Mob

Some of the many mobs that can spawn in the overworld. From left to right: Zombie, Spider, Enderman, Creeper, Skeleton, Drowned, Witch, Slime.

A mob is a living, moving game entity. The term "mob" is short for "mobile".^[1] All mobs can be attacked and hurt (from falling, burning, attacked by player or mob, falling into the void, etc.) and some of them can be drowned. Different types of mobs often have unique AI and loot.

Spawning

Main article: Spawn cycle

Several mobs that spawned in a snow biome at night.

Mobs come to exist by spawning in various ways. Most mobs spawn naturally, dependent on the light level, biome, and their surroundings, oftentimes in groups with mobs of the same variety. However, passive mobs spawn much less often than hostile mobs.‌^{[Java Edition only]} These mobs usually spawn in upon initial chunk creation. Most passive mobs also have the ability to breed, spawning baby versions of themselves. Mobs do not naturally spawn on transparent blocks, in water (except for squid, drowned, fish, dolphin, guardians, and elder guardians), in lava (except for striders), on bedrock, or on blocks less than a full block tall (such as slabs placed on the bottom half). The exception is monster spawners, from which they can spawn naturally on any block including air.

Some mobs (like the snow golem, and the wither) require that the player "construct" them before being able to spawn. The iron golem can spawn naturally and can also be constructed. The ender dragon can be respawned with 4 end crystals.

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 and doesn't set the DragonPhase tag, the dragon cannot move or attack.

Despawning

Mobs consistently spawn around the player, with a frequency of mobs spawning underground while the player is exploring caves, as well as trying to farm areas that spawn specific mobs. (e.g. wither skeletons, in Nether Fortresses). Mobs that have been set to persist per interaction (tempted, name-tagged, tamed, bred, etc. while just seeing or getting harmed by a player does not count) never naturally despawn. Almost all naturally-spawning mobs automatically despawn when they are 54 blocks or further away from the nearest players. Fish automatically despawn at a max range of 40 blocks or further. If mobs are between 32 and 54 blocks from the nearest player, they must not take damage for 30 seconds as well as successfully roll a 1 in 800 chance to despawn. The following mobs do not follow these despawn rules:

Behavior

A pig emitting smoke particles upon death.

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, /kill etc.). Some mobs may be resistant or immune to certain hazards, such as Nether mobs, which are immune to fire. Mobs like cod, salmon, tropical fish, pufferfish, drowned, guardian, elder guardian cannot be drowned. Mobs can ride minecarts and other mobs can climb up ladders. When mobs are killed, they turn to dust and drop items that may be useful resources. Each type of mob in Minecraft has a certain AI (Artificial Intelligence) system with different behaviors and mechanics. Mobs 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 navigate through obstacles to get to a desired object or destination. Passive mobs flee in random directions after being hurt, while hostile mobs face and chase/attack the player as soon as the player comes close. Neutral mobs remain neutral until a player or mob provokes it (usually by attacking), at which point the neutral mob becomes 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.

Most mobs cannot see through most solid blocks, including semi-transparent blocks such as ice, glass, tall grass, or glass panes. Mobs do not attempt to walk on rail tracks unless pushed on by other mobs.

List of mobs

Mobs are listed and classified by their nature in regard to the player as below. For more details on a particular mob, click and view their individual page.

Passive mobs

Passive mobs are harmless mobs that do not attack the player, even when provoked or attacked. Some of them are breedable and/or tameable.


Bat	Cat	Chicken	Cod	Cow	Donkey	Fox	Horse


Mooshroom	Mule	Ocelot	Parrot	Pig	Pufferfish	Rabbit	Salmon


Sheep	Skeleton Horse	Snow Golem	Squid	Strider	Tropical Fish	Turtle	Villager	Wandering Trader

Neutral mobs

Neutral mobs are sometimes passive and sometimes hostile toward the player. Many neutral mobs become hostile only when attacked first, but other neutral mobs have other ways of being provoked. Some may be naturally hostile with provocation.


