Do Iron Golems not spawn above a certain height?
I've recently finished building an iron golem farm at the top of my mob spawner tower. The first floor of the farm is at y=242. I'm using Docm77's basic iron farm design, but I haven't gotten any drops yet, after playing nearby for at least an hour.
Is there a height limit at which Golems will spawn? Are they despawning before they get killed? (I'm playing between y=64 and y=100, mostly [I didn't think Iron Golems despawned though])
Any ideas?
Edit: this farm works fine at lower levels. I had one in this very world in this very area, but I moved it because I didn't like where it was. The only difference is that it's so high. I've built one at the same exact height in my creative world, and there are no spawns from that either, after AFK-ing for about an hour.
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Ok, I figured it out... I guess I didn't provide enough detail to answer the question.
I had lowered the ceiling of the farm to 3 blocks, because Iron Golems are 2.9 blocks high. However, I found a detailed post about villages and iron golems on the forums and the guy said they require 4 blocks to spawn. They also only spawn in 6 blocks of vertical space, as well, so the placement of my doors and villagers meant that the top spawning pad was out of range (too high).
So to fix it, I had to raise the ceiling of the farm, as well as the doors and villagers, one block up, so that there is 4 vertical blocks of space on the first pad, and the second pad is within the right range of the "village" center.
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Is there a height limit for iron golems to spawn?
Iron golems can spawn in a 16\xd712\xd716 volume around the village center point; that is, a spawning platform should extend 8 blocks in all horizontal directions from northwest bottom corner of the POI block, and can be in a vertical range from 5 blocks above the top to 6 blocks below the bottom of the POI block.How high should an iron golem farm be?
Building the drop might require digging holes, or building shafts, depending on where you've built your farm, but 20 blocks or so is a good height to aim for. Iron Golems are completely immune to fall damage, so we'll have to use other methods to finish them off.Where can iron golems not spawn?
Any non-air block (including blocks such as snow layers, grass, and water) present in any of the empty spaces prevent the golem from spawning.Why are iron golems not spawning?
Short answer: Iron golems attempt to spawn at the "village center", but due to the current setup there isn't room for the golem at this point. A village center is the northwest bottom corner of a point-of-interest (POI) block, which can be a bed pillow, bell, or workstation.WHY IRON GOLEM NOT SPAWN ✅
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I don't think that height is the issue. After some research, I found the Iron Golem page on the Minecraft Wiki, in which it says:
Golems will spawn in a 16×16×6 area, centered between the 21 or more valid doors in a village if it has at least 10 villagers. The chance of spawning is 1 in 7000 per game tick, which averages around one every six minutes.
This means that your Iron Golem farm needs to have at least 21 doors and 10 villagers in close vicinity before they will spawn (plus a bit of patience).
EDIT: With 24 doors, and 12 villagers, I managed to spawn an Iron Golem. I suggest that you double check that there is a spawning platform of exactly 16x16x6, and that the doors are placed from inside the spawning area (having them open outwards). It is also worth blocking the back of the doors so villagers can't travel through.
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