Mob Grinding Utils in All the Mods 10: To the Sky

Mob Grinding Utils is a mob-farming mod, and this pack ships version 1.1.10 for Minecraft 1.21.1. The pack's quests call it very helpful for mob farming, especially in limited worlds like Skyblock. If you want drops and XP without wandering around hunting mobs, this mod is for you.^[1][2]

How a farm fits together

The mod gives you a piece for each stage of a farm: collecting, spawning, moving and killing. Your first step is the quest "Getting Fluid XP" quest in Chapter 2: The Cool Parts. It has you make an Absorption Hopper and a Singularity Tank. The hopper picks up items and XP dropped in an area around it, and the tank stores XP as Fluid XP that you can collect by right-clicking it with a bucket.^[2]

• Moving mobs: the Mob Fan pushes items and mobs. By default it needs a Redstone signal and blows up to 5 blocks, and its upgrades make it wider, higher and farther. The Entity Conveyor moves mobs in the direction it is placed, but it can't be made faster.^[2]
• Killing mobs: Iron Spikes damage any mob that touches their top. The Mob Masher needs a Redstone signal and its drops count as player kills. It can be upgraded for more damage, Looting and Fire Aspect.^[2]
• Boosting spawns: Nutritious Chicken Feed leads to Delightful Dirt for passive mobs. GM Chicken Feed Cursed leads to Dreadful Dirt for hostile mobs. Both make up to a 5x5 area.^[2]

Spawners and Spawn Eggs

The mod also has its own spawner, the Entity Spawner. It needs a Spawn Egg, XP Jelly Babies and a Redstone signal. You make the jelly babies by running XP through an XP Solidifier with the XP Mould Jelly Baby. This is covered in the Apothic Spawners chapter, in the quest a quest in "Apothic Spawners".^[3]

If you need Spawn Eggs, the Mob Swab is the route the quest book recommends. You right-click a mob with it, craft GM Chicken Feed and feed it to a chicken. The chicken doesn't survive, and not every mob can be swabbed. See a quest in "Apothic Spawners".^[3]

Unverified The sources don't show this mod on the ATM Star path, so treat it as an optional side system rather than a required step.

Mob Grinding Utils is built for mob farming, which is a big deal in a limited world like a skyblock. The pack's quest book starts you off with Fluid XP, so that's where we begin too.^[2]

Step 1: Collect XP with a Singularity Tank and an Absorption Hopper

The quest "Getting Fluid XP" quest asks for an Absorption Hopper and a Singularity Tank. The hopper picks up dropped items and XP around it and stores them. Its GUI lets you change the collecting area and where it sends items and XP. Send the XP into the tank and it's stored as Fluid XP, and you can right-click the tank with a bucket to take it out.^[2]

The hopper vacuums a 7x7x7 area, and Absorption Radius Upgrade items increase the range.^[4]

Singularity TankMod recipe

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any iron ingot	any glass blocks	any iron ingot
any glass blocks	any glass blocks	any glass blocks
any iron ingot	any glass blocks	any iron ingot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_tank

Singularity Tank, the first thing to craft.

Absorption HopperMod recipe

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Empty slot	Ender Eye	Empty slot
Empty slot	any obsidian	Empty slot
any obsidian	Hopper	any obsidian

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_absorption_hopper

Absorption Hopper, the collector for drops and XP.

Step 2: Kill mobs with Iron Spikes, then the Mob Masher

Next, Iron Spikes damage any mob that touches their top. The quest warns they aren't cheap or easy to craft. Spikes also drop the mob's XP, but kills from spikes don't count as player kills, so items that need a player kill won't drop.^[2][4]

Iron SpikesMod recipe

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Empty slot	Iron Sword	Empty slot
Iron Sword	any iron storage block	Iron Sword

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_spikes

Iron Spikes, the basic killer.