Bee^{[n 1]}^{[n 2]}	Dolphin^{[n 1]}	Iron Golem (Naturally spawned)^{[n 3]}	Llama^{[n 4]}	Panda^{[n 5]}	Polar Bear^{[n 6]}	Wolf^{[n 1]}


Cave Spider^{[n 7]}	Enderman^{[n 8]}	Piglin^{[n 1]}^{[n 9]}	Spider^{[n 7]}	Zombified Piglin^{[n 1]}

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e All nearby mobs of the same type become hostile when a single one is provoked.
↑ In addition to attacking when provoked, bees become aggravated when a nearby beehive is broken. Bees who claim a beehive become angry when honey is harvested unless a campfire is placed beneath the beehive. A bee can sting the player only once, and ceases to attack thereafter although the bee's hostile texture remains. In addition, they become passive after a short time.
↑ In addition to attacking when provoked, iron golems attack players with low village popularity.
↑ This mob becomes neutral after attacking the player a single time.
↑ Most panda personalities attack the player once. Aggresive pandas attack more similarly to a hostile mob when provoked.
↑ Baby polar bears are passive. When the player is near a cub, the parent polar bear becomes hostile toward the player. When a cub is attacked, nearby polar bears become hostile toward the attacker.
↑ ^a ^b This mob is naturally hostile when in a light level 7 or lower; meaning they are naturally hostile whenever they spawn. They become neutral when in a light level higher than 7, although they continue attacking any players they were attacking before being in this light level.
↑ In addition to attacking when provoked, endermen become hostile when their head is being looked at.
↑ In addition to attacking when provoked, piglins are hostile towards all players not wearing gold armor.

Hostile mobs

Hostile mobs are dangerous, aggressive mobs that always attack the player on sight.


Blaze	Chicken Jockey^{[h 1]}	Creeper	Drowned	Elder Guardian	Endermite	Evoker	Ghast	Guardian


Hoglin	Husk	Magma Cube	Phantom	Pillager	Ravager	Shulker	Silverfish	Skeleton	Skeleton Horseman^{[h 1]}


Slime	Spider Jockey^{[h 2]}	Stray	Vex	Vindicator	Witch	Wither Skeleton	Zoglin	Zombie	Zombie Villager

↑ ^a ^b Only the riding mob of the pair is hostile. The mount remains passive after its rider is killed.
↑ The skeleton variant is always hostile, while the spider follows its normal rules.

Boss mobs

Boss mobs are special hostile mobs that are distinctly more dangerous and tougher than other mobs. They do not spawn randomly, and are confronted intentionally. They also have a boss bar featuring their name and health. Boss mobs provide unique challenges but also equivalent rewards.


Ender Dragon	Wither

Unused mobs

Removed mobs

Education Edition exclusive mobs

These mobs are exclusive to Education Edition.


Agent	NPC

Upcoming mobs

Upcoming mobs are new mobs that are present only in development versions for an upcoming version. This excludes mobs that were announced (confirmed) to be added but yet did not appear in development versions. For announced mobs see Planned versions and for possible future mobs see Mentioned features.

Piglin Brute
‌^{[upcoming: BE 1.16.20 & JE 1.16.2]}

Spin-off game mobs

These mobs are exclusive to spin-off Minecraft games and do not appear in any version of the actual game.

Minecraft Earth exclusive mobs

Main article: Minecraft Earth:Mob

Minecraft Dungeons exclusive mobs

Main article: Minecraft Dungeons: Mob

Classification

Weaknesses and immunities

Some mobs are weak or immune to certain kinds of damage. Sea creatures, such as turtles, take more damage from tridents that are enchanted with Impaling.‌^{[Java Edition only]}^{[until JE Tests]} Skeletons and their variants are immune to drowning. All undead mobs are healed by Potions of Harming, but take extra damage from weapons enchanted with Smite, along with taking damage from Potions of Healing. Many of these weaknesses and immunities are a result of what category (see below) of mobs that the mob falls into.

Undead mobs

A dying zombie.

This group of mobs includes drowned, husks, phantoms, skeletons, skeleton horses, strays, withers, wither skeletons, zoglins, zombies, zombie horses, zombie villagers, and zombified piglins. These mobs are damaged by potions of Healing, healed by potions of Harming, and are immune to drowning and poison damage. Zombies, zombie villagers, drowned, skeletons, strays, and phantoms burn when under direct sunlight, unless they are touching water or wearing a helmet. Under the effect of a Potion of Fire Resistance, undead mobs still catch fire in direct sunlight but do not take damage. All undead mobs except for drowned, phantom and wither sink in water. All undead mobs take extra damage from weapons enchanted with Smite, and are ignored by withers.

Most undead mobs have the ability to pick up items, and some can spawn wearing armor or holding tools or weapons.

Water-based mobs

Dolphins chasing after a raw cod item.

