Ive just made a mob trap for zombie pigman, and it has 4 standard sized portals. Ive been waiting for 4hrs and only 1 spawn. My difficulty is easy which is supposed to be 1/2000 per ping.why does it take so long to spawn?
Zombie pigman spawn is slow. Really, really slow. And I think they nerfed the drop rate, hard, in 1.8 (either the spawn rate or the drop rate). 4 standard sized portals will not generate enough to notice.
My gold farm consists of 12 portals, each 19 wide by 20 high (with, of course, another couple of blocks in each direction for the obsidian), delivering the pigmen to a water channel leading to a dropping/killing mechanism. This keeps up a steady flow of pigmen. What's disappointing is the gold yield I've been getting in 1.8 -- it went from being a significant source of gold to enough to make it worth AFKing in my base, but for my obsessive railroad building, I've been enduring the boredom of mining for the stuff ... the gold farm is not turning out enough gold to build powered rails anymore.
My gold farm consists of 12 portals, each 19 wide by 20 high (with, of course, another couple of blocks in each direction for the obsidian), delivering the pigmen to a water channel leading to a dropping/killing mechanism. This keeps up a steady flow of pigmen. What's disappointing is the gold yield I've been getting in 1.8 -- it went from being a significant source of gold to enough to make it worth AFKing in my base, but for my obsessive railroad building, I've been enduring the boredom of mining for the stuff ... the gold farm is not turning out enough gold to build powered rails anymore.
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