Mob Grinding Utils in All the Mons

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Mob Grinding Utils is a mod in All the Mons 1.3.0, where it is version 1.1.10+mc1.21.1. A Mod that adds fun ways to make mob farms (Summary from the mod's Modrinth page.)

What is Mob Grinding Utils?

2 parts

Mob Grinding Utils is a mob farming mod, and this pack ships version 1.1.10 for Minecraft 1.21.1. If you like building automated farms for drops and XP, this is the mod for you.[1][2]

The pack's quest book covers it in the Apothic Spawners chapter, which shows how the mod gets you mobs without hunting for them.[2]

The Entity Spawner

The Entity Spawner is the mod's own spawner. It needs three things to run: a Spawn Egg in the top slot, XP Jelly Babies in the second slot, and a Redstone signal. Once all three are in place, it starts spawning mobs. See a quest in "Apothic Spawners" for the full walkthrough.[2]

You make the jelly babies by running XP through an XP Solidifier with the XP Mould Jelly Baby. You can eat them or use them as fuel in the spawner's second slot.[2]

Getting Spawn Eggs with Swabs

The quest book calls swabs a favorite way of getting Spawn Eggs. You right click a mob with a Mob Swab, then use it to craft GM Chicken Feed. Feed that to a Chicken and you get a Spawn Egg, but the Chicken doesn't survive. Not every mob can be swabbed. See a quest in "Apothic Spawners" for details.[2]

Tip: The quest says any type of XP fluid works for the Chicken Feed, so use whichever one you have the most of.[2]

Unverified Where Mob Grinding Utils fits in the wider progression of the pack is not confirmed by the available sources. Only the Apothic Spawners quests for this mod were found.

How do you get started with Mob Grinding Utils?

5 parts

Mob Grinding Utils is all about mob farming. In this pack's quest book, the Apothic Spawners chapter has the quests that cover its spawner setup. Here is a sensible order to build things in, so each step gives you what the next one needs.[2]

Get a Spawn Egg with a Mob Swab

The Mob Swab is your starting point. Right click a mob with it, then use the used swab to craft GM Chicken Feed. Feed that to a chicken and you get a Spawn Egg, but the chicken won't survive. Not all mobs can be swabbed. The quest a quest in "Apothic Spawners" covers this.[2][3]

Mob SwabMod recipe

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Empty slotEmpty slotany wool
Empty slotany wooden rodEmpty slot
any woolEmpty slotEmpty slot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mob_swab

GM Chicken FeedMod recipe

Chicken Feed (mob_grinding_utils)

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:gm_chicken_feed

Make the XP Jelly Baby mould

The Entity Spawner runs on XP Jelly Babies. You make those by processing XP through an XP Solidifier with the XP Mould Jelly Baby. Craft a blank mould first, then turn it into the Jelly Baby mould.[2][3]

XP Mould BlankMod recipe

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8 × any gold nugget

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mould_blank

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Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mould_baby_upgrade

Build the XP Solidifier

The XP Solidifier needs an XP Mould and Fluid XP in its tank. The recipes below are in build order: first the Singularity Tank, then the Entity Conveyor, then the solidifier itself.[3][4]

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any iron ingotany glass blocksany iron ingot
any glass blocksany glass blocksany glass blocks
any iron ingotany glass blocksany iron ingot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_tank

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Empty slotany slime ballEmpty slot
any iron ingotany redstone dustany iron ingot
any iron ingotany slime ballany iron ingot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_entity_conveyor

XP SolidifierMod recipe

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Empty slotPistonEmpty slot
Entity ConveyorHopperEntity Conveyor
Empty slotSingularity TankEmpty slot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_solidifier

With the Jelly Baby mould in, it turns Fluid XP into XP Jelly Baby. You can speed it up later with XP Speed Upgrade.[2][3][4]

Craft the Entity Spawner

The spawner recipe uses Solid XP, and you can craft that from a Jelly Baby. That is why the solidifier comes first. The quest a quest in "Apothic Spawners" covers the setup.[2][3]

Entity SpawnerMod recipe

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Ender EyeEnder EyeEnder Eye
Solid XPany redstone storage blockSolid XP
any iron storage blockPistonany iron storage block

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_entity_spawner

To run it, put the Spawn Egg in the top slot and Jelly Babies in the second slot, then give it a Redstone signal. It spawns mobs in a 3x3x1 area and can be upgraded.[2][4]

