Is there any material spiders cant climb/jump up and do any of the updates have all enemies dropping at least 1 item when they die. I am trying to collect gunpowder without the dup glitch and i am tired of the spiders clogging things up and seeing creepers die without dropping anyting. Its quite annoying.
I think spiders can climb anything... maybe not waterfalls, but I don't know for sure.
And if spiders are "clogging things up"... are you using a grinder? Just make your last drop to the killing floor 2x2 instead of 1x1. Mine never clogs... the spiders get swept into the lava blade along with everyone else. If a creeper doesn't drop gunpowder, no worries... another one will be along in a few seconds. Like streetcars.
I am trying to collect gunpowder without the dup glitch and i am tired of the spiders clogging things up and seeing creepers die without dropping anyting
There is always the option of building a mob grinder. It takes some time, but you will definitely get all the gun powder you need.
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Spiders can climb walls (most vertical surfaces).
What they can't do is hang on upside down. (That's why ledges work).
They also can't climb up a wall any distance. I had a sandstone castle with 10 block high walls, and no ledge. Spiders would climb up about 4-6 blocks and fall back down. Sorry, I'm not sure of the exact distance, not do I know if that was changed since 1.7.3 as I haven't had a reason to test it since the upgrades.
I am using a mob grinder. I have the one with lava blades and its in the ocean. I do get a fair amount of gun powder, but it does take forever sometimes. I tried using cactus and that blew up in my face. Its only I think 3 blocks high. Someone sent me a youtube video of it and I sort of duplicated it. I am getting a little better with these spawner things. I actually have an area where slime spawns some and have gotten a number of slime balls.
Also that sucks about the mobs not dropping items all of the time. Whats up with that? I thought they were supposed to have pigs start dropping 1 - 3 pork chops and had hoped enemies would do the same.
I am using a mob grinder. I have the one with lava blades and its in the ocean. I do get a fair amount of gun powder, but it does take forever sometimes. I tried using cactus and that blew up in my face. Its only I think 3 blocks high. Someone sent me a youtube video of it and I sort of duplicated it. I am getting a little better with these spawner things. I actually have an area where slime spawns some and have gotten a number of slime balls.
Also that sucks about the mobs not dropping items all of the time. Whats up with that? I thought they were supposed to have pigs start dropping 1 - 3 pork chops and had hoped enemies would do the same.
The game would be far to easy if mobs had a 100% chance of dropping items. You'd be swimming in mob drops.
Pigs will forever drop 0-2 pork chops. Cows, in 1.8, will drop 1-3 beef.
And if spiders are "clogging things up"... are you using a grinder? Just make your last drop to the killing floor 2x2 instead of 1x1. Mine never clogs... the spiders get swept into the lava blade along with everyone else. If a creeper doesn't drop gunpowder, no worries... another one will be along in a few seconds. Like streetcars.
There is always the option of building a mob grinder. It takes some time, but you will definitely get all the gun powder you need.
What they can't do is hang on upside down. (That's why ledges work).
They also can't climb up a wall any distance. I had a sandstone castle with 10 block high walls, and no ledge. Spiders would climb up about 4-6 blocks and fall back down. Sorry, I'm not sure of the exact distance, not do I know if that was changed since 1.7.3 as I haven't had a reason to test it since the upgrades.
Also that sucks about the mobs not dropping items all of the time. Whats up with that? I thought they were supposed to have pigs start dropping 1 - 3 pork chops and had hoped enemies would do the same.
Pigs will forever drop 0-2 pork chops. Cows, in 1.8, will drop 1-3 beef.
I agree. If the cows are going to start dropping beef how do we get leather then?
im almost positive in 1.3 they're making it so that pigs do drop at least 1 porkchop
I really hope that they can't.