When you want those player-kill drops, upgrade to the Mob Masher ("Mob Masher" quest). It needs a redstone signal to work, and mobs it mashes do count as player kills. It also takes upgrades that raise damage, add looting and even give fire aspect, such as Mob Masher Upgrade Looting and Mob Masher Upgrade Fire.^[2][4]

Mob MasherMod recipe

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Iron Sword	any diamond gem	Iron Sword
Iron Spikes	any redstone storage block	Iron Spikes
any diamond gem	any iron storage block	any diamond gem

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_saw

Mob Masher, which uses the Iron Spikes as part of its recipe.

Step 3: Move mobs around

The Mob Fan ("Fans" quest) pushes mobs and items. By default it runs on a redstone signal and blows up to 5 blocks in front of it. Upgrades make it wider, higher and farther, and you add them by right-clicking the fan.^[2]

Mob FanMod recipe

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Stone Slab	any iron ingot	Stone Slab
any iron ingot	any redstone storage block	any iron ingot
Stone Slab	any iron ingot	Stone Slab

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_fan

Mob Fan.

Entity Conveyor ("Entity Conveyors" quest) move mobs in the direction you place them, and mobs can spawn on top of them. They can't be sped up, and only fans can be upgraded.^[2][4]

6× Entity ConveyorMod recipe

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Empty slot	any slime ball	Empty slot
any iron ingot	any redstone dust	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any slime ball	any iron ingot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_entity_conveyor

Entity Conveyor.

Step 4: Get spawn eggs

The Entity Spawner needs a spawn egg, XP Jelly Babies and a redstone signal. A Mob Swab is a handy way to get the egg. Right-click a mob with it, then craft GM Chicken Feed from the used swab. Feed that to a chicken to get a spawn egg. The chicken doesn't survive, and not every mob can be swabbed.^[3][5]

Mob SwabMod recipe

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Empty slot	Empty slot	any wool
Empty slot	any wooden rod	Empty slot
any wool	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mob_swab

Mob Swab.

GM Chicken FeedMod recipe

Chicken Feed (mob_grinding_utils)

• Mob Swab Used
• any seed

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:gm_chicken_feed

This one uses a used swab, not a fresh one.

Once you have an egg, the Entity Spawner (a quest in "Apothic Spawners") can spawn mobs in a 3x3x1 area, with the egg in the top slot and Jelly Babies in the second. Jelly Babies come from the XP Solidifier with the XP Mould Jelly Baby.^[3][4]

Same as in the All the Mons 0.6.0-beta guide

Mob Grinding Utils is a toolkit for building mob farms: you spawn mobs, herd them, kill them, then collect the drops and the XP. The details below come from the mod's own in-game tooltips and descriptions, plus the pack's recipe list.^[6][7]

Unverified No config file for this mod is available in the pack sources, so any value the pack might have changed through config is unconfirmed. The numbers below are what the mod's tooltips state.

Spawning mobs

The Entity Spawner spawns mobs in a 3x3x1 area. You put a mob egg in its top slot, and it is fuelled by XP Jelly Baby items. It is enhanced with XP Speed Upgrades and the Entity Spawner Height Upgrade and Entity Spawner Width Upgrade. In its GUI you can toggle the area of effect and offset the position.^[6]

Entity SpawnerMod recipe

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Ender Eye	Ender Eye	Ender Eye
Solid XP	any redstone storage block	Solid XP
any iron storage block	Piston	any iron storage block

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_entity_spawner

For passive spawning, the mod has two special dirt blocks. Delightful Dirt spawns more creature mobs, and a light level below 10 stops those spawns. It does not work in ocean biomes. Dreadful Dirt spawns more hostile mobs, and a light level of 5 and above stops those spawns.^[6]

You lay these blocks 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. The chicken feed tooltips mention these eggs: the feed is single use for the chicken and creates either a Rotten Egg or a Golden Egg.^[6]

GM Chicken FeedMod recipe

Chicken Feed (mob_grinding_utils)

• Mob Swab Used
• any seed

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:gm_chicken_feed

GM Chicken Feed uses a used Mob Swab, which you collect from mobs.

Moving mobs

The Mob Fan pushes mobs in the direction it faces, and you can toggle its area of effect in its GUI. Its upgrades each add +1: Distance up to a max of 10, Height up to a max of 3, and Width up to a max of 3.^[6]

The Entity Conveyor moves mobs and items along a horizontal vector. Mobs can also spawn on it.^[6]

6× Entity ConveyorMod recipe

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Empty slot	any slime ball	Empty slot
any iron ingot	any redstone dust	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any slime ball	any iron ingot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_entity_conveyor

Mob Fan Distance UpgradeMod recipe

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any feather	any iron ingot	any feather
any iron ingot	any redstone dust	any iron ingot
any feather	any iron ingot	any feather

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_fan_upgrade_speed

Mob Fan Height UpgradeMod recipe

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any iron ingot	any feather	any iron ingot
Empty slot	any feather	Empty slot
any iron ingot	any feather	any iron ingot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_fan_upgrade_height

Killing mobs

Iron Spikes are the basic option. They also drop the mob's XP, but mobs killed by spikes do not count as player kills.^[6]

The Mob Masher is the advanced, modular grinder. Mobs it mashes do count as player kills. It takes Mob Masher upgrades for Arthropods, Beheading, Fire, Looting, Sharpness and Smite. Each upgrade adds +1 of its enchantment-style effect, up to a maximum.^[6]

Mob MasherMod recipe

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Iron Sword	any diamond gem	Iron Sword
Iron Spikes	any redstone storage block	Iron Spikes
any diamond gem	any iron storage block	any diamond gem

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_saw

Collecting drops and XP

The Absorption Hopper vacuums up items and XP orbs in a 7x7x7 area. You can configure it to push out on any side, so fluids go into tanks and items go into inventories. The Absorption Radius Upgrade increases its range by +1 each, up to a max of 6. In its GUI you can toggle the area of effect and offset the position on each axis.^[6]

Absorption HopperMod recipe

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Empty slot	Ender Eye	Empty slot
Empty slot	any obsidian	Empty slot
any obsidian	Hopper	any obsidian

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_absorption_hopper

Absorption Radius UpgradeMod recipe

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Empty slot	any ender pearl	Empty slot
any ender pearl	any redstone dust	any ender pearl
any obsidian	Hopper	any obsidian

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_absorbtion_upgrade

Storing and using XP

The Jumbo Tank is a larger version of the Singularity Tank (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 XP Drain Singularity Tank is a separate tank variant with its own recipe.^[6][7]

Jumbo TankMod recipe

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any iron ingot	Singularity Tank	any iron ingot
Singularity Tank	Empty slot	Singularity Tank
any iron ingot	Singularity Tank	any iron ingot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_jumbotank

XP Drain Singularity TankMod recipe

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Empty slot	Iron Bars	Empty slot
Ender Eye	Hopper	Ender Eye
Empty slot	Singularity Tank	Empty 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. You can configure it to export horizontally, and XP Speed Upgrades make it faster.^[6]

In this pack, the solidifier makes an XP Jelly Baby from an XP Mould Jelly Baby. You can craft a blank mould into the jelly baby mould, and turn it back again.^[7]

XP SolidifierMod recipe

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Empty slot	Piston	Empty slot
Entity Conveyor	Hopper	Entity Conveyor
Empty slot	Singularity Tank	Empty slot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_solidifier

XP Jelly BabyMod recipe

Solidify (mob_grinding_utils)

• XP Mould Jelly Baby

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:solidify/jelly_baby

XP Mould Jelly BabyMod recipe

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• XP Mould Blank

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mould_baby_upgrade

XP Mould BlankMod recipe

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• XP Mould Jelly Baby

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mould_reset

Solid XP is a block of solidified experience that is very bouncy.^[6]

Farm utilities

• Tinted Glass lets you see inside the farm without letting light in, and it is tough enough to withstand Withers.^[6]
• The Ender Inhibitor stops teleportation for entities up to 8 blocks away. It attaches to any side of solid blocks, and you right click it to activate or deactivate it.^[6]
• The Ender Dragon Death Muffler stops Ender Dragon death sounds within a 32 block radius. Right click it to hide the boss bar.^[6]
• The Wither Boss Death Muffler works the same way for Wither death sounds, within an 8 block radius.^[6]

Mob Grinding Utils doesn't have formal tiers in this pack. Instead, the quests walk you through it in stages. You start with fluid XP, then move on to killing, moving and spawning mobs. The main path lives in the Cool Parts chapter, and the spawner branch sits in the Apothic Spawners chapter.^[2][3]

Stage 1: Collect XP

Everything starts with "Getting Fluid XP" quest. You need an Absorption Hopper and a Singularity Tank. The hopper picks up items and XP dropped in an area around it, and you can change that area in its GUI. The tank stores the XP as Fluid XP, and you can right-click it with a bucket to pull the fluid out. Every other quest in the chapter unlocks after this one.^[2]

Absorption HopperMod recipe

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Empty slot	Ender Eye	Empty slot
Empty slot	any obsidian	Empty slot
any obsidian	Hopper	any obsidian

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_absorption_hopper

Singularity TankMod recipe

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any iron ingot	any glass blocks	any iron ingot
any glass blocks	any glass blocks	any glass blocks
any iron ingot	any glass blocks	any iron ingot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_tank

Stage 2: Kill mobs

Iron Spikes are the first killer. Any mob touching the top takes damage, and if it dies it drops its loot and XP. The quest warns that they aren't cheap or easy to craft.^[2]

Iron SpikesMod recipe

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Empty slot	Iron Sword	Empty slot
Iron Sword	any iron storage block	Iron Sword

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_spikes

"Mob Masher" quest comes next and gives you the Mob Masher. It needs a redstone signal, and mobs that touch it drop items as if a player had killed them. That is the key difference from spikes.^[2]

Mob MasherMod recipe

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Iron Sword	any diamond gem	Iron Sword
Iron Spikes	any redstone storage block	Iron Spikes
any diamond gem	any iron storage block	any diamond gem

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_saw

Like fans, the Masher takes upgrades. The quest mentions more damage, looting and Fire Aspect, which are covered by Mob Masher Upgrade Sharpness, Mob Masher Upgrade Looting and Mob Masher Upgrade Fire. The pack also has recipes for the smite, arthropod and beheading upgrades.^[2][5]

Mob Masher Upgrade LootingMod recipe

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any gold nugget	any blue dye	any gold nugget
any blue dye	any redstone dust	any blue dye
any gold nugget	any blue dye	any gold nugget

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_saw_upgrade_looting

Stage 3: Move mobs

"Fans" quest introduces the Mob Fan. By default it activates with a redstone signal and blows items and mobs up to 5 blocks in front of it. You right-click it to add upgrades that make it blow wider, higher and farther.^[2]

Mob FanMod recipe

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Stone Slab	any iron ingot	Stone Slab
any iron ingot	any redstone storage block	any iron ingot
Stone Slab	any iron ingot	Stone Slab

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_fan

The upgrades are Mob Fan Width Upgrade, Mob Fan Height Upgrade and Mob Fan Distance Upgrade.^[2][5]

"Entity Conveyors" quest gives you the Entity Conveyor. It moves mobs in the direction you place it, and mobs can spawn on top of it unless they need a specific block. You can't make conveyors faster, since only fans can be upgraded.^[2]

6× Entity ConveyorMod recipe

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Empty slot	any slime ball	Empty slot
any iron ingot	any redstone dust	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any slime ball	any iron ingot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_entity_conveyor

Stage 4: Better spawns with special dirt

Both dirt quests need Fluid XP, so they come after the first stage. Each one turns a special chicken feed into an egg. Placing that egg on dirt makes up to a 5x5 patch of special dirt.^[2]

• "Delightful Dirt" quest (Delightful Dirt) uses Nutritious Chicken Feed. It needs 4 buckets of Fluid XP, and the quest says the crops come from sieving dirt. Feed it to a chicken to get a Golden Egg. The resulting dirt spawns passive mobs much more commonly.^[2]
• "Dreadful Dirt" quest (Dreadful Dirt) uses GM Chicken Feed Cursed. It also needs 4 buckets of Fluid XP. Feed it to a chicken to get a Rotten Egg. The resulting dirt spawns hostile mobs when it's dark, at about 10 times the rate.^[2]

Nutritious Chicken FeedMod recipe

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Empty slot	Carrot	Empty slot
Potato	any seed	Beetroot
Empty slot	Wheat	Empty slot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_nutritious_feed

GM Chicken Feed CursedMod recipe

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Empty slot	Spider Eye	Empty slot
Rotten Flesh	any seed	any bone
Empty slot	any gunpowder	Empty slot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_cursed_feed

Stage 5: Spawn eggs and the Entity Spawner

The Apothic Spawners chapter has two quests. The first is the swab route to spawn eggs. Right-click a mob with a Mob Swab, craft the used swab into GM Chicken Feed, and feed it to a chicken. The quest says any type of XP fluid works, that the chicken doesn't survive, and that not every mob can be swabbed.^[3][5]

Mob SwabMod recipe

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Empty slot	Empty slot	any wool
Empty slot	any wooden rod	Empty slot
any wool	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mob_swab

GM Chicken FeedMod recipe

Chicken Feed (mob_grinding_utils)

• Mob Swab Used
• any seed

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:gm_chicken_feed

The second quest covers the Entity Spawner. It needs a spawn egg in the top slot, XP Jelly Babies in the second slot and a redstone signal. 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.^[3]

XP Mould BlankMod recipe

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8 × any gold nugget

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mould_blank

XP Mould Jelly BabyMod recipe

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• XP Mould Blank

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_mould_baby_upgrade

XP SolidifierMod recipe

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Empty slot	Piston	Empty slot
Entity Conveyor	Hopper	Entity Conveyor
Empty slot	Singularity Tank	Empty slot

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_solidifier

Entity SpawnerMod recipe

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Ender Eye	Ender Eye	Ender Eye
Solid XP	any redstone storage block	Solid XP
any iron storage block	Piston	any iron storage block

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_entity_spawner

The pack also has recipes for the Entity Spawner Width Upgrade and Entity Spawner Height Upgrade, plus the XP Speed Upgrade for the solidifier.^[5]

A pack-specific change

The recipe for Tinted Glass was changed by the pack, so don't rely on the mod's default.^[5]

4× Tinted GlassChanged by the pack

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any coal	any glass blocks	any coal
any glass blocks	any coal	any glass blocks
any coal	any glass blocks	any coal

Recipe id: mob_grinding_utils:recipe_tintedglass

Unverified Recipes also exist for the Jumbo Tank, XP Tap, XP Drain Singularity Tank, Ender Inhibitor and the Dragon and Wither death mufflers. The quests we have don't cover them, so where they fit in progression is unverified.

The sources show one pair of pack-added recipes that use Mob Grinding Utils' Fluid XP with another mod's machines. They also show a few quests where its items rely on things from elsewhere in the pack.^[2][3][5]

Integrated Dynamics and Create: Fluid XP and Block of Experience

The pack adds two recipes that involve Fluid Xp and the Create Block of Experience. One is for the Integrated Dynamics Drying Basin and the other is for its Mechanical Drying Basin. Both are listed as added by the pack, so you won't find them in the default recipe sets of those mods.^[5]

