Making Money With Spawners

How spawners make money on DonutSMP, how to get them after the June 2026 update, and what players reported earning.

How spawners make money

DonutSMP spawners produce mob drops without spawning mobs. According to the fan-run Donutpedia wiki, you collect the drops by right-clicking the spawner, much like opening a chest, and the server uses a plugin called Smart Spawners [1]. Owners make money by selling those drops [2]. The fan-run donutsmp.wiki calls spawners "tradeable assets" [3] and says they have significant player-market value [2].

Getting spawners now

No new spawners are being made. A Minecraft Forum guide to the economy after the June 2026 update says "the Shard Shop no longer sells them and nothing else creates them" [4]. donutsmp.wiki says existing spawners only move between players through trading [5], and that a trade "only changes ownership; it does not increase the total supply" [3]. In an October 21, 2026 video, The Donut Report said this fixed supply is "why spawner owners hold so much power" [6]. In a November 5, 2026 video that Jestica reacted to, the player said that since the shop was removed, spawners have "gotten extremely rare and expensive" [7].

Donutpedia's command list (built June 3, 2026) notes one exception: /medal gives 3 skeleton spawners to players who have completed the medal quest [8].

The Minecraft Forum guide says spawners are not suitable as a starting method for new players, because their scarcity sets their entry price [4]. donutsmp.wiki gives a checklist for buying one [3]:

  • Confirm the exact spawner type shown in game.
  • Confirm the quantity and the price per spawner, and compare several recent offers.
  • Inspect the item before completing the trade. "An advertisement is not proof" that the seller owns the spawner.

The Donut Report gave similar advice in October 2026: "Never buy off a screenshot", save evidence of the deal, and remember that "paying someone does not guarantee they deliver" [6]. Exchanging in-game items for real-world money, and trading items with other servers, are against the rules [9].

DonutSMP announced a 2% tax on November 11, 2026. On the auction house the buyer pays it, and it is already included in the shown price. With /pay the sender pays 2% on top of the amount [10]. See Economy.

Spawner types and drops

Donutpedia lists eight types [1]:

SpawnerDrops (Donutpedia)Common use (donutsmp.wiki)Live price
SkeletonBones, arrowsBonemeal for farmsbone, arrow
Iron golemIron ingotsIroniron ingot
SpiderSpider eyes, stringString and woolstring, spider eye
Zombified piglinGold nuggetsGold nuggetsgold nugget
BlazeBlaze powderBrewingblaze powder, blaze rod
CreeperGunpowdern/agunpowder
PigUncooked porkchopVillager tradingporkchop
CowUncooked beefVillager tradingbeef

Sources for the table: drops [1]; uses [3][4]. Live prices link to the fan price tracker DonutOrders.

The sources disagree on blaze spawners. Donutpedia says they produce only blaze powder [1]. donutsmp.wiki, the Minecraft Forum guide and The Donut Report all say blaze rods [3][4][6]. donutsmp.wiki and the Minecraft Forum guide also list a zombie spawner, which has "no known use in production" according to the forum guide [4][3]. donutsmp.wiki warns that a mob's vanilla drops "do not prove the exact output, rate or behavior of its DonutSMP spawner", and says to test the current output in game before buying [3].

Donutpedia says skeleton spawners "tend to be among the most valuable" because bones and arrows are reliable in the economy [1]. In its October 2026 video, The Donut Report said that, using DonutStats daily averages, string was worth over four times as much per item as bones at the time. It added that "value per item is not everything": how much a spawner produces, and whether people will actually buy the output, matter just as much [6]. donutsmp.wiki says the best type "changes with market demand" and warns against relying on "an old price or an undated production claim" [3].

Stacking

Shift + right-clicking with a spawner of the same type stacks it into a placed spawner, which increases output [1]. Creators disagree on how large a stack can be. In a July 19, 2026 video, Farex Clips put 10,386 skeleton spawners into one stack and said "There's not a limit" [11]. In Jestica's November 2026 video, a "max of 10,000 spawners per stack" is mentioned [7]. Farex Clips earned less than he hoped from 15,552 spawners and wondered whether he should have spread them out instead of putting them all in one stack [11]. donutsmp.wiki suggests checking "How stacked spawners behave" and "Whether nearby stacks affect production" on your own setup [3].

Selling the drops

Since June 9, 2026, items sold with /sell can go into a matching buy order that pays more than the server's sell price [12]. According to DonutOrders, /sell and /orders are the same market, and anything nobody buys comes back to your inventory [13]. /sell is not taxed, so the seller keeps the full order price [10].

Before that change, spawner owners had to move their drops by hand. In an August 16, 2026 video, Melton said owners used to drop bones out of the spawner and deliver them to a bone order, and that farming thousands of spawners needed a large "bone loader". He also said that pressing sell all used to pay only the item's much lower worth price [14]. In the video he pressed the sell button in each spawner's menu, and the bones went straight into orders in about two seconds, where before selling could take 15 to 30 minutes [14]. Farex Clips used the same sell button in July 2026, after first building a water-and-hopper collection system [11]. Some creators still built bone loaders in August 2026 [15].

The Minecraft Forum guide suggests a timed test: collect everything your farm produces over a set period [4]. donutsmp.wiki says to measure completed sales rather than unsold stock, and to count building materials, collection, storage and operating costs in the investment, not just the spawner price [3]. For skeleton spawners it points to the DonutStats Spawner Production Calculator, a community tool, and says to compare its estimate with your own timed test [3].

For live prices of processed skeleton drops, see bone meal, bone block and DonutOrders' blocks, ingots and nuggets guide.

