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Preventing hostile mob spawning

One thing that greatly limits my creativity in Survival mode is that i CAN'T build any large structures, rooms etc. because hostile mobs keep spawning there. Every time i build maybe a large castle in any world i have to run around and place torches everywhere on the floor which completely ruins the aesthetics of the build.

I would love to be able to place lamps and lanterns where they would make sense to place, and not just placing them literally everywhere because i have to if i dont want monsters in my house 24/7. This has been a major downside for me for many many years. I am unable to make good looking, large, practical builds in survival because of the monsters (mainly creepers) spawning in my storage and blowing up all the time.

ANY item or block that would disable mobspawn in a certain radius (preferably quite large area so that i wouldn't have to place 30 of those blocks in my house anyways) would save my minecraft survival experience...

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    Well sorry thats just how minecraft works but i have a tip: u can put carpet ontop of a glowstone floor to make hidden lighting if u dont want torches everywhere

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    There are already many ways of doing that.

    1. Light things up, though you already know that.
    2. Play on Peaceful Difficulty to prevent hostile mobs spawning.
    3. Run the command "gamerule mobGriefing false" to prevent creepers and endermen destroying the world.
    4. Run the command "gamerule doMobSpawning false" to prevent all mobs from spawning.
    5. More complicated ways that use multiple commands, there are many but this explains a few I believe: https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/11/21431195/how-to-stop-monsters-from-spawning-mobs-disable-spawn

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    The new light block option is awesome. You get light but no lamp. It works great for mobs. /give @s light_block 64 15 (that’s 64 light bulbs at their brightest. 0-15. I use them in creative to mow down weeds too!