This group of mobs includes dolphins, squid, guardians, elder guardians, turtles, cod, salmon, pufferfish, and tropical fish, but not drowned.^[2] They take extra damage from tridents enchanted with Impaling‌^{[Java Edition only]}^{[until JE Tests]}. All water mobs except dolphins are immune to drowning, and all except guardians, elder guardians, and turtles take suffocation damage if out of water for too long. Water mobs have the ability to swim, whereas other mobs simply float on water or sink.

Arthropods

A spider.

This group consists of mobs based on arthropods, namely bees, cave spiders, endermites, silverfish, and spiders. They take extra damage and receive the Slowness IV effect when attacked with weapons enchanted with Bane of Arthropods. Both types of spider are immune to the effects of poison. Silverfish infest infested blocks.

Illagers

Illagers on a raid

This group includes pillagers, illusioners, evokers, vindicators, and ravagers. They are immune to evoker fangs damage and ignored by vindicators named "Johnny". They are hostile to villagers, wandering traders, iron golems and players. Witches and vexes may accompany them in raids. Illusioners (and witches‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}) can see players or targets through blocks. Vindicators named "Johnny" attack ravagers, as they are not illagers‌^{[Java Edition only]}.

Knockback resistance

Some non-boss mobs have a chance of resisting a percentage of the knockback when they are damaged.

Iron golems: 100%
Shulkers: 100%
Ravagers: 50%
Drowned, Husks, Zombies, Zombie Villagers, Zombified Piglins: 0-10%, with a small chance of resisting 100% of the knockback
Hoglins: 50%
Squid: 85% when out of water

Platform availability

Mob	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition	Education Edition
Agent	No	No	Yes
Bat	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bee	Yes	Yes	Planned
Blaze	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cat	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cave Spider	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chicken	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chicken Jockey	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cod	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cow	Yes	Yes	Yes
Creeper	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dolphin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Donkey	Yes	Yes	Yes
Drowned	Yes	Yes	Yes
Elder Guardian	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ender Dragon	Yes	Yes	Yes
Enderman	Yes	Yes	Yes
Endermite	Yes	Yes	Yes
Evoker	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fox	Yes	Yes	Planned
Ghast	Yes	Yes	Yes
Giant	Yes	No	No
Guardian	Yes	Yes	Yes
Horse	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hoglin	Yes	Yes	N/A
Husk	Yes	Yes	Yes
Illusioner	Yes	No	No
Iron Golem	Yes	Yes	Yes
Killer Bunny	Yes	No	No
Llama	Yes	Yes	Yes
Magma Cube	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mooshroom	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mule	Yes	Yes	Yes
NPC	No	Yes	Yes
Ocelot	Yes	Yes	Yes
Old Villager	No	Yes	No
Old Zombie Villager	No	Yes	No
Panda	Yes	Yes	Yes
Parrot	Yes	Yes	Yes
Phantom	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pig	Yes	Yes	Yes
Piglin	Yes	Yes	N/A
Piglin Brute	Upcoming	Upcoming	N/A
Pillager	Yes	Yes	Yes
Polar Bear	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pufferfish	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rabbit	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ravager	Yes	Yes	Yes
Salmon	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sheep	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shulker	Yes	Yes	Yes
Silverfish	Yes	Yes	Yes
Skeleton	Yes	Yes	Yes
Skeleton Horse	Yes	Yes	Yes
Skeleton Horseman	Yes	Yes	Yes
Slime	Yes	Yes	Yes
Snow Golem	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spider	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spider Jockey	Yes	Yes	Yes
Squid	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stray	Yes	Yes	Yes
Strider	Yes	Yes	N/A
Trader Llama	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tropical Fish	Yes	Yes	Yes
Turtle	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vex	Yes	Yes	Yes
Villager	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vindicator	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wandering Trader	Yes	Yes	Yes
Witch	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wither	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wither Skeleton	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wolf	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zoglin	Yes	Yes	N/A
Zombie Horse	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zombie Villager	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zombified Piglin	Yes	Yes	Yes

Damage dealt by hostile and neutral mobs

The damage mobs deal to players is affected by the difficulty of the game. The below values represent the amount of damage taken per hit.

This only applies to mobs attacking the player. Mobs attacking other mobs always deal the 'Normal' damage listed, regardless of difficulty.
Values for the creeper and ghast assume the player is directly adjacent to the explosion.
The damage of slimes and magma cubes depends on their size. Tiny-sized slimes, while hostile, are unable to do damage directly.
Mobs deal no damage on peaceful, apart from wolves‌^{[BE only]} and llamas.

