How To Stop Mobs Spawning - Easy Mob Switch Tutorial | Simply Minecraft (Java Edition 1.18)

[@EmdyMC]

A minor lag optimisation that can be done (and mainly only comes into play when you’re loading it as a player) is putting twisting vines or scaffolding at the foot level of the zombie villagers to remove the collision lag.

[@SreenikethanI]

i heard that it prevents entity cramming as well even ladders count

[@Carnage808]

scaffolding as well. shouldn't be an issue if the chunk loader is built correctly and it's only loading the lazy chunks.

[@duckified.]

@@Carnage808correct me if i'm wrong, but the zombie villagers may be able to stand on top of the scaffolding, thus allowing them to start colliding again. i'm not sure if this is possible, but i'd rather be safe than sorry and just use vines or twisting vines

[@syberx22]

​@duckified. You have to put zombie villagers inside the scaffolding. It shouldn't be a problem if there's a ceiling above their heads holding them inside.

[@randombanana640]

quick timestamps 1:37 the switch that can on/off mob spawns 2:22 how mob spawns 2:39 70 mob cap 4:11 the solution : zombie villager 5:03 hard mode is needed 5:45 mob switch 1 : have 70 zombie villagers in spawn chunks, but hard to turn off the mob switch 6:07 mob switch 2 : make a chunk loader and have 70 zombie villagers in lazy chunks 7:04 what a chunk is 8:15 what a lazy chunk is 10:11 quick demo of the contraption 13:21 full tutorial 20:25 nether works the same way 21:33 how it works on multiplayer 24:30 you need to ask permission because it can "grief" mob farms

[@Ludomir0]

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[@ej558]

always love to see you popping into Tango stream chat....you two work so well together would love to see a collab video between you two

[@TheRealWormbo]

One minor detail about mobcaps: The per-player mobcaps aren't counted within the despawn sphere of 128 blocks radius, but within an area that more closely resembles a cylinder and is actually the same as the chunks that receive random ticks - mobs in any loaded chunk that has its center within 128 blocks horizontally from the player counts towards that player's personal mobcap.

[@free_josel]

Wouldn’t zombies that can pick up items work to fill the mob cap? Because they can’t despawn too? Or nametaged mobs (or don’t they count towards the mob cap?

[@thijsboss1246]

@@free_josel very late but if a mob is nametagged, holding something or in a boat or minecart, it wont count toewards the mobcap

[@torbenmayer]

@@thijsboss1246 Thanks for this information! I actually got the 70 zombie villagers, but relocated them afterwards and besides some of them spawning with a shovel, some also picked up some items from the area i dug out. I wondered why I only had 45 instead of 70 in my mobcap. So off to the villager grind it is again.

[@gabrielscofield6531]

Anyone who's still looking for a solution to why it no longer works past 1.20.5, they decreased the chunk loading radius so you will have to make the chunk loader be a chunk away from the zombified villagers (have one chunk of space in between).

[@dogbee]

Isn't that only for spawn chunks?

[@realKimiD2007]

Hey, I did just that and it still doesn't work. There's a chunk of space between the chunk with the zombie villagers and the portal so i dont see whats wrong

[@rozsymc]

had a nightmare making my mob switch with zillagers, was gonna use ending credits shulker farm in the nether instead, but this just takes the hard work out of the setup i had, this is why your simply tuts are king for simplicity

[@MrDaOscar]

Exactly Rozsy

[@davidfwooldridge3430]

That’s a fun tutorial because in terms of engineering, no part of it is particular hard compared to the effect it gives.

[@HarryKaberry]

If you built this in hardcore, there's a chance that the switch will not work properly. I don't know if this is because I'm in hardcore, but mobs were still spawning in the nether. However, it is easily fixable. After some testing, and talking to another person who has also built this switch, and it turns out adding anywhere from 5 to 25 extra traded with zombie villagers to the cage fixes the switch, and stops mobs from spawning. This could also be due to the fact that the nether might have a different size mob cap? Not entirely sure, but adding the extra fixed it all. Hope this helps.

[@RedSntDK]

Maybe some of the zombified villagers were carrying items making them not count towards the mob cap?

[@Ianxofourlover]

Nether has a different cap

[@Sardoron]

Great video ! Sometimes simple is really what is needed, been playing on my world since 1.14 and this will be the first mon switch I build thanks to its simplicity. May I ask how you did that little logo animation at the start ? Looks great !

