Mob

For mobs in spin-off games of Minecraft, see Minecraft Dungeons:Mob, Minecraft Earth:Mob, Minecraft Story Mode:Mob, and Minecraft Legends:Mob.

"Monster" redirects here. For the removed entity called "Monster", see Monster (entity).

For the removed entity called mob, see Mob (entity).

A mob is an AI-driven game entity resembling a living creature. Beside its common meaning, the term "mob" is short for "mobile entity". All mobs can be attacked and hurt (from falling, attacked by a player or another mob, falling into the void, hit by an arrow, etc), and have some form of voluntary movement. Different types of mobs often have unique AI and drop good or bad loot depending on the mob that was killed.

Spawning

Main article: Spawn cycle

Different mobs spawn in diverse habitats/structures, depending on the light level, biome and surface material.

Some of the many monsters that can spawn in the Overworld. From left to right: zombie, spider, enderman, creeper, skeleton, drowned, witch, and slime.

Mobs spawn in various ways. Most mobs spawn naturally, depending on the light level, biome, and their surroundings. For example, most animals are found in bright areas on the surface, while hostile monsters are commonly found in the dark (whether it's a cave, dungeon, mansion, or at night). Animals usually spawn upon chunk generation, while hostile monsters spawn and despawn in a certain radius around the player. Some mobs including passive and neutral animals, and even hoglins have the ability to be bred by the player, creating offspring. Villagers also breed randomly depending on the time of day and the number of beds (though they can’t be directly bred by the player). Most mobs never spawn on transparent blocks, in water (except fish, dolphins, turtles, and other aquatic creatures), 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 monsters 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 four end crystals.

Players can also spawn mobs easily by using a spawn eggs in Creative mode, or the /summon command.

Despawning

Main article: Spawn § Despawning

Many mobs despawn (cease to exist) after a certain amount of time if far enough from the player. In Java Edition, most passive mobs do not despawn, while most monsters do. In Bedrock Edition, almost all mobs despawn.

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 command, etc.). Some mobs may be resistant or immune to certain hazards, such as some Nether mobs, which are immune to fire. All aquatic mobs except dolphins are immune to drowning. 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 within 32 blocks and usually avoid walking off blocks high enough to cause falling damage. Many mobs have an advanced path-finding 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 attacks 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 (spherical) away. Mobs are harmless to players in Creative mode.

Most mobs cannot see through most solid blocks, including semi-transparent blocks such as ice, glass, tall grass, or glass panes. In Java Edition, mobs (except wardens) do not attempt to walk over rails tracks unless pushed onto the rails by other mobs.

List of mobs

Mobs are listed and classified by their nature from the player's perspective. For more details on a particular mob, click on them to view their individual page.

List Of Mobs

Picture	Name	Behavior	Information
	Allay	Passive	Have ability to fly and delivers items for any player that gives it something or any note block it hears recently playing.
	Armadillo	Passive	Drops an Armadillo Scute that can craft Wolf Armor for a Wolf.
	Axolotl	Passive	Is a bucketable mob. Attack most of the aquatic mobs and Drowned.
	Bat	Passive	Have ability to fly. Spawns in dark areas underground.
	Bee	Neutral	Have ability to fly. Their Beehives can be harvested for Honeycombs or Honey Bottles.
	Blaze	Hostile	Drop Blaze rods after die. Attack at range by firing a trio of fireballs or can attack the player that gets too close to them with their spinning rods.
	Bogged	Hostile	A variant of skeleton that can be found in Swamp biomes. Can shoot poisoned arrows.
	Breeze	Hostile	Drop Breeze rods after die. Attacks at range by firing wind charges.

Passive mobs

Passive mobs are harmless mobs (except for the pufferfish) that do not attempt to attack the player, even when provoked or attacked. Most of them can be bred or tamed.

Allay	Armadillo	Axolotl	Bat	Camel	Cat	Chicken	Cod	Cow	Donkey	Frog

Glow Squid	Horse	Mooshroom	Mule	Ocelot	Parrot	Pig	Pufferfish (defensive)	Rabbit	Salmon

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

Neutral mobs

Neutral mobs are sometimes passive and sometimes hostile toward the player. All of these mobs (except goats and foxes) are provoked when the player attacks it first. Some mobs may also be naturally hostile with provocation, and some mobs also have some additional way to be provoked.

