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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 (wolves, iron golems, etc.) 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.
  • In contrast, the damage for an iron golem just has a large random factor.
  • Mobs deal no damage on peaceful, apart from the wolf (in the bedrock edition) and the llama.
Mob Difficulty Status effect (s)
Easy Normal Hard
Blaze (the melee attack) 4♥♥ 6♥♥♥ 9♥♥♥♥♥ No
Blaze's fireball 5♥♥♥ No
Cave Spider 2♥ 2♥ 3♥♥ Poison for 7 seconds on normal difficulty and for 15 seconds on hard difficulty
Creeper's explosion 25♥ × 12.5 49♥ × 24.5 73♥ × 36.5 When exploding: No

If having a potion effect when exploding, it leaves a effect cloud with the effect, like a lingering potion.

Charged creeper's explosion 49♥ × 24.5 97♥ × 48.5 145♥ × 72.5
Elder Guardian 5♥♥♥ 8♥♥♥♥ 12♥ × 6 Inflicts Mining Fatigue III for 5 minutes on nearby players
Ender Dragon 6♥♥♥ 10♥♥♥♥♥ 15♥ × 7.5 No
Enderman 4♥♥ 7♥♥♥♥ 10♥♥♥♥♥ No
Endermite 2♥ No
Evoker's fangs 6♥♥♥ No
Ghast's fireball impact 6♥♥♥ No
Ghast's 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
Illusioner's arrow 1♥ – 4♥♥ 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's spit 1♥ No
Magma Cube (big) 4♥♥ 6♥♥♥ 9♥♥♥♥♥ No
Magma Cube (medium) 3♥♥ 4♥♥ 6♥♥♥ No
Magma Cube (small) 2♥ 3♥♥ 4♥♥ No
Polar Bear 4♥♥ 6♥♥♥ 9♥♥♥♥♥ No
Shulker's bullet 4♥♥ Levitation for 10 seconds
Silverfish 1♥ No
Skeleton's arrow 1♥ – 4♥♥ 1♥ – 4♥♥ 1♥ – 5♥♥♥ Normal skeleton: No

Stray: Slowness for 30 seconds when their tipped arrow hits any mob (including an another stray)

Slime (big) 3♥♥ 4♥♥ 6♥♥♥ No
Slime (medium) 2♥ 2♥ 3♥♥ No
Slime (small) 0♥ No
Spider 2♥ 3♥♥ No
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 4♥♥ 7♥♥♥♥ 10♥♥♥♥♥ Wither for 10 seconds
Wither Skull 5♥♥♥ 8♥♥♥♥ 12♥ × 6 Wither II for 40 seconds on Normal and Hard difficulties
Wither's dash attack ‌[Legacy Console and Bedrock editions only] 15♥ × 7.5 No
Wolf (tamed) 3♥♥ 4♥♥ 6♥♥♥ No
Wolf (hostile) 2♥ 3♥♥ No
Zombie 2♥ 3♥♥ 4♥♥ Normal zombie and zombie villager variant: No

Husks: Hunger when attacking any mob for 7 × RD seconds

Zombie Pigman 5♥♥♥ 9♥♥♥♥♥ 13♥ × 6.5 No
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