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 |
49 |
73 |
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 |
97 |
145 | |
| Elder Guardian | 5 |
8 |
12 |
Inflicts Mining Fatigue III for 5 minutes on nearby players |
| Ender Dragon | 6 |
10 |
15 |
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 |
25 |
No |
| Giant (unused) | 26 |
50 |
75 |
No |
| Guardian | 4 |
6 |
9 |
No |
| Illusioner's arrow | 1 |
1 |
1 |
Throws Blindness spells on the player, if regional difficulty is 3 or greater |
| Iron Golem | 4 |
7 |
10 |
No |
| The Killer Bunny | 5 |
8 |
12 |
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 |
1 |
1 |
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 |
No |
| Vindicator | 7 |
13 |
19 |
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 |
Wither II for 40 seconds on Normal and Hard difficulties |
| Wither's dash attack [Legacy Console and Bedrock editions only] | 15 |
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 |
No |