Mob
"Monster" redirects here. For the mob called "monster" in the code, see Human.Mobs are living, moving game entities. The term "mob" is short for "mobile".[1]
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Spawning
Mobs come to exist by spawning in various ways. Most will spawn naturally, dependent on the light level and biome, often times in groups with mobs of the same variety. Most passive mobs also have the ability to breed, which will spawn baby versions of themselves. Mobs will not naturally spawn on transparent blocks, in water (except for squid and guardians), in lava, or on half blocks (slabs, stairs). The exception is monster spawners, from which they can spawn naturally on any block including air.
Some mobs (like the iron golem, snow golem, and the wither) require that the player "construct" them before being able to spawn.
Players can also spawn mobs by using spawn eggs in Creative mode, or the /summon command after enabling cheats. However if the player tries to summon an ender dragon with the /summon command, it will have a different AI to stay in the same place.
Behavior
Mobs are affected by the environment in the same ways as the player: they are subject to physics, and they can be hurt by the same things that harm the player (catching on fire, falling, drowning, attacked by weapons, etc.). Some mobs may be resistant or immune to certain hazards, such as Nether mobs which are immune to fire. Mobs can ride minecarts and other mobs, and can climb up ladders. When mobs are killed, they turn to dust and drop items which may be useful resources.
Each type of mob in Minecraft has a certain AI (Artificial Intelligence) system with different behaviors and mechanics. Mobs will ordinarily wander around at random if there is a player nearby and usually avoid walking off blocks high enough to cause falling damage. Many mobs have an advanced pathfinding system that allows them to traverse complex mazes to get to a desired object or destination. Passive mobs will flee in random directions after being hurt, while hostile mobs will face and chase/attack the Player as soon as they come close. Neutral mobs will remain neutral until a player or mob provokes it (usually by attacking), at which point the neutral mob will turn hostile toward and attack the entity that hit it. Most mobs are aware of players within 16 blocks of them, but some can see farther. Conversely, most mobs can be heard by players up to 16 blocks away.
Mobs can not see through most solid blocks, including semi-transparent blocks such as ice, glass, or glass panes. Mobs will not attempt to walk on rail tracks, unless pushed on by other mobs.
List of mobs
Mobs are listed and classified by their nature below. For more details on a particular mob, click and view their individual page.
Note: The list is categorized according to the PC edition. May vary between different platforms.
Passive mobs
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| Bat | Chicken | Cow | Mooshroom | Pig | Rabbit | Sheep | Skeleton Horse | Squid | Villager |
Neutral mobs
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| Cave Spider | Enderman | Polar Bear (Baby is passive) |
Spider | Zombie Pigman |
Hostile mobs
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| Blaze | Chicken Jockey | Creeper | Elder Guardian | Endermite | Evoker | Ghast | Guardian | Husk | Magma Cube | Shulker |
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| Silverfish | Skeleton | Skeleton Horseman | Slime | Spider Jockey | Stray | Vex | Vindicator | Witch | Wither Skeleton | Zombie | Zombie Villager |
Tameable mobs
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| Donkey | Horse | Llama | Mule | Ocelot | Parrot | Wolf |
Utility mobs
Utility mobs are meant to serve as supplementary ways of protection against hostile mobs.
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| Iron Golem (Neutral if natural-generated) |
Snow Golem |
Boss mobs
Boss mobs are extremely durable and destructive hostile mobs specifically designed for longer, riskier, and larger-scale battles for players. They are generally immune to most status effects, and are capable of seeing mobs affected by Invisibility.
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| Ender Dragon | Wither | Elder Guardian [a boss in Pocket Edition only] |
Unused mobs
- See also: Unused features
Unused mobs are found in the source code and can be spawned using /summon, but are unavailable in normal gameplay.
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| Giant | Killer Bunny | Zombie Horse [available in Pocket Edition] | Illusioner |
Removed mobs
- See also: Removed features
Removed mobs no longer exist in current versions of the game.
