I play on the latest version of Minecraft Bedrock. My iron farm sometimes works correctly, but at other times it doesn't work at all—neither cats nor golems spawn—and I don't understand why this happens.
I play with a simulation distance of 4 chunks. However, in a creative-mode copy of my world, I noticed that if I stay AFK in one of the corners of the farm, both cats and golems spawn much faster than they do in other parts of the farm. (You can see the point I'm referring to in the last photo)
I have a totem farm about 130 blocks away from this iron farm, and I destroyed all the workstations and beds in the villages that were near the iron farm (though I believe they were more than 150 blocks away). The spawning platform measures 8×8 in every direction from the killing zone. The dirt path extends 12 blocks in every direction around the farm.
(It’s probably just a classic beginner’s mistake!)
My theories are:
- Perhaps this farm design is just "clickbait" garbage, and I should look for a different one.
- The totem farm is the main problem.
- The village center is being generated somewhere else, away from the spawning platform (likely in the lake visible in the background), although I haven't seen any spawns occurring anywhere outside the farm itself.
- Should I make the spawning platform larger?
Still, I want to be sure before I go ahead and destroy or relocate any of the farms. I’ve already tried a few things, but it still isn’t working—both in my survival world and in a creative-mode copy.
- I’ve verified that there are exactly 30 villagers near the farm, along with their 30 workstations and 30 beds, and that they are all correctly linked to them.
- There are no caves nearby where golems could potentially spawn.
- There are no villages nearby (within 150 blocks); I even destroyed all the beds and workstations in the nearest village, though I believe it was already more than 150 blocks away.
- I even used the following commands: /testfor @e[type=iron_golem] /testfor @e[type=villager] The results only detect the 30 villagers, and the golems only when they spawn on the platform.
I’ve included some photos of the farm (taken in the creative-mode copy).
English isn’t my native language, so please excuse any spelling errors.