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Taking Out the Spawners: Ragecraft 3 Episode 165

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Last episode ended with gear lost in the boss hall and at least one spawner still running on the left. This one picks up in the same hall, with mobs already pathing toward one of them. The counter opens at Scoti 150, Basket 122.

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A familiar sword

One of the mobs is carrying a diamond sword that looks a lot like a lost one. "It looks like it might have been my really nice diamond sword. Cool. Hopefully he drops it." It doesn't look like it does.

There's also a tough mob with no name tag, and one of them wonders out loud if it's the thing from the chat line. "There was a guy called the Shadow of Aris that killed me at one point. Is that him?" With no name over its head, they can't tell.

Scoti_Garbidis in diamond armor on the checkered floor of the boss hall, with the death counter at Scoti_Garbidis 150, BasketMC 122

Which spawner?

Next they try to agree on a target, and it goes in circles. One of them heard "a witch spawner down in the middle." The other meant "which spawner." "I wasn't being clever. I had confused myself."

Once that's sorted, the plan is simple. Block up the stairs on the right where the mobs keep climbing, get the lava out of the way so a fall doesn't burn the gear, then deal with a creeper spawner up ahead. A poisonous spider gets in first. "It poisoned you and puts you on fire." Later one of them gets withered. "I'm withered. This guy withered me."

Lightning from the balcony

They find a path under the lava that loops around to the front, and work out that one set of spawners sits below them with another on the far side. One of them cuts a little balcony to get a better angle. Basket throws a lightning trap from up there, and it lands right next to a spawner cage full of fire, with burning mobs all around it.

Looking down from a ledge as a lightning bolt strikes the floor beside a spawner cage full of fire, with burning mobs around it and the Lightning Trap selected in the hotbar

Chat reads "Scoti_Garbidis withered away," and the counter goes to 151.

The checkered boss hall with chat reading "Scoti_Garbidis withered away" and the death counter at Scoti_Garbidis 151, BasketMC 122

Retreat, retreat

The next push goes badly. "There's guys behind us too. Retreat, retreat back up." Chat reads "Scoti_Garbidis was slain by Dark Golem (Elite)," and the counter goes to 152. "Slowly but surely losing everything."

Gear that was recovered last time gets handed over, a diamond pick gets made this time instead of iron, and a wall goes up to hold the crowd back. An arcane bomb gets passed back and forth between them too. The wall helps, but the spawner wakes up the moment anyone gets close. "It was dormant, and then as soon as I jumped over, then it was like, hey, look what I got." Chat reads "Scoti_Garbidis was slain by Shadow of Aris." The counter goes to 153.

Splash potions

The last fight is against skeletons with diamond swords and mobs throwing potions. "Oh, I just got hit by one of their splashies. Oh, this is terrible." Then: "I'm trapped." Chat reads "Scoti_Garbidis was killed by Potion using magic," and the counter goes to 154.

Dark corner of the hall with green and yellow potion sparkles over the floor, chat reading "Scoti_Garbidis was killed by Potion using magic" and the death counter at Scoti_Garbidis 154, BasketMC 122

There's one useful takeaway. These mobs don't have speed, so water slows them down well, once the gear is picked up first. "I feel like this has been a really long episode."

Four deaths this episode, all Scoti's. The counter ends at Scoti 154, Basket 122. The monument isn't shown, so the totals stay at 15 of 16 crystals and 11 of 12 emerald blocks.