Does anyone know of a good mob spawner to build not using the cage spawners that will actually work on the xbox ive made one with platforms and water around them but nothing will spawn in it
When you say you made one with platforms and water, do you mean something like a gravity trap or a lava blade type of deal? Those are effective, but you first have to light up all the caves below the trap and outwards a good distance. Mob spawns tend to fill the caves pretty quickly, because they're very large and very dark. You'll also want to light up a large area of the surface around the area your grinder is in to keep it running at max during the night time.
They all work, but you need to take into effect the 16-24(32) block range. I've done just about everyone in one way or another. I don't particularly care for large platforms, as it leaves mobs to linger too long. Same as ethos hostile mob system. I prefer a almost insta-spawn----kill method, such as JD2479's mob farm, though it was I believe Panda who invented it though I might be wrong there.
You also have to take into effect all area around you thats spawnable, including caves and the area above ground at night, hence why I prefer islands that are a good 128 blocks from the nearest landmass, this way i can pretty much control all above ground spawns, and just need to worry about lighting up caves.
They all work, but you need to take into effect the 16-24(32) block range. I've done just about everyone in one way or another. I don't particularly care for large platforms, as it leaves mobs to linger too long. Same as ethos hostile mob system. I prefer a almost insta-spawn----kill method, such as JD2479's mob farm, though it was I believe Panda who invented it though I might be wrong there.
You also have to take into effect all area around you thats spawnable, including caves and the area above ground at night, hence why I prefer islands that are a good 128 blocks from the nearest landmass, this way i can pretty much control all above ground spawns, and just need to worry about lighting up caves.
The mob grinder is a tower with floors where there is no light so Minecraft mobs such as spiders, zombies, and skeletons will spawn, even in day time. As has been stated in comments above, very likely many of the mobs are spawning in other areas.
I have one that's 23 blocks high with 4 streams of water each 2 X 8 blocks running towards the center and a 8 X 8 square on each side of the water streams if that makes any sense. It drops about 10 - 15 mobs a minute.
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You also have to take into effect all area around you thats spawnable, including caves and the area above ground at night, hence why I prefer islands that are a good 128 blocks from the nearest landmass, this way i can pretty much control all above ground spawns, and just need to worry about lighting up caves.
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