How to Turn a Mob Spawner Into an XP Farm in Minecraft

[@suasive1583]

I used this tutorial to build an xp farm at a zombie spawner I found really close to my base. I also used comments to turned it into a "drowned farm," so thanks for all the tips in the comments. As I kept playing, I eventually got the resources to cure zombie villagers, so I went back at night, waited for one to spawn, cured him and let him out. He apparently linked to a brewing stand in my base and turned into a cleric with ridiculously low prices (1 emerald = 1 ender pearl, 1 emerald = 1 bottle of enchanting, etc...) So I decided to give him a bed and named him "Tim" after a character in Monty Python's The Holy Grail. Now he just lives down there. It's kind of awesome. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@misterk662]

IV also got a survival world with a zombie mob spawner near my base and the mob spawner close to the surface going to try this when I get home from work

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

You can also incorporate powder snow into the skeleton spawner farm so they can transform into strays and get better loot. You just need a cobweb underneath the powder snow block so the skeletons can stay long enough to become strays.

[@sty1623]

The saviour has spoken

[@Ginger0616]

What an incredible idea!

[@coreyhead5777]

@@Ginger0616 use two powdered snow and two cobwebs to make this work. (Snow,web,snow,web)

[@coreyhead5777]

Incorporate a water source block to convert zombies into Drowned and gain from both loot tables.

[@bradensmith7789]

Wait how do you do this

[@daviddavidson505]

You can put out a campfire with a shovel, and re-light it with flint and steel. That way, the campfire can act the same way as a slab when put out, so you can kill at your leisure, and you can light it back up to return it to being an auto-loot farm.

[@chisomchiuwa4759]

Nice thanks

[@NerdistRay]

Great, thanks for letting me know. I'll do just that.

[@deniedboipg3d756]

Bro is smart

[@risingstar1309]

I just let my xp farm build up until entity cramming kills them. Works fine for longer sessions. Obviously takes a bit longer to get running

[@elmochomo8218]

Does that work on soul campfires too?

[@johnlourencecarlos9620]

Just a recommendation Put a redstone lamp on the ceiling of mob spawner XP farm,so you can just turn on the lamp if you want to make the XP farm stop spawning mob then you can just turn off the light again if you needed it again

[@timohara7717]

But why

[@uts4448]

I just made this farm. I added this idea for the aesthetic and it looks nice lol. It was also a little useful while I was renovating the place. It stopped the zombies from “uugh”-ing the whole time. (I know you can disable hostile mob noises, but I like to leave those options alone.)

[@retrotek0409]

Did not know about the 16 block distance from spawner or the 120 mob cap. That explains a few past problems I've had. Love the simple & straight forward info you give.

[@Eyecraftmc]

Your Welcome!

[@FFgamesftw]

Yeah the 16 block distance is important if you find multiple dungeons nearby. On my current SMP I got lucky and have a Zombie + Skeleton double grinder at my base. I could always go to the end and user the enderman farm but for quick mending repairs I like having my own + I get tons of zombie flesh for trading with my cleric villager.

[@johnzapata2837]

Does this mean I should light the cave around the spawner for maximum efficiency?

[@barrymuffin]

@@Eyecraftmc does making 16 block distance from the spawner increase the spawn rate??

[@SkippysBacon]

@@barrymuffin the spawner is only active if you are standing within 16 blocks of it.

[@JMG-Listy]

Just started playing minecraft again after like 9 years, and your channel is by far my favorite for learning how to do things in recent updates! Your information is always up to date and accurate, as well as you are great at easily explaining/showing things! I never miss a video of yours now - Always something to learn!

[@ch0zman]

Ditto! Learning so much that I have missed

[@soulin11]

I play it again and across versions after 11 Edit: but kept up with updates through compilations on YT

[@averageoverthinker]

He gives a lot of bad advice to just add runtime to his videos. The builds like this one are good but his information videos are faulty. There are much better channels for providing accurate information

[@VlordV]

Little note for players using this build. If you use the automatic version it still grants loot but does not drop XP

[@danielrox9592]

You just gotta sit and slay 😢

[@extra_everythin]

Just use a trident killer instead of the campfire you can fully afk.

