1 Answer. Without mods or editing the world using external tools, there is no way to keep a spawner active by yourself. You could buy a second copy of Minecraft or have someone else join your world and stand next to your spawner.
How do you spawn blocks with command blocks?
For Minecraft Bedrock Edition, you’ll need to do the following:
- Enable cheats in your world or Realm settings.
- Turn on Creative Mode in your world or Realm settings.
- Open the chat box and enter “/give [your username] command_block”
- Place the block where you want it.
How close do you have to be to a spawner to activate it?
A spawner activates when a player comes within a spherical radius of 16 blocks from the center point of the block; i.e. 15.5 blocks from the block itself.
How to spawn spawner on top of command block?
This command simple spawns the spawner on top of the command block. Zombie*= This can be interchanged with any “Summonable” thing. Type /summon in your chat bar then hit tab for the full list of entitys.
Why are spawners not used in Minecraft anymore?
Command blocks were already present during the time of spawner technology, but many of the commands they have nowadays, weren´t there yet. Nowadays, spawners aren´t used anymore, because command blocks are easier to understand and less glitchy. Spawners are capable of doing the following things, that people nowadays do with command blocks:
How to keep a mob spawner active without being near it?
Soul Shard’s Soul Cage with a Tier 5 shard and any kind of Chunk Loader. I am trying to keep a blaze spawner active for a machine, but I cannot stand near it constantly. Is there some way to keep a mob spawner active without a player? Click to expand… Thanks guys, now I have more power. Bear in mind that mobs despawn if a player isn’t nearby.
How big is the area around the spawner in Minecraft?
While the block is active, it spawns mobs up to 4 blocks away from the spawner horizontally, and up to 1 block away vertically, effectively meaning mobs can spawn in a 9×3×9 area around the spawner.
