Ocelot

Ocelot

Health points	10 ()
Attack strength	3 () against chickens or baby turtles only
Size	Adult: Height: 0.7 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.35 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks
Spawn	Ocelot: In Jungle Biomes, on Grass or leaf blocks that are above sea level, any light level. Cat: Java: By taming an ocelot with raw fish.[until JE 1.14]
First appearances	See § History
Drops	None
Experience	Kill Adult: 1–3 Breeding: 1–7
Sounds	Cat Idle Cat/Ocelot Hurt/Death Cat Purr Cat Hiss
Internal ID	JE: 98 BE: 22
Entity ID	ocelot

Ocelots are yellow spotted passive mobs found in jungles.

Spawning

Spawn cycle

Ocelots try to spawn on grass blocks or leaf at sea level or higher in jungle biomes. There is a ¹⁄₃ chance that a spawn attempt will fail. While ocelots are passive mobs, natural spawning considers the hostile mob cap rather than the much-lower passive mob cap.

When a wild ocelot spawns, there is a ¹⁄₇ (14.28%) chance that two ocelot kittens will also spawn with it; this chance includes any kind of spawning, including spawning naturally, by spawn egg, or by monster spawner.

If a player spawns an ocelot within 10 blocks of them in creative mode, the player must leave the range then re-enter if they wish to tame the ocelot.

Breeding

See also: Breeding

Two cats with a newly bred kitten.

When tamed ocelots (cats) are fed an uncooked fish of any kind, they will enter love mode. Breeding will create a kitten, and the parents cannot be bred again until five minutes have passed. The kitten will have the coloring and belong to the owner of one of the parents. Two sitting cats are unable to breed, but a mobile cat can breed with a sitting cat, in which case the kitten's breed will always match that of the mobile cat's breed, and the mobile cat's owner will be the owner of the kitten.

The growth of baby cats can be slowly accelerated using raw fish. Each fish takes 10% off the remaining time to grow up.‌^{[Java, and Legacy Console editions only][until JE 1.14]}

There are three variations of domestic cats:

• Black tuxedo
• Siamese
• Red tabby

Drops

Ocelots drop when they die:

• 1–3 experience orbs when killed by a player or tamed wolf. Like other baby animals, killing a baby ocelot yields no experience.

Behavior

Ocelots will attack chickens and baby turtles. They assume a "sneaking" stance and will stalk the animal before chasing it down. They can even kill through a fence or a door if they are against it.

Creepers and phantoms will quickly avoid ocelots and cats. However, this will not deter them from chasing a player, only keeping them 16 blocks away.

Ocelots are immune to fall damage, but will still avoid falling off cliffs high enough to normally cause fall damage.

Ocelots can still see players even with the Invisibility status effect.

With the exception of a faster movement rate, ocelot kittens obey the same behavior as adults.

Ocelot

Ocelots.

An ocelot is a passive, "shy" mob which will not attack the player. Ocelots are one of the few mobs with the ability to sprint, and should the player approach too near one, it will sprint away if the player is in Survival or Adventure mode. If enclosed and unable to escape, they will stand still until an exit is made, after which they will quickly sprint through. Ocelots are very popular mobs, however they are quite difficult to tame.

Players can feed ocelots to gain their trust.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14]}

Getting confidence

In Java Edition 1.14,‌^[upcoming] Bedrock Edition, and PlayStation 4 Edition, after one performs the same process that it used to tame ocelots in the other editions (see #Taming), the ocelot will not become tamed, but will trust the player. This will cause it to stop running away from them.

Taming

An ocelot can be tamed/domesticated by attracting it to the player with an uncooked fish of any kind (only raw salmon and raw cod in discontinued Legacy Console Editions), and once fed the fish, the ocelot can turn into one of three colors/breeds of cat that will then follow the player.

The player can only tame ocelots under the following conditions:

• The ocelot must be in "begging for food" mode, characterized by it looking at the player and slowly walking near to the player.
  • Entering "begging" mode requires that the player is within 10 blocks (Euclidean distance).
  • If the player is within 6 blocks, the ocelot will exit "begging" mode if the player turns too quickly or moves more than a tiny distance.
    • If the player is within 6 blocks when the ocelot starts begging, it is likely to decide the player turned too quickly and stop begging on the next game tick.
  • If the ocelot exits "begging" mode, it won't enter it again for about 15 seconds.
• The ocelot must be within 3 blocks of the player.
• When all of the above are met, there is still a ²⁄₃ chance the ocelot will take the fish without becoming tame. It's possible to tell the difference between the ²⁄₃ failure chance and not meeting the other conditions by whether the ocelot emits smoke particles when fed and by whether it can be fed again immediately.

