Minecraft Elegance: Instant Lazy Mob Switch (Java 1.17+)

[@_ZeroMaximum_]

Rather than breaking the limits of this game by making the most sophisticated of contraptions, you just made the simpliest and undeniably the laziest of redstone machines and mechanics. Absolute genius!

[@noname-codm4590]

"Eleganto" -Henry Henderson

[@Vex_0123]

@@noname-codm4590 lmao is that a character from spy family? sounds familiar

[@noname-codm4590]

@@Vex_0123 yes hahahha its that guy

[@DeepfriedBeans4492]

@@Vex_0123no, he’s from spy x family

[@VillagerManDude]

​@@DeepfriedBeans4492 that's what he meant

[@vishnumohan2363]

Never ceases to amaze me how innovative ian continues to be

[@2520WasTaken]

Finally, we know what's inside restricted military areas

[@miabussell0229]

I consider this probably the single most technically impressive build yet. Yes, you've built things more complicated, but the way you took one of the most complicated and hard to construct machines in the game and replaced it with some glass, scaffolding, water, and a chunk loader,,, my mind is boggled. Minecraft ELEGANCE is the right name! I hope subscribes come your way!

[@Legendendear]

I am pretty sure this channel will blow up in the near future.

[@DuduCosmin]

Few more of this builds and you're gonna turn scaffolding in a bigger minecraft revolution than redstone was

[@k.f.7357]

Couldn't be more true! He uses it so many times due to its various properties.

[@EndingCredits]

All hail the scaffolding!

[@Meddysbox]

IanXO4, Hierophant of the Scaffold, has emerged from his Shrine of Practicality to deliver another simple construction to the Minecrafting masses yearning for survival resources.

[@taeurus]

#Scaffolution

[@dotdankory]

"you have to use a lot of shulkers or withers for a mob switch" ianxofour: "no"

[@Rdasboss]

if you want to do any building in the nether. I highly recommend a mob switch. Glad to see the concept get more attention.

[@JohnnyHotshot]

I think this is genuinely the greatest Minecraft tutorial series on KZbin. Not only does in explain the concepts in a clear and concise way, but the focus on the farms are always on making them as cheap and simple as possible - for either non-technical players or early game.

[@RadicalElder]

"Well, I had the option of making your worlds a ton SAFER by getting you to spawn a massive amount of wardens, a massive amount of vexes or a massive amount of silverfish." I'm eternally grateful you chose silverfish. 🤣

[@raonimesquitadossantos7175]

Warden ones were already incredible but wow

[@Gusherki]

Ian, I just can’t fathom how damn smart you are. Most people think that the people who made the more complicated farms are the smartest. But sometimes simple is best :)

[@imold1029]

At this point i would consider Ian as a mind reader, legit i was looking for a mob switch the other day and this video showed up pefectly timed.

[@AnInnocuousBlueCube]

My man, I think this is the single most accessible mob switch for beginner players I've ever seen.

[@Borret]

Thanks for showing multiple switches, as I’m on a server with a strange way of playing. You get your own 300x300 plot and no end

[@attktitan6057]

I am really impressed on how Ian is always able to reply to almost every question in the comments section for every farm video he made. I’m sure it takes a lot of time and dedication!

[@krane4648]

8:18 Round down (more negative) was a great touch, thanks.

[@minecraftingmom]

I really appreciate that the instructions are actually safe to do in survival.

[@luitmeinen1902]

How has this not been more well known for longer? Just over a year back I built a zombie villager mob switch in my previous world which was so much effort... This is so easy, amazing!

