How mob spawning works

• Hostile mobs spawn on blocks with light level 0.
• They only spawn more than 24 blocks from you.
• Mobs despawn instantly more than 128 blocks away, and can randomly despawn past 32 blocks.

Build a simple drop farm

1. 1
   Build high up or over the ocean

   Fewer caves nearby means more mobs spawn in your farm.

2. 2
   Make dark spawning floors

   Keep it fully dark. Water streams push mobs to the center.

3. 3
   Add a 22-block drop

   Falling 22 blocks leaves most mobs on 1 health so one hit kills them.

4. 4
   Collect with hoppers

   Hoppers under the kill spot send drops into chests.