[@ashleyr8272]

Nice video. You explain everything so clear. Using chunk loaders for some farms but never thought the lazy chunks can be use like this. Your design is so much simple and safer than those using wither. Definitely going to try this.

[@windywendi]

I personally prefer to use clerics for the mob switch, because they have a guaranteed 1 emerald for 2 redstone trade, and I can use the number of redstone dust as a counter for how many zombie villagers there are (2 stacks and 12 to be exact). After finishing the mob switch, I get a bit of redstone as a bonus!

[@MichaelGTyler]

Thank you so much for another awesome tutorial! I love making your farms! Keep up the great work!

[@moltenren3439]

April fools video idea: 3 second video, no commentary, no music, same title as this, video consists of changing to peaceful

[@ProtonGlitch]

We learn something new with every video you post, Logical. Usually a whole bunch of things. Thank you for that!

[@feedthechunk9836]

Perfect timing! I just got started working on a mob switch for my world.

[@APDesignFXP]

I have watched you since you got some clout with the first season around time you were decimating end island and I remember you talking about software engineering and today I’m studying it which is kinda cool and nostalgic

[@another_jt]

Excellent explanation of how the chunk loader works, and way to put those lazy chunks to work!

[@ianpuang8349]

thanks for the video, I have been searching for mob switch for my hardcore world and the video came at the right time. Really like the series because it's single player friendly

[@grayishhare]

This is so smart! I love it!

[@jaythephoenix]

"How many must die before peace can return to the world?" "70" "Excuse me?" "Need a chunk loader though."

[@jujoya]

I was going to build one in my spawn but the chunk loader is an awesome idea i didnt think about!. That would make it even easier to turn it on or off since you dont have to move the zombies around

[@jonotis1922]

Simple design. Thanks, Logic!

[@tunamc5759]

Amazingly simple . Especially because I already have already built your villager breeder

[@hydra6261]

IDK why but I am having problems with my rails not pointing to the direction where I want it to be. To fix, you just have to invert the redstone under the black button by adding a redstone torch powering the entire circuit, so instead of the rail going back for a second, you now have it to point towards the chamber for a second and changing it back for the next villager. The powered rails underneath can just be powered with a lever. Hop it helped.

[@not_iconn]

What do you mean by invert the red stone

[@hydra6261]

@@not_iconn Turns out it is just a promblem of orientation

[@crypticb_e_t_s1526]

@@hydra6261 what do you mean? I’m struggling with why it won’t turn the right way

[@hydra6261]

@@crypticb_e_t_s1526 directional rails

[@Dude105tanki]

@@crypticb_e_t_s1526 change how you place the rails, their a bit funky with which orientation and they like a specific direction first…… in other words, just keep playing with the rails and you’ll get it

[@pabdonthegreat5685]

Sky rats - noooo. I love them. Hahaha been loving the farms. Fox chicken farm by far the best!

[@RahulSaini-gz1wh]

Of COURSE you would upload mob switch video 1 day AFTER i have struggled to build one !!!!!!!

[@concretel10n]

"villagers are a bit finniky" That's the politest way to put it...

[@hellsterp1893]

Not sure if it's a 1.19 issue, but with the minecart rail switching, I had to change the redstone setup to 2 torches, with one underneath, cos the rail was switching the wrong way, so the redstone torch under the block with the rail on it is depowered.

[@thijsboss1246]

Its directional, good fix tho

[@XxSupaBAMxX]

thanks for that comment lol I was so confused

[@GG-bw5qd]

I believe you could also create a mob switch in the end by throwing items into the end portal to load the area around the portal. However you would need to periodically reload your supply of items that you would be leaving to despawn

[@rozsymc]

The end can only be loaded by a player, or a carpet mod bot, there is no in game mechanics to load the end, throwing an item in the end portal only refreshes the 5x5x3 end platform IF the dimension is loaded by a player already

[@clintonflowers877]

this video seems like a really nice way to let tango know his mob switch is not going to work ..i hope he sees it before his nether hub gets destroyed.

[@CanineLupus0114]

Grian: "where do I put the Flux Capacitor tho?"