Bee	Cave Spider	Dolphin	Drowned	Enderman	Fox	Goat	Iron Golem (naturally spawned)

Llama	Panda	Piglin	Polar Bear	Spider	Trader Llama	Wolf	Zombified Piglin

Hostile mobs

Hostile mobs are dangerous, aggressive mobs that always attack the player within their respective detection ranges.

Blaze	Bogged	Breeze	Creeper	Elder Guardian	Endermite	Ender Dragon	Evoker	Ghast	Guardian	Hoglin

Husk	Magma Cube	Phantom	Piglin Brute	Pillager	Ravager	Shulker	Silverfish	Skeleton	Slime

Stray	Vex	Vindicator	Warden	Witch	Wither	Wither Skeleton	Zoglin	Zombie	Zombie Villager

Upcoming mobs

Mobs that are confirmed to be added in a future update.

Creaking

Compound mobs

Compound mobs, also called jockeys, are a special condition in which a mob spawns riding another mob. All jockeys are hostile except for the strider jockey, which is neutral.

Chicken Jockey	Hoglin Jockey	Ravager Jockey	Skeleton Horseman	Spider Jockey	Strider Jockey

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. Boss mobs provide unique challenges but also equivalent rewards.

Ender Dragon	Wither

Unused mobs

See also: Java Edition unused features, Bedrock Edition unused features and Minecraft Education exclusive features

Only contains a few mobs that never spawn naturally in-game as they can only be summoned with the /summon command though the zombie horse, Agent and NPC can be spawned in with a spawn egg.

Giant ‌	Zombie Horse	The Killer Bunny ‌	Agent ‌	NPC ‌	Illusioner ‌	Elder Guardian Ghost ‌

Removed mobs

See also: Java Edition removed features

Removed mobs no longer exist in current versions of the game.

Mob	Beast Boy	Black Steve	Rana	Steve	Monster

Joke mobs

See also: Easter Eggs § April Fools' Day

Mobs that were added as a joke for April Fools' Day in Java Edition.

Diamond Chicken	Horse	Love Golem	Mars	Moon Cow	Nerd Creeper	Pink Wither	Pony	Ray Tracing	Redstone Bug	Smiling Creeper

Unimplemented mobs

See also: Java Edition mentioned features § Mobs

Mobs that were announced by Mojang as potential additions to the game, but either got scrapped or shelved indefinitely.

	N/A	N/A
Pigman	Red Dragon	Alpaca	Barnacle	The Great Hunger	Wildfire	Chinese Alligator	Golden Monkey	White-Lipped Deer	Baiji

Moobloom	Iceologer	Glare	Copper Golem	Firefly	Rascal	Tuff Golem	Crab	Penguin

Mob vote

In 2016, Jeb held an informal poll on Twitter in which the public voted on adding the llama to Minecraft over the alpaca. In the six annual Minecraft events MINECON Earth 2017, MINECON Earth 2018, MINECON Live 2019, Minecraft Live 2020, Minecraft Live 2021, Minecraft Live 2022, and Minecraft Live 2023, the public also voted on a mob to be added to Minecraft. In the first vote, the winner was the phantom (then known as "Mob B" or "The Monster of the Night Skies"). In the second, the winner was the taiga biome and the fox. In the third, the winner was the mountain biome and the goat. In the fourth, the winner was the glow squid. In the fifth, the winner was the allay. In the sixth, the winner was the sniffer. And In the seventh, the winner was the armadillo. Shortly before the second vote, the China Edition also had a mob vote, the winner of which was the panda. Shortly after the second vote, there was also a vote for which new cat skin would be added, the winner of which was Jellie. The mob vote was discontinued in 2024.

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Classification

Most of the mobs are divided into different types, such as the animals or the monsters, but some creatures are assigned to a more detailed group. There are a total of four mob classifications that have different effects than other mobs.

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.‌‌ 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.

Main article: Undead

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 (except for husks and zombies, which turn into zombies and drowned if drowning, respectively) 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 fire resistance effect, undead mobs still catch fire in direct sunlight but do not get hurt by the fire. All undead mobs except for drowned, phantoms, and withers 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. Some can spawn wearing armor, or holding tools or weapons.

Aquatic mobs

A dolphin chasing a raw cod.