Mob	Difficulty			Status effect(s)
Mob	Easy	Normal	Hard	Status effect(s)
Bee	2	3		Poison for 10 seconds on normal difficulty and for 18 seconds on hard difficulty
Blaze (melee)	4	6	9	No
Blaze fireball	5			No
Cave Spider	2	2	3	Poison for 7 seconds on normal difficulty and for 15 seconds on hard difficulty
Creeper explosion (normal)	25 × 12.5	49 × 24.5	73 × 36.5	When exploding: No If having a potion effect when exploding, it leaves an effect cloud with the effect, like a lingering potion.
Creeper explosion (charged)	49 × 24.5	97 × 48.5	145 × 72.5
Dolphin	2	3	4	No
Drowned	2	3	4	No
Drowned trident (Ranged)	8			No
Drowned trident (Melee)	5	9	12 × 6	No
Elder Guardian	5	8	12 × 6	Inflicts Mining Fatigue III for 5 minutes on nearby players
Ender Dragon (Melee)	6	10	15 × 7.5	No
Ender Dragon (Breathe)	Deals damage from area of effect cloud			Area effect cloud of Instant Damage
Ender Dragon Dragon Fireball	Deals damage from area of effect cloud			Area effect cloud of Instant Damage
Enderman	4	7	10	No
Endermite	2			No
Evoker fangs	6			No
Ghast fireball (Impact)	6			No
Ghast fireball (Explosion)	9	17 × 8.5	25 × 12.5	No
Giant (unused)	26 × 13	50 × 25	75 × 37.5	No
Guardian	4	6	9	No
Hoglin‌^{[JE only]}	3	4	5	No
Hoglin‌^{[BE only]}	3	6	9	No
Husk	2	3	4	Hunger when attacking any mob for 7 × RD seconds
Illusioner arrow	1 – 4		1 – 5	Throws Blindness spells on the player, if regional difficulty is 3 or greater
Iron Golem	4 – 11 × 5.5	7 – 21 × 10.5	10 – 31 × 15.5	No
The Killer Bunny	5	8	12 × 6	No
Llama spit	1			No
Magma Cube (big)	4	6	9	No
Magma Cube (medium)	3	4	6	No
Magma Cube (small)	2	3	4	No
Phantom	4	6	9	No
Piglin arrow‌^{[JE only]}	2			No
Piglin arrow‌^{[BE only]}	1 - 5			No
Piglin‌^{[JE only]}	3	4	6	No
Piglin‌^{[BE only]}	5	9	13 × 6.5	No
Pillager arrow	3	4	6	No
Polar Bear	4	6	9	No
Pufferfish (Melee)	2	3	4	No
Pufferfish (Poison)	5			Gives the player Poison for 7 seconds
Ravager (Melee)	7	12 × 6	18 × 9	No
Ravager (Roar)	6			No
Shulker bullet	4			Levitation for 10 seconds
Silverfish	1			No
Skeleton arrow‌^{[JE only]}	1 – 4		1 – 5	No
Skeleton arrow‌^{[BE only]}	Damage varies with proximity			No
Skeleton (melee)	2		3	No
Slime (big)	3	4	6	No
Slime (medium)	2		3	No
Slime (small)	0			No
Spider	2		3	No, but can spawn with effects
Stray arrow ‌^{[JE only]}	1 – 4	1 – 4	1 – 5	Slowness for 30 seconds when their tipped arrow hits any mob (including another stray)
Stray arrow ‌^{[BE only]}	Damage varies with proximity
Stray (melee)	2		3	Slowness for 30 seconds
Vex	5	9	13 × 6.5	No
Vindicator	7	13 × 6.5	19 × 9.5	No
Witch	Deals damage by throwing potions			Throws splash potions of Poison, Instant Damage, Slowness, and Weakness
Wither Skeleton	5	8	12 × 6	Wither for 10 seconds
Wither Skull	5	8	12 × 6	Wither II for 10 seconds on Normal difficulty and 40 seconds on Hard difficulty
Wither (dash attack) ‌^{[BE only]}	15 × 7.5			No
Wolf (tamed)	3	4	6	No
Wolf (hostile)	2		3	No
Zoglin	2	3	5	No
Zombie	2	3	4	No
Zombified Piglin‌^{[BE only]}	5	8	12 × 6	No
Zombie Villager	2	3	4	No
Zombified Piglin‌^{[JE only]}	2	4	6	No

Common NBT data

Main article: Mob/ED

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Achievements

Main article: Achievement

Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.	Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: enderman, zombie pigman, spider, cave spider.	15G	Bronze
Cow Tipper	Harvest some leather.	Pick up leather from the ground.	15G	Bronze
When Pigs Fly	Use a saddle to ride a pig, and then have the pig get hurt from fall damage while riding it.	Be riding a pig (e.g. using a saddle) when it hits the ground with a fall distance greater than 5.	40G	Silver
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.	30G	Bronze
Return to Sender	Destroy a Ghast with a fireball.	Kill a ghast using a ghast fireball.	30G	Silver
The Beginning?	Spawn the Wither	Be within a 100.9×100.9×103.5 cuboid centered on the Wither when it is spawned.	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.	40G	Silver
Repopulation	Breed two cows with wheat.	Breed two cows or two mooshrooms.	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.	20G	Bronze
Have a Shearful Day	Use Shears to obtain wool from a sheep.	—	15G	Bronze
Body Guard	Create an Iron Golem	—	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)	40G	Gold
Archer	Kill a creeper with arrows.	—	10G	Bronze
The Deep End	Defeat an Elder Guardian	—	30G	Silver
The End... Again...	Respawn the Enderdragon	—	30G	Silver
Great View From Up Here	Levitate up 50 blocks from the attacks of a Shulker	—	20G	Bronze
Echolocation	Feed a dolphin fish to have it lead you to treasure	Feed a dolphin raw cod and have it lure you to treasure.	20G	Silver
Where Have You Been?	Receive a gift from a tamed cat in the morning.	The gift must be picked up from the ground.	20G	Bronze
Zoologist	Breed two pandas with bamboo.	—	40G	Gold
Plethora of Cats	Befriend twenty stray cats.	—	20G	Silver
Kill the Beast!	Defeat a Ravager.	—	30G	Silver
I've got a bad feeling about this	Kill a Pillager Captain.	—	20G	Bronze
Bee our guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Bottle without aggravating the bees.	—	15G	Bronze
Total Beelocation	Move and place a Bee Nest, with 3 bees inside, using Silk Touch.	—	30G	Silver
Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold.	Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.	30G	Silver

Advancements

Advancements are made when a player accomplishes something that is either rare to accomplish or sometimes easy to do so (such as Adventure when you kill/get killed by any entity).

Main article: Advancement

Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
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), then wait for the villager to be cured.	`story/cure_zombie_villager`
Return to Sender	Destroy a Ghast with a fireball	Nether	Kill a ghast using a ghast fireball.	`nether/return_to_sender`
Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	Give a piglin one of these 22 gold-related items while it is aggressive toward the player. Other gold-related items, if any, may be used, but are ignored for this advancement and by the piglin.	`nether/distract_piglin`
This Boat Has Legs	Ride a Strider with a Warped Fungus on a Stick	Nether	—	`nether/ride_strider`
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 while in the Overworld.	`nether/uneasy_alliance`
Spooky Scary Skeleton	Obtain a Wither Skeleton's skull	A Terrible Fortress	Have a wither skeleton skull in your inventory.	`nether/get_wither_skull`
Into Fire	Relieve a Blaze of its rod	A Terrible Fortress	Have a blaze rod in your inventory.	`nether/obtain_blaze_rod`
Withering Heights	Summon the Wither	Spooky Scary Skeleton	—	`nether/summon_wither`
How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 26 effects applied to the player at the same time. Other status effects, if any, may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it.	`nether/all_effects`
Free the End	Good luck	The End	Kill the ender dragon.	`end/kill_dragon`
The End... Again...	Respawn the Ender Dragon	Free the End	Summon an ender dragon using end crystals.	`end/respawn_dragon`
You Need a Mint	Collect dragon's breath in a glass bottle	Free the End	Have a bottle of dragon's breath in your inventory.	`end/dragon_breath`
Great View From Up Here	Levitate up 50 blocks from the attacks of a Shulker	The City at the End of the Game	Move a distance of 50 blocks with the Levitation effect applied.	`end/levitate`
Adventure	Adventure, exploration, and combat	—	Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity.	`adventure/root`
Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Adventure	Kill one of these 33 mobs. ‌In Java Edition 1.16.2‌^[upcoming], piglin brutes can also be killed for this advancement. Other mobs, if any, may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.	`adventure/kill_a_mob`
What a Deal!	Successfully trade with a Villager	Adventure	Take an item from a villager or wandering trader's trading output slot, and put it in your inventory.	`adventure/trade`
Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Monster Hunter	Kill each of these 33 mobs. ‌In Java Edition 1.16.2‌^[upcoming], piglin brutes are also required for this advancement. Other mobs, if any, may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.	`adventure/kill_all_mobs`
Hired Help	Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village	What a Deal!	Summon an iron golem.	`adventure/summon_iron_golem`
Who's the Pillager Now?	Give a Pillager a taste of their own medicine	Ol' Betsy	Kill a pillager with a crossbow.	`adventure/whos_the_pillager_now`
Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Ol' Betsy	This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it.	`adventure/arbalistic`
Sniper Duel	Kill a Skeleton from at least 50 meters away	Take Aim	Kill a skeleton with a projectile while being at least 50 blocks away horizontally.	`adventure/sniper_duel`
Bee Our Guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Bottle without aggravating the bees	Husbandry	Use a bottle on a beehive or bee nest while not angering the bees inside.	`husbandry/safely_harvest_honey`
The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Husbandry	—	`husbandry/breed_an_animal`
Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Husbandry	—	`husbandry/tame_an_animal`
Total Beelocation	Move a Bee Nest, with 3 bees inside, using Silk Touch	Husbandry	—	`husbandry/silk_touch_nest`
Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed pairs of each of these 19 mobs. A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs, if any, can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.	`husbandry/bred_all_animals`

