I have a friend that claims the faster you move around a mob spawner, the faster the mobs spawn. He likes to build powered rails near the spawner and ride a minecart in a loop. This is to increase the spawn rate, supposedly to several times as fast.
I was unable to find any credible source that mentions this. Is this in fact true, or is he misguided?
Best Answer
I would say misguided. Check out the algorithm provided by the Minecraft wiki:
Note that it has nothing about player speed in it.