Magnum Torch

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namiasdf

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Nothing sexual here, but it's actually an item.

How does it work? Does it produce light in the entirety of it's quoted mob-fucking area? I am trying to preserve the natural beauty of the area, but I also want to reduce mob spawns in the general vicinity to a minimum, such that my spawner would be more efficient.

Thus, this item intrigues me, but I don't want to ruin the natural lighting, etc.
 

Padfoote

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It prevents spawns within its area (radius of 32 I think). The torch itself gives off some light, but that's it.
 
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namiasdf

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Excellent. Most dubious. Does there need to be LoS, or is it just a straight 64 block radius. i.e. can I throw one underground and assume that all caves will become mob-fucked?
 

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Who needs a magnum torch when I can have a Well of Suffering floating in the sky? :p


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McJty

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The magnum torch prevents mob spawning in a sphere with a radius of 64 horizontally and 16 vertically (so horizontal diameter 128 and vertical diameter 32).
 

rhn

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This is an ellipse, not a sphere :p
More specific a Spheroid due to two of the diameters being equal :p

Also bear in mind that in earlier versions(1.5.2 versions I think) the radius was only 32 blocks and also worked through all Y-levels I think. Was some confusion about the actual radius for a while.
 
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KurShedir

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Mobs can still spawn on cursed earth or from vanilla spawners and MFR autospawners, if you're interested in these mechanics.
 

belgabor

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Are you guys sure about the 16 blocks vertical? It's not easy to tell, but my gut feeling tells me there'd be a lot of mob spawns in my base if that was true.
 

rhn

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Are you guys sure about the 16 blocks vertical? It's not easy to tell, but my gut feeling tells me there'd be a lot of mob spawns in my base if that was true.
That is what has been reported by the author if I recall. But not sure myself it it might not be 32 from experience.