Main article: Aquatic

This group of mobs includes axolotls, dolphins, squids, glow squids, guardians, elder guardians, turtles, cod, salmon, pufferfish, and tropical fish, but not drowned. They take extra damage from tridents enchanted with Impaling,‌‌ and, except axolotl, do not cause pufferfish to inflate nor take damage from them. All aquatic 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. Aquatic mobs have the ability to swim, whereas other mobs simply float on water or sink. In Bedrock Edition there is no in-game classification for these mobs.

Arthropods

A spider.

Main article: Arthropods

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.

Illagers

Illagers attacking villagers on a raid

Main article: Illager

This group includes pillagers, illusioners‌, ravagers‌, evokers, and vindicators. They are immune to evoker fangs damage and ignored by vindicators named "Johnny" (except ravagers‌). They are hostile toward villagers, wandering traders, iron golems and players in Survival or Adventure mode. Witches, and vexes may accompany them in raids. Illusioners (and witches‌) can see players or targets through blocks.

Knockback resistance

Some non-boss mobs resist a percentage of knockback from attacks.

Mob	Knockback resistance
Drowned	0% - 5% (determined upon spawning)
Hoglin	60%
Husk	0% - 5% (determined upon spawning)
Iron Golem	100%
Squid	85% (outside water)
Ravager	75%
Shulker	100%
Warden	100%
Zoglin	60%
Zombie	0% - 5% (determined upon spawning)
Zombie Villager	0% - 5% (determined upon spawning)
Zombified Piglin	0% - 5% (determined upon spawning)

Platform availability

Mob	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition	Minecraft Education
Agent	No	Only if "Education Edition" features are turned on.	Yes
Allay	Yes	Yes	Yes
Axolotl	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bat	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bee	Yes	Yes	Yes
Blaze	Yes	Yes	Yes
Camel	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
Elder Guardian Ghost	No	Yes	Yes
Ender Dragon	Yes	Yes	Yes
Enderman	Yes	Yes	Yes
Endermite	Yes	Yes	Yes
Evoker	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fox	Yes	Yes	Yes
Frog	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ghast	Yes	Yes	Yes
Giant	Yes	No	No
Glow Squid	Yes	Yes	Yes
Goat	Yes	Yes	Yes
Guardian	Yes	Yes	Yes
Horse	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hoglin	Yes	Yes	Yes
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	Only if "Education Edition" features are turned on.	Yes
Ocelot	Yes	Yes	Yes
Panda	Yes	Yes	Yes
Parrot	Yes	Yes	Yes
Phantom	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pig	Yes	Yes	Yes
Piglin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Piglin Brute	Yes	Yes	Yes
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
Sniffer	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spider	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spider Jockey	Yes	Yes	Yes
Squid	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stray	Yes	Yes	Yes
Strider	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tadpole	Yes	Yes	Yes
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
Warden	Yes	Yes	Yes
Witch	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wither	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wither Skeleton	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wolf	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zoglin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zombie	Yes	Yes	Yes
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 applies only 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 to players on peaceful.

