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

A mob is an AI-driven game entity resembling a living creature. The term "mob" is short for "mobile entity".^[1] All mobs can be attacked and hurt (from falling, attacked by a player or another mob, falling into the void, etc.), and have some form of voluntary movement. Different types of mobs often have unique AI and loot.

Spawning

Most monsters are found in dark areas such as caves, whilst most animals are found commonly in bright light levels. Most other mobs are also found in different biomes/structures. — Different mobs spawn in diverse habitats/structures, depending on the light level, biome and surface material.

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, whilst hostile monsters are commonly found in the dark (whether if it’s a cave, dungeon, mansion or at night). Animals usually spawn upon chunk generation, while hostile monsters spawn and despawn in certain radii 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 needs to "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 easily by using a spawn eggs in Creative mode, or the /summon command.

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 neutral and hostiles 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, 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 (spherical) 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 from the player's perspective. For more details on a particular mob, click on them to view their individual page.

Passive mobs

Passive mobs are harmless mobs (except for Pufferfish) that do not attack the player, even when provoked or attacked. Most of them are breedable and/or tameable.


Axolotl	Bat	Cat	Chicken	Cod	Cow	Donkey	Fox	Glow Squid	Horse


Mooshroom	Mule	Ocelot	Parrot	Pig	Piglin (baby)	Polar Bear (baby)	Pufferfish (defensive)	Rabbit	Salmon


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

Neutral mobs

Neutral mobs are sometimes passive and sometimes hostile toward the player. Many neutral mobs become hostile only when attacked first (and if is not killed in one hit, except piglin and piglin brute‌^{[JE only]}), but other neutral mobs have other ways of being provoked. Some may be naturally hostile with provocation.


Bee^{[n 1]}^{[n 2]}	Cave Spider^{[n 3]}^{[n 4]}	Dolphin^{[n 1]}	Enderman^{[n 4]}^{[n 5]}	Goat^{[n 6]}	Iron Golem (Naturally spawned)^{[n 7]}	Llama^{[n 8]}


Panda^{[n 9]}	Piglin (adult)^{[n 4]}^{[n 10]}	Polar Bear (adult)^{[n 11]}	Spider^{[n 3]}^{[n 4]}	Trader Llama^{[n 8]}	Wolf^{[n 1]}	Zombified Piglin^{[n 1]}^{[n 4]}

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
↑ ^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.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e This mob is subject to advancements by Monster Hunter, Monsters Hunted.‌^{[JE only]}
↑ In addition to attacking when provoked, endermen become hostile when their head is being looked at.
↑ Randomly attacks the player.
↑ In addition to attacking when provoked, iron golems attack players with low village popularity.
↑ ^a ^b This mob becomes neutral after attacking the player a single time.
↑ Most panda personalities attack the player once. Aggressive pandas attack more similarly to a hostile mob when provoked.
↑ Piglins are naturally hostile, but if the player is wearing at least one piece of gold armor, then the piglin becomes neutral. In its neutral state, if one piglin or piglin brute is attacked, or if the player opens or breaks these containers or breaks these golden blocks, all nearby piglins become hostile, even if the player is wearing gold armor.
↑ Like all mobs, adult polar bears are passive on Peaceful difficulty. When the player is near a cub, the parent polar bear becomes hostile toward the player, although it seldom happens in Easy difficulty. When a cub is attacked, nearby polar bears become hostile toward the attacker.

Hostile mobs

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


Blaze	Creeper	Drowned^{[h 1]}	Elder Guardian ^{[h 2]}	Endermite	Evoker	Ghast	Guardian	Hoglin^{[h 3]}


Husk	Magma Cube	Phantom	Piglin Brute	Pillager^{[h 4]}	Ravager	Shulker	Silverfish	Skeleton


Slime	Stray	Vex	Vindicator	Witch	Wither Skeleton	Zoglin	Zombie	Zombie Villager

↑ Becomes passive when not touching water during daytime.
↑ Considered boss mobs in Bedrock Edition.
↑ If a baby hoglin is attacked by the player, it temporarily becomes neutral, fleeing the player after getting attacked.
↑ If a pillager breaks its crossbow, it becomes passive.‌^{[JE only]}

Compound mobs

Compound mobs or jockeys are naturally spawned mobs riding another mob that also follow the spawning patterns of the bottom mob. The mob on the top controls the mob on the bottom, overwriting its AI and speed attributes. Jockeys cannot be separated unless one of the mobs is killed. The mobs follow its normal rules of behavior.


