So recently I made an experience farm using KaspersMC's 18 minute guide () but I decided to make it out of glass so that everything is visible. All of the dimensions are the way that they're supposed to be, I made a two block wide mobovator so that the skeletons don't get stuck on any signs, the drop off area is covered in cobblestone as to not fry the skeletons in the day time, and the area around the mob spawner isn't lit up whatsoever yet the mob spawner stops spawning after 60 - 80 skeletons are in the killing zone. I even moved the drop off and the killing zone further than the video suggested at 16 blocks horizontally from the spawner so that they can still spawn while I'm gaining experience.
I was wondering if mob spawners had a cap or if I'm doing something wrong without realizing it. All the videos I've seen on Youtube have had hundreds and hundreds of skeletons in their traps so it brings me to believe that either of these could be true.
From a spawner they will only spawn if you are within 32 blocks of em, so that might be the issue that you extended the range to where they are not "registering" you so they don't spawn anymore....Best I can think of based on your description. Also there is a cap on how many things/entities can be on the game at once. So light up caves all around and yeah that's pretty much what I can think is the issue without seeing it myself.. Hope that helps.
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There's this giant ravine next to the the spawner and I lit that up as best I could but it didn't help much. The other posters on this thread say that there is a cap so I guess I'll have to deal with it. Thanks for your advice though, much appreciated.
I was wondering if mob spawners had a cap or if I'm doing something wrong without realizing it. All the videos I've seen on Youtube have had hundreds and hundreds of skeletons in their traps so it brings me to believe that either of these could be true.
Thanks for any advice in advance.
It's 16 and I have it set up to where I stand at LEAST 15 away at all times.
There's this giant ravine next to the the spawner and I lit that up as best I could but it didn't help much. The other posters on this thread say that there is a cap so I guess I'll have to deal with it. Thanks for your advice though, much appreciated.