Any Alternative to Soul Shard mod for bone farming?

[TomT]

I have a tier 5 wither skelly spawner and it works great (the coal is a nice bonus), but I have been noticing that it causes me some pretty substantial client lag when it is running and I am in the area. Also, it won't run without having player loaded chunks or unless there is no one on the server.

I need bones though, so for now I am stuck with it. Anyone have any ideas for a nice alternative? I was thinking of one of the vanilla drop spawners built high in the air to avoid local spawn areas. I'd get some other junk as well though in that case. I could find a real skeleton spawner, but the same issues would apply with requiring someone to be local.

Thoughts? What do you do for bones/bonemeal?

 

[Technician]

if you can get your hands on Sulfur, make some Sulfur torches unless you ACTUALLY need bonemeal.

And get a golem to collect it for you.

Sulfur goo works just like bonemeal!

 

[brujon]

Yes, but most machines don't accept Sulfur Goo as a bonemeal replacement. Turtles have absolutely no problem with it, though. I don't think Deployers have any problem as well.

 

[Lambert2191]

yeah, find a skeleton spawner in a jungle and farm the everloving fuck out of it.

 

[Technician]

Or you can turn your skele farm off. or leave it running while AFKing then you'll HAVE BONES FOR DAYS

 

[Saice]

Mine Factory Reloaded has Mob essnese that you can then turn into any mob you need (skeletons) and then murder as you see fit.

Basicly you get a safra net get one skeleton to use as a patern. Then use the mob grinder to turn all your unwanted cows into essense and then the spawner to turn that into skeletons.

Not really the most effecnt way but its anther option and would be a cool build.

Other wise the sulfer thing is a good way to go.

 

[Technician]

Mine Factory Reloaded has Mob essnese that you can then turn into any mob you need (skeletons) and then murder as you see fit.

Basicly you get a safra net get one skeleton to use as a patern. Then use the mob grinder to turn all your unwanted cows into essense and then the spawner to turn that into skeletons.

Not really the most effecnt way but its anther option and would be a cool build.

Other wise the sulfer thing is a good way to go.

GOLEMS ARE SO CUTE
OF COURSE IT"S THE BEST WAY TO GO

 

[Affex]

Afk at your tier 5 spawner. That will get you a lot of bones

 

[southernfriedbb]

Mine Factory Reloaded has Mob essnese that you can then turn into any mob you need (skeletons) and then murder as you see fit.

Basicly you get a safra net get one skeleton to use as a patern. Then use the mob grinder to turn all your unwanted cows into essense and then the spawner to turn that into skeletons.

Not really the most effecnt way but its anther option and would be a cool build.

Other wise the sulfer thing is a good way to go.

My old setup uses a cow breeder to generate mob essence for an auto spawner, unless you use multiple farms, or have the gold for the growth syringes, it will be slow but it will work. I've added to T5 (zombie/skele) shards to augment the generation of mob essence as needed (I've just added a auto-enchanter and I'm not sure how much essence it uses.)

 

[TomT]

What about a sulfur goo farm? With transposers in the floor? Perhaps stacked 9x9s three or four layers? If a deployer will use sulfur good, it will work for what I need.

 

[IMarvinTPA]

It isn't that nobody is on the server, somebody has to be within 127m of the spawner (or the mobs despawn like they normally do at 128+ from nearest player) OR the dimension has to be empty of all players. If you have mystcraft, make a dimension and put your mob traps there and never visit it. If not, put your traps in the End when you are done with doing stuff there.

IMarv

 

[DoctorOr]

OR the dimension has to be empty of all players.

Reeeeaaaallllly.... I did not know that.

 

[TomT]

It isn't that nobody is on the server, somebody has to be within 127m of the spawner (or the mobs despawn like they normally do at 128+ from nearest player) OR the dimension has to be empty of all players. If you have mystcraft, make a dimension and put your mob traps there and never visit it. If not, put your traps in the End when you are done with doing stuff there.

IMarv

Hmm..you have to load the age though right? With a chunk loader or something?

 

[IMarvinTPA]

Hmm..you have to load the age though right? With a chunk loader or something?

Yeah, a chunk loader, or if you fit it into one chunk a portal gun portal. They are spot chunk loaders too.

IMarv

 

[KirinDave]

All these mods when a dark room with conveyors (MFR or water) will do.