Minecraft – Why does the spawn point change on the SMP server every time I respawn

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It seems that my spawn point on my SMP server keeps changing every time I kill myself and respawn. The spawn points all seem to be very close to each other (within sight) but still not at the same location.

I have no mods installed. I just used what Mojang distributed.

Why do I keep spawning at a diiferent point everytime I respawn?

Best Answer

There is a "spawn point", but you actually spawn anywhere within about 30 blocks of it. Try deopping and trying to damage the environment, wherever you can't touch is part of spawn. The "spawn point" will be in dead center.

You can use this to build a "spawn area".