In my singleplayer game (around the time of 1.7) i trapped some chickens in my basement for egg farming. it took me about an hour to trap 5. I then went mining and when i returned found to my shock/horror that they had indeed disappeared. (Magically. -.- )My question is: (1) do mobs disappear if you go away from them? (2) Is there a way to keep my cruel factory farm without having to babysit the damn things?/Will this be made possible in an update maybe?
I'm fairly confident most mobs have a distance before they despawn from the world, I forget the exact distances, but every one has a distance where it notices the player/spawns.EDIT:A mob that is more than 128 blocks (spherical) from every player will spontaneously despawn (die).A mob that is more than 32 blocks from every player, and is more than 30 seconds old, has a 1 in 800 chance of despawning. That makes the average lifespan of a mob just under one minute, if they never come within 32 blocks of a player (but see the note below).A mob that is within 32 blocks of at least one player, and is more than 30 seconds old, has a 1 in 800 chance of being "born again" -- having their age reset to zero and getting another 30 seconds of immunity to despawning (this may actually be a bug, the actual intention being to always reset the mob's age when it comes closer than 32 blocks).
Yes they will go away , I am not sure what the exact logic is in the game but the same thing has happened to me.
Justin knows that I know this very well. When he first introduced me to the game, we made our own private server...I spent a good couple hours setting up a jail...uh I mean, holding area for animals I wanted to keep as slave....I mean, pets. After I got them all in, I was super excited. I came back the next day and they were all gone. I was crushed.
same happend to my chicken pit....i mean coop...i was devastated when i left to go mining then returned to find all 4 chickens magically dead....and i wasted 20 eggs to get the 4 :'( this must be fixed so those of us that wish to enslave these creatures to do our bidding(produce eggs,wool,milk,etc) i mean love them and pet them and squeeze them >.> bby no means do i mean put them in a cage and use them for goods then slaughter them for more food >.> <.<
