Why do mobs die in mined quarry?
I'm asking this just out of curiosity. After installing QuarryPlus on my Minecraft 1.6.4 I have noticed that all mobs which were in mining area (quarry was place in the Nether - there were tons of mobs!!!) before the end of mining just died and I have found a LOT of experience orbs there. Why? What has killed them?
Best Answer
The mobs despawned. Hostile mobs will despawn immediately if there is no player within 128 blocks, and have a 1/800 chance of despawning if there is no player within 32 blocks for more than 30 seconds. Mobs don't spawn on bedrock either, so it is perfectly normal for a quarry hole to have no mobs in it later.
As for the explanation as to where the experience orbs came from, Nether Quartz drops experience when mined. QuarryPlus drops experience when mining, and the experience doesn't despawn, since item entities follow different despawn rules.
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