[@timohara7717]

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[@Vortex_013]

can you do 4 blocks from the spawner going vertically?

[@carlkpsplucky5554]

@@extra_everythinTge hardest thing was quartz for the observers, so I went to the nether for 5 min.

[@zarynt1089]

Another good thing is that if the farm area is the only hospitable place around for the mobs to spawn you will get other random mobs in addition to the spawner mob on occasion. I was doing this with zombies and got really surprised when creeper legs showed up.

[@trabant601s8]

You can make the killing chamber a bit lower, so skeletons take more damage, and you can kill them faster. Also you can use sweeping edge , combined with sharpness 5 on your sword to kill every skeleton in just two hits.

[@moothechicken8904]

Be careful because you have to be within 16 block of the spawner for it to work.

[@ThatLazykid254]

You can put out the campfire and put a bucket of water 2 blocks above the campfire and it works perfectly to turn the zombies into drowned. Cool thing about zombies turning into drowned is that they drop their armor and weapons/equipment. A lot of them drop with full durability too which is really nice. I believe this method works better considering that the campfire actually causes you to get less exp or none at all even if you hit the mobs

[@akshattandon5272]

Is this true? Camp fire causes to skeleton to drop less xp even if i hit them?

[@Shin.ToumaFR]

​@@akshattandon5272i tried it, yes

[@Mick-hp4yg]

Hey I know this is an old comment, but is it possible to get a trident if you go the drowned route?

[@ThatLazykid254]

@@Mick-hp4yg No tridents can only be found with naturally generated drowned as far as I know

[@localfoolthecreature]

I myself like using soul sand water elevators to raise up skeletons to a 22 block fall height so that they are guaranteed to be one shot, it adds much more complexity to the farm but I find it well worth the trouble.

[@MrMunchman69]

For a spider spawner you need a minimum 2x2 tunnel for them to flow better and you need fence posts placed diagonally at the end kill chamber. FYI all, if you did not know cave spiders are smaller, and more poisonous.

[@Evil_This]

Does it not work at all with 1x1?

[@Z_playsgames0117]

@@Evil_This nope I just built it sadly it needs a 2x2

[@misskaf]

Made only 1 water slide 2x2 no corner at the end and they flow fine, no fence needed

[@PyeFlera]

As always, a great video! :) Those help me in my own MC-World, giving me ideas and also improving existing structures.

[@Eyecraftmc]

Happy to help!

[@leilanpad9638]

when i was looking for a tutorial like this, all i saw were videos. i wanted a step by step instruction, but chose this one in hopes it would be suitable. it was more than that. your voice was calming, not too loud or too quiet, and easy to understand

[@iXyns]

Ok and

[@JanoschNr1]

Spiders are also easy to farm, reg. as much as venoumus mine spiders, all you have to do is do the same but with those wooden window pieces at 1 block above the water, it hinderts them from climbing the wall up + if you use wooden signs and place them under the ending water piece while leaving 2 to 3 blocks space before the "Drop" they also can't get hold of anything and continuesly fall down in one straight line.

[@Yatsuzume]

Glad you made this video, I remember looking up mob spawner designs and none of them really explained it clearly and concise enough, but here I understand the exact use of every block broken or placed!

[@KM-uo4mc]

Lol wasn't expecting to see you here. I always assumed you were just the Touhou man

[@loletsgo1342]

2 years and still perfect

[@Martin-117]

I just now found my first monster spawner and didn't expect to find 2 groups of Dimond ores hiding beneath it. So glad I came across this video because I wasn't sure what to make of this thing. 🤘🏽

[@babatundeson9883]

I was waiting for this! I have saved all my spawners for a good vid like this, thank you eyecraft!

[@N0FoxGiven]

Tip for spiders. Use their climbing to help move them. Use water to direct them to a wall that they climb into another suspended water stream or other movement method. Scaffolding is a good block to trap them with as it's transparent from the sides and bottom. And solid from the top. Place 2x2 Cobble/ stone brick wall for aesthetic with one block gap the spiders sit in. This is your kill chamber. It's the most effective I've found to pull them up and not down. Dropping traps rarely work unless you widen it more than the spiders. And even then it's more likely to kill them.

