ianxofour – Minecraft Elegance: Instant Wither Skeleton Farm, No Spawn-proofing 135 skulls/hr (Java 1.16-1.20)

Hi this is ian x04 and today we’re going to build  an extremely simple yet powerful weather skeleton   farm that requires no spawn proofing no wither  roses and no piglens and yet this farm cranks out   about 135 skulls per hour and that means that you  get an equivalent of one beacon every 80 seconds  

Of using this farm not only that the build itself  is very simple taking as little as 25 minutes to   complete using a modest set of materials all  you need is what’s shown on screen in addition  

To a nether fortress inside a solstan valley or  a warped forest the nether bricks that you see on   the material list can just be harvested straight  from the fortress itself so this isn’t even   something that you have to gather beforehand for  example this one nether brick column has enough  

Blocks for the entire build the special mobs that  you’ll find inside another fortress include blazes   zombie piglens magma cubes the occasional skeleton  and of course wither skeletons all these mobs   normally spawn within the fortress structure  itself but you can create artificial conditions  

Outside of the fortress structure where these mobs  can spawn as well you just need to place nether   bricks within the bounding box of the nether  fortress and all the fortress mobs including   weather skeletons can potentially spawn on top  of them the bounding box of a fortress is just  

The smallest box that holds the entire fortress  structure and since fortresses commonly have these   long hallways extending out to its fringes the  bounding box for the fortress is typically huge   much bigger than the fortress itself which gives  you a lot of flexibility in where the farm can  

Be built right now i’m using a mod to show you  the bounding box for this particular fortress   just so that you can see an example of what  a bounding box for a fortress can look like   putting the spawning platform of your farm  near the top of the bounding box lets you  

Set up an afk spot high above it so that  no part of the actual fortress structure is   within 128 blocks of the player which completely  eliminates the need to spawn proof the fortress   you’ve probably noticed that soul sand valleys  and warped forests are naturally desolate biomes  

In the nether the game uses a special mechanic  to limit the number of spawns that occur here   and as a result so few mobs appear that you don’t  really need to spawn proof these areas at all   as long as the farm is at least 100  blocks away from any other biome  

The farm has a spawning platform of nether bricks  leading blazes zombie piglens magma cubes ordinary   skeletons and wither skeletons to potentially  spawn here we use a regular spacing of wall   posts to prevent mapping cubes from spawning since  they require a 3×3 open space in order to spawn  

Even the small magma cubes don’t  have enough room to spawn here   turtle eggs in the corners of the platform lure  the zombie piglens beyond 128 blocks of distance   from the player which makes them despawn the  iron golem attracts the attention of all types  

Of skeletons so we use repeaters to screen the  eyes of the iron golem in the middle this means   that the occasional ordinary skeleton that spawns  here is too short to see the iron golem so it   doesn’t shoot the arrows that might accidentally  miss and start a firefight with blazes instead  

Wither skeletons on the other hand are just  tall enough to see the iron golem over the   repeaters so they’re lured to the portal next to  the golem this portal takes the wither skeletons   to a bridge in the overworld that’s built high  in the sky and has a nether portal on each side  

One portal is slightly lower than the other so  this is the one that the wither skeletons arrive   in when coming from the spawning area since  it’s closer in altitude after being teleported   mobs require 15 seconds of cooldown before they  can go through another portal again so we use  

The constant stream of new weather skeletons to  slowly shove the crowd towards the higher portal   this higher portal feeds the wither skeletons into  a killing chamber right by the player who stands   directly over the spawning area so that it’s just  within the 128 block spawning sphere around the  

Player alright now let’s talk about finding a good  build site you’ll need a fortress in a soul sand   valley or warped forest and your farm will need to  be at least 100 blocks away from any other biome  

If you know your seed you can use chunk base or  other utility to find a fortress in the middle of   one of these biomes if you don’t know your seed  you’ll have to go exploring you can look for a  

Soul sand valley or warped forest by flying around  with elytra or you can travel by horse or elytra   on the nether roof as a quick and safe way to  scout for new soul sand valleys in warped forests  

Soul sand valleys are particularly easy to spot  from the nether roof because the sky turns dark   teal in color when you enter one the name of  the biome also shows up on the f3 debug screen  

To get a horse from the overworld to the nether  roof build a portal in the overworld and record   its x and z coordinates before going through  once in the nether break the portal that you  