Mob	Difficulty			Status effect(s)ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ[edit]
	Easy	Normal	Hard
Bee	2	2	3	Poison for 10 seconds on Normal difficulty and for 18 seconds on Hard difficulty
Blaze (melee)	4	6	9	No
Blaze fireball	9 + fire for 5 seconds			No
Cave Spider	2	2	3	Poison for 7 seconds on Normal difficulty and for 15 seconds on Hard difficulty
Chicken Jockey	2.5 × 1.25	3	4.5 × 2.25	No
Creeper explosion (normal)	22.5 × 11.25	43 × 21.5	64.5 × 32.25	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)	43.5 × 21.75	85 × 42.5	127.5 × 63.75
Dolphin	2.5 × 1.25	3	4.5 × 2.25	No
Drowned				No
Drowned trident (Ranged)	8			No
Drowned trident (Melee)‌	5	9	12 × 6	No
Elder Guardian (Laser)	5	8	12 × 6	Inflicts Mining Fatigue III for 5 minutes on nearby players
Elder Guardian (Spikes)	2		3
Elder Guardian Ghost (Spikes)	2		3	No
Ender Dragon (Melee)	6	10	15 × 7.5	No
Ender Dragon (Wings)	3	5	7	No
Ender Dragon (Breath)	3 per second			Area effect cloud of Instant Damage
Ender Dragon Dragon Fireball	6 per second
Enderman	4.5 × 2.25	7	10.5 × 5.25	No
Endermite	2		3	No
Evoker fangs	6			No
Ghast fireball (Impact)	6			No
Ghast fireball (Explosion)	7	12 × 6	22.5 × 11.25	No
Giant	26 × 13	50 × 25	75 × 37.5	No
Goat	1	2	3	No
Guardian (Laser)	4	6	9	No
Guardian (Spikes)	2		3	No
Hoglin‌	2.5 × 1.25 to 5	3 to 8	4.5 × 2.25 to 12 × 6	No
Hoglin (baby)‌	0.5 × 0.25		0.75 × 0.375	No
Hoglin‌	3	6	9	No
Husk	2.5 × 1.25	3	4.5 × 2.25	Hunger when attacking any mob for 7 × floor of RD seconds
Illusioner arrow	2 to 5	3 to 5		Throws Blindness spells on the player, if regional difficulty is 2 or greater
Iron Golem	4.75 × 2.375 to 11.75 × 5.875	7.5 × 3.75 to 21.5 × 10.75	11.25 × 5.625 to 32.25 × 16.125	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)	2.5 × 1.25	3	4.5 × 2.25	No
Panda	4	6	9	No
Phantom‌	2		3	No
Phantom‌	4	6	9	No
Piglin arrow‌	3 to 4		4	No
Piglin arrow‌	1 - 5			No
Piglin (Melee with Sword)‌	5	8	12 × 6	No
Piglin (Melee without Sword)‌	3.5 × 1.75	5	7.5 × 3.75	No
Piglin‌	5	9	13 × 6.5	No
Piglin Brute	7.5 × 3.75	13 × 6.5	19.5 × 9.75	No
Pillager arrow	3 to 4		4	No
Polar Bear	4	6	9	No
Pufferfish	2		3	Poison for 5 seconds
Ravager (Melee)	7	12 × 6	18 × 9	No
Ravager (Roar)	4	6	9	No
Shulker bullet	4			Levitation for 10 seconds
Silverfish	1			No
Skeleton arrow‌	2 to 4	3 to 4	4 to 5	No
Skeleton arrow‌	1 to 4, varies with proximity		1 to 5, varies with proximity	No
Skeleton (melee)	2		3	No
Skeleton Horseman arrow‌	Varies with skeleton bow enchantment			No
Skeleton Horseman arrow‌	Varies with skeleton bow enchantment			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
Spider Jockey (spider)	2		3	No, but can spawn with effects
Spider Jockey arrow‌	3 to 5			No
Spider Jockey arrow‌	Damage varies with proximity			No
Stray arrow‌	3 to 5			Slowness for 30 seconds when their tipped arrow hits any mob (including another stray)
Stray arrow‌	Damage varies with proximity
Stray (melee)	2		3	No
Trader Llama spit	1			No
Vex	5.5 × 2.75	9	13.5 × 6.75	No
Vindicator	7.5 × 3.75	13 × 6.5	19.5 × 9.75	No
Warden (Melee)	16 × 8	30 × 15	45 × 22.5	No
Warden (Ranged)	6	10	15 × 7.5	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 (birth explosion)	35.5 × 17.75	69 × 34.5	103.5 × 51.75	No
Wither Skull	8	8		Wither II for 10 seconds on Normal difficulty and 40 seconds on Hard difficulty
Wither (dash attack) ‌	15 × 7.5			No
Wolf (hostile)	3	4	6	No
Wolf (tamed)	4			No
Zoglin	2.5 × 1.25 to 5	3 to 8	4.5 × 2.25 to 12 × 6	No
Zoglin (baby)	0.5 × 0.25		0.75 × 0.375	No
Zombie	2.5 × 1.25	3	4.5 × 2.25	No
Zombified Piglin	5	8	12 × 6	No
Zombie Villager	2.5 × 1.25	3	4.5 × 2.25	No

