With todays release farms and non-spawn areas that utilize buttons will spawn spiders if any adjacent 1x1 block is unobstructed. The 2x2 spawn area of a spider seems to not be in effect anymore.
This is essentially a duplicate (images and description) of MCPE-153897
This can render many farms useless, and many areas that are spawn proofed for certain mobs dangerous.
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Just to be clear, spiders have never required a 3x3 area to spawn in Bedrock Edition. They only require a 2x2 area because spawning occurs at the north-west corner of blocks.
Have you tested with a button in every 2x2 area? What other blocks have you tested besides buttons?
This bug seems to “break” creeper farm. Don’t know if replacing trap doors in the holes with buttons will help.
This bug seems to “break” creeper farm. Don’t know if replacing trap doors in the holes with buttons will help.
My creeper farm has also stopped blocking spider spawns, this is the configuration of the buttons. Torches are temporary so you can see the buttons. Usually it is pitch black in here. 🙂
[media]Still not working. Hope this gets fixed soon. I just built a 6 layer creeper farm only to watch it fill up with spiders.
Still not working. Hope this gets fixed soon. I just built a 6 layer creeper farm only to watch it fill up with spiders.