I have found that it is slow going to gain levels when you are starting out and was wondering if there are any mob grinders I can use on SMP5. I prefer NOT cave spider! Dang things are a pain in the butt. Thanks!
First of all: welcome to the Empire. Noticed you're a relatively new player, so yeah, hope you're having fun so far. Grinders... The de-facto place to go to for this is SMP8 PWU. In other words: Public Wild Utilities. Head over to SMP8 (use the /smp8 command), then go to /wild n and follow the quartz path leading to the main land. There is a horse trail on your right end, and if you follow the coast line to your left you'll eventually find a rail road (with plenty of carts in the chest) to help you reach the other builds. There's TON'S of options there, I suggest you follow the link and read up.