Common NBT data

Main article: Mob/ED

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Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
		Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.	Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: an enderman, a piglin, a zombified piglin, a spider, or a 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, spider jockey, 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 [sic]	—	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 cod or salmon 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.	Befriend and tame twenty stray cats found in villages. They do not all need to be tamed in a single world.	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
		Whatever Floats Your Goat	Get in a boat and float with a goat	Use a boat and put a goat inside that boat, then ride it	20G	Bronze
		The Healing Power of Friendship!	Team up with an axolotl and win a fight	Team up with an axolotl by killing the hostile aquatic mob while the axolotl is fighting it (not playing dead).	30G	Silver
		Star trader	Trade with a villager at the build height limit.	Trade with a villager at y320.	20G	Silver
		Feels Like Home	Take a Strider for a loooong [sic] ride on a lava lake in the Overworld.	In the Overworld, use a strider to ride on a lava lake for a distance of 50 meters from the point where the ride starts.	20G	Silver
		Birthday song	Have an Allay drop a cake at a noteblock	Tame an allay by giving it a cake while having dropped cake items and play a noteblock nearby.	10G	Bronze
		With our powers combined!	Have all 3 froglights in your inventory	Acquire at least one of each pearlescent, verdant, and ochre froglights in your inventory at the same time.	30G	Gold

Advancements

Advancements are made when a player accomplishes something that is either rare to accomplish or sometimes easy to do so (such as Adventure for killing or getting killed by an entity).

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Zombie Doctor	Weaken and then cure a Zombie Villager	We Need to Go Deeper	Use a golden apple on a zombie villager under the Weakness effect; the advancement is granted when the zombie villager converts into a villager. In multiplayer, only the player that feeds the golden apple gets the advancement.	story/cure_zombie_villager
	Return to Sender	Destroy a Ghast with a fireball	Nether	Kill a ghast by deflecting a ghast fireball back into it via hitting or shooting a projectile at the fireball.	nether/return_to_sender
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Deepslate Gold Ore Raw Gold Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.	nether/distract_piglin
	This Boat Has Legs	Ride a Strider with a Warped Fungus on a Stick	Nether	Boost a strider with a warped fungus on a stick.	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 the player is 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	Be within a 100.9×100.9×103.5 cuboid centered on the wither when it is spawned.	nether/summon_wither
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 33 status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Conduit Power Darkness Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Oozing Poison Raid Omen Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Trial Omen Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wither Wind Charged The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects 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, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	nether/all_effects
	Free the End	Good luck	The End	Kill the ender dragon. If multiple players are involved in the dragon fight, only the player that deals the final blow to the dragon receives the advancement.	end/kill_dragon
	The End... Again...	Respawn the Ender Dragon	Free the End	Be within a 192 block radius from the coordinates (0.0, 128, 0.0) when an ender dragon is summoned 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 vertically with the Levitation effect applied, regardless of direction or whether it is caused by the effect.	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 34 mobs: Blaze Cave Spider Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Only the riders of the chicken jockeys and skeleton horsemen are counted in this advancement. Other mobs 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 34 mobs: Blaze Cave Spider Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement. Only the riders of the chicken jockeys and skeleton horsemen are counted in 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, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	adventure/arbalistic
	Sniper Duel	Kill a Skeleton from at least 50 meters away	Take Aim	Be at least 50 blocks away horizontally when a skeleton is killed by an arrow after the player has attacked it once.	adventure/sniper_duel
	Bee Our Guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Glass Bottle without aggravating the Bees	Husbandry	Use a glass 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	Breed a pair of any of these 25 mobs: Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Trader Llama Turtle Wolf 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 are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/breed_an_animal
	Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Husbandry	Tame one of these 8 tameable mobs: Cat Donkey Horse Llama Mule Parrot Trader Llama Wolf	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 a pair of each of these 24 mobs: Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Turtle Wolf 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 can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/bred_all_animals

