Timeline for How do I set up a Cow Grinder in Minecraft?
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| Apr 30, 2013 at 20:35 | vote | accept | NathanTempelman | ||
| Apr 30, 2013 at 18:55 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | @DanRasmussen I did end up using your idea of a water block gated by a piston. Works a charm, if a little difficult to set up right! | |
| Apr 30, 2013 at 18:54 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | @ChargingPun Nevermind, I was wrong about them needing skylight! They do need to blocks of height though, making a piston system challenging. | |
| Apr 30, 2013 at 18:54 | history | edited | SevenSidedDie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
a working water collection system!
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| Apr 30, 2013 at 18:03 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | @ChargingPun They are. But how would you arrange them to not block the skylight to the grass blocks? | |
| Apr 30, 2013 at 17:22 | comment | added | ChargingPun | If memory serves, cows are taller than one block, meaning you could add a series of sticky pistons with pressure plates that would "encourage" the cows to go into the moat. | |
| Apr 29, 2013 at 23:20 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | @DanRasmussen I was wrong! Water doesn't destroy grass blocks. Apparently a single layer of water doesn't block enough light to trigger grass decay. However, the water streams prevent spawning entirely, as I discovered to my dismay and detailed in the edit. | |
| Apr 29, 2013 at 23:18 | history | edited | SevenSidedDie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
add SCIENCE
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| Apr 29, 2013 at 21:54 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | It's true for cow spawners too. My sign idea doesn't work (they don't rise up, so they drown), so I'm pondering other designs. | |
| Apr 29, 2013 at 21:00 | comment | added | NathanTempelman | @SevenSidedDie Any idea how to gather them all together? I know that mob spawners won't work if there are more than a couple mobs within x blocks of the spawner, is that true for cow spawners as well? | |
| Apr 29, 2013 at 20:32 | comment | added | NathanTempelman | Although, the grass hadn't decayed yet when I was using water and it still didn't spawn | |
| Apr 29, 2013 at 20:25 | comment | added | NathanTempelman | I think you may be be right. I raised the grass a block and took the water out and it works. Seems the maximum distance down that cows can spawn is with the spawner floating one block over the ground. If I float water over the grass with signs, will they still spawn? And also should I raise the level another block? What's the optimal spawn height for a cow spawnner? | |
| Apr 29, 2013 at 20:05 | comment | added | dlras2 | Good point - and I agree except that he may be looking to automate the process. | |
| Apr 29, 2013 at 19:59 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | @Dan Water destroys grass pretty quickly though, so that would considerably impair the spawner until all the grass grows back. Personally, I wouldn't bother with water since its easy enough to run around a small enclosure to slaughter everything. | |
| Apr 29, 2013 at 19:54 | comment | added | dlras2 | Alternatively, place water behind pistons so you can let cows spawn, flip a switch and grind them all, then shut the water off and spawn more. | |
| Apr 29, 2013 at 19:50 | history | answered | SevenSidedDie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |