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Passive Defenses

Passive defenses prevent hostile mobs from entering the protected area without any input or sensory devices. The most common example is walls - they do not have to sense a mob coming or sense its position to prevent it from entering a walled off area. The following sections discuss various types of passive defenses, their construction, maintenance, and applicability.

Passive defenses generally fall into one or more categories, sorted by their impact on an aggressive force.

• Delayers slow down the progress of an enemy inwards. A ring of torches is a delayer because it increases the distance mobs must spawn from the structure (and player), thus increasing the time it takes for them to reach the next layer of defense. Soul sand and slime blocks are also delayers because it reduces the movement speed of anything moving on it, including mobs.
• Obstacles are structures that mobs cannot move past without somehow overcoming them. The quintessential obstacle is a wall; a zombie cannot move past a wall without somehow creating a breach or slipping in through an unclosed door.
• Damagers cause harm to an enemy, in addition to just stopping or slowing them down. They might also do neither, letting the mob through without a reduction in speed, but hitting them for damage as they pass. Currently, damagers either inflict direct hit point damage on a mob, or set them on fire. If additional status effects are added (for instance, if the player can create a block which poisons anything that moves over it), these would also fall into this category. A damaging delayer could be a moat of lava; while a damaging obstacle could be a wall of cacti.

It is important to note that each mob type will treat each defense differently; for instance, a ring of burning netherrack is a damager to most mobs, but does nothing against zombie pigmen. Likewise, a wall is an obstacle to a creeper, but is a delayer to a spider (and not a very effective one at that).

Walls

Walls are simple vertical barriers and are the most common means of stopping mobs from entering an area. They can be constructed of just about any material, with varying advantages and disadvantages.

These are simple to make, just make sure to:

• Make them at least 3 blocks high
• Add an extension around the outside to defend against spiders.
  (consider making it out of glass to burn skeletons).
• Torches should be added to the top or sides of the wall, unless low visibility is desired (for instance, to reduce the chance of other players noticing a camouflaged wall on an SMP server).
• Ditches or moats can be added on the inside or outside of the wall as an extra barrier. Cactus can also damage mobs, so placing it is an effective defense

Materials

Cobblestone Cobblestone Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Smelted: 0.1 Drops Itself Data value dec: 4 hex: 4 bin: 100 Name cobblestone Cobblestone is a common block, obtained from and dirt Dirt Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 03 hex: 3 bin: 11 Name dirt See Dirt. For the similar block, see are the most common materials for making walls, due to their abundance and ease of obtaining. Walls made in desert biomes may also be made of sand or sandstone.

While dirt does not resist explosions well, for most purposes it is suitable. Both dirt and sand walls are frequently used to surround "first night" shelters.

Cobblestone, and the more aesthetically pleasing smooth stone, are the preferred materials for established miners. They have respectable blast resistance, while being plentiful.

Sandstone is only marginally better than sand, and should be avoided except for aesthetic reasons.

Glass, ice, fences, fence gates, glass panes, and iron bars are useful as they can be seen through, revealing threats on the other side without exposure. These blocks can also be used to view Endermen Enderman Health points 40 ( × 20) Attack strength Easy: 4 () Normal: 7 () Hard: 10 () Size Height: 2.9 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn In the Overworld, the Nether or the End in without attracting their aggression. Be that as it may, these blocks are vulnerable to damage by creeper Creeper Health points 20 () Attack strength Varies by proximity and difficulty. Maximum damage: Normal: 49 ( × 24.5) Charged: 97 ( × 48.5) Size Height: 1.7 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Light level of explosions.

The ultimate in wall construction without cheats or ops privileges is obsidian. When constructing, it is faster to position buckets of lava and cool them with water than it is to cool a pool of lava and mine it.

Although walls are not necessary in creative, an indestructible wall would be made mostly or entirely out of obsidian and/or bedrock. Barriers Barrier Transparency Partial (lets light pass through) Luminance No Blast resistance 18,000,003 Tool None Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Nothing Data value dec: 166 hex: A6 bin: 10100110 Name barrier See the are useful when commands are allowed.

If the player spawns near a desert, it is quite easy to make a wall of cacti, provided the rules for cactus placement are followed. One cactus block will be required on each sand block, which will then grow to be 3 blocks tall, and damaging to mobs which run into it.

Special Notes: Fences can be used to make walls that act higher than they really are, since a fence block is treated as 1.5 blocks high if something is trying to jump over it.