Chicken 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. Majority of them also have a boss bar featuring their name and health. Elder Guardians are considered boss mobs in Bedrock Edition^[2], even though they don't have a bar. Boss mobs provide unique challenges but also equivalent rewards. Some players also consider elder guardians ‌^{[JE only]}, ravagers, evokers, piglin brutes, skeleton horsemen and illusioners as mini bosses.


Ender Dragon	Wither	Elder Guardian ‌^{[BE only]}

Unused mobs

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 can also be spawned in with a spawn egg.


Giant‌^{[JE only]}	Zombie Horse	The Killer Bunny‌^{[JE only]}	Illusioner‌^{[JE only]}	Old Villager ‌^{[BE only]}	Old Zombie Villager ‌^{[BE only]}	Elder Guardian Ghost ‌^{[BE only]}

Education Edition exclusive mobs

Passive mobs that are exclusive to the Education Edition, and Bedrock Edition under the Education Edition toggle.


Agent	NPC

Removed mobs

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


Beast Boy	Black Steve	Human	Pigman	Rana	Steve

Joke mobs

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


Horse	Pony	Pink Wither	Diamond Chicken	Love Golem	Redstone Bug	Smiling Creeper	Nerd Creeper

Unimplemented mobs

Mobs that were announced by Mojang as confirmed, mentioned or potential future additions, but either got replaced by other mobs or scrapped.

These mobs either lost their vote and were said to never be added in a future update (the mobs that lost the vote at MINECON Earth 2017), or have a possibility of eventually being added in a future update (the mobs that lost the mob vote in Minecraft Live 2020),^[3] or are simply not currently being considered by the developers (the Red Dragon and the mobs that lost the Minecraft China vote).


Barnacle	Mob C "The Great Hunger"	Wildfire	Chinese Alligator	Golden Monkey	White-Lipped Deer	Baiji Dolphin

		N/A
Iceologer	Moobloom	Red Dragon

Mob vote

In the four annual Minecraft events MINECON Earth 2017, MINECON Earth 2018, MINECON Live 2019 and Minecraft Live 2020, the public 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 which mainly added the Fox mob. In the third, the winner was the mountain biome which mainly added the Goat mob. In the fourth, the winner was the glow squid.

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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 Combat 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

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) 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,‌^{[Java Edition only]} 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

This group of mobs includes axolotls, dolphins, squids, glow squids, guardians, elder guardians, turtles, cod, salmon, pufferfish, and tropical fish, but not drowned.^[4] They take extra damage from tridents enchanted with Impaling,‌^{[Java Edition only]}‌^{[until JE Combat Tests]} and 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

This group consists of animals 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

This group includes pillagers, illusioners, evokers, vindicators, and ravagers‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}. They are immune to evoker fangs damage and ignored by vindicators named "Johnny". 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^{[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 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)^[verify]
Ravager	75%
Shulker	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	Education Edition
Agent	No	Only if "Education Edition" features are turned on.	Yes
Axolotl	Yes	Yes	No
Bat	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bee	Yes	Yes	Yes
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
Elder Guardian Ghost	No	Yes	No
Ender Dragon	Yes	Yes	Yes
Enderman	Yes	Yes	Yes
Endermite	Yes	Yes	Yes
Evoker	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fox	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ghast	Yes	Yes	Yes
Giant	Yes	No	No
Glow Squid	Yes	Yes	No
Goat	Yes	Yes	No
Guardian	Yes	Yes	Yes
Horse	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hoglin	Yes	Yes	No
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
Old Villager	No	Unobtainable	No
Old Zombie Villager	No	Unobtainable	No
Panda	Yes	Yes	Yes
Parrot	Yes	Yes	Yes
Phantom	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pig	Yes	Yes	Yes
Piglin	Yes	Yes	No
Piglin Brute	Yes	Yes	No
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	No
Strider Jockey	Yes	Yes	No
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	No
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

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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 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 on peaceful, apart from wolves‌^{[BE only]} and llamas.

