
127 blocks directly above the killing floor is the ideal spot, as it removes as many caves as possible while still keeping the farm in range so that Creepers won't despawn before dying. Setting up an AFK spot above the farm is a great way to help with this, as it puts fewer caves within your sphere, reducing the mob-proofing workload. Lighting up all the caves prevents this issue and means your farm can utilise 100 percent of the mob cap. These cave mobs are even worse, as while they spawn less frequently, they aren't killed by the farm, so each one represents a permanent space in the mob cap taken up. Mobs can spawn in a sphere with a radius of 128 blocks around the player just as Zombies and Skeletons within the farm can hurt the Creeper rates, so too can ones in caves within that sphere. Why stop there? If you want to boost the rates of your farm further, as with any farm it's a great idea to light up all the caves in the area.

This guide will have everything you need to know about making one of these Creeper-killing-contraptions. Fortunately, Creeper farms exist, allowing you to kill Creepers en masse without ever having to go near them, leaving you free to work on other things while generating stacks of gunpowder for you in the background. Related: Minecraft: How To Build an Enderman Farm And Get XP Fastįighting Creepers can be dangerous, making gathering large amounts of gunpowder by hand risky business. A lot of uses - like the fireworks - require mass quantities of gunpowder, however, acquiring that much can be difficult.

Gunpowder is an incredibly useful resource in Minecraft, allowing you to craft countless valuable resources - it's needed for everything from powerful TNT to firework rockets to power your Elytra flight.
