Where should I build my creeper farm?

The best place for a creeper farm therefore is not necessarily as low as possible. Instead build it only as low as necessary, but pick a place where you can AFK in a nearby spot that has as few other valid spawning spaces around it as you can get.

How high should I build a creeper farm?

For mobs to spawn very efficiently you want to be 128 blocks away from any other potential spawning points for them (blocks with block light lower than 8), so you should be 128 blocks above the highest block in an 128 x 128 area around your spawner.

Can mobs spawn at Y 200?

They don’t. I’ve heard that it’s because mojang doesn’t want mobs spawning on top of the bedrock layer in the nether so they lowered the spawn height.

How much space does a creeper spawn?

2 blocks

Why are mobs not spawning?

Your server’s view-distance setting is set too low. If your server’s view-distance setting is too small, it’ll cause fewer mobs to spawn. We recommend increasing the view-distance setting in your server.

Can mobs spawn past build limit?

They can; entities can exist outside of where blocks can, including layer 256; the mob spawning algorithm chooses a random layer up to the top of the highest block and the game returns air when you try to access a block outside of the range of 0-255 so it will be a valid block for them to spawn in.

Do mobs Despawn When you disconnect?

when you say “disconnect” it implies you are playing on a server. in that case there is a good chance the mobs will despawn, as the server will continue running after you disconnect and in the absence of players nearby, hostile mobs will despawn.

What’s the maximum height mobs can spawn?

There must be no players and no player spawn points within a 24 block distance (spherical) of the spawning block. A mob will immediately despawn if there is no player within 128 blocks of it.

Do pillagers go away?

They despawn if you are more than 128 blocks away.

Why is my XP farm not spawning?

If you are relying on the mobs to walk off the side, then you may just be too far away, causing them to freeze. At 32 blocks away from you mobs will freeze and will not walk off. Also, if you are withing 24 blocks of the spawn area they wont spawn at all.

Why are no mobs spawning in my XP farm?

It could be on non-mob spoonable blocks, which are bottom slabs (slabs on the lower part of a block), glass, water. So if it’s the mob circle issue, go a bit farther away from the farm. Also, this means if you are too far away, then mobs will instantly despawn.

Does Hard mode spawn more mobs?

Neither more nor less mobs spawn in hard mode than easy/normal. The only except is Pigmen near Overworld portal, which do spawn more frequently.

How do I make my XP farm more efficient?

Find a skeleton spawner and use that instead. Tame a bunch of wolves and they’ll kill the skeletons. They’ll take occasional damage from thorns, but if you drop them so they have a half heart then the wolves will last for days. Then build a fish farm next to it so you get XP from that as well.