Add a way to kill the mobs

There are two options. Iron Spikes are the basic choice and also drop the mob's XP, but mobs killed by them do not count as player kills. The Mob Masher is the advanced modular grinder: mobs it mashes do count as player kills, and it can be enhanced with Mob Masher upgrades.[3][4]

Iron SpikesMod recipe

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Empty slotIron SwordEmpty slot
Iron Swordany iron storage blockIron Sword

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_spikes

Mob MasherMod recipe

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Iron Swordany diamond gemIron Sword
Iron Spikesany redstone storage blockIron Spikes
any diamond gemany iron storage blockany diamond gem

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_saw

Tip: Build the farm with Tinted Glass. It lets you see inside the farm without letting light in, and it is tough enough to withstand Withers.[3][4]

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any coalany glass blocksany coal
any glass blocksany coalany glass blocks
any coalany glass blocksany coal

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_tintedglass

How does Mob Grinding Utils work?

6 parts

Mob Grinding Utils is a set of standalone machines rather than one big multiblock. You place each block, set it up in its GUI where it has one, and connect it to the rest of your farm with conveyors, fans, hoppers and tanks. The sources for this pack don't describe any multiblock structure, so everything below is block by block.[4]

Moving mobs around

The Mob Fan pushes mobs in the direction it faces. You can modify it with Mob Fan Upgrades, and you can toggle its area of effect in its GUI. Each upgrade adds +1 to one dimension: Mob Fan Distance Upgrade (distance, max of 10), Mob Fan Height Upgrade (height, max of 3) and the Mob Fan Width Upgrade (width, max of 3).[4]

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any featherany iron ingotany feather
any iron ingotany redstone dustany iron ingot
any featherany iron ingotany feather

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_fan_upgrade_speed

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any iron ingotany featherany iron ingot
Empty slotany featherEmpty slot
any iron ingotany featherany iron ingot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_fan_upgrade_height

The Entity Conveyor moves mobs and items along a horizontal vector. Mobs can also spawn on it, which is handy when you want a spawning floor that doubles as transport. This pack makes six conveyors per craft.[3][4]

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Empty slotany slime ballEmpty slot
any iron ingotany redstone dustany iron ingot
any iron ingotany slime ballany iron ingot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_entity_conveyor

Killing mobs

The Mob Masher (Mob Masher) is the modular grinder. Mobs it kills do count as player kills, so you get player-only drops. You enhance it with Mob Masher Upgrades for Arthropods, Beheading, Fire, Looting, Sharpness and Smite. Each upgrade adds +1 of the matching enchantment effect up to a maximum.[4]

Mob MasherMod recipe

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Iron Swordany diamond gemIron Sword
Iron Spikesany redstone storage blockIron Spikes
any diamond gemany iron storage blockany diamond gem

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_saw

Iron Spikes are the basic option. They also drop the mob's XP, but mobs killed by spikes do not count as player kills. Pick spikes for plain XP and the Mob Masher when you need player kills.[4]

Spawning mobs

The Entity Spawner spawns mobs in a 3x3x1 area. It uses a mob egg in the top slot and is fuelled by Solid XP Jelly Babies. You can speed it up with XP Speed Upgrades and grow its area with Entity Spawner Height Upgrade and Entity Spawner Width Upgrade. Its area of effect can be toggled and its position offset in its GUI.[4]

Entity SpawnerMod recipe

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Ender EyeEnder EyeEnder Eye
Solid XPany redstone storage blockSolid XP
any iron storage blockPistonany iron storage block

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_entity_spawner

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EggBlaze PowderEgg
EggEmpty slotEgg
EggBlaze PowderEgg

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_spawner_upgrade_height

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EggEggEgg
Blaze PowderEmpty slotBlaze Powder
EggEggEgg

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_spawner_upgrade_width

For passive farms, Delightful Dirt spawns more creature mobs. It snow-caps at night if exposed to the sky, a light level below 10 stops creature spawns on it, and it does not work in ocean biomes. Dreadful Dirt does the same for hostile mobs: it ignites in daylight if exposed to the sky, and a light level of 5 and above stops hostile spawns.[4]

You can lay these dirts down with eggs. A Golden Egg creates a 5x5 area of Delightful Dirt and a Rotten Egg creates a 5x5 area of Dreadful Dirt. Both are used on Grass, Dirt, Mycelium or Farmland. Single-use chicken feed makes the eggs, and the feed tooltips mention both a Rotten Egg and a Golden Egg. The sources don't say which feed gives which egg.[4]

