Okay, so i know i'm with the majority of people who are starting a new world when the game updates to 1.8.2. And it's a given that i will be making a mob spawner in my new map, as pretty much everybody does. So i am asking you what designs have worked out great for you. All my previous mob spawners have had 4 14x14 pads and a four by four mobavator (Etho's design) and while they are great basic spawners, and relatively easy to make i'm looking for something a bit more efficient. So if any of you could point me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated
I feel as if this is a very good mob spawner. As you know, it takes awhile for mobs to fall into the water that leads into the traps and piston traps doesn't allow for high mob spawning unless you build a HUGE piston mob spawner trap(which isn't very efficient). Don't forget about mobs when too far away just refuse to move. Using water and spawning pad design, forces mobs down the water pathway that leads them to their doom. Initially, this is designed for an xp farm but you can make it an extra block higher to make it a lethal fall for the first level or keep it as part of an xp farm to help boost your leadboard stats.
Checkout Etho's latest mob spawner design.( The one he builds with snow.) It is resource friendly, efficient, and, is based off of fall damage. Remember though no matter how good the spawner is what really matters is if the caves are lit up well enough, and if you want real efficiency you will have to light up all of the ground and all of the caves in a 128x128 area around your spawner. A really good trick for the xbox is to build the spawner at the corner of the world because the game will try to spawn mobs there but there is only water so it can only spawn mobs in your system. I did this in my world using Etho's old design and I get on average 2 mobs per second so...
I use this - http://www.kevblog.co.uk/how-to-build-a-minecraft-mob-grinder/
I find it gives me all the resources I need with only 2 spawn levels. You can increase the efficiency of it by adding more levels.
I will be making this again on my new world, just a little prettier and adding some pistons to swith it on and off.
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