Talk:Deployer/@comment-5358885-20120905204406/@comment-5429934-20120905212038

In theory, yes. If you put a sword (or mining laser) in it, it will "attack" mobs when activated and when the mob dies they will drop xp. . . however, you'd still have to collect the xp somehow, which means you'd have to be nearby. So while it would work, I don't think it would be practical.

Also, keep in mind that it will trigger an attack from a mob - so skeletons will shoot arrows at it, and creepers will explode next to it. So you'd want to aim it at their feet and put a block on top of it so they can't "see" it.