Just came through and work your way up until your  feet are at y 121 and then dig a short tunnel to   explore overhead for a bedrock block at y-126  or y-127 the debug screen has the targeted block  

Information on the right side of the screen so  that you can figure out the y coordinate of the   block that you’re looking at place ladders  running all the way up to the bedrock block   and hold down both the forward and jump keys at  the same time throw an ender pearl straight at  

The ladder as you continue to hold down both  keys and you’ll go through to the other side   of the bedrock while taking a little bit of  damage now take the x and z coordinates that   you recorded earlier divide each by eight round  down and build another portal at this location  

Activate it go through and ride your horse  into the portal and dismount so that the horse   teleports now go through the portal again yourself  and you should find your horse on the nether roof when you find a biome that you want to  explore build and activate a portal and  

Record its coordinates in case that you want  to come back here for example to get your horse   set down tnt next to the portal and then step  in while you’re waiting to teleport like the   tnt don’t worry you’ll finish teleporting before  the explosion once you’re in the overworld throw  

A junk item through the portal that you just  came through you should see it disappear as it   touches the portal this item reloads the portal  in the nether and lets the tnt finish exploding   which deactivates the portal now throw a second  junk item through the portal this one should pass  

Right through which confirms that there isn’t  any active portal in the nether to link to   step into the portal and the game will  have to create a new portal in the nether   this time under the nether roof so that you can  explore this biome for a nether fortress if you  

Don’t find a fortress go back up to the roof again  using an ender pearl and repeat the process taking   care of how you travel so that you don’t backtrack  over areas that you’ve covered previously   i’ll have some advanced tips on searching for a  fortress this way and then video description so  

Be sure to check it out if you want to learn more  once you find a fortress in the right biome you’ll   need to figure out the approximate limits of its  bounding box it’s not that hard just explore the  

Fortress and create a list of coordinates for all  the dead ends of hallways or other structures that   might be at the edges of the fortress also search  for the upper y limit for the bounding box by   exploring the highest structures and their  rooftops and recording the y level of your  

Feet while you’re standing on the highest nether  brick blocks when you’re done making your list   look for the largest and smallest x coordinates  that you recorded and also look for the largest   and smallest z coordinates the spawning platform  for the farm can be located anywhere within these  

Ranges for x and z values now take the largest y  value that you recorded and subtract one from it   this should be the y level of your feet when  you’re standing on the spawning platform  

Once you find the general location that you want  for the farm press f3 and g to bring up the chunk   borders and then find the intersection of four  chunks that are all within the x and z range of  

The bounding box and at least 100 blocks away  from any other biome this intersection will   mark the center of your farm place four chests  around this intersection for your future iron   golem to stand on and then build out a 30 by  30 nether brick platform centered on the chests  

This will be one block shy of filling up the four  chunks in each direction if any terrain is in your   way as you build the platform just carve away  the terrain so that the platform has at least  

Three blocks of air over it which will give the  wither skeletons just enough room to spawn when   you’re done place a wall post one block diagonally  away from the corner of this platform and add a   wall post every three blocks along its edge when  you’re done with one side you should have ten  

Wall posts evenly spaced and symmetric on the  platform repeat this for the other sides of the   platform and then fill in the grid and put turtle  eggs on top of the wall posts in the corners  

Stand on the chest in the middle of the platform  and press f3 to check which way that you’re facing   surround the chests on the north east and west  sides with walls and add 10 solid blocks at eye  

Level leave the south side of this room open  place two iron bars against the north side of   the room and add one more iron bar on the east  side spawn an iron golem and lead or push the  

Golem into the room and then seal it inside by  finishing the fourth side of the room add four   obsidian blocks at eye level on the side that  you just finished and put another layer of walls   surrounding the golem with four slabs over each of  the north east and west sides skipping the corners

Add four stairs and two slabs in front of the  obsidian and surround the golem with 12 repeaters   then add bottom slabs over the  repeaters and fill in the 4×4 roof finish building a six wide portal frame on top of  the obsidian with slabs on top to prevent spawning  

Record your x y and z coordinates near the middle  of the portal this is critical information that   you’ll need later activate the portal but  do not go through it’s very important that   this portal remain unlinked with any portal in  the overworld while you’re building the farm

Now leave the spawning platform and work your  way up to the nether roof just like before and   dig a short tunnel with your feet at y-121 to look  overhead for a bedrock block at y-126 or 127. run  

