Honestly I dont understand what I did wrong please someone help

by Odd_Environment_5260

23 Comments

  1. How long are you giving it?

    There’s only a 5.9% chance for the cauldron to fill with lava each time the dripstone gets randomly ticked. It averages about one minecraft day to fill a single cauldron with lava, but it can take significantly less or more time depending on the RNG.

    To make a functional lava farm you’re better off making a whole array of these, not just one.

  2. Specific_Tear632 on

    It takes time, and the time is only counted while the chunks that the farm are in stay loaded. Depending on what Edition of the game you are using and whether you have changed the settings, moving as few as 64 blocks away could unload the farm until you return.

  3. As long as it displays lava droplets in the animation, then it’s working. Just takes a super long time. It’s like filling a gas tank with a turkey baster instead of a fuel pump.

  4. Smooth-Can-9720 on

    Are you on bedrock or Java? I dont think it works on bedrock, I could be wrong though as ive never done this farm. Lol

  5. If I had to guess, it needs at least one air block between it and the cauldron to work.

    Basically the game is registering the dripstone as touching the cauldron already, leaving no room for a “drip” to occur. Space it and see what happens.

  6. Fast-Signal7371 on

    It might be your version. I’ve made several lava farms like this in Bedrock that work just fine.

  7. Acceptable_Range_718 on

    have you guys ever set up a farm where only one of the cauldrons doesn’t fill up?

  8. I’ve had issues with it being this close to each other. Have you tried adding a space between the drop stone and cauldron ?