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[Ishmael]

TinCow, did you still have a ton of cobblestone lying around? Would you mind if I borrowed some?

[TinCow]

TinCow, did you still have a ton of cobblestone lying around? Would you mind if I borrowed some?

Yep. I've probably got about 13-14 double chests of the stuff, and could spare 10 of those. Help yourself.

When you said you built a mob grinder before, did you use this design?

No, I built this one:



I chose that one because of the automated on/off switch with the lighting and because it was much more compact. Compact was important to me because I was building it entirely underground. The system definitely worked, but it produced very small numbers of mobs. I do not believe that was caused by the design, but was instead because of where I located it. There were simply too many other places for mobs to spawn other than inside my farm, so it didn't work well. If that same one was built in a much better location, I bet it would produce decent results. The version I built was 3 tiers high.

[spankythehippo]

No, I built this one:



I chose that one because of the automated on/off switch with the lighting and because it was much more compact. Compact was important to me because I was building it entirely underground. The system definitely worked, but it produced very small numbers of mobs. I do not believe that was caused by the design, but was instead because of where I located it. There were simply too many other places for mobs to spawn other than inside my farm, so it didn't work well. If that same one was built in a much better location, I bet it would produce decent results. The version I built was 3 tiers high.

I think the problem with my build is that spider's are clogging up the exit hole. I didn't take any measures against it, and when I'm close to the spawning pad, I hear quite a lot of mobs. I'm probably gonna scrap my build entirely and build monkeyfarm's version.

[Vladimir]

Thanks!



I can spare about 10 blocks of iron. It's not all that much I'm afraid, but I haven't really been mining of late. Shall I drop it off at your desert village near me?

Ten blocks is excellent. Place it where you like and explore the village a bit. What would you like in trade?

The solution to a pigmen free rail in the nether isn't that complex.

You simply put a half slab above the tracks to prevent them from stepping onto your rail. The halfslabs don't hurt you when you ride like normal blocks would.

pics:

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Sometimes it displays correctly like this:

I was curious about that but wasn't "dying" to find out. Thank you.

[Ishmael]

Ten blocks is excellent. Place it where you like and explore the village a bit. What would you like in trade?

If you have a bit of spare coal lying around that would be great. I always seem to be smelting stuff, and I hate it when charcoal and regular coal get mixed up in my supplies (yes, I'm probably a bit OCD).

EDIT: I've placed the iron in the chest just next to the nether portal, in your desert village. I also killed a magma cube that had taken up residence there .

[Vladimir]

If you have a bit of spare coal lying around that would be great. I always seem to be smelting stuff, and I hate it when charcoal and regular coal get mixed up in my supplies (yes, I'm probably a bit OCD).

EDIT: I've placed the iron in the chest just next to the nether portal, in your desert village. I also killed a magma cube that had taken up residence there .

Perfect. The chest is there for just that purpose. Take all the coal you want from the chests of my other villages. I have ample supplies in the east.

[Vladimir]

oops

[spankythehippo]

I think the problem with my build is that spider's are clogging up the exit hole. I didn't take any measures against it, and when I'm close to the spawning pad, I hear quite a lot of mobs. I'm probably gonna scrap my build entirely and build monkeyfarm's version.

I decided to build this in creative mode first. It spawns mobs very well, but I'm having trouble with the redstone.

At some point in the video, he says to wire up one side just like the other and the video then cuts away. I did that, but it did not work. Upon closer inspection of the video, it is actually different, and I think it might have escaped his mind. I tried to mimic exactly what he did, but I could not make one of the sides work. I'm not very redstone savvy, so I'm having a lot of difficulty understanding. Any pointers?

He starts building the side I'm having difficulty with at 20:51.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6PIuNTL6RQ

[TinCow]

It's hard for me to assist without seeing that you built. That said, the type of wiring he's building there is sufficiently simple that I can guarantee you that I can figure out the problem and fix it in-game. So, if you want to build it here I'll fix any redstone problems you run across.

[spankythehippo]

It's hard for me to assist without seeing that you built. That said, the type of wiring he's building there is sufficiently simple that I can guarantee you that I can figure out the problem and fix it in-game. So, if you want to build it here I'll fix any redstone problems you run across.

Thanks. I'll start it as soon as possible.

[spankythehippo]

Well, I've completed 2 levels of the mob grinder. I'm pretty busy with stuff in real life, but I'll get it done soon.

My only issue with this system is the fact that a switch needs to be turned on and off periodically, which means we won't be able to go AFK for prolonged periods of time. Too solve this, I was thinking of using a clock instead of a switch, so the pistons can be turned on and off automatically. What do you guys think of this, and is there the possibility of server lag?