06-26-2012, 02:26 AM
I found a skeleton archer spawner at long last!
I've dug out the spawn area and decided to get fancy by putting in Redstone Lamps so I can toggle on/off the ability for it to spawn mobs from safely outside the spawn area.
I think I want to go with a different style XP farm on this one. I've always used the "water elevator then drop from a high distance" style of XP farm, but I cooked up a piston crusher thing that I think might work.
I was playing around in SP creative and this is what I came up with for the "business end".
The skeletons take a 3 block fall (guided by water) to a killzone. I have a piston that activates above their heads that sticks them in place. I have a way too elaborate repeater setup that activates 2 pistons at body level to crush them. The repeaters keep the pistons activated for a defined time (adjustable by number of repeaters) to not-quite-kill them. I also have a 2nd button that directly activates the bottom piston to harvest item drops.
It works well in SP creative, but I have no idea if it will work in SMP.
I've dug out the spawn area and decided to get fancy by putting in Redstone Lamps so I can toggle on/off the ability for it to spawn mobs from safely outside the spawn area.
I think I want to go with a different style XP farm on this one. I've always used the "water elevator then drop from a high distance" style of XP farm, but I cooked up a piston crusher thing that I think might work.
I was playing around in SP creative and this is what I came up with for the "business end".
The skeletons take a 3 block fall (guided by water) to a killzone. I have a piston that activates above their heads that sticks them in place. I have a way too elaborate repeater setup that activates 2 pistons at body level to crush them. The repeaters keep the pistons activated for a defined time (adjustable by number of repeaters) to not-quite-kill them. I also have a 2nd button that directly activates the bottom piston to harvest item drops.
It works well in SP creative, but I have no idea if it will work in SMP.