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Experience orb lifetime

Experience mechanic

Experience orb lifetime

An Experience Orb disappears 5 minutes after it appears unless it is collected.

Rules

Lifetime5 minutes (6,000 game ticks).
Merging orbsWhen two orbs merge, the merged orb keeps the age of the younger one.
New experienceWhen newly dropped experience joins an orb that is already there, that orb's 5 minutes start again.
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