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spawner_blocks_work

booleanJava 26.2 only

Controls whether monster spawner blocks produce mobs. When false, all spawners in the world are silenced — they still display their spinning entity model but no mobs emerge.

Enable spawner_blocks_work

Spawner blocks produce mobs when a player is within 16 blocks.

Java/gamerule spawner_blocks_work true

Disable spawner_blocks_work

All spawner blocks are inactive — no mobs are produced from any spawner.

Java/gamerule spawner_blocks_work false

Default: true. Restore with /gamerule spawner_blocks_work true

What spawner_blocks_work does

Controls whether monster spawner blocks produce mobs. When false, all spawners in the world are silenced — they still display their spinning entity model but no mobs emerge.

spawner_blocks_work is a Java Edition-only gamerule and is not available in Bedrock.

Related gamerules

All Gamerule commandsJava vs Bedrock guide