I can't be the only one trying to get Ghasts to spawn on Earth, can I?
Been on a mission to do it for the last few days. Notch mentioned on his twitter that there'd be a very low chance for them to spawn near a portal, so naturally I threw up a whole bunch of portals outside my base and waited. So far nothing, after a few hours of idle waiting... I guess it really is rare.
Just wondering if anyone else has been trying the same thing, and if anyone has had any success with it yet?
Well at the moment I've just got my guy sitting in a glass box in the middle of it all. But sadly I can't print screen at the moment because I'm using a broken keyboard :sad.gif: Hopefully I'll get my new keyboard tomorrow so I'll post if one comes out :biggrin.gif:
Well I just left my guy there for about an hour. Came back and it was night and looked around. So far no ghasts but under my glass box is 14 creepers, 10 spiders, 10 zombies, 9 skeletons and a spider riding a spider. I'm tempted to break a hole and jump down but I'll do that after I see a ghast :biggrin.gif:
And its on hard mode just in case ghasts only spawn in hard mode. So I can't imagine if it was easy how many mobs would be down there.
And its on hard mode just in case ghasts only spawn in hard mode. So I can't imagine if it was easy how many mobs would be down there.
Same amount.
I'm gonna try throwing up a few more portals in different chunks around me, and see if it helps. I wonder though if it's really the whole chunk and not just a certain proximity to the portal... hmm...
Ghasts spawning on Earth is a lie... Until someone proves it wrong.
We need better factions and relations between the player and the mobs...
Like the undead army should feast on cows, pigs, sheeps, and chickens. Except the zombie pigmen, who sees their own kind and will protect them (will aggro other species who attack pigs in front of them).
It's multitudes of relations that makes it interesting...
Heck, does anyone even have a "mob spawning" mod that lets you spawn manually (ala gmod style, etc.)?
I would asume they spawn on the chunks where portals are located, making me think that it doesn't really matter how many portals there are on 1 chunk.
To maximise the chance of 1 spawning, i would place a portal on every chunk (so 1 portal every 16 blocks) and then fall back so you are at least 24 blocks away of the nearest portal-chunk.
Then wait.
As for that ghast spawner where you need mcedit, i haven't seen it but i guess you should look at it, it could give you an idea about what is needed to spawn ghasts and then you can try doing it legit.
Wait, why the 24 blocks? Do mobs not spawn in the same chunk as you?
Wait, why the 24 blocks? Do mobs not spawn in the same chunk as you?
They don't spawn within a 25 block radius around you. They also don't spawn in your starting chunk, ever.
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With his tweet me meaned in hell near portals not on earth.
That's not the way I read it. Doesn't he specifically say "spawn in the normal world"? Thought I read this in the list of confirmed facts, though I suppose that list could easily be wrong. (Or he might have changed his mind.)
I know I have seen videos of people claiming that Ghasts have spawned in the real world, but of course those could all have been edited. Was just curious if anyone else had any luck, I'm sure lots of people are trying...
From the thread "Minecraft FACTS: Big list of what Notch has ACTUALLY said.":
jakeyyyboyy: "will the ghasts only be in hell, or will they be in the normal dimension as well?"
Notch: "if you've got a gate, they can (rarely) spawn there." (Oct 22, 2010)
Now, Notch doesn't specifically say "they can spawn on the normal world," but based on the context of this question it seems pretty clear that by "there" he means the normal world.
Perhaps it's extremely rare. Or maybe Notch just changed his mind, or forgot to implement this. I really hope it's possible, though, it would be very awesome!
Been on a mission to do it for the last few days. Notch mentioned on his twitter that there'd be a very low chance for them to spawn near a portal, so naturally I threw up a whole bunch of portals outside my base and waited. So far nothing, after a few hours of idle waiting... I guess it really is rare.
Just wondering if anyone else has been trying the same thing, and if anyone has had any success with it yet?
You'll need MCedit though.
Repeat daily for confidence boost.
No, I'm talking about getting them to spawn purely using portals, without using any kind of editing tools.
And its on hard mode just in case ghasts only spawn in hard mode. So I can't imagine if it was easy how many mobs would be down there.
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Same amount.
I'm gonna try throwing up a few more portals in different chunks around me, and see if it helps. I wonder though if it's really the whole chunk and not just a certain proximity to the portal... hmm...
We need better factions and relations between the player and the mobs...
Like the undead army should feast on cows, pigs, sheeps, and chickens. Except the zombie pigmen, who sees their own kind and will protect them (will aggro other species who attack pigs in front of them).
It's multitudes of relations that makes it interesting...
Heck, does anyone even have a "mob spawning" mod that lets you spawn manually (ala gmod style, etc.)?
Wait, why the 24 blocks? Do mobs not spawn in the same chunk as you?
My football team is the Russian bears on unicycles.
They don't spawn within a 25 block radius around you. They also don't spawn in your starting chunk, ever.
That's not the way I read it. Doesn't he specifically say "spawn in the normal world"? Thought I read this in the list of confirmed facts, though I suppose that list could easily be wrong. (Or he might have changed his mind.)
I know I have seen videos of people claiming that Ghasts have spawned in the real world, but of course those could all have been edited. Was just curious if anyone else had any luck, I'm sure lots of people are trying...
Well if this is true it explains why even with 52 portals in 52 different chunks and 8 hours play time on hard mode still not 1 ghast.
No, the guy is wrong. Notch specifically stated in overworld they would rarely spawn near a portal, NOT in hell.
That's what I thought, but if it's possible it must be REALLY rare.
You people... making me look it up.
From the thread "Minecraft FACTS: Big list of what Notch has ACTUALLY said.":
jakeyyyboyy: "will the ghasts only be in hell, or will they be in the normal dimension as well?"
Notch: "if you've got a gate, they can (rarely) spawn there." (Oct 22, 2010)
Now, Notch doesn't specifically say "they can spawn on the normal world," but based on the context of this question it seems pretty clear that by "there" he means the normal world.
Perhaps it's extremely rare. Or maybe Notch just changed his mind, or forgot to implement this. I really hope it's possible, though, it would be very awesome!