The Mob Swab collects 'DNA' when used on mobs. In this pack, a used swab plus seeds makes GM Chicken Feed, and a separate recipe makes GM Chicken Feed Cursed.[3][4]

GM Chicken FeedMod recipe

Chicken Feed (mob_grinding_utils)

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:gm_chicken_feed

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Empty slotSpider EyeEmpty slot
Rotten Fleshany seedany bone
Empty slotany gunpowderEmpty slot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_cursed_feed

Tip: Tinted Glass lets you see inside a mob farm without letting light in, and it is tough enough to withstand Withers. That makes it a good fit for the light-level rules on the dirts.[4]

Collecting items and XP

The Absorption Hopper vacuums up items and XP orbs in a 7x7x7 area. You can set it to push out on any side. Fluids insert into tanks and items into inventories. Each Absorption Radius Upgrade adds +1 to the radius, up to a max of 6. In its GUI you can toggle the area of effect and offset its position on the W/E, D/U and N/S axes.[4]

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Empty slotEnder EyeEmpty slot
Empty slotany obsidianEmpty slot
any obsidianHopperany obsidian

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_absorption_hopper

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Empty slotany ender pearlEmpty slot
any ender pearlany redstone dustany ender pearl
any obsidianHopperany obsidian

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_absorbtion_upgrade

Fluid XP, tanks and jellies

The Jumbo Tank is a larger version of the Singularity Tank and holds 1024 buckets of any liquid. The XP Tap attaches to the side of a tank and turns fluid XP back into orbs. The mod also adds XP Drain Singularity Tank, but the sources don't explain what it does beyond its recipe.[3][4]

Jumbo TankMod recipe

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any iron ingotSingularity Tankany iron ingot
Singularity TankEmpty slotSingularity Tank
any iron ingotSingularity Tankany iron ingot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_jumbotank

Jumbo TankMod recipe

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Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_jumbo_tank_reset

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Empty slotIron BarsEmpty slot
Ender EyeHopperEnder Eye
Empty slotSingularity TankEmpty slot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_tank_sink

The XP Solidifier turns fluid XP into edible XP jellies. It needs an XP Mould and fluid XP in its tank. It can be configured to export horizontally, and XP Speed Upgrades make it faster.[4]

XP SolidifierMod recipe

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Empty slotPistonEmpty slot
Entity ConveyorHopperEntity Conveyor
Empty slotSingularity TankEmpty slot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_solidifier

The mould decides what the solidifier makes. Solidifying with the XP Mould Jelly Baby makes XP Jelly Baby, which is what the Entity Spawner uses as fuel. The recipes below show how a blank XP Mould Blank becomes the Jelly Baby mould and how to reset it. Solid XP blocks are very bouncy.[3][4]

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mould_baby_upgrade

XP Mould BlankMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mould_reset

XP Jelly BabyMod recipe

Solidify (mob_grinding_utils)

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:solidify/jelly_baby

Utility blocks

  • Ender Inhibitor: inhibits teleportation for entities up to 8 blocks away. It attaches to any side of solid blocks, and right click toggles it on or off.[4]
  • Ender Dragon Death Muffler: stops Ender Dragon death sounds within a 32 block radius, and right click hides the boss bar.[4]
  • Wither Boss Death Muffler: stops Wither death sounds within an 8 block radius, and right click hides the boss bar.[4]

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any woolany woolany wool
any woolDragon Eggany wool
any woolany woolany wool

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_dragon_muffler

How do you progress through Mob Grinding Utils?

4 parts

Mob Grinding Utils is not split into formal tiers in this pack. The quest book gives you one route for it, the spawner route in the Apothic Spawners chapter, so that is the spine of this section. The rest is grouped by how far into the mod each item feels, based on the in-pack recipes.[2][3]

First step: get a Spawn Egg with a Mob Swab

The quest a quest in "Apothic Spawners" calls swabs its favorite way of getting Spawn Eggs. You right click a mob with a Mob Swab, use the used swab to craft GM Chicken Feed, then feed it to a Chicken. The Chicken won't survive, but you get a Spawn Egg. Not all mobs can be swabbed.[2][3]

Mob SwabMod recipe

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Empty slotEmpty slotany wool
Empty slotany wooden rodEmpty slot
any woolEmpty slotEmpty slot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mob_swab

GM Chicken FeedMod recipe

Chicken Feed (mob_grinding_utils)

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:gm_chicken_feed

This is the in-pack recipe for the chicken feed, built from a used swab and seeds.

Second step: XP Jelly Babies and the Entity Spawner

The quest a quest in "Apothic Spawners" introduces the Entity Spawner. It needs a Spawn Egg in the top slot, XP Jelly Babies in the second slot, and a Redstone signal. Once all of those are in place, it starts spawning mobs.[2]

You make XP Jelly Babies by running XP through an XP Solidifier with the XP Mould Jelly Baby. They can be eaten or used as fuel in the spawner's second slot. The quest's tasks are the Entity Spawner, the XP Solidifier and the Jelly Baby mould.[2][3]

XP Mould BlankMod recipe

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8 × any gold nugget

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mould_blank

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Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mould_baby_upgrade

Turns the blank mould into the Jelly Baby mould.

XP SolidifierMod recipe

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Empty slotPistonEmpty slot
Entity ConveyorHopperEntity Conveyor
Empty slotSingularity TankEmpty slot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_solidifier

XP Jelly BabyMod recipe

Solidify (mob_grinding_utils)

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:solidify/jelly_baby

What the solidifier does with the Jelly Baby mould.

Entity SpawnerMod recipe

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Ender EyeEnder EyeEnder Eye
Solid XPany redstone storage blockSolid XP
any iron storage blockPistonany iron storage block

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_entity_spawner

Once the spawner works, you can add the Entity Spawner Width Upgrade and Entity Spawner Height Upgrade. You can also speed up the solidifier with the XP Speed Upgrade.[3]

Killing and collecting

The quests in the sources cover the spawner route above. For the rest, the in-pack recipes are your guide. These are the pieces that turn a spawner into a working grinder.[2][3]

XP handling and extras

Tip: Several of these blocks, including the tanks and the XP Solidifier, have a shapeless reset recipe that returns the same item. Check the recipe viewer for the details.[3]

Which All the Mons quests use Mob Grinding Utils?

3 parts

Mob Grinding Utils shows up in one quest chapter in this pack: Apothic Spawners. It holds two quests that cover the mod, one about the spawner block and one about getting Spawn Eggs.[2]

Apothic Spawners

The sources don't say how the two quests are ordered relative to each other. Each one unlocks after a different earlier quest, and neither of those earlier quests is described in the sources I have.[2]

The spawner quest

The quest text explains that the Entity Spawner needs 3 things to work: a Spawn Egg, XP Jelly Babies and a Redstone signal. You make the Jelly Babies by running XP through the XP Solidifier with the XP Mould Jelly Baby. They can be eaten, or used as fuel in the spawner's second slot.[2]

Put the Spawn Egg in the top slot and the Jelly Babies in the second slot. Once it gets a Redstone signal, it starts spawning mobs.[2]

The Swab and Chicken Feed quest

This quest is about getting Spawn Eggs with the Mob Swab. You right click a mob with the Swab, then use it to make GM Chicken Feed. The quest text says any type of XP fluid works for that step.[2]

Feed the Chicken Feed to a Chicken and you get a Spawn Egg. The Chicken doesn't survive the process. The quest also warns that not all mobs can be swabbed.[2]

Tip: The two quests fit together. The Swab route gives you a Spawn Egg, and the Entity Spawner needs one in its top slot.[2]

Sources

  1. All the Mons 1.3.0 mod list · pack file
  2. All the Mons 1.3.0 quests: "Apothic Spawners" · pack file
  3. All the Mons 1.3.0 recipe dump: recipes making Mob Grinding Utils items · pack recipe dump
  4. mob_grinding_utils tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
Where this guide comes from

Written from what All the Mons itself ships: its files and recipes, the in-game guidebooks and the mods' own pages. Every statement links to the source it came from, and the numbers are checked against the pack before publishing.

Guide last verified Oct 17, 2026.

Guides for other versions: 0.3.0-beta to 0.6.0-beta

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Items and blocks

46 items from the 1.3.0 recipe dump.

All the Mons quests (2)

Quests from the pack's FTB Quests book that ask for this mod's items.

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Apothic Spawners (2)

Where does Mob Grinding Utils appear in the All the Mons quest book?

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