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| Beast Boy | Black Steve | Human | Rana | Steve |
Education Edition mobs
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Platform availability
| Mob | Java Edition | Console Edition | Pocket Edition | Education Edition |
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Agent |
No | No | No | Yes |
Bat |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Blaze |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cave Spider |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Chicken |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Chicken Jockey |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cow |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Creeper |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Donkey |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Elder Guardian |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ender Dragon |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Enderman |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Endermite |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Evoker |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ghast |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Giant |
Yes | No | No | No |
Guardian |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Horse |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Husk |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Illusioner |
Yes | No | No | No |
Iron Golem |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Killer Bunny |
Yes | No | No | No |
Llama |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Magma Cube |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mooshroom |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mule |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
NPC |
No | No | No | Yes |
Ocelot |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Parrot |
Yes | Yes | Upcoming | No |
Pig |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Polar Bear |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rabbit |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sheep |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Shulker |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Silverfish |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Skeleton |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Skeleton Horse |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Skeleton Horseman |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Slime |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Snow Golem |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Spider |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Spider Jockey |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Squid |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Stray |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Vex |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Vindicator |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Villager |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Witch |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Wither |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Wither Skeleton |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Wolf |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Zombie |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Zombie Horse |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Zombie Pigman |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Zombie Villager |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Availability | Xbox points earned | Trophy type (PS) | |||
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| Monster Hunter | Attack and destroy a monster | Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: enderman, zombie pigman, spider, cave spider. | Xbox One | Yes | Yes | Yes | 15G | Bronze | |
| Xbox 360 | Alt | 20G | |||||||
| Cow Tipper | Harvest some leather | Pick up leather from the ground. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 15G | Bronze | |
| When Pigs Fly | Fly a pig off a cliff | Be riding a pig (e.g. using a saddle) when it hits the ground with a fall distance greater than 5. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 40G | Gold | |
| Sniper Duel | Kill a skeleton with an arrow from more than 50 meters | Use a launched arrow to kill a skeleton, wither skeleton, or a stray from 50 or more blocks away, horizontally. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 30G | Silver | |
| Return to Sender | Destroy a Ghast with a fireball | Kill a ghast using a ghast fireball. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 30G | Gold | |
| The Beginning? | Spawn the Wither | Be within a 100.9×100.9×103.5 cuboid centered on the Wither when it is spawned. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 20G | Bronze | |
| The Beginning. | Kill the Wither | Be within a 100.9×100.9×203.5 cuboid centered on the Wither when it drops the nether star. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 40G | Silver | |
| Repopulation | Breed two cows with wheat | Breed two cows or two mooshrooms. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 15G | Bronze | |
| Leader Of The Pack | Befriend five Wolves. | This does not have to be in a single game, so multiple games or reloading old saves does count toward this achievement. | Xbox One | Yes | Yes | Yes | 20G | Silver | |
| Xbox 360 | Alt | 30G | |||||||
| Have a Shearful Day | Use Shears to obtain wool from a sheep. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 15G | Bronze | ||
| Body Guard | Create an Iron Golem. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 20G | Bronze | ||
| Zombie Doctor | Cure a zombie villager. | Throw a splash potion of weakness at a zombie villager and give it a golden apple (by facing the zombie and pressing the use key with a golden apple in your hand) | Xbox One | Yes | Yes | Yes | 40G | Gold | |