Quest-driven connections

• In "Delightful Dirt" quest, the crops or seeds for Nutritious Chicken Feed are obtained by sieving dirt. The feed also needs 4 buckets of Fluid XP. Feeding it to a chicken gives a Golden Egg that makes Delightful Dirt, up to a 5x5 area.^[2]
• In "Dreadful Dirt" quest, GM Chicken Feed Cursed needs 4 buckets of Fluid XP and a seed. It also needs drops from zombies, skeletons, spiders and creepers. The result is Dreadful Dirt, which spawns hostile mobs.^[2]
• In a quest in "Apothic Spawners", you right-click a mob with a Mob Swab to get a spawn egg. The quest says any kind of XP fluid works for the GM Chicken Feed, and that not all mobs can be swabbed.^[3]
• In a quest in "Apothic Spawners", the Entity Spawner sits in the Apothic Spawners chapter. It needs a spawn egg, XP Jelly Babies made in the XP Solidifier with the XP Mould Jelly Baby, and a redstone signal.^[3]

Mob Grinding Utils shows up in two quest chapters in this pack: Chapter 2: The Cool Parts, which walks you through the core machines, and Apothic Spawners, which covers getting spawn eggs and spawning mobs with this mod.^[2][3]

Chapter 2: The Cool Parts

Everything starts with "Getting Fluid XP" quest, which asks for an Absorption Hopper and a Singularity Tank. The hopper picks up items and XP dropped in an area around it, and you can change that area and where it sends XP and items in its GUI. Send the XP into the tank and it's stored as Fluid XP, which you can collect by right-clicking the tank with a bucket.^[2]

Once that's done, five quests open up, all following Fluid XP:^[2]

• "Fans" quest asks for a Mob Fan. By default it activates with a redstone signal and blows items and mobs up to 5 blocks in front of it. Upgrades let it blow wider, higher and farther.^[2]
• "Entity Conveyors" quest asks for an Entity Conveyor. It moves mobs in the direction it's placed, and mobs can spawn on top of it. The quest says conveyors can't be made faster, only Fans can be upgraded.^[2]
• "Delightful Dirt" quest (for passive mobs) asks for Nutritious Chicken Feed. Feeding it to a chicken costs the chicken's life and gives a Golden Egg, which you place on dirt to make at most a 5x5 area of Delightful Dirt. That dirt spawns passive mobs much more commonly than normal dirt.^[2]
• "Dreadful Dirt" quest (for hostile mobs) asks for GM Chicken Feed Cursed. The chicken that eats it explodes and leaves a Rotten Egg, which makes up to a 5x5 area of Dreadful Dirt. That dirt spawns hostile mobs when it's dark, at roughly 10 times the usual rate.^[2]
• a quest in "Chapter 2: The Cool Parts" is an untitled quest asking for Iron Spikes. Any mob touching the top takes damage, and if it dies it drops its loot and XP. Items that require a player kill won't drop.^[2]

The last quest in the chapter is "Mob Masher" quest, which unlocks after the Iron Spikes quest and asks for the Mob Masher. It needs a redstone signal, and mobs touching it drop items as if a player had killed them. Like Fans, it can be upgraded for more damage, Looting and even Fire Aspect.^[2]

Apothic Spawners

• a quest in "Apothic Spawners" asks for a Mob Swab and GM Chicken Feed. You right-click a mob with the swab, craft the feed with it, and feed that to a chicken to get a spawn egg. The chicken doesn't survive, and not every mob can be swabbed. The quest says any type of XP fluid works for the feed.^[3]
• a quest in "Apothic Spawners" asks for the Entity Spawner, an XP Solidifier and an XP Mould Jelly Baby. The spawner needs a spawn egg in the top slot, XP Jelly Babies in the second slot and a redstone signal. You make the jelly babies by running XP through the solidifier with that mould. They can also be eaten.^[3]

Unverified Both Apothic Spawners quests follow quests from other chapters that aren't covered by the sources for this mod, so the exact order between these two quests, and how they connect to Chapter 2, is unconfirmed.