Spiders (both the normal and the cave varieties) effectively ignore walls, since they can move vertically. Be that as it may, the addition of protrusions and overhangs on the wall will prevent the spiders from climbing further. A fence as the center block of a wall also prevents spiders while providing no shade for skeletons. Make this high enough for the fall to deal damage on the spider, unless if low on resources.

Liquid Walls

Liquid walls are walls which are coated on the outside with a layer of water or lava. While they can allow mobs to enter the liquid and float over the top, they can be used as a damage dealer by drowning/burning them. They can also prevent creepers and ghasts outside the walls from breaking the wall, and water also prevents Endermen from taking blocks out of the wall, too. While liquid walls are much harder to break than regular walls, though, it is still recommended to build an overhang structure to prevent climbing mobs.

Walls on demand

If you like large cobble walls, then this is for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikzeLK0iBsE

Or, this has a different way of building one:

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Shelter#defense

Cheap mob proof doorway

Here is a cheap mob proof door that doubles as a mob trap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvukjMlXxxQ

Careful. This will kill any pets that are sitting too.

Moats and Ditches

These obstacles, like walls, present a vertical barrier to incoming (and outgoing) mobs and players. The difference between a moat and a ditch is that a moat usually has some kind of liquid in the bottom; so far, only water and lava are available.

Dry ditches, like walls, should be at least three blocks tall on the inside edge, with an overhang or protrusions to prevent spiders from climbing them. Ditches should be at least three blocks wide at their narrowest point in order to prevent spiders from jumping over them. It is recommended that players leave a means of escaping the ditch to the outside (not the inside, which would defeat the purpose of a ditch), in the eventuality that they are knocked into it by injuries, explosions or simple mistakes.

Moats are constructed identically to ditches and are filled with water or lava, depending on whether harming the mobs or obtaining their drops is required. A water-filled moat, if constructed correctly, can be built into a drowning tank to kill mobs. The down side to this is that a player needs to be nearby to lure mobs into the water, and the AI for mobs makes it hard to do this. On an other note water-filled moats will still slow mobs down allowing them to be easily picked off with a bow and some arrows, after which the player can swim out and pick them up, or have water currents deliver them to a pick-up point.

Moats can also be made so that water currents push mobs away; while this makes the moat ill-suited for drop collection, any mob which lands in it will be directed away from the wall, since mobs do not resist water currents unless they are trying to attack the player.

A lava-filled moat, on the other hand, will kill any mobs in short order by itself, but also destroy any drops. Lava-moats have the additional benefit of producing light, stopping mobs from spawning nearby without torches. Be that as it may, it can be laborious to collect large quantities of lava, which requires at minimum buckets and the discovery of a sizable source of lava. Structures over a lava moat (bridges, overhanging walls, etc.) should have fences or a raised edge to stop players from falling or being knocked in. Lava should not be used where there are flammable blocks nearby, especially trees, plank blocks, or wool (among others).

Cobweb ditches are more compact than regular ones. They are one block deep and one block wide ditches filled with cobwebs. Mobs get stuck in the cobwebs, immobilizing them to be killed. They can be easily jumped over. This ditch is useful for making a border for your safe area, the outside of which does not need lit up. Cobwebs are found in Abandoned mine shafts and Strongholds.

Fire

Walls and ditches of all types can be enhanced with burning Netherrack. The base and/or top of walls can be lined with the burning block. Mobs running into the wall stand in the flames, while those that make it over the wall must pass through flames on the way.

A ditch is easily enhanced in the same way, with the row of fire placed either before the ditch, so that burning mobs fall into the ditch and cannot escape (leaving drops to be collected later), or in the base of the ditch itself, where drops may be destroyed by the fire.

Take note that by itself, burning netherrack is not an effective barrier, as mobs with lots of health can run through the flames and attack the player before burning to death. Combining cacti with netherrack is rather effective.

Cactus

Creating a ditch filled with cacti at the bottom can be deadly as the cacti will deal damage and the rugged terrain will severely hinder any mobs that attempt to cross the ditch. A well-crafted cactus ditch can also double as a cactus farm or a cactus wall when the cacti grow.

Miscellaneous

Try making a field system in where blocks of TNT pop-up to deal area damage to only mobs.

Mob Navigation Trick

Instead of a door, a useful trick is to make a 3 block high entrance, then cover the top and the bottom with any sort of slab. The mob`s navigation system tells them that they cannot go through the opening. Beware though, as skeletons can still shoot you and creepers can still explode. Planting vines in front of the entrance will cut their vision.

