Description
These are the instructions for a Mob tower. These are the main mobs that can be caught in a mob tower. This is also an XP farm that will generate massive amounts of XP.
- Creeper – drops 0-2 gunpowder.
- Zombie – drops rotten flesh, and sometimes a carrot, potato, an iron ingot, armour or weapons.
- Skeleton – drops bones, bows and arrows and at times armour.
In this build it is essential not to have the drop too high as this will mean that the mobs will die on impact and you wont get all of the drops. To improve on this build it would be a good idea to build more levels and increase the number of mobs that spawn.
Ingredients
These are the ingredients and recipes that you will need to make this Minecraft mob tower. Please ensure that you have all of the ingredients before you start your build.
| Item | Picture | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hopper |  | 4 |
| Chest |  | 2 |
| Bucket of water |  | 8 |
| Trapdoor |  | 64 |
| Torch |  | 1 Stack |
| Stone block |  | 1374(22 stacks) |
Build Plans
Here we will explain in detail how to build this Minecraft mob tower. Please follow the instructions carefully.
- In the first section we will need to place down 2 chests.
- Next place down 4 hoppers down behind that leading into the chests (you will need to crouch in order to place the hoppers).
- Place stone blocks around the sides and the back of the hoppers and chests as shown in the picture.
- Next we need to start building the tower. So lets place stone blocks on top of the ones already there 2 blocks high. This will make the blocks 3 high altogether.
- Next place slabs on top of the hoppers and chests crouching to do so.
- Next place 2 stone blocks above the stone slabs above the chest. This should leave a half a block high hole so that you can see inside.
- Continue building up for another 20 levels of blocks, leaving a 2 block by 2 block square free in the middle and then go onto the next step.
- Next we need to build out from the flat sides by 8 stone blocks out and 4 wide.
- Now we need to build a 2 block high wall around the outside of the build. It should look like the picture.
- There should be 8 blocks between the end of the arms and the centre hole of the build.
- This is a view from the side of the build so far.
- Lets fill the troughs with water. Place 2 buckets of water on the bottom block at the end of each arm so that there is still a block above the water and the water runs inwards towards the hole in the centre.
- If the water flows into the middle the arms are to short and will need to be lengthened.
- If the water doesn’t reach the middle square the the arms are to long and they will need to be shortened.
- In this step we will be filling in the top of the build in between the arms that we built before.
- This is a flat section level with the top of the troughs and will be where the mobs spawn.
- Now we will build a two block high wall all around the outside of the build so that the mobs cannot escape.
- Next we will place down trapdoors onto the walls over the water so that the water is completely covered.
- Click on the trapdoors so that they are open and that they end up flush with the wall they are attached to.
- This allows the mobs to flow to the middle but not escape the water.
- Lets put a roof on now by placing blocks above the build to enclose the chamber in.
- This will leave a chamber that is two blocks high.
- Place torches on top of this build to stop mobs spawning on the top.
- Finally lets place a couple of torches here so that you can see better at night.
- When the mobs drop you will be able to see them to kill and collect the XP.
- Any loot that is dropped will be collected in the chest.
Hints and tips
What can go wrong – mobs are dying on impact.
- The tower can be to high, this will mean that the mobs will die on impact with the ground and result in not getting any XP.
What can go wrong – mobs are spawning on top of the build.
- Forgetting to put torches on top of the build will result in mobs spawning on top of the build and not in the chamber.
What can go wrong – mobs aren’t spawning.
- The chamber is too low resulting in mobs not spawning.