Issues

For issues unique to specific mobs, see that mob's issues section.

Issues relating to "Mob" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Videos

Trivia

Renaming a mob "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" using a spawn egg or name tag causes it to flip upside down.
Renaming a sheep "jeb_" makes its wool change color with a smooth transition between colors. Note that the sheep named "jeb_" drops only the color of wool it had when named (e.g., when a pink sheep is named "jeb_" and then sheared when its color has changed to blue, it still drops pink wool).
Renaming a vindicator "Johnny" makes it attack all nearby mobs, except other illagers.
Renaming a rabbit "Toast" gives the rabbit a new texture, as an Easter egg to xyzen420's girlfriend's missing rabbit.^[3]
Spiders, cave spiders, slimes, silverfish and illusioners are some of the few mobs that can see players behind walls.
Cats and villagers can see players with the invisibility effect.
There are many blocks in the game that do not take up a full block, and mobs actually see many of these as full blocks.
- With some blocks, mobs mistake them for air, such as carpets, snow, and string.

References

↑ wikipedia:Mob (gaming) or a single entity in a group when referring to Minecraft.
↑ MC-128249 - comment from cojomax99
↑ "@xyZenTV The skin appears only when you name the rabbit Toast using a name tag, it isn't in the random pool:" – @TheMogMiner, July 1, 2014

Entities

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Environment

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[group-2] All nearby mobs of the same type become hostile when a single one is provoked.

[bees-3] In addition to attacking when provoked, bees become aggravated when a nearby beehive is broken. Bees who claim a beehive become angry when honey is harvested unless a campfire is placed beneath the beehive. A bee can sting the player only once, and ceases to attack thereafter although the bee's hostile texture remains. In addition, they become passive after a short time.

[iron_golem-4] In addition to attacking when provoked, iron golems attack players with low village popularity.

[llamas-5] This mob becomes neutral after attacking the player a single time.

[pandas-6] Most panda personalities attack the player once. Aggresive pandas attack more similarly to a hostile mob when provoked.

[polar_bear-7] Baby polar bears are passive. When the player is near a cub, the parent polar bear becomes hostile toward the player. When a cub is attacked, nearby polar bears become hostile toward the attacker.

[spider-8] This mob is naturally hostile when in a light level 7 or lower; meaning they are naturally hostile whenever they spawn. They become neutral when in a light level higher than 7, although they continue attacking any players they were attacking before being in this light level.

[enderman-9] In addition to attacking when provoked, endermen become hostile when their head is being looked at.

[piglins-10] In addition to attacking when provoked, piglins are hostile towards all players not wearing gold armor.

[rider-11] Only the riding mob of the pair is hostile. The mount remains passive after its rider is killed.

[jockey-12] The skeleton variant is always hostile, while the spider follows its normal rules.

[1] wikipedia:Mob (gaming) or a single entity in a group when referring to Minecraft.

[13] MC-128249 - comment from cojomax99

[14] "@xyZenTV The skin appears only when you name the rabbit Toast using a name tag, it isn't in the random pool:" – @TheMogMiner, July 1, 2014

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