Light

Light, in the form of evenly dispersed source blocks, should not be underestimated. Even without any physical defensive measures, a wide ring of torches prevents most hostile mobs from spawning. Additionally, if the area is large enough, their random wanderings will not bring them within attack range of the player.

Torches are by far the most commonly used light source for this purpose. Moats of lava, glowstone and jack-o-lanterns can also be used, though the scarcity of glowstone in SSP is a limiting factor, while pumpkins (which,while hard to find initially, can be farmed) are required to make jack-o-lanterns. Lava is sometimes problematic to use because it ignites flammable material within four blocks.

Soul sand

A ring of soul sand can be a highly effective delaying mechanism, useful for keeping mobs within range of an active defense or just away from a structure. A strip three blocks wide is the minimum for an effective delayer.

Soul sand also makes an excellent bottom for a ditch.

Waterfall

A water gateway

Waterfalls are an effective way to protect your doorway as a last line of defense. By using an over hang, a player can run a waterfall down and over the entrance to their home. A one block deep ditch as wide as the waterfall will prevent the water from flowing in unwanted directions. If a creeper, skeleton, or zombie walks into the waterfall, they will be pushed down into the ditch, effectively stopping them. Though the ditch can be made deeper, it is inadvisable since the player may accidentally fall into the ditch themselves. The downward pressure of the waterfall will cause the player to swim upwards much more slowly than usual, so one block deep is recommended. To enter their home, a player must jump into the waterfall and keep moving forward. This will deposit the player safely on the other side of the waterfall.

Combination Defenses

Like historical defensive formations, the most secure perimeters are based around multiple concentric systems used in synergistic combination. A classic example is a moat surrounding a walled compound - creatures which might reach and breach the wall (e.g., Endermen) are delayed or killed before they can reach the wall by the moat (water or lava). Any and all of the aforementioned passive defensive measures can be used to make an area secure; the only limit is the amount of time the player is willing to put into it at the expense of other goals and the amount of space and time available.

Shelter Defenses

Every shelter needs good defenses, and here are some tips to avoid trouble.

Explosive resistant houses

Explosive resistant houses are fairly easy to build, and aren`t extremely expensive. Use the Materials section above to assist you in choosing explosive resistant materials.

Tips

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Try making multiple panic rooms/bunkers, preferably for different situations(i.e. creeper in front of your house, skeleton stalking you etc.). Another good idea is to make an emergency exit- this is a deep hole with water at the bottom and some supplies, only use this in an emergency.

Another, kind of hard, idea is make a way to get behind, under, or above a hostile mob "Monster" redirects here. For the mob called "monster" in the code, see Human. Mobs are living, moving game entities. The term "mob" is short for "mobile". 1] Contents 1 Spawning 2 Behavior 3 List of around your house. This could include a tunnel, a water slide or roller coaster.

Try putting a dispenser Dispenser Type Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 17.5 Hardness 3.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See history Drops Dispenser (1) plus contents Block entity filled with arrows in front of your door(s). Creeper in front of your house? No problem! Hit a button! You could also use sticky pistons and blocks to block the entrance. Be that as it may, this requires you to stay inside or make a second exit.

Security

It can come in handy if you have some security systems up. Here are some ideas:

⃢₀⋘ Alarm, to make an alarm you will need:

• At least 1 pressure plate Pressure Plate Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tools Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Wooden: No, but catches fire from lava Others: No Drops Itself Data values See Data values Name See Data
• Lots of redstone Redstone Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Availability Survival Drops Redstone (1) Data values See Data values Name See Data values This article is (Depends on how far away you want the alarm)
• At least 1 note block Note Block Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 4 Hardness 0.8 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No, but catches fire from lava First appearances See History

Place pressure plate(s) around an area you would like to protect, or your entrance(s) try to keep them separated as much as possible (optional). Then attach the note block(s) to the pressure plate(s) with redstone wire. From now on, whenever a mob or a player walks on a pressure plate(s) the note blocks will generate a sound notifying you. If you mine a lot, put a note block(s) in your mine or along a rail road.

⃢₀⋘ A self-destruct system might be useful, to prevent others in SMP from stealing your belongings. For this to work, the TNT has to be concealed in a wall, and there should be redstone (that is concealed) attached to a button to activate the TNT. It is also recommended that you have a blast-proof room where you store/hide in before you activate the self-destruct. The button should also be in this room.

