Minecraft traps to protect your house from players

In this tutorial Grian will show you how to prevent mobs from getting into your house or any other structure/area. This includes mobs such as spiders, enderman, zombies and more! Below are a few of the tricks and the video overview is near the bottom of the article.

Enjoy and if you have any more tips let us know in the comments below!

Using some of his techniques here are some of the easy ways to protect yourself.

Carpet, slime and Trap Doors – Mobs don’t walk across carpet and trap doors!

Minecraft house tutorial

They don’t see it as a normal block. You can use this technique to cross a trench. A more fun way around this is fill the trench with slime and bounce across! (Video Time: 0:20)

Water – The easiest way to protect yourself from Enderman is water!

Minecraft house defense

Surround your area your protecting with a mote!

Lighting – Most mobs don’t spawn in the light. It’s easy to hide if you wish to not see your lighting element or you can leave it out unhidden and show it off!

Cover up some glow stone with carpet or leaves to keep them out of sight. Or just leave