xp farms and anvils

[Mr. Analog]

Nope, it's only valid for the session the batch file started in (and any other programs started by the batch file).  It works perfectly.  In fact, I can start Minecraft from one location, then start another Minecraft from another location, have them both log into the same server and play myself!

Hhmmmmm anyone else find that a bit disturbing?

Everyone has their own way of relieving stress.

He said play myself, not play with myself.

LOL!

[Tom]

Nope, it's only valid for the session the batch file started in (and any other programs started by the batch file).  It works perfectly.  In fact, I can start Minecraft from one location, then start another Minecraft from another location, have them both log into the same server and play myself!

Hhmmmmm anyone else find that a bit disturbing?

Everyone has their own way of relieving stress.

He said play myself, not play with myself.

LOL!

Ah Lenny has no sense of humour

[Thorin]

My way of relieving stress is dealing with being a coach and dealing with sports parents.

No, wait, that's the opposite.

Anyway, back on track, it works, it really, really works.  Go ahead and try it.

[Pants]

Since this is a topic about XP farms, I thought I'd share with you a pretty easy-to-make XP spawner farm.  It only requires water, some redstone, 2 repeaters, a dispenser, and a lava bucket.  It's way easier to make than the standard "water elevator + drop" method.  You can use it to turn any spawner into an XP/item farm in about 30 minutes.  I really should use it on my double cave spider farm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZBcopfWHIc
(not my design)

[Thorin]

Wow that's simple!  You don't even have to measure the up and down or anything...  You still have to set up the water to drag them over, just as before.

[Mr. Analog]

That is a brilliant design, so compact...

I had no idea a dispenser could suck lava back in

[Thorin]

Dispensers sucking lava back in is pretty new, I think.

[looks on minecraftwiki.net]

As of snapshot 12w21a, so I guess that's new in 1.3.2.

[Mr. Analog]

That's cool, I haven't really played around with dispensers much

[Thorin]

Me either.  You're supposed to have bows for dispensers, right?  I'll need to find some.

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Hey, with the Anvil I'll be able to take all my Power I bows and make multiple Power III bows!

Pow I + Pow I = Pow II
Pow I + Pow I = Pow II
Pow II + Pow II = Pow III

So four Power I bows will make a Power III bow.  Did I mention I have a double-chest full of Power I bows?  Here come 13 Power III bows!

[Mr. Analog]

Reminds me of crafting in TF2 lol

[Thorin]

I just discovered the article that explains in detail how the level cost is calculated for anvils: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Anvil_mechanics

Hey, with the Anvil I'll be able to take all my Power I bows and make multiple Power III bows!

Pow I + Pow I = Pow II
Pow I + Pow I = Pow II
Pow II + Pow II = Pow III

Cost:

(1+(1-1)*1+1+2*0=2) + (2+2*0) = 4 levels
(1+(1-1)*1+1+2*0=2) + (2+2*0) = 4 levels
(1+(2-1)*1+1+2*1=5) + (2+2*0) = 7 levels

To keep going after the above:

Pow I + Pow I = Pow II
Pow I + Pow I = Pow II
Pow II + Pow II = Pow III
Pow III + Pow III = Pow IV

(1+(1-1)*1+1+2*0=2) + (2+2*0) = 4 levels
(1+(1-1)*1+1+2*0=2) + (2+2*0) = 4 levels
(1+(2-1)*1+1+2*1=5) + (2+2*0) = 7 levels
(1+(3-1)*1+1+2*2=8) + (2+2*1) = 12 levels

So 42 levels total to make a Power IV bow if you have eight Power I bows (I have 60+ from my skelly farm).  All the level costs are below 17, so if I use the anvil as soon as I have enough levels, they're all at the cost of 17xp (aka 3.4 skellies).  So by killing 143 skellies I could make a Power IV bow.

I tried doing the math on my earlier example of making a diamond pickaxe with Efficiency V but HOLY COW COMPLICATED.

[Pants]

So by killing 143 skellies I could make a Power IV bow.

Power IV?  Why stop there?  Here's what I cooked up while idling by my lava bucket skeleton farm whilst watching a movie.  I just need to add Flame II to it, which I think is doable with some more idling.


When looking through my current Minecraft screenshots I also found one of my current house in my 1.4 world.  My son and I built a 7-layer hostile mob farm (as high as we could go before we hit the y=128) directly above our house and I think it looks pretty neat.

http://i.imgur.com/pn5N7.jpg

[Thorin]

The way Power works is Power 1 does 1.5x damage, Power II does 1.75x, II does 2x, IV does 2.25x, and V does 2.5x.  A fully-charged bow does 4.5 hearts (9 points) damage or somethmes 5 hearts (10 points).

So a Power IV bow normally does 4.5x2.25=10.125 hearts (20 points) damage, enough to kill a hostile mob in one shot.  It sometimes does 5x2.25=11.25 hearts (22 points), more then enough.  Meanwhile a Power V bow would do 4.5x2.5=11.25 hearts (22 points) or 5*2.5=12.5 hearts (25 points).

So it takes a lot less levels to get Power IV and yet Power IV can kill a creeper or zombie in one shot, without having to crit.

[Pants]

So it takes a lot less levels to get Power IV and yet Power IV can kill a creeper or zombie in one shot, without having to crit.

Creepers?  Zombies?  I'm thinking Ender Dragons and Wither bosses.