Does chunk (0,0) have an increased spawn rate as claimed in this old post?
The above given link looks old. But the section: 4 given in it looks interesting.
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The chunk traversal order is unique for every chunk the player is in, but there is one exception. If the chunk (0,0) (blocks 0,0 to 15,15) is one of the 81 chunks visited, it will always be the first evaluated. This can be exploited. Regardless of the terrain, there is a 100% chance the algorithm will not bail out before getting to this chunk. This means that chunk (0,0) has the highest chance of spawning mobs than any of the other 8 chunks. It's as high as CleanRoom.
To illustrate this, I built a 19x19x64 tower over chunk (0,0) with 16 spawning floors. After a couple of minutes there were about 150 mobs in the tower, and there probably would have been more if the cap hadn't been reached. (glass was hacked in with NBTForge for your viewing convenience. Original walls were rock.)
This technique should work on any map, and if I'm not mistaken, SMP, too (as of yet unverified).
I don't know if this exists for minecraft 1.9, this is fixed, or maybe it is not vanilla.
Is it true for minecraft 1.9?
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Do mobs spawn per chunk?
In Java Edition many animals generate upon initial chunk creation. These spawns occur only once per chunk. They are not affected by the /gamerule doMobSpawning command. One in ten newly-generated chunks attempts to generate animal mobs, usually in packs of up to 4 of the same species.Is there a spawn limit in Minecraft?
Natural mob spawns happen within 15 x 15 chunks around the player, or 240 x 240 blocks. Multiple players will have their own spawning area, so mobs will spawn within the distance relative to each player.How many entities can spawn in a chunk?
I grouped some entities together for Chunk limits, First group is Animals with Pigs, Cows, Horse, Rabbits, Sheep and Chicken are limited to 50 animals per chunk. Chunk limits for Nether group includes Blaze, Magma Cube, Zombie Pigman, Wither Skeleton and Ghast is limited to 30 per chunk.Does difficulty affect spawn rate Minecraft?
No, spawn rates are not affected by difficulty.Chunk Loader and Spawn Chunk Explanation + Tutorial | Minecraft 1.19
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