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so...I tried at first to do a cactus-based farm...like I'd seen on youtube by one of my subscriptions...THAT was painfully slow due to the high HP of these guys

I then did some testing to see how quick lava handles them, since their invincibility to flames and lava was a bug (not surprising...they didn't seem like a creature that should be unaffected by such conditions)

After confirming that lava makes a MUCH better killing device, I then figured out the optimum thickness. (lets be honest: 1 block is NOT enough). The end of this was a three block thick lava blade.

After I was done with this part, I started making the canal+funnel system that leads guardians to their doom.

In the end, I am pleased with the results...

also, if i recall correctly, the lava blade is two blocks above the floor of the collection chamber...this is pretty important, since having it too close would result in loss of most, if not ALL the item drops.

pros:
1]handles overflow
2]fast
3]you get to watch the guardians BURN

cons:
1]tends to jam-up from squid
2]being that this is a lava-based design, it is not 100% lossless, but should have good rates if hooked-up to a proper spawning system
3]a bit more dangerous to construct

Description
so...I tried at first to do a cactus-based farm...like I'd seen on youtube by one of my subscriptions...THAT was painfully slow due to the high HP of these guys

I then did some testing to see how quick lava handles them, since their invincibility to flames and lava was a bug (not surprising...they didn't seem like a creature that should be unaffected by such conditions)

After confirming that lava makes a MUCH better killing device, I then figured out the optimum thickness. (lets be honest: 1 block is NOT enough). The end of this was a three block thick lava blade.

After I was done with this part, I started making the canal+funnel system that leads guardians to their doom.

In the end, I am pleased with the results...

also, if i recall correctly, the lava blade is two blocks above the floor of the collection chamber...this is pretty important, since having it too close would result in loss of most, if not ALL the item drops.

pros:
1]handles overflow
2]fast
3]you get to watch the guardians BURN

cons:
1]tends to jam-up from squid
2]being that this is a lava-based design, it is not 100% lossless, but should have good rates if hooked-up to a proper spawning system
3]a bit more dangerous to construct