History

Java Edition pre-Classic
rd-132328					Added Mobs.
					Total mobs: 1 (+1, -0)
Java Edition Classic
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST					Added creepers, pigs, skeletons, and zombies.
					Mobs no longer naturally spawn
					Total mobs: 5 (+4, -0)
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Added spiders.
					Total mobs: 6 (+1, -0)
0.28					Added sheep.
					Creepers, pigs, skeletons, and zombies no longer spawn naturally
					Total mobs: 7 (+1, -0)
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20091223-1			Added Rana.
					Total mobs: 8 (+1, -0)
		20100129			Added Steve and Black Steve.
					Removed Rana.
					Total mobs: 9 (+2, -1)
		20100130			Added Beast Boy.
					Total mobs: 10 (+1, -0)
		20100131			Mobs can spawn spawn naturally again.
					Removed Steve, Black Steve, and Beast Boy.
					Total mobs: 7 (+0, -3)
		20100202			Creepers, pigs, skeletons, zombies, spiders, and sheep now spawn again.
					All mobs are passive.
					Removed Mobs.
					Total mobs: 6 (+0, -1)
		20100204-1			Mobs can now avoid huge cliffs, lava, and etc.
					All mobs home in on the player if the player gets within 24 tiles of them.
		20100204-2			Creepers, skeletons, zombies, and spiders are hostile again.
					Mob pathfinding tweaked.
		20100205			Added giants.
					Total mobs: 7 (+1, -0)
20100213					Zombies and skeletons now burn up in daylight.
					Spiders are now neutral during the daytime.
20100218					Chances of zombies and skeletons catching on fire in daylight have been tweaked.
Java Edition Infdev
20100316					Added monsters.
					Readded mobs.
					Shot arrows upon hitting blocks can now spawn mobs.
					Mobs have no movement AI.
					Total mobs: 8 (+1, -0)
20100413					Arrows no longer spawn mobs.
20100415					Mobs now spawn naturally again.
20100420					Mob spawn rate has been decreased.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.3					Mob pathfinding has been improved on hills, except for spiders.
					Idling behavior of mobs has been made more convincing, mobs now look around at their surroundings.
v1.0.8					Added cows.
					Total mobs: 9 (+1, -0)
v1.0.11					Added slimes.
					Total mobs: 10 (+1, -0)
v1.0.14					Added chickens.
					Total mobs: 11 (+1, -0)
v1.0.17					Added spider jockeys.
					Total mobs: 12 (+1, -0)
v1.2.0					Added ghasts and zombie pigmen.
					Added pigmen textures.
					Hostile mobs now spawn more the deeper the player is.
					The area has to be made brighter, the deeper the depth, to prevent hostile mobs from spawning.
					Total mobs: 14 (+2, -0)
v1.2.1					Reverted hostile mob spawning code back to light level 7 or lower, regardless of height.
Java Edition Beta
1.2					Added squid.
					Removed Mobs.
					Total mobs: 15 (+1, -0)
1.4					Added wolves.
					Total mobs: 16 (+1, -0)
1.6.2					Removed pigmen texture.
1.7					Added silverfish texture.
1.8		Pre-release			Added cave spiders, endermen, and silverfish.
					Removed Monsters.
					Total mobs: 17 (+3, -2
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Added blazes, magma cubes, mooshrooms, snow golems, and villagers.
					Total mobs: 22 (+5, -0)
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4			Added the ender dragon.
					Total mobs: 23 (+1, -0)
1.2.1		12w04a			Added ocelots.
					Cats were also added but was not a individual mob.
					Total mobs: 24 (+1, -0)
		12w08a			Added iron golems.
					Total mobs: 25 (+1, -0)
1.4.2		12w32a			Added zombie villagers.
					Total mobs: 26 (+1, -0)
		12w34a			Added the wither.
					Total mobs: 27 (+1, -0)
		12w36a			Added wither skeletons.
					Total mobs: 28 (+1, -0)
		12w38a			Added bats and witches.
					Total mobs: 30 (+2, -0)
1.6.1		13w16a			Added horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and zombie horses.
					Total mobs: 35 (+5, -0)
1.7.4		13w49a			Added chicken jockeys.
					Total mobs: 36 (+1, -0)
1.8		14w11a			Added endermites.
					Total mobs: 37 (+1, -0)
		14w25a			Added guardians, and elder guardians.
					Total mobs: 39 (+2, -0)
		14w27a			Added rabbits, and killer bunnies.
					Total mobs: 41 (+2, -0)
1.9		15w31a			Added shulkers.
					Total mobs: 42 (+1, -0)
		15w38a			Added skeleton horsemen.
					Total mobs: 43 (+1, -0)
1.10		16w20a			Added husks, polar bears, and strays.
					Total mobs: 46 (+3, -0)
1.11		16w39a			Added llamas, vindicators, evokers, and vexes.
					Total mobs: 50 (+4, -0)
1.12		17w13a			Added parrots.
					Total mobs: 51 (+1, -0)
		17w16a			Added illusioners.
					Total mobs: 52 (+1, -0)
1.13		18w07a			Added phantoms and turtles.