[@wizirom2542]

The farm still works in 1.12.1

[@Overcharge1]

1.12.1? That's older then this video lmao

[@Bagel235]

@@Overcharge1he means 1.21.1

[@hobknot]

I never thought easy and mob switch would be in the same sentence

[@nf6993]

If the Mobs Always Count in Spawn Chucks, should i Always make my spawn chunk spawn Proof, because then other mobfarms working better?

[@111119803]

Mobs do not spawn if you are more than 128 blocks away, so no need to make your spawn chunks spawn proof

[@ElonCrusty]

I love his villager breeder, I made a simple modification though all you do is attach the composter to a sticky piston and you can turn the breeder on and off by making the farmer lose his profession

[@mzungusi]

You can also just remove the beds until you need the breeder again.

[@rozsymc]

Villager breeder already has an off switch, a lever with a block to block off the trapdoor pathfinding to the beds

[@ElonCrusty]

@@rozsymc yeah I realized this after rewatching it lol

[@TizonaAmanthia]

I'm kinda pondering linking portals in the nether chamber to the overworld, so you can "Swap" the zombies from overworld to nether, by like...lighting a portal, or opening gates or something. basically which ever dimension you're in, you can toggle that dimension's mob station, but not the other. but i suppose disabling the chuckloader is much easier, innit?

[@lejardon6625]

Why not have both? Sending all the mobs through into the Nether would then make a nether mob switch, if you still have the chunk loader going

[@TizonaAmanthia]

@@lejardon6625 heh. maybe!

[@xselerate299]

What a great video, thank you. What other stuff could we use the chunk loader for? Certain farms, kelp farms, furnace arrays? What would work in the different surrounding chunks? It would be really cool to fill the space with different farms that would always be running.

[@giantroboteye5371]

Furnace arrays, iron farms, shulker farms, item sorters, villager breeders, honey farms will work. Crop farms( including kelp, bamboo and pumpkins) which use random ticks won't work as they need a player nearby. Same for mob farms.

[@almanacgrauer]

I just build it and works fine on overworld mobs but guardians, enderman and zombies piglins still spawns, why?

[@almanacgrauer]

So... Think I have figured out how it works, all overworld mobs will not spawn except phantoms (they are out of mob cap) nether and end mobs will still spawn cause they are in different dimensions so they have they own mob cab (one mob cap per dimension), if you have the mob switch activated and still seeing mobs like guardians, just run 128 blokcs and they ill despawn and not spawn again

[@idksomething9401]

“Mobs are dangerous and can make your life hard” Me playing in peaceful mode…

[@adresail8878]

Hey, having problem with the rail not re-connecting back to the station

[@lawrencekellie]

I may have missed something. Where do you put the lever that turns the mob switch on or off?

[@zwatchxd]

you put it on the chunk loader’s dispenser

[@lawrencekellie]

@@zwatchxd Thank you. :)

[@bigboy074]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't mobs which holds an item removed from mobs that count toward the mob cap? This include zombie villagers that convert to a sword holding zombie.

[@cosmicsqualler296]

There is another thing that spawns other than phantoms: a zombie siege Its a wave of 10 zombies or so that spawn AT ONCE (10% chance) near villages and ignore mob switch. So protect your villagers!

[@The_Real_Oklinhos]

Logical, do you think that the problem with Tango's mob switch on Hermitcraft's nether hub is that someone is coming from outside the render distance of the mob switch, so mobs are spawining inside the hub while the person come closer? Like, someone inside the hub is loading 70 zombie villagers, but someone is coming to the hub and a mob spawns inside the hub to fill the second person's mob cap before this person come close enough for the mob switch to count for him too? Maybe a way to fix the problem would be to have 4 mob switchs just on the outside of the corners of the hub, so anyone coming from far away starts to load the mob switch before mobs have a chance to spawn inside the hub..

[@paulpalmer2336]

I found that replacing the barrel (used to count the conversions) with a chest fixes the problem where the villagers sometimes take a very long time to choose their profession. I suspect that they are wasting a lot of time trying to path find to the barrel to become fisherman before giving up and choosing the fletching table.

[@TheDirtyGhost]

I made this in my world, but anytime i log out of my world, the chunkloader stops working. If i have to turn it back on every time i log in?

