Originally posted by Sonaut:

I've read so much conflicting info on this...
-hoe the ground
-place workbenches
-no, you gotta cover the workbenches

Everyone seems to have an answer until someone else jumps in saying they tried the same thing and it didn't work. The other day I was able to pinpoint an exact spawn location because the monster was clipped inside one of my stone walls and couldn't move. It was on flooring, with hoed ground underneath that, with roof above it, and well within the range of a covered workbench. So...

Anyone find any other tricks that worked for them that aren't the ones listed above? Because either the system is bugged, or none of those are actual spawn inhibitors.

I'm honestly about to just move to deep north or some other unfinished biome. This is driving me nuts.