[@kanaflux]

As the idiot that i am i destroyed all the mob spawners i came across early in the game, now i am stuck with 4 cave spider spawners, the most annoying mob of them all. LOL. As soon as i find a skeleton/zombie spawner i will use your design! thx eye

[@shferro5792]

Did you find it in the end?

[@Hokubean2]

This worked so well! I love your MC vids because you don't scream and treat your audience like they're 5. I feel like I can actually learn something, so thank you for creating!!

[@zp5718]

Thanks a TON this method will help me and my old lady out a lot!! We finally found a spawner and built it on our survival world and can’t thank you enough. Subscriber for life.

[@AmazingMik]

Such a great tutorial!

[@Eyecraftmc]

Thanks so much!

[@richmltn]

Tried this with a zombie spawner and it works very well! Just a caution to others: be careful if you've found your spawner fairly deep, as by the time you've gotten to creating the kill chamber, you may do what I did, and had to contend with bedrock. I was able to work around it, but it took a while. Regardless, this was a great tutorial!

[@harjyotimdx8294]

man im in bedrock beta, i made it everything as the video says but the mobs jist dont spawn

[@tommy4785]

@@harjyotimdx8294he's saying he ran into actual bedrock

[@harjyotimdx8294]

@@tommy4785 it worked for me, i was in peacefull mode at that time, bdw afk in bedrock not worked

[@steelecrayon]

I used this to make my first spawner farm! Super clear and easy to follow. Thank you for the video! :D

[@SurlyMiss]

I finally found a zombie spawner today and this was the first video I’ve watched that was easy and well explained that I felt I could pull off. I finished my project and it’s working great! Just wanted to say thanks :)

[@Joxman2k]

If you incorporate a drop of 21 blocks the skelles will be one hit kills. You will need to raise the skelletons with a water elevator for the drop in order to be within 16? blocks of the spawner. No need for a campfire in this design

[@eyuelzero]

I've been playing Minecraft for 8 years... I decided to brave up and start building a skeleton spawner XP farm in my new survival world. I spent all week researching mob mechanics and general efficiency and I finished building and decorating the farm just 1 hour before this video was posted. 😢

[@kingcurtis8331]

Thanks for the tutorial it was quick, simple and to the point

[@vegaedm]

I love how this guy puts little tips inside the tips.

[@sreehari6797]

This'll sure help me in my world, Thankyou Eyecraftmc

[@Eyecraftmc]

No Problem!

[@abbyjohnson7160]

saying "this block here" is a bit unhelpful when you're moving around so much, maybe try talking about where you're putting things in reference to others. "Break two blocks to the right of where you just dug down" would be more helpful than "then break here and here two blocks"

[@leonardo9259]

How about you watch the video

[@Jangimiau]

He also skipped a step when he built the water zig zag. Got me thrown off.

[@oliverpyke9590]

I have to agree, this video can be way too vague with instructions at times

[@oBuLLzEyEo1013]

If you are just listening and not ya know watching the video...

[@scorpio7776]

Thanks bro

[@Eyecraftmc]

Thanks 👍

[@hugglesnz]

I love your videos, they make me feel like even *I* can tackle something like this! :)

[@anderssorenson9998]

Found one of those last week, I'm new to the game, so had no clue it could be so useful.

[@Lee-lm3cr]

Dude! This is actually way better then the ones I watched thank you so much!

[@generososecretoiii7511]

just what i needed atm 😂

[@Eyecraftmc]

Nice!

[@gertiebell5506]

Super easy! Just made one following your instructions and turned out perfectly, thankyou

[@mischake]

I made my first spawner xp farm with a cave spider spawner. I totally winged it but I knew the concept. All the water comes off of one wall, at the edge of that line of water's reach they fall down one into a line of water flowing to the side and in the corner where they all end up I have a half block opening where they peep when they jump up from the water what they constantly do, and I have a trap door to close it off when I'm not killing. Under their favorite hopping spot I have a hopper feeding into a chest on my side of the wall and I can take enough distance whilst killing them to pick up the xp with another tool in hand. Works amazingly well. I can even afk for a few as the spiders group up at their kill spot.

