At most, only 2 bats can spawn in a player ticking area. I believe the limit was meant to be 5.
Alternatively, this may be working as intended, but in that case there is a bug (with no symptoms) in the spawn_rules/bat.json file in the 1.14 vanilla behavior pack. As seen here:
bats only spawn underground, so having a density_limit of 5 for surface spawns is pointless and confusing.
Steps to reproduce:
In a test infinite world with cheats enabled, locate a cave in a biome that spawns animals, such as a plains or forest biome. The cave must include a dark area below Y=63.
Stand on the surface above the cave.
Periodically execute the command "/testfor @e[type=bat]" and count the number of bats found.
Expected results:
Eventually, there are more than 2 bats.
Actual results:
No matter how long you wait, only 2 bats spawn. (There is a small possibility that one might fly out of the player ticking area, making room for another bat to spawn, and since the herd size is 2 there could be a total of 3, but it's unlikely you could get more than that.)
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Recently I have seen in YouTube videos that bats appear to spawn in large, square holes dug deep into the ground, There might have been a change to the spawn rules for bats, such that they can spawn on the surface but only at low altitudes. In that case, this could be working as intended now.
Recently I have seen in YouTube videos that bats appear to spawn in large, square holes dug deep into the ground, There might have been a change to the spawn rules for bats, such that they can spawn on the surface but only at low altitudes. In that case, this could be working as intended now.
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