[@Kuon002]

Got the same problem I hope someone finds the answer

[@juliocesarfernandesrodrigu8110]

if you live near a village(villager and a bed/workstation) there is still a chance a zombie hoard spawns at night despite the mob switch being active

[@rozsymc]

Yes this could still happen as well as phantoms spawning

[@bramaibrahim]

has anyone else the issue, that it doesn´t work? I have like 75 zombie villager in the nether (that I have traded with) and I still have mob spawns...

[@vinehnovideos2261]

Do you have lazy chunks turned on or on default settings?

[@bramaibrahim]

@@vinehnovideos2261 for some reasons it works by now 😅

[@madman2572]

Great vid! Always excited when I see a Simply Minecraft video pop up. It's only a second or two, but waiting for the old villager to convert and lose their workstation 70+ times (and sometimes getting stuck) can really add up. If you connect the Blackstone button to the piston that can be avoided.

[@randomAccessMemer]

my corner rail at 16:41 is flipped so when i press the button it sends the villager back and not towards the water

[@dantegomezbasualdo5507]

this sometimes happens when the build is switched 90°, I really do hope that is not the case. Try rebuilding the rails, having the original status (when the torch below is on) to match, switching the order in wich you get the rails in place.

[@sweddy900]

Did you manage to fix this? I'm having the same issue. Even if I rebuild the rails in the correct orientation, pressing the button simple does nothing and then when the button goes off, the rail switches to the incorrect position.

[@randomAccessMemer]

@@sweddy900 I just put a lever and manually switch it after pressing the button

[@paulpalmer2336]

it is a minecraft idiosyncracy in the way it chooses to link rails. You can rotate the farm or I found it simpler to rework the part of the farm where the redstone torch powers the rail so that the signal is inverted. I did this by adding another redstone torch to the stack.

[@guillermocuadra]

@@paulpalmer2336 Hi, how did you invert the signal?

[@wibiz9657]

30 of the villagers died in a single lightning strike while I was AFK. I only found out because of a datapack, so uh... Lightning rod, guys. Lightning rod! Or just, have replaymod on.

[@evgeniysavichev3463]

Didn't catch why using so complicated system with villagers? You can just trap 70 hostile mobs in 3 chunks of chunk loader, and rename them so they won't despawn. This way looks more easy to me. Correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway you've got a sub. I like the way you think and then describe it. Awesome job.

[@LogicalGeekBoy]

Naming a mob removes them from the mobcap so that method doesn't work unfortunately.

[@evgeniysavichev3463]

@@LogicalGeekBoy Oh, right ) Missed this point. Thanks. What about boats or holding items? Do they also remove from cap?

[@evgeniysavichev3463]

@@LogicalGeekBoy Btw, there is one more way with silverfishes stuck in scaffolding, but it is tied to sronghold spawner.

[@bbrandonh]

Would love to see an earlyish game xp farm tutorial, enderman farm is best late game and the raid farm you showed is good too but if there's some other good xp farm (that doesn't involve dungeons, they're super slow) I would love to see it.

[@tjneumann7828]

My reccomendation would be to use Gnembons farm, and make it so the hopper platform is 23 blocks below the drop position, and put some blocks around it so that they can't hit you.

[@يوسفالبنا-ق9ح]

ianxofour's gold farm

[@prexzah]

Enderman farm is early game no?

[@clausschuchmann118]

On the topic of individual mobcaps: if 2 players stand away from each other with their spawning spheres overlapping (overall mobcap eg ~100) and 70 mobs in the overlapping area. Could the players spawn 30 additional mobs? Or would they not spawn anything as there are 70 mobs within 128 blocks ?

[@reluciofs]

Does the counterpart nether portal of the overworld chunkloader likewise load the respective chunk in the nether and there is no need for a separate nether chunkloader to create a nether mob switch?

[@minementalx]

Nice and simple design! Would it help to build the floor of the holding cell out of scaffolding? I heard mobs don't pathfind when on scaffolding. Maybe it's less laggy?

[@pierredupont6526]

Yeah, but the converting zombie would have a hard time converting the villagers if he cannot pathfind…

[@LightningAussie]

That’s potentially a great idea once they’ve been zombified

[@rozsymc]

lazy chunks cancels AI pathfinding completely, no need really, if your at the farm your only loading those mobs so its nothing on the mspt, nothing more than having mobs in caves etc

[@merlingt1]

He explained why this is not needed

[@Harani66]

i think i might have missed something. i get how it works, but how do you turn it off ? do you just switch the chunk loader off ?

