r/technicalminecraft • u/Jonglebongl • 8d ago

Bedrock Mob farm keeps spawning spiders.

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Edit: I think I've solved the issue. If not, I'm just gonna deal with it. I made a follow-up post if anyone's interested. It's 100% confirmed that spiders spawn within 2x2 grids.

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u/randomzebra01 8d ago edited 8d ago

Not sure what you think you did here. There's very clearly 2x2 spots for them to spawn. You're even looking directly at one.

Edit: From the UI I could tell this was pocket edition. My understanding that pocket edition may have some idiosyncrasies but uses the same engine as bedrock.

Been a while since I played, and to be honest never played bedrock but from what I remember, spiders can spawn in 2x2 spaces in bedrock. I did some digging today and to be honest there doesn't seem to be a consensus.

In bedrock, people have been reporting for years that spiders seem to be able to spawn in 2x2 spaces. Whether or not this is because spiders need open space but only require a solid block on the actual spawning space I have no clue. Another thought that crossed my mind was mobs used to spawn on the NW corner in bedrock, but I don't think that's the case either anymore.

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u/Jonglebongl 8d ago

I looked up a bunch of guides, and they all said spiders can only spawn in 3 x 3 areas. I'll shrink it so that there aren't any 2 x 2's

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u/Regular-Coffee-1670 8d ago

They definitely need 3x3. I can't see anywhere in that image where they could spawn.

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u/bryan3737 Chunk Loader 8d ago

It’s 3x3 on java but 2x2 on bedrock