Furthermore, there is a higher chance for their equipment to be enchanted, and if it is, the enchantment levels are higher. The fuller the moon, the higher the chance skeletons and zombies have the ability to pick up items and spawn with weapons and armor.(The moon's phase does not influence the normal spawning of slimes in designated chunks at altitudes below y=40.) The number of slimes that spawn in swamps is proportional to the moon's fullness: They are most numerous during the full moon and none spawn during the new moon.The phase of the moon has three subtle effects on mob spawning: Slimes spawning in a swamp during the full moon (view of eastern sky moon rising) See also: Difficulty § Moon phase and Difficulty § Regional difficulty To go back one phase, using / time add 168000 advances time by 7 days, which is one full lunar cycle minus one moon phase. There is no explicit command to change the moon's phase, but using / time add 24000 advances time by one day toward the next phase.

This can help a player in timing a slime hunt in a swamp (see below). The pixels of the first quarter phase moon and waxing gibbous moon presents a more rounded, organic shape than the corresponding waning phase moons that present a more squared-off appearance. The phases of the moon are (in chronological order as they appear in-game): This allows the player to keep rough track of the passage of time, even after spending a few game days underground. The Moon is always opposite of the Sun, but still goes through eight lunar phases, and changes phase every night. Because they rise in the east and descend in the west, you can navigate by the stars even when the moon is not visible. Stars appear as bright points, and the starfield rotates with the moon as the night progresses. Together with the moon, the night sky also consists of stars. Nighttime can be skipped entirely using a bed, provided there are no monsters nearby. On the other hand, crops continue to grow. To grow them at night requires the use of light sources such as torches. Grass blocks and saplings do not grow in moonlight, nor do they decay.

This allows hostile mobs such as zombies and skeletons to spawn. Players can track the moon's position in the sky using a clock.ĭuring the night, the moon illuminates the surface in the same manner as the sun however, light levels fall to a minimum of four. Overall, nighttime lasts about 7 minutes (in real-time). As time passes, the moon moves westward across the sky.

Nighttime begins after the sun has fully set in the west and the moon has risen in the east.

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