⃢₀⋘ If you have a lot of iron ingots and pumpkins, then you can make the perfect defense. Iron Golems have 50 hearts and can kill most mobs in 1-2 hits. Make sure to keep them near your house though; as they may wander away. To prevent this, put the iron golems inside of a trench surrounding your house. The trench should be 2 wide and at least 4 deep, otherwise the golems will fling mobs back out of the trench. An alternative is to leash them to a fence using Leads.

You could try dispensers to defend your home entrance but you would need lots of arrows. Another idea is to push the mob or player in a moat to it a pressure plate, activating a dispenser. It works better with multiple dispensers, all with redstone repeater.

We can also use fire works as flares.These can be used when you have a large perimeter wall and a few of your friends as sentries. The sentries can raise the alarm by firing the fireworks. ℑ₟₎₆ You can also attach the fireworks to redstone circuits.

Overall

If you have a bow and arrows, a good way to kill mobs (and perhaps players) that get within range is murder holes. Often incorrectly described as "holes in the ground", the actual term is a hole in a ceiling or gateway in which defenders can fire at enemies. To make one, extend an overhang over your walls to 5-6 blocks outward. Be sure to add battlements. After, dig a 1-block hole in the floor every little bit, so no bit of ground is uncovered. Trapdoors are optional. Make sure to build it off the ground so Creepers cannot blow up while you are looking through a murder hole. This also adds to the overall safety, as you do not have to lean over the walls and subject yourself to Skeleton arrow fire when you`re sniping a zombie.

A bridge using water will keep mobs out. If you make a pit with signs and then water on top of it, you can hold space to swim over it, where as mobs will fall.

Creepers

Creepers have an explosion nearly as powerful as TNT, so they can easily blow through a wall made of stone, and that opens the door for other uninvited mobs to enter your protected area. The only true WALL that will protect against creepers is a wall made of bedrock or obsidian, the former can only be used on a multiplayer server with item spawning enabled, with a mod, or via creative mode. Also try filling the wall with water to dissuade endermen. A self-repairing wall can also be created when you place lava and air alternating and also place waters diagonal to the lava. Note that you have to have the lava as source blocks. If you would like to see tutorials on how to make cobblestone generators, search it on @@@#@@@YouTube(youtube.com)###@### or another site.

Zombies and Zombie Pigmen

Zombies and Zombie Pigmen are difficult creatures to face when in a claustrophobic area such as a cave. They can only attack when they are near you which gives you an advantage and a disadvantage, Advantage is that you can take them from a distance and be safe, Disadvantage is when there are multiple of either one and they surround you. This leaves you unable to escape. If building a defensive structure to prioritize against Zombies, you should try and stay away from them, but in the case that you cannot make sure you have an open area both inside and outside of your defensive structure such as a courtyard so that you have alternatives of escape. The best defense from Zombie Pigmen is not to attack them. This is because unless provoked they will leave you alone(note this only works on Pigmen).

If you have a supply of villagers, you can make an automatic zombie killing machine. There are many ways to do this but the cheapest and most compact is a 1x1, 3 deep pit. Put the villager in the pit, cover it with netherrack and ignite the netherrack. Zombies will walk towards the villager and get set onfire. They won`t be bothering you.

Skeletons

Since Skeletons attack from a distance, the best defense is a good offense.You may need to try and outrange them with a dispenser trap or simply just bow and arrow to kill from a distance.

Spiders

An easy way to defend against Spiders is a 1*2 tunnel. Spiders cannot pass through it but players (and other 1*2 mobs) can. A clever way to fight them is to dig a one wide two deep ditch. You can simply destroy the underbelly of the spider. Spiders also can climb walls but an outcropping prevents them from getting over since they can`t wallclimb on ceilings

Spider Jockeys

Create a 1 (Or more) block wide hole in your wall and shoot the spider (Or attack with your sword) and when the spider gets killed shoot the skeleton.You can also try an arrow dispenser trap for payback.

Slimes

You may defend against slimes by simply creating a long 1 block wide, 2 block tall corridor as an entrance to a walled of area using: for the sides, dispensers full of arrows on bottom row, and any block that is solid on the top row for the floor, simply cover it in pressure plates. The said slime will travel through the corridor, and every time it lands on a pressure plate, it will be struck by two arrows, and if/when it splits, the process will simply repeat itself. To collect the spoils, simply remove the pressure plates, stroll on through (reloading as you go if needed) and then when you are done, simply replace the pressure plates on the way out. to help prevent mobs entering while you do this, it may be useful to place a door at the entrance/exit in the wall so you may close it when you are in the corridor and open it to begin the executions. This also works for most other mobs that will fit through the corridor.