[@douggiles7647]

Used this video and tips in the comments to make my very first Stray farm in survival, just built the kill room a few blocks lower to accommodate the snow and cobweb. Honestly can't thank you and the community enough!!

[@MicrowaveCrow]

hey there I just found your channel and its absolutely great! I subbed immediately. I was wondering if you could do an overview video of exp farms available, comparing which gives the most exp compared to the difficulty building? Keep up the great work, hope you get all the subs that you deserve!

[@Rizzilante777]

I’ve been struggling on my mob farm, I was looking at all kinds of videos, I should’ve found this video a long time ago because it worked on its first try, thank you 😊

[@justme_gb]

I like putting water in the four corners of the 9x9 area under the spawner. The shaft to the "killing" room is directly under the spawner. Entity cramming also works when AFK.

[@dhrizh]

Its still working right??

[@justme_gb]

@@dhrizh Yes. I added a water bucket dispenser with a lever to my zombie XP farm. They turn to drowned. I got gold faster than iron and the armor drops are the same. I don't get tridents, carrots, or potatoes when I drown the zombies.

[@toxisicitygd2841]

I love how calm he is

[@Junior-gf9mr]

Amazing build! Got over 10 stacks of arrows after being AFK for 3 hours and 13 stacks of bones!

[@mandalorianmama]

What did you do with all the mostly used bows? I have like 1 1/2 double chests full

[@Junior-gf9mr]

@@mandalorianmama - I used them to repair the bow that had all the good enchantments on it. I play on Playstation so I don’t know if your able to repair bows on Java. I do tend to get a lot but I play with 2 of my friends so we all use them up pretty quick to repair our bows so we don’t really ever have a bunch of unwanted bows in our chests taking up space.

[@rtk7836]

Thank you for such a straightforward guide!

[@AidenMcLain347]

This video was so simple I had already understood what to do by 5:46 and paused the video and now I have a very good farm, thanks alot 😁

[@nathanjohnson1756]

such a chill video, i love your voiceover

[@JCarrera_ll]

Perfect timing, in around 30 mins I was about to start building my own 😳

[@evolutionepic9678]

I know pretty much all of these guides, but i just love to watch your videos. Keep up the good work mate!

[@jonathangutierrez1088]

This works great! Easy to build and great step by step tutorial.

[@NEOSPORIN7777]

bro you are great at this! thank you

[@BlazedKiller308]

just used your design for a zombie farm that is right under my base, great design thanks!

[@DanzelGlovington]

I did the SAME THING it's so helpful, changed my game completely

[@Hscaper]

If you are doing this in an ancient city or near skulk, be careful if you are attacking as skulk spreads and makes fines that block water travel, especially if you do the bubble column trick

[@totyo6873]

Hello hello, I just finished my farm just like you showed and I love all your tuto video but I don't really know why all the XP from the skeleton vanish. I'm on Bedrock edition and I've put a soul campfire but after I hit a skeleton and let him die to the fire half/all of the XP vanish. Is it because of the campfire? What should I do?

[@DvirMC]

Now I know how to make spawner xp farm thx!!!

[@Eyecraftmc]

Np!

[@DvirMC]

You can do a tutorial about how to complete the "How did we get here" advancement in 1.19! Because now it seems impossible!!!!

[@crochetdogtrainer]

Just looked up this video so I could make an xp farm on my new survival world and what do you know? I DID find diamonds while mining this out! Thanks mate! 💎

[@Eyecraftmc]

Looks like you were lucky too lol!

[@ayushdwivedi2655]

I have started the Ancient Warfare 2 mod, and in a dungeon, there's like a ton of spawners, I would convert them into a huge farm, though the version is 1.12.2 sadly, but I'll try!

[@goldcakes]

If your spawner has a Y level at or below -51 you may either want to use another spawner or plan to adjust the storage/collection system. My spawner was at -51 and I had space for 2 layers of chests according to the video layout.

[@cali_floww3590]

Pro Tip: Instead of using a campfire which requires you to hit mobs before they die to get xp, I dig down 24 blocks to where they fall on the hopper. This allows the mobs to stack while you’re afking and be one tap to a hit with stone sword

[@orlandoservin5492]

Wouldn’t that get in the way of the spawner radius? And then if your too far, nothing will spawn right?

