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Recovering from Total Loss with a Zombie Spawner XP Farm|OjiCra Season 3 #23

Ojicra Season 3 Episode 23 Minecraft Java Edition
Zombies flowing through water inside a working spawner XP farm seen through glass Ojicra Season 3
Zombies flowing through water inside a working spawner XP farm seen through glass

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Greetings.
I am a man in a suit who has fallen into the world of Minecraft.

Last time, I went to the Nether for the first time.

The red world.
The lava sea.
Ghasts.
Zombified piglins.
And something in the distance that looked like a Nether fortress.

Then, in the end, I lost everything in lava.

The full diamond gear I had prepared back in Episode 20, and even my diamond sword, disappeared into the Nether lava.

This suited man has done it again…

But standing there with my head down will not bring my gear back.

This time is about recovering from that total loss.

Instead of simply mining diamonds all over again, I am going to use one of the dangerous places under the village.

The goal is a way to gather experience.

I am going to build an XP farm underground.

Starting Again in Iron Gear After Losing Everything

I am standing in front of the Nether gate.

Last time, it was glowing purple.
Now it is quiet.

The suited man standing in iron gear before the dark Nether gate after losing everything

What I have now is iron gear.

No diamond armor.

That blue feeling of safety is gone.

Still, the village has things left.

Treasures stored in the storehouse.
The village I have been improving.
And the memory of a dangerous place underground.

Under the village, there is a zombie spawner I had been thinking about for a while.

Until now, it was a frightening place that threatened the village.

But if I can set it up properly, it might become a place to earn experience.

Not getting stronger by force, but rebuilding through a system.

For this suited man, that almost sounds clever.

Finding the Zombie Spawner Underground

When I went underground, there it was.

A room with mossy cobblestone.
A tiny zombie spinning inside the cage.

It was a zombie spawner.

A zombie spawner found in a mossy cobblestone room underground

I placed torches first to make it safe for the moment.

Even so, seeing a spawner in the middle of a dark underground room is still frightening.

If left alone, zombies will keep coming out of this place.

But this time, I want to use that flow of zombies.

Minecraft is interesting that way.
Depending on how you think about it, a scary place can become a resource.

Then, as I looked around nearby…

There was another one.

A second zombie spawner underground, with lava visible in the wall

A second zombie spawner.

And lava is visible through the wall.

Please do not do this.

Do not show lava to a man who just lost everything in it.

Still, this is a big discovery.

Two frightening places.
But if I can use them well, they may also become two sources of experience.

For rebuilding after total loss, that is very welcome.

Turning a Dangerous Place Into an XP Farm

So I began preparing the area around the spawner.

The detailed mechanism can wait for another time.

For now, I am widening the room and making a path so the spawned zombies can gather in one place.

The spawning room around the zombie spawner being dug out and prepared

While working, I keep the area lit with torches.

If I leave it dark, it simply becomes a room full of zombies.

I dig with an iron pickaxe, straighten the walls, and check the floor as I go.

After losing everything, I do not want to be reckless.

At least, that is what I would like to say.

But underground work is already frightening enough.

After preparing the room for a while, it was time to see whether it would actually work.

Several zombies gathering in flowing water beside a zombie spawner, seen through glass

Here they come.

Through the glass, zombies are gathering.

The spinning zombie spawner is in the back.
Water is flowing across the floor.

The zombies that spawn are being carried together by the water.

There is even a baby zombie mixed in.
I cannot really call it cute.
It is simply scary.

My experience level is now 16.

I started around level 3, so this is already a real recovery.

This is…
It is working.

The spawner that used to be a frightening place is becoming a place that gives experience.

That is useful.
That is helpful.

But I still cannot relax.

The suited man holding an iron sword at the kill slot as a group of zombies gathers below

The zombies are close.

Too close.

The zombies that drop down are gathering in the kill slot.

Here, I hold my iron sword and deal with them together.

Defeat them, collect the experience, then defeat the next ones.

My level rose to 20.

After losing everything, watching that green experience bar grow again feels oddly reassuring.

This suited man can still start over.

The loot is also piling up little by little.

A loot chest from the XP farm containing rotten flesh, iron, gold, carrots, and potatoes

Inside the chest, there is rotten flesh.

Also iron.
Gold.
Carrots.
Potatoes.

It is not a mountain of treasure.

But right after losing everything, practical items like these are genuinely welcome.

Even rotten flesh feels a little reassuring when it is stored away.

I do not really want to eat it, though.

Next, I Want to Use This Experience to Rebuild My Gear

After the work, I returned to the village.

It is daytime.

My health has recovered, and I feel a little calmer.

The suited man bowing in the village at level 31 after returning from the XP farm

My experience level is 31.

Considering where I was right after losing everything, this is a major step forward.

The diamond armor is not back.
The diamond sword is not back either.

But I have experience.

And now I have a place where I can gather experience again.

That matters.

Next, I want to put this experience to use.

Librarians.
Books.
Enchantments.

Instead of simply remaking the gear I lost in the Nether, I would like to bring it back a little better than before.

This suited man lost everything in the Nether.

Underground, he has recovered just a little.

That is all for this time.
Greetings.

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