Ghasts

There is no particularly expensive way to defend against ghasts. Glass or cobblestone (which Ghasts cannot damage.) will do just fine, but you could use an expensive material like iron blocks, or obsidian. Be that as it may, while glass panes protect you from being noticed and fired on by Ghasts, they are shattered in the event a stray fireball explodes near the panes. Glass blocks do not shatter even when hit directly. To fully Ghast proof a Nether fort use only glass blocks, iron bars, or nether fences for windows.

Be that as it may, Ghasts are easy to kill if you can hit them or reflect their fireball at them. Two well-charged arrows or hits with an iron sword will take one down.

Players

When in multiplayer, with nothing to help you in combat with other players, it is best to have a /home point. Some servers also make it so that you can toggle PvP on and off inside your house/land, so it would be a good idea to have PvP off in your house. In order to set your home, type /sethome. If you`re ever caught outside with a player in diamond armor, wielding a diamond sword, charging at you... you can just type /home and get out of there (Preferably before he hits you, since some servers have a plugin to prevent escapes from the /home command)! Of course, if you are also wearing diamond armor and also have a diamond sword, you could choose to try and hold off said player. Blocking also helps in these situations.

Basic Redstone Defense - Drawbridge

Very effective entrance mechanism for a SMP base. Works better if within faction land so it can`t be destroyed.

8:8:8 = 8 blocks high, wide and long

Create a 8:8:8 pit next to your walls, then fill the bottom layer with lava.

Build a 4 wide, 8 long bridge over the pit, with one high blocks at each side.

Remove the floor of the bridge and place trapdoors instead, attached to the side barriers.

Place redstone all the way along the top of the barriers.

Place blocks one level above the redstone so players can not jump onto the sides.

Link the two lines of redstone at a lever.

Pull the lever to open the drawbridge, not letting anything in; or close it so you and your faction can get out.

Spiders can`t jump the bridge, players will fall in the lava, and zombies and other mobs can not cross it, unless it is left closed, so it pretty much keeps everything out, as long as it is built on faction land.

Another effective trap against enemy players is the "KILL" land mine. It is an upwards-facing dispenser, filled with Splash Potion of Harming VII, surrounded by pressure plates. This is most effective if there is a ceiling above, so that the player can`t run/walk out of range as easily. Be that as it may, Splash Potion of Harming VII cannot be obtained without item spawning (in SMP) or mods.

One of the most cost-effective ways of base protection, especially against players is camouflaging. Build your base under the ground or high up in the sky. Another related idea is to build a distraction base.

Advanced defence mechanisms - fake base Step 1: build a hidden base, preferably underground sealed off with sticky pistons. This is the real base, store all your valuables here and make all the important rooms (crafting rooms, storages, etc.) inside this base Step 2: Find a flat piece of land around 20-100 blocks away from the your real base`s entrance (If no flat area is available, find whatever comes closest and flatten that out) Step 3: Build a base (a castle-like structure or a village-like one) in this area. If possible, make a very defensive-looking base, for defending yourself and to keep those nosy enemies out of your actual base.

Though it is best on faction servers, TnT/arrow/potion cannons are very fun to use and can do a lot of damage. Keep in mind that it will damage terrain, and that an incorrectly-built TnT cannon blowing up next to your house would probably ruin your day. Besides that, there are dozens of different cannons to be made. Plus, with slime blocks, you can make them cheaper than ever.

Optional features: - A secret tunnel from the fortress/fake base to your real base, sealed off with a piston hatch/door at the entrance to the fortress, only operated from the inside (the side of the real base) - Moats, traps and/or sniping towers around. For towers, make sure they are only accessible from your own base(s) - A fortress-destruct button at the real base (in case it gets overrun by enemies and you have fled into your real base)to get rid yourself of the foes

Lastly, if your real base is found as well, you do not want to be lost completely. that is why you should always have both a regular storage room as well as a secret one. The regular one you put stuff like iron armor/swords, food, bows and arrows, and building blocks. Possibly some diamond stuff to stop the attackers from getting suspicious. Then, also build a secret room, with sticky pistons and only open/closable from the inside of it, where you put your really valuable stuff (diamond armor, enchantment table, potions, anvil, diamonds, diamond swords, enchanted bows, etc.)

NEVER allow any member of your faction (provided that you are playing on a faction server) to see this secret room unless you really trust and/or know them. This is because most of the PvP-servers with griefing allowed are riddled with traitors and disloyal people who will take your valuables the moment you turn your back on them.