[@motherlove8366]

Correct, that's why you don't build it in the spawn chunks

[@shadowlegend2137]

my mobswitch stopped working when i saved and quit the world does anyone know why this would happen??

[@_e9647]

You have to go reload the chunk loader every time you re enter the world. The only chunks that load when you join a world are the ones around you and spawn chunks.

[@adambeard8241]

How far away should i build a 2nd or 3rd breeder, wanting it happen a bit quicker as ill be having enough to fill at least 3 players mob caps

[@casparglauer980]

the rail that gets turned by pushing the button wont work for me-no matter what I do. It should stay turned to the right and when you push go left, but it will always end up the other way even if I have placed it correctly. Otherwise great stuff

[@guillermocuadra]

same

[@alexander.0001]

I already have a mob switch (shulkers for nether and zombie villagers for overworld) but I'm watching this anyway because I like the explanations 😁

[@FestiveParrot]

Littlebit too slow paced for my taste but otherwise love the content, keep up the awesome work

[@PicassosCat]

2 times speed Sometimes work for me

[@harshbopalia]

Hey, if we put the zombie villagers in a room with triple carpets to turn off the ai, and then have a carpet bot afk there will it lag?

[@lazyplayer1]

Yeah it would still be laggy as bot would a lot more of the world than a simple chunk loader. Just build a chunk loader it's not that hard.

[@harshbopalia]

@@lazyplayer1 I alr have a bot online always so was thinking that it’ll leave me from the hassle of making a chunk loader , but don’t know how much lag it’ll cause

[@SnowyBlizzardMC]

I suggest the mv7... and for a more budget friendly option you could look into the quadcast :D Phenomenal compared to other usb mics

[@20LeeBrian1]

Do patrol spawning (group of pillagers) do count as mob cap?

[@CWG8926]

if i need 140 what if i setup 2 mob switches separate quite a distance away from each other. will it still count it as 140?

[@secdoover]

I have a question. I'm newish to Java {bedrock transplant} and new to chunk loaders. I play a single player survival world. Each time I return to the world, regardless of what chunk loader I use, I have to return to load the chunk the chunk loader is in in order for it to begin working again. Is that normal or am I failing at something?

[@harshbopalia]

That’s normal as when you leave Minecraft everything stops,and when you enter the world again only the spawn chunks and the chunks around you(the player) are loaded, so the chunk loader needs to be loaded by you at least once to get it going again

[@secdoover]

@@harshbopalia That's what I thought but I guess tutorials on chunk loaders don't make that clear enough for me. Lol. Thanks.

[@lolCharp]

How do you actually turn it on and off? Im guessing you have to stop the chunkloader and then start it again But How do you do that with a lever?

[@jkfndhc]

If you, for instance put the villagers in the nether then whenever you want to start or stop it you flick the lever on the overworlds nether portal which loads the chunk, doing this means you never have to go near it and it’s only with a flick of the lever. You would understand it better once you build the chunk loader

[@stumblingmumbler]

Is there a way to build this in the end? Is the end island you spawn in with the dragon considered a spawn chunk when your in the end or would you need to build the chunk loadered and is it even possible to build a chunk loader in the end?

[@rozsymc]

Only way would be to leave a second player or carpet mod bot with 140 zillagers, there is no way to load the end other than players

[@AnApacheMedjai]

Apparently silverfish are an option aswell according to ianxofour

[@domschra]

Only thing left is for me to start is to stop procrastinating in my hardcore world lol

[@mikelg4214]

How does this interact with mobs farm or with farms that uses mobs like an iron farm? When the mob switch is on the farms doesnt work but when its off they work? If i have a zombie with a name tag it will despawn and not spawn ever? First time doing a mob switch 😅

[@thiagourbizu1848]

no, a mob with nametag or with a block in his hand wont despawn

[@Doctor_Hyde]

so why does it have to be those 4 mobs specifically and not just anything nametagged?

[@raymondstheawesome]

a nametagged mob won't count to the mob cap

[@davisaizpurietis8830]

the mob swich dosnt work on my smp. the server ignores the shulkers or the viligers. and yes it also dosnt work when i am alone on the server. what should i do?