[@qixe_6007]

What's the purpose of these builds

[@luitmeinen1902]

@@qixe_6007 A mob switch uses some specific mechanics to allow you to turn off all hostile mob spawning by flicking a lever in vanilla survival minecraft. This is mainly useful to prevent random creeper attacks/endermen griefing, and allows a bit more peaceful gameplay

[@qixe_6007]

@@luitmeinen1902 ok thx for the explanation

[@zynzhe9870]

This is how all farms and machines should be, simple yet efficient, elegant and reliable. Great job ian, and those who helped him with the drafts and design 👍

[@DtandarS]

For anyone who wants to make this is in 1.21. Note that you don't need the spawner due to the newly added potion of infestation. With a few testing the potion of infestation has no spawn limits and the silverfish does count towards the mobcap. You can use this method to spawn silverfish with allays or witches and can be made in all three dimensions (although the end dimension is pretty useless...) Also for everyone new here. Do make sure to watch the entire video and listen to the "note" sections and understand them!

[@DtandarS]

although if you want you can use the spawner this is just a alternative way

[@imoutofnameideas5601]

I did just this on my paper multiplayer server but for some reason it doesn't work, are there any specific settings i have to change for paper? Edit: It doesn't work on paper so switch to something else

[@Cuestrupaster]

Man your content is amazing... always with all the info necessary, and with the most simplicity possible... amazing the job you and the entire community does.

[@eTurboMC]

I looked at multiple of video and I am impressed! My favorite part about your channel is that you make really well working farms and contraptions, while being super simple :D

[@virtcreates]

That vex one is so clever and dare I say simple - time to try it out in Hardcore :D

[@sanyang8614]

I've never clicked so fast to see a video from subscribed channel. Thank you for the elegant tutorial.

[@theofanisyfantis1972]

I See your farms everywhere on my Server and Used by famous youtubers and now this. You're a goddamn Genius man

[@Frostyflytrap]

Wow, finally a use for silverfish spawners! And it's been possible for a little more than year now? Thanks so much for showcasing all these incredibly simple survival friendly tricks.

[@Predated2]

Before the villager update, silverfish spawners were a great way to "store" XP. They are still better than skulk too. Simply create a stone generator, push the stones into a 12x12x12 area and you'd have 1728 blocks of infested stone. In skulk, this translates to 1728 xp, in silverfish, this translates to 8640 xp. Since autoclickers werent really a thing, it was the only farm that was relatively early game that you could afk. Gold farms were incredibly hard to build in comparison. Later, endermen and guardian farms made this method practically useless due to better xp rates and villager trading having relatively easy access to experience bottles made silverfish spawners practically useless.

[@EndingCredits]

Used in the obsidian farm as well! (Well, sort-of)

[@brantgames3234]

How he manages to make end-game utilities easy and efficient to early game I will never understand. Keep up these amazing videos.

[@esargent0307]

Agreed, Ian, don't stop! you're awesome!

[@LiovTexas]

I've been waiting for this for over a month now. It is absolutely incredible and took me around 10 minutes to build!! Your elegance series is absolutely genius and your video style is perfect🙂

[@PeteSudlow]

I think we need a Game Mechanics That You Can Use And Abuse, Er, Farm Series by ianxifour. He always explains things so easily and clearly!

[@mannman4362]

I have much respect for you because unlike many other minecraft KZbinrs, your instructions are always very clear and concise

[@laughingskyfield5824]

The most underrated channel of all time

[@pd28cat]

My teacher: laziness will cause failure or death Ian: Aaaaactually the opposite, it causes safety

[@croatianrabbit5748]

god i was hoping you'd make one of these, please keep doing these you make the game so much more fun for me

[@Lucas-zw2mj]

These videos of yours are of so great quality it's insane. I have no further questions, you told everything that there was to know about this topic. Absolutely amazing. Edit: after checking the description, there is nothing that can possibly increase the quality of this, and other of your videos

[@fate3921]

BABE WAKE UP, IANXOFOUR JUST POSTED A NEW VIDEO

[@deadlydirtblock7698]

Wow, the silverfish trap is unbelievably simple. Btw at 1:40 you say the mechanic has been known about since 1.17, when actually it's been known for far longer, since at least 1.12. Ilmango did a series of videos building mob switches on scicraft using this mechanic in early 2018, starting in episode 60. But you're right, it is quite surprising that it had never been presented in any kind of simple tutorial, so thanks for making one.