The newly tamed cat will change to one of three breeds: tabby, tuxedo, or Siamese.

If the player fails to tame an ocelot, it will still show smoke particles. They will still go into breeding mode, and if there are two such ocelots in the area they will spawn a baby. If two ocelots are tamed and they are still in love mode as cats, they can be bred instantly.

Cat

For the mob separate from ocelots‌^{[JE, BE& PlayStation 4 Edition only]}‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14]}, see Cat.

A sitting cat.

Once tamed, cats will follow the player who tamed them. They will no longer be afraid of players, will purr or meow frequently, and will no longer attack chickens. Like wolves, and with the same limits, they can teleport to a player who moves too far away. Players can make cats sit by pressing use on them, and they will also sit on certain things of their own accord (see below).

Cats sitting on a bed.

Unless commanded to sit, cats do not remain still for long, and would rather explore around the player.

Cats not already sitting will attempt to get on top of chests, the foot part of beds, or active furnaces at the cat's current Y level within an 8-block square horizontally, and once on top will often assume a sitting position without a command from the player. Only Chests will become unusable due to a cat sitting on top of them, even double chests. Cats will often sit in nearby boats, trapping themselves. Cats that sit on their own will not get up on command, but will get up if the player holds a fish nearby. The cat can also be brought down by removing the block or pushing it off. A cat will not attempt to sit on these blocks if they are at ground level (part of the floor), or if there is a block above them.

A cat sitting in proximity to the player will, if the player is harmed by a hostile mob (or by careless use of a damaging potion, but not by environmental damage), stand and move from its sitting location a few blocks and then resume sitting, such that the player will need to place the cat again.

Teleportation

Cats will teleport to the player if they are more than 12 blocks from the player, with a few exceptions.

• It is possible for a tamed cat to teleport to an inaccessible location (e.g. under ice) and be injured or suffocate of various causes as a result.

A cat will not teleport:

• If the cat has been ordered to sit.
  • Exception: The cat is likely to teleport if it is injured while sitting (it will no longer be sitting after it teleports). A dramatic example is if a cat sitting outside is struck by lightning, in which case it will be on fire when they appear.
  • Exception: If a kitten is told to sit, and grows up while the chunk it is sitting in is still loaded, it will teleport to the player and still be sitting when it appears.
• If the cat is in a minecart.
• If the cat has been attached to a fence post with a lead.
• If the cat is in an unloaded chunk.
• If none of the blocks on the edge of a 5×5×1 region centered on the player are transparent blocks with an opaque block below and another transparent block above.
• If the player is in another dimension; a cat will remain in its current dimension until the player returns.

Data values

See also: Chunk format

Ocelots have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the mob.

• Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
  • Additional fields for mobs that can breed see Template:Nbt inherit/breedable/template
  •  OwnerUUID:^{[until JE 1.14]} UUID of the player that owns this mob. Empty string if no owner.
  •  Sitting:^{[until JE 1.14]} 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the mob is sitting.
  •  CatType:^{[until JE 1.14]} The ID of the skin the ocelot has. 0 = wild ocelot, 1 = tuxedo, 2 = tabby, 3 = siamese. Does not determine an ocelot's behavior: it will be wild unless its Owner string is not empty, meaning wild ocelots can look like cats and vice versa.
  •  Trusting:‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14]} 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the ocelot trusts players.

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	Lion Tamer	Tame an Ocelot.‌[Legacy Console Edition only] / Gain the trust of an Ocelot.‌[Bedrock Edition only]		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	15G	Bronze

Advancements

Main article: Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Husbandry	Breed a pair of one of these 11 mobs. Other breedable mobs, if any, are ignored for the advancement.[until JE 1.14]. Breed a pair of one of these 12 mobs. Other breedable mobs, if any, are ignored for the advancement.‌[upcoming: JE 1.14]	minecraft:husbandry/breed_an_animal
	Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Husbandry	Tame one of the 5 types of mob that are tamable.[until JE 1.14] Tame one of the 5 types of mob that are tamable.‌[upcoming: JE 1.14]	minecraft:husbandry/tame_an_animal
	Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed pairs of each of these 11 mobs. Other tamable mobs, if any, are ignored for the advancement.[until JE 1.14] Breed pairs of each of these 13 mobs. Other tamable mobs, if any, are ignored for the advancement.‌[upcoming: JE 1.14]	minecraft:husbandry/bred_all_animals

