In the Create-era worlds one of prop’s gamerule settings was mobGriefing. In November 2023 on Limbo he ran /gamerule mobGriefing false and told the chat that “enderman griefing and creeper griefing is disabled”, having switched off fire spread a few days earlier. 1 2 3
The rule had side effects that took months to surface. In April 2024 prop was complaining that mending could not be found in the enchanting table (“i need mending”), 4 and then he wondered why villagers were not picking up bread, before working it out himself: “mobgriefing needs to be on”. 5 6 He turned it on temporarily with op on 22 April.
The lesson did not entirely stick. In September 2025 on the Create server, about twenty endermen covered prop’s area in grass blocks, and he had to admit “i forgot to turn off mobgriefing”. 7 8 The rule went back off, and the single-player sleep gamerule was set later that month. 9
Primary sources
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[06:17:29] [Netty Epoll Server IO #5/INFO]: <ProPlayerPlayz> /gamerule mobGriefing false [06:17:29] [Server thread/INFO]: [ProPlayerPlayz: Gamerule mobGriefing is now set to: false]
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[06:17:42] [Netty Epoll Server IO #5/INFO]: [Not Secure] <ProPlayerPlayz> enderman griefing and creeper griefing is disabled
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[17:24:43] [Netty Epoll Server IO #4/INFO]: <ProPlayerPlayz> /gamerule doFireTick false [17:24:43] [Server thread/INFO]: [ProPlayerPlayz: Gamerule doFireTick is now set to: false]
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[15:18:38] [Server thread/INFO] *[Not Secure] <ProPlayerPlayz> sad that we cant get mending in enchanting table*
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[07:34:02] [Server thread/INFO] *[Not Secure] <ProPlayerPlayz> why are villagers not picking up bread*
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[07:34:59] [Server thread/INFO] *[Not Secure] <ProPlayerPlayz> mobgriefing needs to be on*
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there is like 20 enderman
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i forgot to turn off mobgriefing
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ProPlayerPlayz: single player sleep done