 A useful way to protect you valuable items can be found on   Tutorials/Traps  This list doesn t cover mob grinders, the killing mechanism in mob farms. Traps are a common mechanism in Survival Multiplayer (SMP) built by players to kill other players or mobs automatically. The following is a   

Endermen

Since Endermen can move blocks, but are hurt by water, make a moat instead of a wall. Also, it`s better if it flows through a 1x1 block hole in your house so you get the drops.

Mob Defenses

Mob defenses can be effective, when using the right mobs. various mobs you can use are, Iron Golem, Snow Golem, Tamed wolf, or a Tamed ocelot. Also the fact that these do not affect the player (with the exception of an annoyed iron golem or wolves turning on you if you manage to attack yourself (like shooting an arrow straight up)) makes these defenses a little more useful.

Iron golems Iron Golem Health points 100 ( × 50) Attack strength 7 () to 21 ( × 10.5) To players: Easy: 4 () to 11 () Normal: 7 () to 21 ( × 10.5) Hard: 10 : The best way to use these is keep them in an enclosed space with a door operable by lever. If invading mobs get too close for comfort you can flick the lever and releaseAnnounce the golems to clear the area. Or you can simply leave them wandering free in a walled off area.

Snow golems: The most efficient way to use snow golems Snow Golem Health points 4 () Attack strength 0 () (only pushes mobs back) 3 () to Blaze Size Height: 1.9 Blocks Width: 0.7 Blocks Spawn Where created by the player First appearances See History (aka snowmen) is in a one block wide tunnel. The snowballs from the golems cause no damage (except to blazes) but push mobs back. This can be used to push mobs into lava or something else that damages them e.g. cactus. Or it can simply be used to delay hostiles.

Placing snow golems in fenced off "watch towers" may help protect you from hostile mobs as:

• The mobs will then attack the Snow Golems as opposed to you, and
• Snow Golems snow balls push away hostile mobs.

Note on snow golem vulnerability: Make sure you protect the golems from the rain or they will die. Also as mentioned on the snow golem Snow Golem Health points 4 () Attack strength 0 () (only pushes mobs back) 3 () to Blaze Size Height: 1.9 Blocks Width: 0.7 Blocks Spawn Where created by the player First appearances See History page they will take damage in a desert or jungle biome so defenses utilizing them cannot be used in these biomes. check out tutorials/snow golem defense turret.

Ocelot Ocelot Health points 10 () Attack strength Chickens Only: 2 () Size Adult: Height: 0.7 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.35 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn Ocelot: In Jungle Biomes, on Grass or leaf : The easiest way to use ocelots is to build a fence around them or just let it simply wander around a closed off area and once a creeper comes, it will be scared away since creepers are apparently afraid of ocelots.

TNT Defenses

A good dose of TNT, however dangerous and lag intensive, will destroy all mobs. Obsidian or self repairing land is useful in an area of little or no use to minimize damage. If you use more than 1 TNT most drops will also be destroyed.

You can make mines with TNT and Pressure Plates. It can be useful to place the trap above sand or gravel so that a player will be trapped with the charge and a mob won`t be able to wander away.

TNT Cannons

TNT Cannons are the best weapon usable. This should be put outside your perimeter. Go to Tutorials/TNT Cannons A TNT cannon is a mechanism that uses TNT or minecarts with TNT to launch primed TNT or other entities. Contents 1 General 1.1 Main components 1.2 Basic concepts 2 Naming standards 2.1 Common names to find steps to build these.

TNT Self Destructing Systems

When you are on multi-player server, and you don`t want your enemies taking your loot, you can make TNT SDS (Self Destruct System) Under your base. You need these to build SDS:

• A lot of TNT
• Redstone
• Any block (The block you choose doesn`t have to look good; nobody will see it and it might blow up anyway. It is recommended that you use a junk block like cobblestone or dirt.)
• Lever
• Repeater

To make a TNT SDS, first dig 3 blocks under your base. Fill it with TNT on 3 blocks under your base. Than on top of TNTs, put your normal blocks. On top of it, fill the 3rd floor with redstone. Now put repeaters on 3rd floor (right bottom of the real base`s floor) and make a road to where you want activator be. Put a lever in the activating zone, and connect your SDS and lever with redstone and repeaters. When your base is in danger and lots of enemies in your base, take as much loot of yours as you can and run. When you are near the Activating Zone, you can now pull the lever- and kill all the enemies. So one of SDS looks like this: