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[TinCow]

FYI, I went exploring for some horse and also failed to find any. However, I've been doing some googling and it appears that they take some work to spawn in existing (pre-1.6) biomes. Apparently you need to just run around a plains area and slaughter every passive mob you see. If you kill enough of the things eventually horses may spawn. I have not tried this yet, but the internet says it is true and when has the internet ever been wrong about anything?

[edit] I ran around some plains biomes slaughtering everything and had no luck. The internet suggests using fence to enclose as large an area of plains as possible, then lighting the entire area with torches and slaughtering everything inside until horses appear. Apparently passive mob spawning rare are very low, and horses are rare even within passive mobs, so it can take a very long time for them to appear even if you've slaughtered the passive mobs to keep it under the spawn cap.

[Vladimir]

So it seems like it's best to just ride pigs.

[Papewaio]

Must... Resist... Dirty... Comment... Lost will to do so:

"So it seems like it's best to just ride pigs." - That's what she said

[Sigurd]

FYI, I went exploring for some horse and also failed to find any. However, I've been doing some googling and it appears that they take some work to spawn in existing (pre-1.6) biomes. Apparently you need to just run around a plains area and slaughter every passive mob you see. If you kill enough of the things eventually horses may spawn. I have not tried this yet, but the internet says it is true and when has the internet ever been wrong about anything?

That's what I have been doing north of my castle with no luck... pigs and chickens seems to spawn back though - there are always pigs and chickens there when I go hunting.

[edit] I ran around some plains biomes slaughtering everything and had no luck. The internet suggests using fence to enclose as large an area of plains as possible, then lighting the entire area with torches and slaughtering everything inside until horses appear. Apparently passive mob spawning rare are very low, and horses are rare even within passive mobs, so it can take a very long time for them to appear even if you've slaughtered the passive mobs to keep it under the spawn cap.

I haven't tried this yet...

[Papewaio]

That's kind of good. I assumed once you wiped out a passive mob they were gone. I'm going to bring lots of charcoal on my horse expedition.

[TinCow]

That's kind of good. I assumed once you wiped out a passive mob they were gone. I'm going to bring lots of charcoal on my horse expedition.

Passive mobs spawn VERY slowly, but they do spawn. However, they will only spawn if the passive mob cap is not maxed out, and passive mobs do not despawn. That's why the animals don't seem to change in an area under normal conditions. If you're not killing them, nothing new is spawning. Thus, if an area doesn't have any horses it never will have any horses unless you kill off the existing passive mobs to make room for new spawns. However, even then horses spawn at a much lower rate than anything else, so it will take a long time.

Dont suppose you could spawn some with host powers?

I will do so if there's there's some kind of bug with the server that's preventing them from spawning. However, if it's simply because they are very rare and hard to get, then I think it should be appropriately difficult to get them.

[Papewaio]

Because I'm based in a jungle I now have about 2 dozen wild cats around one of my treehouses.

I have been clearing the undergrowth and they are so easy to see now.

[TinCow]

SilkSpawners has been updated and re-enabled. MobCatcher and RebalanceVillagers remain offline.

[Greyblades]

I will do so if there's there's some kind of bug with the server that's preventing them from spawning. However, if it's simply because they are very rare and hard to get, then I think it should be appropriately difficult to get them.

I played a single player map and I found about 20+ in a plains biome, I suggest we focus the cull on the map's plains and if they dont show up in a day or two them we spawn some.

[Papewaio]

If it isn't a bug but just super rare then I'm fine waiting.

Spawning diminished the value.

If I want my little ponies in sparkling gemstone armour I can play creative. Actually after putting it that way, I think super rare is a good thing. ;)

[Sigurd]

I have started putting a fence around the plains north of my castle. I am however leaving for the Mediterranean today and won't be online the next week or so. If anyone wants in on the project they could continue fencing it in. It should be devoid of life already.

[Greyblades]

Dont suppose you could spawn some with host powers?