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Mob Arena – Basic Tips for Success

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The Mob Arena can be very fun and rewarding, and takes a while to master. However, knowing how to prepare and getting some quick tips will increase your chances of winning. While having some degree of skill fighting mobs helps, it’s not that important to be a skilled fighter. Fighting mobs is very often the last thing you want to do. This post will center around tips for preparing for Mob Arena, and give some basic tricks for surviving. All of the information is given with version 1.8 in mind.

Welcome to the chaotic death trap known as Mob Arena!

Mob Arena | Welcome

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Marlix Battle – The Horse Strategy

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Many players consider fighting Marlix to be difficult, and it’s true. For those who are unaware, Marlix is a custom skeletal mini-boss, donned in full armor, who rides around on an invisible flying bat. Armed with a powerful flame bow, unprepared challengers can meet a quick death when facing Marlix on Empire Minecraft. With all the Enraged Guardians, flaming arrows, and overall general chaos, Marlix can be a very hard mini-boss to even reach, let alone kill.

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Gold Farm Building Guide – Pigmentus

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We built a public gold farm recently that we call Pigmentus, and I’ve been getting asked how to make it. You asked; I answer.

I recommend going 96 blocks up in the air. Why? Simple. You won’t have to deal with slabbing, lighting or flooding the surrounding area for 96 blocks in every direction from the farm’s edges to control the entity count. You should also build this farm 1024 overworld blocks away from any other portal. Unless you understand the mechanics of making a perfect portal match/link. That is beyond the scope of this tutorial. Google it. Point being, don’t build this farm next to your base’s main nether portal. The next time you come through it from the nether, you might wind up inside your gold farm with an army of angry piggies.

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Firefloor – Tips and Tricks

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An in-progress game of Firefloor

Ah, nothing like the sound of flames crackling, sand shifting, and people screaming as they fall into the abyss. Yes, it’s Firefloor, the game the relies more on luck than skill. However, despite the fact that it requires far less preparation or skill than other events such as Mob Arena, there are some simple tactics that can help you conquer the flames.

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