Mob Tower - the ultimate way to get monster drops. Tutorial part 2 [commentary]

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea9V0dWYSYo

Ever wanted to just sit in a spot and watch a stream of monster drops drift toward you? This video will show you how it's possible!

Inspired by the "Minecraft scientists" on the forums, part 2 of this video will briefly guide you through the basic floor layout of a mob tower and show you how to build a lava mob trap.

Much was left unsaid in the video and I apologise if I was unclear at times. I will do my best to answer all questions, post pictures or diagrams of things that you guys feel like I need to clarify and may even post a "Part 3" if this didn't make any sense.

=== QUESTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED ===

Q: Is there a minimum floor height?
A: Monsters need atleast 2 blocks of height to spawn.

Q: Can mobs spawn in water?
A: No.

Q: Can I build a mob tower in places other than the origin chunk?
A: Yes. It won't be as effective, but it will still give you lots of drops.

Q: Do I need mossy cobblestone or another specific block type?
A: No. Any block apart from glass and halfblock will work.

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[The3BAaM]

i built it with two floors and one floor for the lava killmachine ... but the monsters dont spawn... i have beta 1.6 is that the reason or is the lava lighting too much from the 3 floor ??

pls i need a answer ;D

[Misacorp]

@The3BAaM There can't be that much light. Sure you're not playing on passive? This design is pretty outdated, but you should still have some mobs spawning.

[IExiify]

Can I have your world save? :) 

[Misacorp]

@IExiify This save? Nope. My real world save? Sure. minecraft.misacorp.org

[FAMASScope]

Hey man, do you need each floor to be completely solid? Will it work if only the floor above your grinder is solid and has the water currents, while the others have a hole where they drop into the first floors water currents?

[Misacorp]

@FAMASScope Mobs won't jump down holes so you need water currents on all levels. However, having a hole on all higher levels through which mobs fall to the bottom floor is perfectly fine.

[Aprch]

Your voice reminds me of Microsoft Sam.

[HyvelTjuven]

Will this still work?

[thelegendarylord]

When you have that many torches,you dont need peaceful!

[soccerprojm98]

@The3BAaM Mobs do not spawn within 25 blocks of you or your spawn point. Keep clear of it when wanting them to spawn. (has to be within 144 blocks though)

[MarkDockhorn]

@The3BAaM well the problem is that uhm... you just suck you know..

[gordon4426]

whats that sound in the background

[isaiasdietz]

i have a better trap (in smp) that dont need a BIG tower or something else to spawn the monsters. its max. 10x10 and it brings you every 1 sec <1 gunpowder/feather/or something else. it uses the sign-spawner that is included in falsebook and it can be activatet by redstone. i can let it spawn 60+ monsters per minute and get over 60 items (sometimes more) per minute. i will post that vid in my channel(hopefully)

[Geklatscht2]

i have a nice grinder video on my mc channel "minecraftjeffy", for Alpha this tut is really cool

[AdvanceMovieMakers]

the chain is a good idea i got lots of stuff from it

[sexyass02]

LMFAO this dumbass is already inventory editting, the fuck is the point of this?

[coltenandscott]

cool