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Spider Jockey with Enchanted Bow and Armor

A spider jockey.

Jockey refers to a naturally spawned mob riding another mob. Jockeys are named based on the mob being ridden. They also follow the spawning patterns of the bottom mob. The mob on the top often controls the mob on the bottom in Java Edition, but sometimes do not control it in Bedrock Edition. See Riding for detail behavior about riding.

List of jockeys

Official

These compound mobs are officially named by the developers of Minecraft.

Name Face Notes Image
Chicken Jockey ChickenJockeyFace
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This feature is exclusive to Java Edition. 
A baby Zombie (or baby Zombified Piglin, baby Zombie Villager, baby Drowned, or baby Husk) riding a Chicken.
Chicken Jockey
Skeleton Horseman SkeletonHorsemanFace A Skeleton (or Stray and Wither Skeleton) riding a Skeleton Horse. Skeleton Trap
Spider Jockey SpiderJockeyFace A Skeleton (or Stray or Wither Skeleton) riding a Spider (or Cave Spider[Bedrock Edition only]). Spider Jockey

Unofficial

These compound mobs don't have an official name, and were never referred to be official jockeys by Minecraft developers.

Jockey of baby zombie

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This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition. 

In Bedrock Edition, 15% naturally spawned baby zombies, baby husks, and baby zombie villagers try to find a mount when it tries attacking a villager, player, or iron golem, which can ride:

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