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I seem to recall at some point that a glass floor was not a candidate for mob spawning (which would be nice given that one cannot place torches on glass). However, I can't seem to confirm that information at the moment... is ittrue? (i.e. if I have a glass roof, and a glass loft, do I need to worry about somehow keeping it lit)?

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  • Mobs can now spawn on slabs as of 1.7 not sure about glass or stairs i am still doing tests.
    – user74899
    Apr 21, 2014 at 22:42
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    @Halo49999 It depends on how you place the half slabs: Mobs can spawn if you place the half on the "top" side of a block. Mobs can not spawn if you place the slab on the "bottom half" of a block.
    – IQAndreas
    Apr 22, 2014 at 2:15

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Mobs don't spawn on glass, ice, half-slabs, and stairs. Your loft should be safe as per the minecraft wiki.

Spiders can climb glass walls, so you may want to add a small overhang or a row of ladders if there's an entrance.

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  • ...or soul sand if you get some of that. >.>
    – Ullallulloo
    Feb 12, 2011 at 19:34
  • What about stairs? As stairs are weird-heighted blocks like steps and soul sand, I would think they might be safe, but I don't know for sure.
    – Kevin Reid
    Feb 13, 2011 at 2:49
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    From the wiki - "Enemy mobs can spawn on any fully-opaque cube block...". Since stairs are half-transparent to light, I'd say enemy mobs could not spawn there.
    – Cyclops
    Feb 13, 2011 at 20:17
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    I love that to stop things climbing your walls, you put down ladders.
    – lily
    Oct 23, 2011 at 17:58
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    @Ullallulloo you are wrong, spiders can climb soul sand
    – Nick T
    Jan 21, 2012 at 1:44
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No mobs except for spiders (it seems like as of 1.5.1) can spawn on glass. Spiders require a 3x3 area to spawn in. If you place halfslabs so that you have 2x2 cubes of non-opaque blocks and halfslabs around them, they will not spawn. But if you place glass on the same y axis and 2x2 cubes of non-opaque in them, for some reason, they spawn. Don't believe me? Try it. I did it 5 minutes ago.

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    They still don't spawn on glass... they spawn on the 2x2 solid blocks, just as other mobs can.
    – Arperum
    Apr 30, 2013 at 18:43
  • Glass is a weird block. What's happening is that the spiders are spawning on the opaque blocks, and the glass doesn't count as "solid" blocks that interfere with their bounding box placement, the way slabs do. You see this as well with glass over chests—you can still open them—or glass above rails—you and mobs won't suffocate when your head goes inside the glass. Mobs still won't spawn on glass though.
    – SevenSidedDie
    Apr 30, 2013 at 21:31
  • @Arperum The thing is, they don't. I've built my mob trap high up in the sky and my spawn platform is made in the pattern above. There are absolutely NO spiders spawning if I place half slabs there. I waited 10 minutes and there were over 60 mobs in my trap. I went to the chamber above and: NO spiders. I can record it and put it on YouTube if you want...
    – SeiKun
    Apr 30, 2013 at 21:57
  • @SeiKun Nothing can spawn on halfslabs that are on the bottom half.
    – Arperum
    May 2, 2013 at 10:21

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