Video

Note: This video is outdated as ocelots can no longer be tamed.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14]}

History

Java Edition
1.2.1			12w04a		Added ocelots. They are very difficult to tame, and have a debug message appear when they spawned.
			12w05a		Taming ocelots is now easier.
					The debug message for taming ocelots has now been removed.
					Tamed cats can now be sat down by pressing "use item" control.
					Ocelots and cats have now both became immune to fall damage.
					Ocelots and cats will now frighten creepers.
			12w06a		Ocelots and cats will now have sounds.
					Cats will now try to jump on a bed if one is present.
1.2.4					Jeb has now made cats "more realistic... probably more annoying". They will now sit on not only beds, but also active furnaces and chests.
1.4.2			?		Spawning an ocelot will now have a chance of spawning two kittens as well.
1.5			?		Kittens will now sometimes despawn upon becoming adults. This can be prevented by feeding them a fish once they are an adult.
1.6.1			?		Ocelots will now spawn much more frequently.
1.8			14w02a		Baby cat growth can now be accelerated using raw cod. It is not known if they accept any other fish.
			14w10a		Cats named using a name tag will now display death messages to the owner.
1.8.2			pre7		Ocelots will now spawn at above sea level, rather than a constant Y=63.
1.9			15w38a		All cats – even unnamed cats – will now display death messages to their owner.
1.10			16w20a		A cat spawn egg has now been added, which will spawn ocelots with cat textures.
			pre2		The cat spawn egg has now been removed.
1.11			16w32a		The entity ID is changed from Ozelot to ocelot.
1.13			18w07a		Ocelots will now seek and attack baby turtles.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.14			18w43a		The ocelot's texture has now been changed.
			18w44a		Ocelots and cats have now been split into their own separate mobs.
					Ocelots can now no longer be tamed.
					Ocelots can now gain trust for the player by being fed fish.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.12.1			build 1		Added ocelots and cats.
			build 2		Added tame button for ocelots.
0.14.0			build 1		Baby zombie jockeys will now check for nearby adult ocelots to mount prior to attacking the player, villager, or golem.
0.15.0			build 1		Baby husks can now mount ocelots.
0.16.0			build 4		Untamed ocelots will now have idle sounds.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.4		Ocelots will now seek and attack baby turtles.
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.8		Ocelots and cats have now been split into their own separate mobs.
					Ocelots can now no longer be tamed.
					Ocelots can now gain trust for the player by being fed fish.
					Ocelots are no longer leashable.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3		The ocelot's texture has now been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU12	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added ocelots and cats.
TU13					Added sound for hitting ocelots and cats.
TU14		1.04			Baby ocelots and cats can now be spawned by using // on an adult form of that mob using a spawn egg.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Baby cat growth can now be accelerated using raw cod. Other fish may or may not affect them.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.83					Added cats as a seperate mob from ocelots.
					Ocelots can no longer be tamed.
					Players can now gain ocelots' trust by feeding them fish.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added ocelots.

Issues

Issues relating to "Ocelot" or "Cat" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Ocelots are the first mob created by Jon Kågström, an AI specialist who worked with Jens Bergensten on Minecraft. Jens created the texture for the ocelot, as Jon had trouble doing so himself.
• The tuxedo cat is based on Jeb's pet cat, Newton, who has unfortunately passed away.
• In real life, cats are known for their ability to flip upright during a fall, particularly larger ones; though they still might be injured by landing. This fact is reflected in Minecraft because they take absolutely no fall damage.
• Cats will occasionally fail to follow the player through a door or gate and instead stand within a few blocks of the door, but will still teleport to the player if they go beyond the usual 12 block range.
• Cats will hiss if attacked by a player.

Gallery

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  Screenshot demonstrating the size difference between a cat and a kitten.

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  Teaser image of the ocelot released by Jeb. The ocelot can be barely seen though the tall grass on the right side of the picture.

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  Two cats and a kitten teleported onto the same block.

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  One ocelot and several cats with a kitten. Other ocelots dot the background in the jungle biome.

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  An image tweeted by Dinnerbone of his attempt at making a cat laying down animation.

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  A screenshot showing an untamed ocelot, all three cat patterns, and a small tuxedo kitten.

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  Cats trying to sit on one chest while ignoring others close by.

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  All 3 types of cats, two of each.

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  Comparison between an adult tamed wolf and a kitten.

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  Minecraft tuxedo cat next to Jeb's cat.

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  Ocelots spawning.

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  An ocelot attacking a chicken.

References

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