[@Randomhkl]

Okay so I have roughly 70 mobs per player on the server then does that cover just the local chunks that the switches in or is that for the whole server? I guess what I'm asking is if I make one of these with 140 mobs for two people will that cover the entire overworld? Or will I have to periodically make another mob switch here and there? Sorry if my questions garbled

[@shrujanbeesetty9722]

you can make one switch with 140 mobs, and that will prevent mob spawning for the entire server

[@Randomhkl]

@@shrujanbeesetty9722 and that's for the entire overworld right? I would have to make a second one as Mr geekboy explains for the end or nether?

[@williamschaible7324]

Does anyone know if this works in education edition?

[@BluestoryKamil]

can you make a tutorial of making a mob switch on easy mode?

[@purlsquinn]

love it!

[@eddietime1811]

Sorry to bother you, but the bitly link for the creeper farm (nether portal) no longer works

[@rozsymc]

This has been fixed recheck the link please

[@g-3409]

How do the actual switching? You showed how to turn off mobs spawning, but how do you switch them on again? Stopping the chunk loader from working maybe?

[@LogicalGeekBoy]

Exactly, turning the chunk loader on/off will disable/enable monster spawning as I show just after 1:30

[@_e9647]

@@LogicalGeekBoy Since you said the zombie villager mechanic was added in 1.16, I assume this works with zombie villagers in 1.16?

[@zadius8093]

What about my zombie that has a nametag on him? Will he despawn if he is in the spawn chunks?

[@20LeeBrian1]

I currently am having problems turning off mob switch. That is, when I turn off the chunk loader, mobs should spawn normally. I am at 1.19 Java with hard difficulty and mobspawning gamerule enabled. I am using Fabric and am using single player mode. When I turned off the chunk loader, mobs are still not spawning as normal. Even at night on creative, I do not see mobs spawning on land. I am worried about that, especially applying that to my hardcore world. That is, the chunk loader did not control the mob spawning switch. I even changed the heights of a zombie villager cell and the space in between the chunk loader and a villager cell is 2 chunks in between, exclusive (3 chunks away from chunk loader). What could go wrong?

[@20LeeBrian1]

Resolved myself. It turns out that you need to consider what are spawn chunks. Since every world has one worldspawnpoint if beds are excluded, they have 10 chunks as radius, forming a square of 21 x 21 chunks. Spawn chunks are always loaded, in which the switch does not work. So do not build in spawn chunks. Took around a month to figure out the problem.

[@20LeeBrian1]

I am glad i did some testing on creative before doing on hardcore or else I ended up squandering myself

[@RedSpitz]

@@20LeeBrian1 lol he says don't build in spawn chunks in the video rip 1 month

[@darthvaper4776]

Can u use regular zombies and use name tags ?

[@111119803]

Renamed hostile mobs do not despawn, but also do not count for the mob cap (they did in previous versions), the mobs he presented at 3:12 have the advantage of not despawning and counting for the mob cap

[@comoestatuhermana]

it doesnt work in 1.18.2, right? or am i doing something wrong??

[@slep5039]

Yo, Warden mobcaps should work in 1.19! No one has made a video on it yet (on KZbin), so you could be the first!

[@motherlove8366]

iLmango says hello

[@Chlrintruc]

I always used peaceful mode but now I am an changed man.

[@fcl_]

I'm trying to build this in a server, but the track bit is causing me some issues. The rail thats supposed to change directions (on top of the target block) gets stuck on the opposite direction when i press the button. So when i press the button, theres a second of delay, then it gets activated and faces the holding cell but doesnt go back to facing the villager breeder side. Can anyone help please?

[@aaronpaul2591]

Had the same on one of my mobswitches on a Server. Just inverse the signal. So the torch on the target block is default unlit and Swaps to active with the button. Its just one More torch and a bit Longer of a Redstone line

[@Prawnsyy]

how would I make this but on a server with multiple players? is it possible?

[@Gin-toki]

Around the part where you mention types of mob to use for the mobswitch, you did not clarify why one could not use any odd hostile mob. I'd imagine nametagging a mob will make it no longer count towards the mobcap and that is why we need mobs with a natural persistence?

