Spawners are Survival's mob farms. You earn mob points by killing wild mobs, spend them in the Spawner Shop to buy a spawner for a specific mob, place it, and the spawner then fills the area around it with a growing stack of that mob for you to kill. Spawners can be stacked into a single block, upgraded, and moved around with a Silk Touch tool.
How it fits together#
- Earn mob points by killing naturally spawned mobs. Harder mobs pay more. See Mob Points.
- Buy a spawner in the Spawner Shop (
/spawners) for 100,000 to 600,000 mob points, depending on the mob. See Obtaining Spawners. - Place it in the overworld, Nether or End inside a claim you own or are a guest of; the resource worlds cannot be claimed, so there placement is limited by the personal limit of 100 placed spawner blocks. Placing another spawner of the same type against it stacks them, up to 64 in one block. See Spawner Stacking.
- Right-click the placed spawner to open its panel: withdraw spawners from the stack, buy upgrades, or check its status. See Spawner Upgrades.
- Kill the mobs it produces. They appear as one mob that shows a stack count, and drops and experience fall at the mob. See Spawner Production and Drops.
- Earn milestone rewards for long-term activity; they are paid automatically and
/milestonesshows your progress. See Spawner Milestones.
Key numbers#
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Spawner price | 100,000 to 600,000 mob points |
| Spawners per stack | up to 64 |
| Spawner blocks per claim (inside a claim) | 8 to 256, by claim tier (Claim Upgrades) |
| Spawner blocks per player outside claims | 100 |
| Production cycle | every 30 seconds |
| Mobs produced per cycle | up to 32 (and never more than the stack size times the Spawn Amount multiplier) |
| Spawner activation range | players within 32 blocks |
| Mob cap | 128 mobs per spawner, 384 per chunk, 128 of the same mob within 4 blocks |
| Spawn Speed upgrade | up to 1.5x |
| Spawn Amount upgrade | up to 1.5x |
| Drop Chance upgrade | up to 1.5x drops |
| Upgrade price | $1,000,000 per level per spawner in the stack |
Commands#
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/spawners | Opens the Spawners shop category directly, where spawners are sold for mob points |
/spawnershop | Opens the shop's category menu, where the Spawners category is one of the entries |
/spawner info | Shows the type, stack size, production mode, storage and stored XP of the spawner you are looking at |
/spawner panel | Opens the panel of the spawner you are looking at (same as right-clicking it) |
/spawner pause | Pauses production of the spawner you are looking at |
/spawner resume | Resumes production |
/mobpoints | Opens the Mob Points guide |
/mobpoints balance [player] | Shows your mob point balance, or another player's |
/mobpoints top [page] | Shows the mob point leaderboard (alias /mobpointstop) |
/milestones | Opens the Milestones menu |
Natural spawners#
Spawners that generate in the world (for example dungeon spawners) cannot be broken. Trying shows You cannot mine naturally generated spawners. Spawners bought from the Spawner Shop and placed by a player can be picked up with Silk Touch.