Ladders up to the bedrock and throw an ender pearl  at the ladder while holding down both forward   and jump keys go to the x and z coordinates that  you recorded for the portal in the spawning area  

Add 125 to the y coordinate and pillar up so that  you can place a glass block with your feet at this   y level press f3 and g to bring up the grid lines  and you should see the intersection of four chunks  

Just a couple blocks to the north this is the  center line for your farm where the golem is   located bridge out on glass blocks and expand  the platform to six by six in size so that it’s   centered with the farm i’ve marked the afk spot  with red stained glass blocks just for reference  

But you don’t need to do this if you don’t want  to go back to the pillar and go up on four glass   blocks bridge out two blocks towards the afk  spot and build a portal frame with slabs on top jump down to make the killing chamber out of glass  

Blocks add two bottom slabs for mobs  to stand on and two trapdoors overhead go back to the pillar and add four ladders to get  back up and add two glass blocks to make a small   platform now bridge out 18 blocks in the other  direction and add another portal with slabs on top  

This one serves as the entrance and  exit for the farm block off the back   side of it so that you don’t accidentally  stumble off and then light the portal go back to the portal for the killing chamber  stand inside the frame and record your x y and  

Z coordinates block off one side of the portal  opening with a door and a wall post and then   activate the portal to go through once you’re in  the overworld destroy the portal that you just   came through now multiply the x and z coordinates  that you recorded by eight and pillar up at this  

Location until your feet are at just one level  lower than the y-coordinate for the portal at   the killing chamber press f3 to orange yourself  and bridge out on ten solid blocks to the south  

And then add an obsidian block at the end build  a frame for a nether portal so that the portal is   three blocks wide on the inside instead  of the usual two you don’t want mobs that  

Teleport here to fall off so block off the far  side of the portal opening with a solid block   a wall and a solid block widen the bridge  to three blocks and add rails at eye level  

Place an obsidian block on top of the pillar and  then build another portal frame that lines up with   the first one on the other side except for that  this one is just one level higher in altitude  

Place three slabs next to the portal opening so  that mobs will automatically go up a block when   shoved towards the portal ignite the portal and  go back to the lower portal and place a line of  

Three cobwebs as shown light the lower portal and  then use it to get back to the killing chamber the farm won’t start working until you drop  down to the afk spot because the spawning   platform is too far away once you get into  position to activate the farm it’ll take a  

Couple of minutes for the overworld bridge to  fill up and then you’ll start to see wither   skeletons in the killing chamber the ideal  weapon for killing mobs is a sword enchanted   with sweeping edge and looting 3 but any weapon  will technically work looting 3 more than doubles  

The drop break for the skulls and sweeping  edge kills all of the mobs much more quickly   just remember to attack about once per second  so that the sweep attack has a chance to charge   once you have a few skulls you can use them in  your inventory to filter the drops from the farm  

Place a skull in a few of your inventory slots  and fill in every other available slot in your   inventory with something else that you might want  to pick up from the farm like coal or bones or   the occasional blaze rod anything that you don’t  pick up in inventory like stone swords will just  

Despawn in five minutes for long afk runs you  can use an auto clicker or macro to attack about   once per second and aim your mouse to the left or  right so that you aren’t attacking the empty space   that can form between skeletons in the killing  chamber if possible also set your auto clicker  

Or macro to hold down the right mouse button and  put food in your offhand so that you don’t starve   this farm should have no issue working in single  player mode or if you’re the only player on a  

Server but if there are other players on the  server you’ll need to either make sure that   none of them are in the overworld or you can have  an alt account or friend wait in a safe location   by the bridge with a block overhead to prevent  phantoms this player’s presence simply ensures  

That the wither skeletons don’t have a chance to  despawn as they cross the bridge just make sure   that the player in the nether stays on the upper  platform near the door while this player gets into   position so that a horde of wither skeletons don’t  attack him on the overworld bridge and when you’re  

Done with the farm maybe split the skulls that  you get with your friend as a way to say thanks   earlier in the video i mentioned that i’ll have  some advanced tips for finding nether fortresses   in the video description so go ahead and  check it out to learn more about this  

And also to find some additional tips frequently  asked questions and corrections that i might   need to make i hope that you’ve enjoyed this  video and i hope that it gets you more beacons   mob switches weather roses and coal than  you’ll ever really need thanks for watching um um oh oh so