Automatic Farmsintermediate1.0+
MOB FARM / GRINDER
A dark room spawner that spawns hostile mobs in dark platforms, flushes them with water into a central shaft, and drops them to lethal fall height. Produces XP and mob drops passively.
Materials List
Step-by-Step Build Guide
- 1Build at Y=200+ for maximum spawn rates (no caves to compete).
- 2Create 4 spawning platforms (at least 8x8 each) in a cross pattern.
- 3Place open trapdoors along the edges (mobs see them as solid, walk off).
- 4Add water channels on each platform that push mobs toward the center shaft.
- 5Build a central drop shaft (23+ blocks tall for lethal fall damage).
- 6At the bottom, place hoppers leading into chests to collect drops.
- 7Light up all surrounding areas within 128 blocks to maximize spawn rates.
- 8AFK at the collection point, mobs spawn, walk off edges, fall, and die.