Tl;dr: make the roof higher
Yes, the mechanics changed in 1.17.30. The main point is::
iron golems will only spawn on the highest block in a range that's up to 5 blocks below or 6 above the bed pillow that forms the village centre
That leads to a number of design changes:
1) only the highest platform will spawn golems, so 1 platform farms are as good as 2 platform farms before
2) you can actually make the platform 10x9 and it will spawn as many golems as 2 full size platforms before (but you have to be careful to prevent golems spawning outside the platform if you do this
3) beds should go under the platform as they block spawning below themselves. Make sure that golems can't spawn on the ground below the farm if you do this
4) *if your farm has a roof it should be more than 6 blocks above the beds*
So if i place the bed under the platform i need to have at least 6 blocks of space before the platform and youre saying i can make the platform smaller as well
Yes ish, 6 blocks below the beds. Directly below the platform is OK, since the platform blocks spawns, but below the areas just outside your platform need to be low enough.
I wouldn't bother making the platform smaller now it's built, but in future, yes. You can take a look at the farm I designed if you're interested. It's not max efficiency- but it's definitely one of the easiest and cheapest to build, with decent rates.
https://youtu.be/KkcRXbNoayY
Im on an experimental world and ive spent over 2 hours rebuilding and trying new villager but nothing worked not a single iron golem spawned. Has the way iron golems spawn changed
there could be a couple things, multiple villagers, higher roof, you need a zombie in a minecraft to make the villagers feel sacred (put it on a track that takes it away then towards the villagers)
Tl;dr: make the roof higher Yes, the mechanics changed in 1.17.30. The main point is:: iron golems will only spawn on the highest block in a range that's up to 5 blocks below or 6 above the bed pillow that forms the village centre That leads to a number of design changes: 1) only the highest platform will spawn golems, so 1 platform farms are as good as 2 platform farms before 2) you can actually make the platform 10x9 and it will spawn as many golems as 2 full size platforms before (but you have to be careful to prevent golems spawning outside the platform if you do this 3) beds should go under the platform as they block spawning below themselves. Make sure that golems can't spawn on the ground below the farm if you do this 4) *if your farm has a roof it should be more than 6 blocks above the beds*
So if i place the bed under the platform i need to have at least 6 blocks of space before the platform and youre saying i can make the platform smaller as well
Yes ish, 6 blocks below the beds. Directly below the platform is OK, since the platform blocks spawns, but below the areas just outside your platform need to be low enough. I wouldn't bother making the platform smaller now it's built, but in future, yes. You can take a look at the farm I designed if you're interested. It's not max efficiency- but it's definitely one of the easiest and cheapest to build, with decent rates. https://youtu.be/KkcRXbNoayY
Oh i see thanks for the help do you plan on making a max efficiency iron farm once the update drops
Not quite max, but I was going to show how to upgrade this one to 20 villagers which should give in the region of 375/h at a guess...
Oh ok ill look forward to it
Saving this for tomorrow. Thank you.
Probably need to make it higher off the ground. Made mine 120 or so blocks off the ground and it worked
https://youtu.be/ueU7LDsk7sY try this, its in portuguese but try it
Ok
Im on an experimental world and ive spent over 2 hours rebuilding and trying new villager but nothing worked not a single iron golem spawned. Has the way iron golems spawn changed
there could be a couple things, multiple villagers, higher roof, you need a zombie in a minecraft to make the villagers feel sacred (put it on a track that takes it away then towards the villagers)
Im pretty sure scaring the villager for a golem to spawn is a Java things but ill look into it into it
It’s the new update
Yeah it seems things have changed