					Total mobs: 54 (+2, -0)
		18w08b			Added cod, salmon, and pufferfish.
					Total mobs: 57 (+3, -0)
		18w10a			Added tropical fish.
					Total mobs: 58 (+1, -0)
		18w11a			Added drowned.
					Total mobs: 59 (+1, -0)
		18w15a			Added dolphins.
					Total mobs: 60 (+1, -0)
1.14		18w43a			Added pandas, pillagers, ravagers and ravager jockeys.
					Total mobs: 64 (+4, -0)
		18w44a			Added cats as a separate mob from ocelots.
					Total mobs: 65 (+1, -0)
		19w05a			Added trader llamas and wandering traders.
					Total mobs: 67 (+2, -0)
		19w07a			Added foxes.
					Total mobs: 68 (+1, -0)
1.15		19w34a			Added bees.
					Total mobs: 69 (+1, -0)
1.16		20w07a			Added hoglins and piglins.
					Total mobs: 71 (+2, -0)
		20w09a			Zombie pigmen have been renamed to zombified piglins.
		20w13a			Added striders and strider jockeys.
					Total mobs: 73 (+2, -0)
		20w14a			Added zoglins.
					Total mobs: 74 (+1, -0)
1.16.2		20w27a			Added the piglin brute.
					Total mobs: 75 (+1, -0)
1.17		20w51a			Added axolotls.
					Total mobs: 76 (+1, -0)
		21w03a			Added the glow squid.
					Total mobs: 77 (+1, -0)
		21w13a			Added goats.
					Total mobs: 78 (+1, -0)
1.19		Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1			Added wardens.
					Total mobs: 79 (+1, -0)
		22w11a			Added frogs and tadpoles.
					Total mobs: 81 (+2, -0)
		22w13a			Added the allay.
					Total mobs: 82 (+1, -0)
1.20 (Experimental)		22w42a			Added camels behind the Update 1.20 experimental datapack.
					Total mobs: 83 (+1, -0)
1.20 (Experimental)		23w07a			Added sniffers behind the Update 1.20 experimental datapack.
					Total mobs: 84 (+1, -0)
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0					Added sheep, pigs, and zombies.
v0.3.0					Added chickens and cows.
v0.3.3					Added creepers, skeletons, and spiders.
v0.5.0					Added zombie pigmen.
v0.9.0		build 1			Added endermen, mooshrooms, silverfish, and villagers.
v0.11.0		build 1			Added bats, cave spiders, chicken jockeys, ghasts, magma cubes, and spider jockeys.
v0.12.1		build 1			Added blazes, iron golems, ocelots, snow golems, wither skeletons, and zombie villagers.
					Cats were also added but was not a individual mob.
v0.13.0		build 1			Added rabbits.
v0.14.0		build 1			Added witches.
v0.15.0		build 1			Added husks, strays, horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, skeleton horsemen, and zombie horses.
v0.16.0		build 1			Added agents, NPCs, guardians, and elder guardians.
		build 2			Removed NPCs and agents.
		build 4			Added the wither.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added endermites, polar bears, shulkers, and the ender dragon.
1.1.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Readded agents and NPCs.
		alpha 1.1.0.0			Added evokers, llamas, vexes, and vindicators.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Added parrots.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.8			Added drowned.
		beta 1.2.14.2			Added cod, salmon, pufferfish, and tropical fish.
		beta 1.2.20.1			Added dolphins.
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.4			Added turtles.
1.6.0		beta 1.6.0.1			Added phantoms.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Added pandas.
					Cats are now a separate mob from ocelots.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Added pillagers.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Added wandering traders, trader llamas, and ravagers.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.1			Added foxes.
		beta 1.13.0.4			Added the elder guardian ghost.
1.14.0		beta 1.14.0.1			Added bees.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added hoglins and piglins.
					Zombie pigmen have been renamed to zombified piglins.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Added zoglins and striders.
1.16.20		beta 1.16.20.50			Added piglin brutes.
1.16.200		beta 1.16.200.52			Added goats through experimental gameplay.
		release			Goats are made unavailable in the full release.
1.16.210		beta 1.16.210.59			Added the glow squid through experimental gameplay.
		beta 1.16.210.60			Removed glow squids.
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.50			Readded the glow squid through experimental gameplay.
		release			Glow squids are made unavailable in the full release.
1.17.0		beta 1.16.230.52			Added axolotls through experimental gameplay.
		beta 1.17.0.52			Axolotls, glow squid, and goats are now available outside the experimental toggle.
1.18.10		beta 1.18.10.24			Added frogs and tadpoles behind experimental gameplay.
