Since 1.9, ghast tears are more valuable because they're required to respawn the dragon. Ghasts are still as elusive as ever, and it's hard to land hits even with a bow. Can anybody figure out what an automatic ghast farm would look like?
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If you follow your heart, it will only lead to your arteries.
Automatic is hard in the Nether, if you could get them to spawn in a confined area you could try cactus or iron golems and chest minecarts under the floor to pick up drops. .
If you build your farm with 4 block high ceilings they would be easy to hit, you could even use a sword to give you Looting, though in 1.9 you might be able to hold the looting sword in one hand and a bow in the other.
Like with any mob farm you have to half slab any solid blocks in the surrounding area or cover them with lava.
There was a post recently where someone suggested mixing 4 high ceilings with 2-3 high ceilings to get the pigmen to spawn where they wouldn't get aggroed by mistake.
Ilmango has a kinda cheaty 1.9 version. Could be patched soon, but it's working right now.
And impulse made one that's kinda slow, but it's pretty decent seeing as he made it in an hour or so. Just replace the half slabs in the shifting floor with soul sand and it works in 1.9
The only minecart part of impulse's system is the capture area, which can be made any way you like. You only need to send the ghast through the portal into some room made out of cobblestone, there's no need to use the minecarts.
I've been trying to design a 5x5 piston floor chamber that I can stack to make cells of spawning chambers. Although, I don't think 5x5x5 is the best area to spawn in. Maybe high in the Nether this would be possible, but nothing yet. I have just a manual Ghast farm and a spawner Ghast farm. How sad. Anyone that wants to work on the design we can do it in Phanatic MC, but there are so many restrictions without rank.
Since 1.9, ghast tears are more valuable because they're required to respawn the dragon. Ghasts are still as elusive as ever, and it's hard to land hits even with a bow. Can anybody figure out what an automatic ghast farm would look like?
If you follow your heart, it will only lead to your arteries.
Automatic is hard in the Nether, if you could get them to spawn in a confined area you could try cactus or iron golems and chest minecarts under the floor to pick up drops. .
If you build your farm with 4 block high ceilings they would be easy to hit, you could even use a sword to give you Looting, though in 1.9 you might be able to hold the looting sword in one hand and a bow in the other.
Like with any mob farm you have to half slab any solid blocks in the surrounding area or cover them with lava.
There was a post recently where someone suggested mixing 4 high ceilings with 2-3 high ceilings to get the pigmen to spawn where they wouldn't get aggroed by mistake.
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Found the post I mentioned up above:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/minecraft-discussion/survival-mode/2633165-a-better-ghast-farm-without-using-the-void
Just testing.
Ilmango has a kinda cheaty 1.9 version. Could be patched soon, but it's working right now.
And impulse made one that's kinda slow, but it's pretty decent seeing as he made it in an hour or so. Just replace the half slabs in the shifting floor with soul sand and it works in 1.9
Not sure Impulses would work in 1.9 because of the minecarts. Mounting mobs in minecarts is currently pretty difficult.
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I tried it with terrible results. I gave my wife my glasses for a second, a creeper showed up and now my wife is pregnant.
Stupid 3D..
What an interesting concept. I hope someone comes up with a working farm.
The only minecart part of impulse's system is the capture area, which can be made any way you like. You only need to send the ghast through the portal into some room made out of cobblestone, there's no need to use the minecarts.
I've been trying to design a 5x5 piston floor chamber that I can stack to make cells of spawning chambers. Although, I don't think 5x5x5 is the best area to spawn in. Maybe high in the Nether this would be possible, but nothing yet. I have just a manual Ghast farm and a spawner Ghast farm. How sad. Anyone that wants to work on the design we can do it in Phanatic MC, but there are so many restrictions without rank.
Post the schematic!