[@ianxofour]

youre right, but it was removed in 1.15 and 1.16, and then reintroduced in 1.17, so it would be misleading to say 1.12 because the mechanic had to be discovered thru code digging in 1.17.

[@deadlydirtblock7698]

@@ianxofour Oh really? I had no idea it was ever removed

[@ianxofour]

yeah. thanks for the comment. it got me thinking, and i added a note in the description to address it.

[@khirilowenstein]

My mannn dropped yet another banger

[@PelonixYT]

Just want to say thank you for your consistency and constant support for people looking for help in the comments. You deserve way more views and support.

[@everknight1185]

I've been waiting for this mob switch for so long

[@CraftyVegan1988]

Your farms are always amazing, but it's the elegance of how you explain the mechanics behind the farm. That's what keeps me coming back.

[@quantiniumx5491]

Still dont know where he gets these genius ideas! , actual legend by making every type of hard farms so easy and efficient to build!

[@chefchakan43]

I would love to see you do a lets play trying to automate as much as you can in the game. Love the videos man wish you the best :)

[@palashverma3470]

The legend is back again with a simple yet elegant design!

[@fedes.8896]

You are the god of casual technical players who dont want to waste a lot of time to build things. Thanks you ❤❤❤( I really love your stacking raid farm)

[@fortun8diamond]

In 1.21, you can use the infested potion to get silverfish much faster, and it will allow you to build the mob switch anywhere, not just where a stronghold is.

[@sun5705]

I prefer using his guardian farm and mob switch interchangibly. At start. And later build a zombie villager or a shulker mob switch

[@yunusawan1467]

Congrats on your well-deserved 100k!

[@anitacrumbly]

I love this video thank you so much for the explanation of the mob switch 😊 and chunk loaders!

[@unclejoe9660]

couldn't this theoretically make ocean monument raiding waaaaaaaay easier? love the idea of playing on peaceful without losing all my captured and named mods, will definitely be making one of these

[@ianxofour]

Yes, mob switches are commonly used to help make various mob farms

[@lightning_11]

I always thought of mob switches as the definition of a difficult, technical build... I did not expect an easy, simple design like this one!

[@pauzga5516]

Most underrated Channel in KZbin! Live your work! Keep it up!❤️

[@indenthshsh2408]

another incredible video. I dont understand how you don't have more subs

[@vandita3695]

Welcome to another episode of ianxofour making difficult, overcomplicated contraptions obsolete.

[@jordanbopp3340]

You are ridiculously smart and your videos are ridiculously well made.

[@slimmingboy2694]

Since I discovered this channel, I have refused to make any farms until he simplefieds and inproved them.

[@EpicChicken8]

It’s a great day when u upload :D

[@BackusMannus18]

i was building a megabase and it turned out to be a mob spawner. Me at the time didnt want to spend 30 hrs building a mob switch so i decided not to build one.... that was until i saw this video! the farm took me 45 min to make in total it works flawlesly and i havnt had any issues so far! good work my guy :)

[@Nawweh]

FOR 1.21: you can use an ender pearl stasis instead of the chunk loader shown in the video. It works the same and is easier to build but also has the added bonus of allowing the chunk loader to still run even after you have logged out, only stopping if you remove the ender pearl

[@tassadar101r]

God this is exactly what I needed, but the other mob switches require traded zombie villagers, shulkers or WARDENS, this is perfect for my laziness. Your designs are the best.

[@dooasf]

amazing, who's remember those crazy lazy mob switch using tons of wither :')

[@amy53241]

ooh yesss I love seeing these notifications

[@Annoyance1969]

Amazing how he took more time to explain how to make the chunk loader in the tutorial than the actual mob switch itself

[@the_nord_jord]

Notification: ianxofour has posted a new video! Me: oh man what did he break now?