[@zwatchxd]

in this case, the mobs that can be used for a mobswitch are mobs that cant respawn or despawn, zombies, skeletons, spider, etc (general hostile mobs) can respawn and despawn so you cant use those, while mobs like shulkers, and elder guardians are “pre-spawn” so they cant respawn or despawn but still counts towards the mob cap, for wither its a boss so it wont despawn, and the player is the one spawning it, zombie villagers can spawn naturally and despawn but because you trade with them before turning them into zombies they wont despawn in this video he used zombies that are holding a diamond which is given by the player so it wont despawn, a nametag also prevents it from despawning

[@stuartpage2064]

Yes, that's correct. There are only a few mobs which persist but still count toward the mob cap, and any mob which is nametagged or holding an item no longer count towards the cap

[@Gin-toki]

@@stuartpage2064 Thanks, then I have understood it correctly :)

[@bunnyturds3654]

@@stuartpage2064 Does that include zombie villagers that got converted into a zombie holding an item? Or only zombies holding items given by the player no longer contribute to the mob cap?

[@stuartpage2064]

@@bunnyturds3654 it only counts for items picked up- if it turns into a zombie villager and that particular zombie villager has a sword/shovel, no problem, but if it picks up any item from the floor,then it no longer counts towards the mob cap

[@hachibeepc3282]

does traded zombie villager teleport like other mobs?

[@sonothunder4774]

What happens when you flip the switch to turn it off I'm not quite sure.

[@ukn_omega7532]

does chunk loaders and mob switches work on bedrock edition???

[@kyah7399]

Question, why do you need to assign jobs for the villagers, cant you just turn them into a normal zombie villager?

[@rozsymc]

You need to rewatch the video

[@stuartpage2064]

After trading with them, they don't despawn- if you haven't traded with them before zombifying them, yhey can despawn

[@broth1654]

can you build the villager breeder in the entity processing chunks so you can do other stuff while waiting for the 70 villagers?

[@yassinedownpourz]

Crops growing is random tick based and require a player presence so the villager breeder will stop working, if you want to build a villager breeder in the entity processing chunks you will have to build a bonemeal based one.

[@dantegomezbasualdo5507]

@@yassinedownpourz do spawn chunks have random ticks when no players are on them?

[@yassinedownpourz]

@@dantegomezbasualdo5507 no random ticks only happens if a player is around.

[@amazingplaying6417]

Thanks for this tutorial but i don’t understand how to turn on or off ( is the on/ off switch by turning on/off chunk loader)

[@LogicalGeekBoy]

Yeah exactly. If you turn off the chunk loader, the mobs are no longer loaded. I show this at around 1:38

[@dantegomezbasualdo5507]

Keep in mind that, around the place you build it, there is no turning on and off. So if you build this next to a mob farm, it will never work again. I know it sounds a bit obvious, but what you can turn on and off is the mob spawning anywhere else, but not around the mob switch itself

[@whuwhaaa2]

Out of curiosity, can you force the mob cap beyond its limit of 70 in a single player world or does the game just delete the extra mobs beyond 70?

[@randombanana640]

(idk if i'm correct, but i'm gonna tell you what i think is correct) so if you have the built the mob switch, it won't delete extra mobs beyond 70. But if you despawn those extra mobs (like for example by flying your elytra to y=200), they will despawn and not spawn again because the mob cap is full.

[@whuwhaaa2]

@@randombanana640 Hmm. That seams plausible. thanks man. Otherwise you could end up messing up other farms like iron farms and and gold farms etc.

[@randombanana640]

@@whuwhaaa2 idk if it will hurt iron farms because iron golem aren't hostile mobs and the zombie in a minecart won't despawn. But it will kill gold farm for sure

[@LightningAussie]

Coolio. Comment to help algorithm, pillager patrols still spawn but otherwise its a great thing for single player worlds..

[@enaD.S]

Do chunk loaders work the same in servers?

[@popplestones886]

It seems on my world, fletching tables are not movable by piston

[@Courgevauxbeatch]

do slimes count towards the mob cap? like if I build a mob switch would the slimes at the farm still spawn or not?

[@relitc_o]

No, slimes can't spawn

[@Courgevauxbeatch]

@@relitc_o hmmm crap... well thanks for your answer ☺️

[@raymondstheawesome]

slimes do count toward the mob cap, but when the player leaves they will despawn

[@coolblue32q]

Why not use a zombie spawner to get a bunch of zombies, give them all wooden swords so they don't despawn?

[@raymondstheawesome]

@@coolblue32q a zombie holding an item doesn't count toward the mob cap