| Xbox 360 | Alt | 20G | |||||||
| Lion Tamer | Tame an Ocelot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 15G | Bronze | ||
| Archer | Kill a creeper with arrows. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10G | Bronze | ||
| The Deep End | Defeat an Elder Guardian. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 30G | Silver | ||
| The End... Again... | Respawn the ender dragon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 30G | Silver | ||
| Great View From Up Here | Levitate up 50 blocks from the attacks of a Shulker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 20G | Bronze | ||
Advancements
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Zombie Doctor | Weaken and then cure a zombie villager | We Need to Go Deeper | Throw a splash potion of weakness at a zombie villager and give it a golden apple (by facing the zombie and pressing the use key with a golden apple in your hand). | minecraft:story/cure_zombie_villager |
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Return to Sender | Destroy a Ghast with a fireball | Nether | Kill a ghast using a ghast fireball. | minecraft:nether/return_to_sender |
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Into Fire | Relieve a Blaze of its rod | A Terrible Fortress | Get a blaze rod in your inventory. | minecraft:nether/obtain_blaze_rod |
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Spooky Scary Skeleton | Obtain a wither skeleton's skull | A Terrible Fortress | Get a wither skeleton skull in your inventory. | minecraft:nether/get_wither_skull |
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Uneasy Alliance | Rescue a Ghast from the Nether, bring it safely home to the Overworld... and then kill it. | Return to Sender | Kill a Ghast in the Overworld. | minecraft:nether/uneasy_alliance |
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Withering Heights | Summon the Wither | Spooky Scary Skeleton | Be within a 100.9×100.9×103.5 cuboid centered on the Wither when it is spawned. | minecraft:nether/summon_wither |
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How Did We Get Here? | Have every effect applied at the same time | A Furious Cocktail | Have all of these 20 effects applied to you at the same time. | minecraft:nether/all_effects |
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Free the End | Good luck | The End | Kill the ender dragon. | minecraft:end/kill_dragon |
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The End... Again... | Respawn the ender dragon. | Free the End | Summon an ender dragon using ender crystals. | minecraft:end/respawn_dragon |
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You Need a Mint | Collect dragon's breath in a glass bottle. | Free the End | Get a bottle of dragon's breath in your inventory. | minecraft:end/dragon_breath |
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Great View From Up Here | Levitate up 50 blocks from the attacks of a Shulker | The City at the End of the Game | Have the Levitation effect applied, and move a vertical distance of 50 blocks. | minecraft:end/levitate |
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Adventure | Adventure, exploration, and combat | — | Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity. | minecraft:adventure/root |
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Monster Hunter | Kill any hostile monster | Adventure | Kill one of these 22 mobs. Other mobs are ignored for this advancement. | minecraft:adventure/kill_a_mob |
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What a Deal! | Successfully trade with a Villager | Adventure | — | minecraft:adventure/trade |
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Monsters Hunted | Kill one of every hostile monster | Monster Hunter | Kill each of these 22 mobs. Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for the advancement. | minecraft:adventure/kill_all_mobs |
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Hired Help | Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village | What a Deal! | Summon an iron golem. | minecraft:adventure/summon_iron_golem |
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Sniper duel | Kill a skeleton with an arrow from more than 50 meters | Take Aim | Use a launched arrow to kill a skeleton from 50 or more blocks away, horizontally. | minecraft:adventure/sniper_duel |
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The Parrots and the Bats | Breed two animals together | Husbandry | Breed a pair of one of these 10 mobs. Other breedable mobs, if any, are ignored for the advancement. | minecraft:husbandry/breed_an_animal |
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Best Friends Forever | Tame an animal | Husbandry | Tame one of the 5 types of mob that are tamable. | minecraft:husbandry/tame_an_animal |
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Two by Two | Breed all the animals! | The Parrots and the Bats | Breed pairs of each of these 10 mobs. Other tamable mobs, if any, are ignored for the advancement. | minecraft:husbandry/breed_all_animals |
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Issues
- For issues unique to specific mobs, see that mob's issues section.
Issues relating to “Mob“ are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- Renaming a mob "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" using spawn eggs or name tags will flip them upside down.
- Renaming a sheep "jeb_" will make its wool change color.
- Renaming a vindicator "Johnny" will make it attack all nearby mobs, except other illagers.
- If a hostile mob is tracking a player, the player can separate him or herself and the mob through a wall, relog, and the mob will no longer be tracking the player.
- In Pocket Edition, baby squids are present. The heads are also sized to fit body.
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