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Ok heres a question. How many people just destroy a mob spawner when they find one?

Is it possible to destory all mob spawners in the world and not get any more mobs?

I personally leave my mob spawners alone just incase mobs dont spawn any more. What about you guys?

I doubt it works that way. Mobs will still spawn as long as it's dark, even if there aren't any sort of mob spawners around. they just won't spawn like crazy.

Until I finally made a large mob grinder (19 x 48 room, two blocks high) with a drowning trap where all sorts of monsters spawn (except spiders; strategically placed cobblestone slabs prevent that), I used to build grinders around most of the mob spawners I found. Now, I just place torches on and around the spawners to shut them down. But I would never destroy a mob spawner because I can't get them back in case I ever wanted to do something there.

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I doubt it works that way. Mobs will still spawn as long as it's dark, even if there aren't any sort of mob spawners around. they just won't spawn like crazy.

agree

I assume mobs spawn due to the 128 rule where mobs can spawn from a spawner. Are you sure it doesnt work like that?

Believe me... they spawn in my houses enough.

ok Im willing to go dig out a 480 x480 x128 block square to bedrocks and rebuild layers to test it Then Im sure there arentany spawners in the 480

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Ok heres a question. How many people just destroy a mob spawner when they find one?

Is it possible to destory all mob spawners in the world and not get any more mobs?

I personally leave my mob spawners alone just incase mobs dont spawn any more. What about you guys?

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Is it possible to destory all mob spawners in the world and not get any more mobs?

Mob spawners aren't the only source of hostile mobs , you see mobs spawn in dark areas so no

Don't destroy them though because you can easliy turn a dungeon into a mob grinder , and when enchantments come out for the xbox , you will be able to get an enchantment called "silk touch" And you can harvest them and place them where ever you want

destroying all of the mob spawners wouldnt even effect the spawn rate of any type of mob. The spawners are set I guess as kind of a trap for explorers. They're made to gaurd the chests that are in a the dungeon with them. They don't actually start spawning anything until you are like 16 blocks away.

Everyone stop telling kyi2604 that he is wrong!!!! Don't you want to see the screenshots of that big hole?

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Everyone stop telling kyi2604 that he is wrong!!!! Don't you want to see the screenshots of that big hole?

^ this

Well, as for what to do with them, waiting for 'silk touch' & enchanting is a good idea... but at the point of that update, I'll be starting all-new maps anyway to get villages & strongholds & such. For now, I light them up to deactivate them. Depending on depth, they could make a good pitfall trap for other players... pull the wrong switch, and you're dropped, landing with maybe one heart and a nice view of the spawner... hehehe.....

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Everyone stop telling kyi2604 that he is wrong!!!! Don't you want to see the screenshots of that big hole?

Laughs my plan was to strip mine and put the layers back so sorry no hole.

I found a Skeleton Spawner just below the surface in my world and I'm tempted to create a player protection system with it. Basically, if a person were to encounter a player intruder/griefer, you could retreat to the area near the Skeleton Spawner, flip a switch, and then send them up for them to contend with. There is something appealing about your own personal horde...

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I found a Skeleton Spawner just below the surface in my world and I'm tempted to create a player protection system with it. Basically, if a person were to encounter a player intruder/griefer, you could retreat to the area near the Skeleton Spawner, flip a switch, and then send them up for them to contend with. There is something appealing about your own personal horde...

I've only found a spider spawner, which I thought was rather pointless since I don't use that much string... I now have a new awesome project: Spider Army!

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I've only found a spider spawner, which I thought was rather pointless since I don't use that much string... I now have a new awesome project: Spider Army!

A Spider Spawner could prove invaluable. You could have an unlimited supply of wool (which in turn saves on iron for shears) and eventually spider eyes for brewing. Also, while Skeletons provide ranged attacks and can be damaging, their line of sight is limited and they burn in daylight. Spiders, on the other hand, see much further away and can track players better and survive in daylight.

So I've been thinking about the Spider Army concept. When someone flips a switch, I want to move them up to the surface as fast as possible, and have them drop from the surrounding trees (probably build my own giant tree with wood and leaves to hide them during transit to the tree tops).

Is there any way to turn the spawner on and off remotely? Maybe sticky pistons that retract it or push blocks around it to keep them from getting out? I think I can figure out the water elevator to move them to the surface, just don't have experience working with spawners.