1.18.30		beta 1.18.30.22			Added the allay behind experimental gameplay.
		beta 1.18.30.32			Added the warden behind experimental gameplay.
1.19.0		beta 1.19.0.20			All mobs mentioned above are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.
1.20.0 (Experimental)		beta 1.19.50.21			Added camels behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
Sniffer (Experimental)					Added sniffers behind their own experimental toggle.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added all mobs from and prior to Java Edition Beta 1.4.
TU5					Added cave spiders, endermen, and silverfish.
TU7					Added blazes, magma cubes, mooshrooms, and snow golems.
TU9					Added the ender dragon.
TU12					Added ocelots and iron golems.
					Cats were also added but was not a individual mob.
TU14		1.04			Added zombie villagers.
TU19	CU7	1.12			Added bats and horses.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added chicken jockeys, endermites, rabbits, guardians, and elder guardians.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		Added polar bears.
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Added skeleton horses, skeleton horsemen, shulkers, strays, and husks.
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added evokers, llamas, parrots, vexes, vindicators, and zombie horses.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added cod, dolphins, drowned, phantoms, pufferfish, salmon, and tropical fish.
		1.83			Added pandas.
					Cats are added as a separate mob from ocelots.
		1.90			Added pillagers.
		1.91			Added ravagers, trader llamas, and wandering traders.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added all mobs from and prior to Pocket Edition Alpha 0.15.0.
1.3.12					Added guardians, elder guardians, and the wither.
1.7.10					Added endermites, polar bears, shulkers, and the ender dragon.
1.9.19					Added evokers, llamas, vexes, and vindicators.
Education Edition
1.0.0					Added all mobs from and prior to Pocket Edition Alpha 0.16.0, including NPCs.
1.0.1					Added endermites, polar bears, shulkers, ender dragons, evokers, llamas, vexes, vindicators, and agents.
1.0.2					Added parrots.
1.4					Added dolphins, cod, pufferfish, salmon, and tropical fish.
1.7					Added drowned, turtles, and phantoms.
1.9		1.8.0			Added pandas.
					Cats are now a separate mob from ocelots.
1.12.0					Added pillagers and wandering traders.
1.14.31		1.14.30			Added foxes, brown mooshrooms, and bees.
1.17.30		1.17.30.2			Added hoglins, piglins, zoglins, striders, piglin brutes, goats, glow squids, and axolotls.
					Zombie pigmen have been renamed to zombified piglin.

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.

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.
• Spiders, cave spiders, slimes, silverfish and illusioners are some of the few mobs that can see players behind walls.
• Cats, villagers and bats can see players with the invisibility effect.
• There are many blocks in the game that do not take up a full block, such as trapdoors, and mobs actually see many of these as full blocks.
  • With some blocks, mobs mistake them for air, such as carpets, snow, and string.
• Strangely, despite the term mob being derived from mobile entity, supplementary material consistently uses it within the Minecraft universe. Characters from Minecraft Story Mode begin calling monsters mobs starting in Order Up, whereas Farnum refers to himself as a “mobologist.”

Gallery

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  Official T-shirt artwork "Animal Totem" made by JINX.

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  Official T-shirt artwork "Creatures" made by JINX.

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  Official T-shirt artwork "Lineup" featuring hostile mobs as well as a chicken. Made by JINX.

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  Official T-shirt artwork featuring Steve and mobs. Made by Capy.

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  Official T-shirt artwork "Party" featuring Steve and mobs. Made by JINX.

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  Official T-shirt artwork "Tight Spot" featuring Steve and hostile mobs. Made by JINX.

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  An image of a mysterious mob posted on twitter to promote the first mob vote.

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  A slightly more detailed version of the previous image, posted later.

Notes

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