[@randehs]

Just found my first zombie spawner ever yesterday (but it's under ocean haha, found a way to tunnel to base though), so I'm totally using this! But I think I'm going to go with a trident killer... for more looting and auto exp, need that dirty meat to trade for emeralds! 🥰🥰🥰

[@jaywilt420-_-2]

Did it actually work for you? I wasn’t successful with it, sadly.

[@randehs]

@@jaywilt420-_-2 yeah, I still use it, it works better than the creeper farm for exp that my friend built on our realm, but I did go with trident killer at bottom but everything else was the same ☺️

[@alliekittnE]

Worked like a charm!❤

[@dominikboros2063]

Very clearly and helpfully video! It helped so much! Now I can really enjoy Farming XP :)

[@BamassacreGaming]

Amazingly made and well-detailed video.

[@uneable3253]

I just made a Zombie farm before watching this and it involves a Turtle Egg, so I think it's easier to make than the design explained in the video if silk touch tools are already accessible

[@shedboi]

Would turning the amount of chunks loading in down to 5 help with the efficiency of the farm? Would that force all the mobs to spawn in a smaller area that would be to light up or is the hostile mob spawn cap dictated by how many chunks are loading in?

[@MattFrost224]

THANK YOU!

[@anthonyh.887]

Great video bro !

[@emilesteenkamp]

Like the Idea with the Fireplace. and its easy for beginners

[@laurabaumgartner3085]

I just found a zombie spawner in my new survival world and didn't know how to make an experience farm. I found this video and it is so easy even an inexperienced player like myself can follow it. Thank you for the information, and I think I will subscribe so I can find more of your videos!

[@willllljd]

watched your 1.18 nether vid earlier and came back to see this; v easy to follow and great design. have a sub 👍

[@steeezyfov814]

I thought I destroyed all mob spawns in my cave right by my house when I had found this video previously. Then I found one and immediately came to watch again!! Definitely works and I managed to get fortune III and efficiency IV on my diamond pickaxe after my first farming session!!

[@joshuabuilds3051]

I wish other channels would take note on how to intro and outros. Great content.

[@Svea_love]

Thank you! I just did this (didn’t do the switchback) and it’s the best xp farm I’ve ever done!!!! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@Sonic25]

This worked to perfection, thanks!

[@coreyhead5777]

You can upgrade skeleton and zombie farms for better loot drops by converting them into Drowned and Stray variants. Have them fall into the kill chamber while their heads are submerged in water or powdered snow respectfully. The conversion force drops any armor the mobs have equipped and gives them a new inventory.

[@LucyLoveheart88964]

how can i hold the water in place for the drowned version? would a cobweb work?

[@coreyhead5777]

@@LucyLoveheart88964 Place a sign on the block level where they land to prevent the water from escaping. Place a water source above it. This will submerge their heads under water and convert them into Drowned. It takes time to convert them so this one’s great for afk. This will also cancel fall damage so either a mending sword or many cheap stone swords are advised. Side note, zombie villagers and baby zombies won’t convert so use a half slab or iron trap door at the kill window to prevent babies from escaping. Zombies drop equipment upon conversion so more loot drops. For Strays, use two cobwebs and two powdered snow in this configuration (snow-web-snow-web) to hold the skeletons in the snow long enough to convert them as they fall. (Side note, skeletons wearing leather boots won’t fall through and will stand on top of the snow. Either use a lava dispenser to periodically clear them, or make a kill window at your own peril: got killed by this farm more times than I’m proud of. Just use a lava dispenser. Skeletons are bastards. Gain enchanted bows, armor, and slowness arrows.

[@LucyLoveheart88964]

@@coreyhead5777 So. The sign works great. But once they turn into drowned they attempt to swim up. That's really annoying, and I have no idea how to stop it. They just clogg up the system so I kill them every 2 1/2 minutes, but I still have to hit multiple times to get all of them - as they just keep on swimming up once block. Lots of patience is required with the zombie method.

