Can you speed up mob spawners?

Can you speed up mob spawners?

4 Answers. Note that it has nothing about player speed in it. Spawners do not depend on player travel rates when spawning mobs. They have meta information attached to them which decides the rate of spawning, player distance, and so on.

What triggers mob spawners?

A spawner activates when a player comes within a spherical radius of 16 blocks from the center point of the block; i.e. 15.5 blocks from the block itself.

What is the command to make a spawner spawn faster?

If you set up a command block on a Redstone clock with /tp ~ 1 ~ you can teleport the villagers to a different area which speeds up the spawn rate as there won’t be as many villagers in one place.

How does player movement speed up mobs in Minecraft?

I have a friend that claims the faster you move around a mob spawner, the faster the mobs spawn. He likes to build powered rails near the spawner and ride a minecart in a loop. This is to increase the spawn rate, supposedly to several times as fast.

How long does it take for the spawner to spawn in Minecraft?

The [&spawner&] [&spawns&] mobs in a 9×3×9 area (see § Mechanics) around it when the player is within 16 blocks. Suitable spawning locations for the block’s mob type are provided in the area. The [&spawner&] attempts to spawn four mobs around it, then waits from 10 to 39.95 seconds before spawning more.

How many mobs can you spawn at once in Minecraft?

Monster spawners can spawn up to four mobs at once. Very rarely, a monster spawner can be found in out-of-the-ordinary locations. In the Minecraft XBLA (before the Christmas update in 2012), mob spawners would only show pigs, but they would spawn things other than pigs.

How does the spawner work in Minecraft Pocket Edition?

In the Minecraft: Pocket Edition from Update 0.9.0 and in Java Edition, starting with snapshot 14w28b, the mob spawned can be set by using a Spawn Egg on it. A mob spawner will summon mobs, provided there is enough space for the mob to be generated, and the light level within the spawning radius remains below seven.