100% AFK Wither Farm

  • Please make sure you are posting in the correct place. Server ads go here and modpack bugs go here
  • The FTB Forum is now read-only, and is here as an archive. To participate in our community discussions, please join our Discord! https://ftb.team/discord

ATYPICAL

New Member
Jul 29, 2019
43
0
0
Just an updated video for the automatic Wither (boss) farm I made with a few other people on the AdeptCraft FTB server.


The farm uses the MFFS Mod and a CC Turtle, does not drop exp but does drop a star. It appears you cannot get a Wither soul in a Soul Shard. If anyone has any questions just ask!
 

Dragonfel

New Member
Jul 29, 2019
208
0
0
I gave this a try on my test world, however the wither seams to sit inside the forcefield and not take any damage or attempt to attack me. My projector is set up with the containment module and the field is shaped as a 3x3x7 tall box with a 1x1x5 centre.
 

ATYPICAL

New Member
Jul 29, 2019
43
0
0
The melee turtle (xp farm) code is fairly simple. Off memory it is probably this:

Code:
while true do
  turtle.attack()
  turtle.suck()
  for i=1, 6 do
    turtle.select(i)
    turtle.dropDown()
  end
  turtle.select(1)
  sleep(0.5)
end

The turtle.suck() command gets the turtle to pick up any loose items, which they normally do by default. I included this because some of the turtles were set to automatically drop items, because they were not over an obsidian pipe, so the other turtles would clean up their mess. The for statement clears his inventory. Sleep(0.5) is the shortest amount of delay you can have between attacks without crashing the turtle in an endless while loop.

If you want the placement code for the turtle who spawns the Wither, it can be found somewhere in the comments of the video.
 

ATYPICAL

New Member
Jul 29, 2019
43
0
0
I gave this a try on my test world, however the wither seams to sit inside the forcefield and not take any damage or attempt to attack me. My projector is set up with the containment module and the field is shaped as a 3x3x7 tall box with a 1x1x5 centre.

The height of the interior has to be a minimum of 4, otherwise the wither will fly out the top of the forcefield. You need to add in the "NPC Defence" module to one of the 3 slots in the lower right of the projector. This module does periodic damage to any non-player characters in the forcefield. Also, if you are in creative mode, the wither will not attack you, and appears to have limited vision of other NPCs which he would normally attack ( /gamemode 1/2 to switch from creative to survival )
 

Racer193

New Member
Jul 29, 2019
26
0
0
so could you tell me where i need to place the turtle/where to place everything needed? intending to add this to my world very very soon
 

drazath

New Member
Jul 29, 2019
90
0
0
Good stuff. While the mining laser does short work of the wither (just backpedal while shooting with long range mode, the wither dies even faster than in the video and you never take any damage), it has the bad habit of messing up the terrain. The once smooth desert near my base looks like a warzone now, literally. :p
 

slay_mithos

New Member
Jul 29, 2019
1,288
0
0
They are link cards, created by right clicking specific MFFS machines with a blank card.

As for how to set up MFFS, you could search on youtube for a small youtuber call Direwolf20 (^^), he makes LPs that are in tutorial form, and he does use MFFS multiple times (SMP season 3 being the most recent and in-depth)
It's not very complicated when you understand how it works, but there is so much to it that trying to make a text tutorial here would result into a wall of text, I am afraid.
 

ATYPICAL

New Member
Jul 29, 2019
43
0
0
Okay, I didn't really explain the MFFS very well in the video. The 4 MFFS machines that you need for this setup are the MFFS Force Energy Extractor, the Projector, the Capacitor, and the Security station. You will also need an MFFS Multitool/Omnitool, some Forcicium (macerated Monazit). Finally, you have to have a source of power for the Extractor. In the video I used a potential bug with the MFFS FS -> EU Converter, but you could easily power the extractor with solar panels, generators, etc. as long as you don't run out of power while there is a Wither. You will also need a handful of blank access cards, and I'll talk about the projector upgrades later.

First, set up the MFFS blocks similar to how I have them in the video. The only important positions for the blocks are the Projector being right in front of the turtle, and the Capacitor has to be within 8 blocks of all the other blocks, otherwise you can put the blocks wherever you want (in the video, the capacitor is underneath the turtle). Next, you take 2 blank cards, right-click the capacitor with both, and then right click the extractor and projector with the newly defined cards. This connects all the blocks into a closed FE power system. Then, you take the multitool while you have another blank card in your inventory, set the multitool to the mode with a few horizontal lines as the icon by shift+clicking it, and then right-click with the tool. This will turn the blank card into a security card which should show your name when you mouse-over it. Open the Security station and put your security card in the master slot. Lastly, you take another blank card, right-click the security station, and then right-click the newly generated red/black/yellow card into the projector.

Of course, that is all quite tricky to follow, so do it in creative singleplayer first.

As for the upgrades used in the Projector, all of the names are so confusing, you will literally just have to pause the video on the screen where I open the projector, and take a look at it. The 4 upgrades in a "plus" sign increase the size of the forcefield. This is necessary because if the Wither's head is stuck inside a block, he will fly up until he is free. The two upgrades below those 4 (purple/green) increase the height (4x) and the strength (1x). By strength, I mean it makes the forcefield 1-block thick, by default it is only one paper-thin side of a block. The thickness is important to stop splash damage from the withers attacks hitting things outside the wall. The last upgrade in the bottom slot (with a creeper face) is the NPC-Defence upgrade which periodically does damage to any Non-Player Characters inside the forcefield.


Test it in singleplayer. I promise 99% of people who try to use the MFFS Mod will be as confused as I was. Worst case scenario just pause the video and copy it exactly from how I did it. Don't hesitate to ask more questions I can try to answer, it is better than thinking you know, putting it in a multiplayer server, and killing everyone. =)[DOUBLEPOST=1357942406][/DOUBLEPOST]OH I forgot to mention, you almost definately need 19 Extractor upgrades (the maximum allowed for the slot). This helps the Extractor produce force energy at a much faster rate, but it will also guzzle EU in the process, so you need a decent power supply. The better your power supply, the less time you have to wait in between Withers while the capacitor recharges.

Having the 9 (max) upgrades in the capacitor is a nice bonus in case for some reason your power fails, the capacitor has enough energy to complete an entire wither kill.
 

ATYPICAL

New Member
Jul 29, 2019
43
0
0
Do more mob upgrades do faster kills? and how do i make it loop more then three times
I don't think so, no. How do you make what loop more than 3 times? If you have it so that an FE->EU converter is powering the FE extractor, with 19 upgrades in the extractor, and 9 storage upgrades in the capacitor, it should be able to loop hundreds of times without running out of power.
 

ATYPICAL

New Member
Jul 29, 2019
43
0
0
If you are using the same program, with the same setup, then the code should continue to loop. It is more likely that the problem is occurring outside of the turtle, such as the MFFS blocks running out of power. It is pretty much impossible to know what is breaking the cycle, it could be any number of things going wrong. Does the turtle run out of fuel? Do you have enough forcicium queued for the FE extractor? Upgrades? Uh....
 

Racer193

New Member
Jul 29, 2019
26
0
0
im running it in creative with a infinate chip and loads of forc[DOUBLEPOST=1358196340][/DOUBLEPOST]is it SfLp?