[@coreyhead5777]

@@LucyLoveheart88964 Are you running the water source down the length of the dropping shaft? If so, just place the water source block above the sign to submerge the head while leaving the legs in exposed air.

[@LucyLoveheart88964]

@@coreyhead5777 The water is above the sign on top of the hopper and between the water and the drop is a single block. and since I have slabs going on to keep babies from escaping i can't exactly reach the drowned that swam up. Do baby zombies need a whole block to fit or can they get through a trap door? i think it'd be easier to hit them like that. Also wild idea of mine was to maybe use magma instead to pull them down, but the con is that zombies take about 20-40 seconds to turn into drowned, and the magma block would kill them too fast.....ugh, wish it was a skelly spawner

[@Maxzis]

WORKS ON BEDROCK! Just did it, works great! Thanks a lot!

[@serketenglish5963]

Thanks much for this video. Helped me to remember the exact dimensions for my Vampire farm. Gotta get the blood and fangs for becoming a better Hunter.

[@pretzelcat581]

This was really helpful! Thanks :)

[@Spooky.1am]

Thank you bro I been trying to find a good skeleton farm and this one was actually good 👌

[@hermitminded66]

Just tried this method out and it worked like a charm! Thank you [:

[@sloan7087]

tysm, i forgot how to do this since i just started a new survival world since a year. This helped alot!

[@KL53986]

Spider XP farm unlike Zombie or Skeleton seems to be even less common than Skeleton one despite chances being 50 / 25 / 25 for Zombie/Skeleton/Spider respectively. But what I mean is Spider XP farms are possible but are bit more complex as Spiders need 2x2 corridor to be moved, their climbing ability does make the use of fall damage near pointless unless you use blocks that Spiders cannot climb such as Glass. For Spider Spawner i suggest if possible to make a large drop that sets Spiders in critical condition, then its about to lure them to chamber.

[@russellmckay8896]

This little easy farm has helped my game tremendously. Grinding xp is stupid easy now.

[@polandballinspace1550]

With zombies, I suggest put water in the kill chamber because if a zombie has full armour, you can turn it into a drowned and it drops all its armor, enchanted and full durability.

[@Borntoschnitzel]

My maaaan. Letsgoo. Can you also make a nether and end version?

[@tomasmaldonado6862]

if the mobs fall from a greater altitude (let's say about 20 blocks, as i've seen in some other tutorials), don't they die faster? you can kill them with 1 hit with even a stone sword with no enchantments. correct me if i'm wrong, but that could be incorporated here, right?

[@keckingrabbit354]

Came here for the tutorials, subscribed for the calming voice 😍

[@MyUsersDark]

Thanks for the design!

[@midnighter4594]

This literally helped me so much, thank you!

[@GDB_2020]

Perfect design!

[@yamunadevinatesh9594]

You first have to clear 1 block around the spawner and dig down three blocks so that the spawner looks like it's suspended in the air.The you need to put water on all the four corners/edges.Then in the middle you have to dig down ten blocks depth and right below the hole but two hoppers and a double chest in front of it and then crouch and put two slabs on the hoppers and two blocks above and a block front put two more hoppers.Then dig a different path to exit from the hole. To start it you have to remove all the torches and don't forget to but a slab on top of the spawner.(skeleton xp farm)

[@yamunadevinatesh9594]

Two more slabs* not hoppers two blocks above and a block front

[@nite_jockey]

Thanks bro you have helped me in my survival world to get alot of XP.Btw nice editing

[@xordux7]

It worked. Thank you so much!

[@Arrow656]

Wow, thank you so much because of you I can make my XP farm 😊

[@DensyityiMamIksz]

Your channel is a helper for me, thanks man for every video you post.

[@narc440]

Just tried this 1.19.4 and still works perfectly fine

[@BamaExplorations]

Great video. I have a question....In stead of camp fires could you use magna blocks & hoppers?? Would the magna blocks kill them and the loot be picked up by the hoppers?? If possible, a person should be able to stand nearby & just collect the XP. Or maybe a Trident killer setup

[@hypnojon32]

Thanks to this tutorial I have at last built a working double skelly XP farm. I just have to find a decent afk spot to make them both activate but otherwise it was working good. Thanks a lot!