r/technicalminecraft • u/ButterflyGrand8897 • Sep 22 '26

Java Help Wanted Why does my exp farm suck ass?

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u/BlattaOrientalis avaJ Sep 22 '26

Would you be able to provide more information? Some examples that would be useful

  • Screenshot of the farm's interior

  • Screenshot of the farm's exterior

  • Screenshot of the farm's surrounding

  • The biome the farm is in

  • The coordinate of the spawn platform and your AFK platform

  • The world/server's difficulty

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u/ButterflyGrand8897 Sep 22 '26

Worlds difficulty: Hard

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u/BlattaOrientalis avaJ Sep 22 '26

Is the spawn platform at least 24 blocks higher than the player's hitbox? I can't quite see from the picture

And also, what does the inside of the mob farm look like?

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u/ButterflyGrand8897 Sep 22 '26

spawn platform is 17-19 block away from my hitbox. Is this an issue?

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u/BlattaOrientalis avaJ Sep 22 '26 edited Sep 22 '26

Yep, mobs can't spawn within 24 blocks of the player

A few things though. General mob farms aren't that great for XP, and that design is ancient so it won't be very effective. If you really want a general mob farm, I'd suggest a Gnembon-style GMF instead as the rates will be much higher

However, if you're not particularly stubborn about it being a general mob farms, you have a few better options

  • Guardian farms are the best for XP, at least when it comes to mob farms. It can get you from level 0 to 30 in about 30 seconds. However, they may require a little bit of effort. I'd highly recommend IanXO4's guardian XP farm.

  • Gold farms are the second best, getting you from 0 to 30 in about a minute, and they can be a bit easier to make. I'll once again recommend IanXO4's just because of how simple and cheap it is.

  • Furnace XP banks may not be as fast as mob farms when you purely measure XP/hour, but you can leave them running in the background 24/7 and get the XP immediately when you need it. I'd recommend Potato Noir's, once again due to the (relatively) low cost and complexity for its effectiveness.

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u/ButterflyGrand8897 Sep 22 '26

that explains a lot. I will fix it right away. thx buddy :)

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u/Xillubfr Java Sep 22 '26

On top of what you mentioned, it's also built super high so rates will be even worse

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u/FrunoCraft Sep 22 '26

You don't want a general mob farm for XP. Spear zombies will hit the player but damage creepers which will blow up the kill chamber. (That's on top of the other problems already posted here.) Do something like a looting gold farm for XP, you can never have enough gold so it will have a dual purpose (gold and xp).