Witch Spawners

[whitestormgaming]

Ok, i brought a witch spawner to my house using a block teleporter and placed it in the sky inside a 9X9X4 box of cobblestone but it isn't spawning any witches, anyone know whats the problem?

[StratusNightstar]

Do you have two empty block spaces above the spawner? If you do? Is the room dark enough?

[whitestormgaming]

Do you have two empty block spaces above the spawner? If you do? Is the room dark enough?

yes but nothing is spawning but the thing is spinning and not spawning

[Melfice]

Are you close enough to the spawner to actually work? They're proximity based.

[whitestormgaming]

Are you close enough to the spawner to actually work? They're proximity based.

how long must i stay there?

[Melfice]

If all the spawning conditions are met, they should start spawning very shortly.

How about you give us some screenshots to work with?

 

I can only guess, instead of giving you answers without a visual aid.

[Kalbintion]

Vanilla spawners take quite a while to "boot up" (10-45s if im not mistaken) for each spawn period, have a default range of 16 blocks for activation. So, dont expect them to be instantly there. And they will only spawn if conditions are met (witches need a light level of 7 or lower to spawn from the spawner)

[whitestormgaming]

I found out why it is not spawning, actually it is spawning but they despawn when i leave the room

so yeah also on a side note how do you get mob essences to power an auto spawner

[Kalbintion]

MFR Grinder.

[whitestormgaming]

actually they despawn when they spawn, i am confused now

nvm i found the reason, i am using multiplayer in a server inside a town so mobs can't spawn ok thanks to everyone who helped me =D

Edited September 7, 2014 by whitestormgaming

[Hydreigon635]

Maybe you're on peaceful difficulty?

[Kalbintion]

Peaceful difficulty would cause this. It would also cause all other hostile mobs to never be seen (good indication if you have it on peaceful, outside of ykno, the actual setting)