Mechanical Spawner
The Mechanical Spawner is a configurable mob spawner block. Assign a Mob Essence to it, and it will periodically spawn the corresponding mob type. Supports Quantity Upgrades to increase the number of mobs spawned per cycle.
Block Information
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Energy Usage | None |
| Spawn Interval | 500–700 ticks (random) |
| Base Spawn Chance | 60% per entity |
| Supports Quantity Upgrades | Yes (0–4) |
| Destruction Time | 3.0 seconds |
💡 Tip: Use Quantity Upgrades to spawn more mobs per cycle — at max level, you get 4 entities per tick with a 25% bonus chance.
Supported Mob Types
The Mechanical Spawner supports 18 mob essences:
- Blaze Essence
- Chicken Essence
- Cow Essence
- Creeper Essence
- Enderman Essence
- Guardian Essence
- Hoglin Essence
- Illager Essence
- Magma Cube Essence
- Mooshroom Essence
- Pig Essence
- Piglin Essence
- Sheep Essence
- Skeleton Essence
- Slime Essence
- Spider Essence
- Wither Skeleton Essence
- Zombie Essence
Illager Essence
The Illager Essence spawns a weighted mix of illager types:
- Pillager (45%),
- Vindicator (35%),
- Witch (15%),
- Evoker (1%).
Quantity Upgrades
| Quantity Level | Mobs per Cycle | Bonus Chance |
|---|---|---|
| 0 (No Upgrades) | 1 | — |
| 1 | 2 | — |
| 2 | 3 | — |
| 3 | 4 | — |
| 4 | 4 | +25% extra spawn chance |
Crafting Recipe
Spawner Core
The Spawner Core is a required component to craft the Mechanical Spawner.
Craft the Spawner Core first, then use it in the Mechanical Spawner recipe.
How to Use
- Place the Mechanical Spawner.
- Hold a Mob Essence and sneak + interact to assign it.
- Interact with an empty hand to open the toggle menu and turn it On.
- The spawner will begin spawning the assigned mob at random intervals.
Managing Essences
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| Assign Essence | Sneak + interact while holding an essence. |
| Swap Essence | Sneak + interact with a different essence (requires double-tap confirmation). |
| Recover Essence | Sneak + interact while holding a Glass Bottle to extract the current essence. |
| Toggle On/Off | Interact with an empty hand (not sneaking) to open the settings menu. |