Results reported by creators

DateVideoSetupReported result
April 29, 2026Jestica, reacting to another player's video10,000 skeleton spawnersAbout $580M over 12 hours [16]
June 13, 2026SheesherEstimate for 100 spawnersSaid each spawner gives one bone per minute, that bone prices had dropped massively after the update that removed /shop, and called the earnings "almost nothing" [17]
July 19, 2026Farex Clips15,552 skeleton spawners, 5 minutesAbout $1.5M, which he worked out as about $18M per hour [11]
August 16, 2026Melton1,000 skeleton spawners, about 2 hoursAbout $30M [14]
August 22, 2026DanyZGoneSkeleton spawners, about 1 hour10,000 bones, sold for about $1.4M [15]
August 27, 2026Moon Shadows200 skeleton spawners, 1 hour$3.2M [18]
November 5, 2026Jestica, reacting to another player's video50,000 skeleton spawners, 24 hours$11.9 billion [7]

In the November 2026 video, the player who placed the 50,000 spawners said he would need to AFK them for 50 days just to make the amount they are worth [7].

Raid risk

Stacking "concentrates valuable resources in one location", and many players hunt for bases to raid farms and stashes [1]. Jestica's April 2026 video asks "what if your spawners get raided, too? Like you lose everything" [16]. In the November 2026 video, the player built a spawner base he described as over 125,000 obsidian blocks thick [7]. Farex Clips packed his spawners back up straight after his 5-minute test and called it "so nerve-wracking" [11]. DanyZGone's base was griefed after their test [15]. donutsmp.wiki advises not publishing coordinates, not teleporting unknown players to the farm, and checking storage capacity so output is not lost [3]. See PvP, bases and raiding.

Rules

The official rules (last updated November 11, 2026) ban "Using Macros to collect or do anything in spawners" and auto-clickers that "Auto Click spawners or place blocks" [9]. They also ban hacked clients, X-ray and ESP [9]. Exchanging in-game items for real-world money is forbidden, and so is trading items with other servers [9]. See Rules.

How this changed

DateChange
EarlierThe Shard Shop sold spawners at different prices per type. Donutpedia lists old prices from 250 shards (pig) to 1,500 (iron golem) [1]. The Donut Report says crates also gave out spawners [6].
February 26, 2026Every spawner was priced at 1,500 shards in the Shard Shop [19][2][4]. donutsmp.wiki says server developer ArchivePedro stated the change was permanent, making spawners harder to obtain [2].
June 2–3, 2026The update removed crates and the sell multiplier [20][4]. The Minecraft Forum guide says it also removed /shop [4].
June 9, 2026/sell started routing items into higher-paying buy orders [12].
November 11, 20262% tax announced on /pay, /ah and placing orders. /sell is not taxed for the seller [10].

Today the Shard Shop no longer sells spawners [4][19][5]. The Minecraft Forum guide says older guides that tell players to "buy spawners from the Shard Shop" are out of date [4]. In August 2026, Melton and Moon Shadows both said they expected skeleton spawners to become more valuable around a planned world border expansion [14][18]. In October 2026, The Donut Report said spawners stay a closed-supply player market item unless the team officially changes that, and that the expansion still had no confirmed date [6].

Money-Making Meta Over TimeHow the best ways to make money on DonutSMP changed from 2024 to the June 2026 update and the November 2026 tax.Farms That Make MoneyFarms DonutSMP players use to make money - kelp, cobblestone, gold, spawners and more - and where they sell the output.Where to Sell: /sell, Orders or Auction HouseWhen to use /sell, buy orders or the auction house on DonutSMP, how they are linked, and how the 2% tax affects each.Flipping and TradingHow flipping works on DonutSMP - buying low on the auction house or through orders and reselling - and what the 2% tax changed.

Sources

  1. Spawner - Donutpedia (fan-run wiki) - donutsmp-wiki.pages.dev
  2. The DonutSMP Economy - donutsmp.wiki (fan-run, updated September 7, 2026) - donutsmp.wiki
  3. Spawners - donutsmp.wiki (fan-run, last verified September 2026) - donutsmp.wiki
  4. DonutSMP Economy After the June Update - Minecraft Forum - minecraftforum.net
  5. Historical Features - donutsmp.wiki (fan-run) - donutsmp.wiki
  6. Every DonutSMP Spawner Explained (Which One Makes the Most?) - The Donut Report, October 21, 2026 - youtube.com
  7. How Much Can 50,000 Spawners Make You? - Jestica, November 5, 2026 - youtube.com
  8. Commands - Donutpedia (fan-run wiki) - donutsmp-wiki.pages.dev
  9. DonutSMP Rules (official, last updated November 11, 2026) - rules.donutsmp.net
  10. DonutSMP 2% tax - in-game tests, November 2026 - DonutOrders - donutorders.com
  11. Using 15,552 Spawners on DonutSMP To Get RICH - Farex Clips, July 19, 2026 - youtube.com
  12. Orders - donutsmp.wiki (fan-run) - donutsmp.wiki
  13. How /orders works on DonutSMP: buy orders and /sell - DonutOrders (fan price tracker, November 12, 2026) - donutorders.com
  14. Spawners might be meta again on the Donutsmp - Melton, August 16, 2026 - youtube.com
  15. Are Skeleton Spawners Still Worth It On DonutSMP? - DanyZGone, August 22, 2026 - youtube.com
  16. How Much Do 10,000 Spawners Make On Donut SMP? - Jestica, April 29, 2026 - youtube.com
  17. SPAWNERS STILL WORTH IT ON DONUT SMP - Sheesher, June 13, 2026 - youtube.com
  18. Are SKELLY Spawners STILL META? | Donut SMP - Moon Shadows, August 27, 2026 - youtube.com
  19. Shard Shop - donutsmp.wiki (fan-run) - donutsmp.wiki
  20. Shop removal update - Donutpedia source (GitHub) - github.com

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