[@halfblood_drag0n]

mans a genius and has the perfect voice. gg

[@muddlealternateaccount6151]

141 million Minecraft players world wide, this man deserves atleast 100 million subscribers.

[@abhirup_0410]

another ianxofour banger

[@XilionJ]

Now this is a usefull use for a silverfish spawner

[@Sarivelle]

The new gnembon over here :)

[@MarcoGarcia-gv2ue]

You are crazy in the best way possible

[@jekkupeukku-o2x]

thanks for the tutorial, this works wonderfully and no more guardians interrupting me!

[@fortun8diamond]

You invented the technology to use any mob for a mob swtich.

[@0x0404]

Very nice cart based chunk loader.

[@moneyraymondottv]

Your videos are amazing. The farms all work so well. Keep up the hard work. Thanks heaps

[@theobbyray]

LOVE YOU IAN

[@khaledkahiye]

wake up babe new ian vid

[@Eulers_Identity]

Great tutorial! Wish I knew this before dying to wardens 7+ times.

[@koryhaydon6509]

This won't stop warden spawning, because wardens don't spawn based on the mob cap. Check out Ilmango's channel for a solution to stop warden's spawning.

[@Eulers_Identity]

@@koryhaydon6509 no, you misunderstood me, I used wardens to create a mob switch:)

[@sonnylittle7763]

bro why are you so underrated everyone sub i literaly love his video's keep it up ianxofour or ian ;)

[@sheikhnihal7331]

Funny how chunk loader was the most complex part of the mob switch

[@mythical7even]

And he does it again!

[@ignwalker]

you simply are a genius. keep up the work bro

[@faultycow]

Nice design as always.

[@matcy_]

Wonderful video, I learnt a lot. If you want more views I recommend putting "1.19" in the title (it attracts a lot more than 1.17+ actually)

[@matiastripaldi406]

holy shit my man did it. Using the single spawner nobody gives a damn about. What a guy, this is amazing. And I just spent hours making a zombie villager switch lol

[@butterfly-fy3wz]

Zombie villagers are more stable

[@rebilium4195]

Farming at its peak, as always Simple genuine genius and gentle. Perfect

[@DuyNguyen-ks8dc]

Hello Ian, I'm a big fan of the super crazy simple farms you built. They make Minecraft so easy that players don't even need to try... I have a farm suggestion: Please make a next-gen Sheep farm that uses bonemeal dispensers and piston revolvers to cycle the grass blocks around. I tried but my design is too complicated. I bet you can come up with a super elegant solution though! Thank you and keep up the innovative videos :)

[@madhurartist4512]

I would definitely like to see your hardcore survival series

[@UltimateSpinDash]

More like tearing hardcore mode apart.

[@axolotl-zh3eg]

welcome! to another episode of: im never gonna build this but im still gonna watch it

[@rogue_ruggie]

Great vid. Will probably still stick with shulkers since they are easy to get once you have a shulker farm

[@fufu_212]

What an incredible idea. Good job on the video :)

[@littlebumgorf]

No freaking way. I never thought about doing this before.

[@smileyw3943]

you're an inspiration to me ian. thank u so much ❤️

[@supersupercell4791]

Wow you are my favourite KZbinr ty for tutorial

[@DM_Arm_Sumo]

Great tutorial, elegant indeed!

[@zufarmuhammadrazan5089]

Man, this guy is a genius I'm subb

[@yutaluv9068]

awesome video, loved the detailed tutorial! you got a new subscriber :D

[@michalhora4709]

i love this guy!! his farms is so good omg. thx man for this tutorials

[@olillin]

Another great and innovative video!

[@the_doggo_]

I love when you make a new creation!

[@barefoot6033]

i effing love you ian youre a mc legend any way we can donate to you for making these amazing tutorials

[@bloddrinkeraka]

Ian, your videos are so good, also your voice is so nice

[@asheepygamer8443]

congrats on 100k! I subbed