a big slime on my way out (i was finished then).

[747Grant]

@Mokomi1 big slimes work too i saw one on peaceful :O

[HidonZephyr]

@ACCOUNTNAAM112 Slimes spawn on peaceful

[KHcomics]

@ACCOUNTNAAM112 MAGIC SILLY :D

[arjentromp12]

does the spawning area only works on alpha? or does it works to on beta 1.7? and does it needs to be night to spawn mobs? plz someone reply fast

[mikee286]

I made something similar to this but I have a problem where the monsters hit the lava but fall into the area just below the lava still alive and just stay there

[roblox1220]

i could try to make one of those coz im too freaked out to kill monsters myself!!

[22869334]

thanks :D 

[YouGotTheMute]

For everyone asking. This is basically what happens. Mobs will spawn on all the pads he walks on. " Without the torches there of course ". They fall into the water, get pushed into a water elevator that either brings them up, or the fall through the floor. The currents in the water will push the mobs into a killing mechanism. " Usually a lava block ". Items drop into a water source " collecting machine " and push to where ever your current goes. Your welcome :)

[MasterOfDeathOnes]

Going to make one of these somewhere where I found slimes. Will be awesome. :D

[Karlosinjoman]

Please show us whole trap....from thee place where they come from to the collecting point...!!!

[Karlosinjoman]

And where are they coming from?

[clancy0752]

Whats ur texture pack?plz tell me

[tipenux]

does thhis work in 1.7

[VanHalenRocks100]

@tipenux Yes but you have to light up ALOT more caves and you have to stand farther away from the spawner when collecting

[tipenux]

@VanHalenRocks100 caves?

[VanHalenRocks100]

@VanHalenRocks100 Caverns, or whatever.

[1BrianAce]

this looks almost exactly liek kiershars world

[SimonXR]

how do they die with 1 blow, and standing in the water?

[Mokomi1]

I put in a video response what the spawn rate looks like now compared to before. Sadly, the patches have not been good to it. I will be recreating my monster spawner to hopefully achieve the kind of results this one did back in the day :)

[paulojorge1997]

@Mokomi1 plz put a link on the description of your vids for the world save and/or the texture pack ...plz!!!