Present:
The squid spawn in the water streams* above, and fall to their death on the glass below. The hopper minecart zooms around picking up all the ink and then deposits it into hoppers that go allll the way to the AFK room, ~28 block away from the spawning area.
When you come out of the portal you'll end up in this ugly room. Just hang out here and the ink will come to you. Feel free to check out the action, but keep in mind that getting closer to the water streams severely lowers their spawn rate.
*DO NOT place any blocks near the streams. If even one stream gets updated by a block, every single stream will get updated and all that magic floating water will come crashing down. I know first hand because I broke it and had to redo it 3 friggen times. >.<
Future:
Now that we know this does indeed work, there is talk of re-making it on the main map so we can take care in how it looks. I have a dream of making the spawning area all prismarine and doing other fun stuff that just isn't worth our time to do in the Wilds.
The issue is that you need to have zero water source blocks between Y63 and Y47 for 128 blocks in all directions. This is most easily accomplished in desert, of which the main map has none of any significance. Therefore we just have to pick a spot we like and manually clear it of all water. That will end up being a time-consuming endeavor, but one I know a couple of us are interested in taking on someday.
The Squid Farm
The squid spawn in the water streams* above, and fall to their death on the glass below. The hopper minecart zooms around picking up all the ink and then deposits it into hoppers that go allll the way to the AFK room, ~28 block away from the spawning area.
When you come out of the portal you'll end up in this ugly room. Just hang out here and the ink will come to you. Feel free to check out the action, but keep in mind that getting closer to the water streams severely lowers their spawn rate.
*DO NOT place any blocks near the streams. If even one stream gets updated by a block, every single stream will get updated and all that magic floating water will come crashing down. I know first hand because I broke it and had to redo it 3 friggen times. >.<
Future:
Now that we know this does indeed work, there is talk of re-making it on the main map so we can take care in how it looks. I have a dream of making the spawning area all prismarine and doing other fun stuff that just isn't worth our time to do in the Wilds.
The issue is that you need to have zero water source blocks between Y63 and Y47 for 128 blocks in all directions. This is most easily accomplished in desert, of which the main map has none of any significance. Therefore we just have to pick a spot we like and manually clear it of all water. That will end up being a time-consuming endeavor, but one I know a couple of us are interested in taking on someday.