Mob	Difficulty			Status effect(s)ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ[edit]
Mob	Easy	Normal	Hard	Status effect(s)ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ[edit]
Axolotl	2			No
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	5 + Fire for 5 seconds			No
Cave Spider	2	2	3	Poison for 7 seconds on normal difficulty and for 15 seconds on hard difficulty
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	2.5 × 1.25	3	4.5 × 2.25	No
Drowned trident (Ranged)	8			No
Drowned trident (Melee)‌^{[BE only]}	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	Inflicts Mining Fatigue III for 5 minutes on nearby players
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			Area effect cloud of Instant Damage
Enderman	4.5 × 2.25	7	10.5 × 5.25	No
Endermite	2		3	No
Evoker fangs	6			No
Fox	2		3	No
Ghast fireball (Impact)	6			No
Ghast fireball (Explosion)	7	12 × 6	22.5 × 11.25	No
Goat	1	2	3	No
Guardian (Laser)	4	6	9	No
Guardian (Spikes)	2		3	No
Hoglin‌^{[JE only]}	2.5 × 1.25 to 5	3 to 8	4.5 × 2.25 to 12 × 6	No
Hoglin (baby)‌^{[JE only]}	0.5 × 0.25		0.75 × 0.375	No
Hoglin‌^{[BE only]}	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^{[JE only]}	2		3	No
Phantom‌^{[BE only]}	4	6	9	No
Piglin arrow‌^{[JE only]}	3 to 4		4	No
Piglin arrow‌^{[BE only]}	1 - 5			No
Piglin (Melee with Sword)‌^{[JE only]}	5	8	12 × 6	No
Piglin (Melee without Sword)‌^{[JE only]}	3.5 × 1.75	5	7.5 × 3.75	No
Piglin‌^{[BE only]}	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^{[JE only]}	3 to 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]}	3 to 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	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
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) ‌^{[BE only]}	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

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Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other platforms	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
		Monster Hunter	Attack and kill 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, 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 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.	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

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).

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	Throw a splash potion of Weakness at a zombie villager, feed it a golden apple, and wait for it to be cured. Note: 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 using a ghast fireball.	`nether/return_to_sender`
Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	Give a piglin one of these 24 gold-related items in the `#piglin_loved` item tag, while not wearing any golden armor: 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 If this advancement is attempted while the player is wearing golden armor but piglin(s) are still aggressive toward them, the advancement does not trigger. Other gold-related items, if any, will not distract the piglin and thus will not trigger this advancement.	`nether/distract_piglin`
This Boat Has Legs	Ride a Strider with a Warped Fungus on a Stick	Nether	Boost^[5] 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 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: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Conduit Power Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness Wither The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects, if any, may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. Note: This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless if one or more of its child advancements have been completed.	`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	Be in a certain radius from the exit portal 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 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 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 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, 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	Note: This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless if one or more of its child advancements 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 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 22 mobs: Axolotl Bee Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep 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 breed-able together. Other breed-able mobs, if any, can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.	`husbandry/breed_an_animal`
Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Husbandry	Tame one of these tameable mobs: Cat Donkey Horse Llama Mule Parrot Skeleton Horse Trader Llama Wolf Zombie Horse	`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 21 mobs: Axolotl Bee Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep 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 breed-able together. Other breed-able 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.

History

Java Edition pre-Classic
rd-132328					Added human.
Java Edition Classic
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST					Added creepers, pigs, skeletons and zombies.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Added spiders.
0.28					Added sheep.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20091223-1			Added Rana.
		20100129			Added Steve and Black Steve.
		20100130			Added Beast Boy.
		20100131			Removed Steve, Black Steve and Beast Boy.
		20100205			Added giant.
		20100205			Removed Rana.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8					Added cows.
v1.0.11					Added slimes
v1.0.14					Added chickens.
v1.0.17					Added spider jockeys.
v1.2.0					Added ghasts, zombie pigmen and pigmen texture.
Java Edition Beta
1.2					Added squid.
1.4					Added wolves.
1.6.2					Removed pigmen texture.
1.8		Pre-release			Added endermen, silverfish and cave spiders.
1.8		Pre-release			Removed human.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Added blazes, magma cubes, mooshrooms, snow golems and villagers.
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4			Added the ender dragon.
1.2.1		12w04a			Added ocelots.
1.2.1		12w08a			Added iron golems.
1.4.2		12w32a			Added zombie villagers.
		12w34a			Added withers.
		12w36a			Added wither skeletons.
		12w38a			Added bats and witches.
April 1, 2013					Added cow horses, ponys, pink withers, diamond chickens, love golems, redstone bugs and smiling creepers to the april fools update, soon removed.
1.6.1		13w16a			Added horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses and zombie horses.
1.7.4		13w49a			Added chicken jockeys.
1.8		14w11a			Added endermites.
		14w25a			Added guardians and elder guardians.
		14w27a			Added rabbits and killer rabbits.
1.9		15w31a			Added shulkers
1.9		15w38a			Added skeleton horsemans.
1.10		16w20a			Added husks, polar bears and strays.
1.11		16w39a			Added llamas, vindicators, evokers and vexes.
1.12		17w13a			Added parrots.
1.12		17w16a			Added illusioners.
1.13		18w07a			Added phantoms and turtles.
		18w08b			Added cod, salmon and pufferfish.
		18w10a			Added tropical fish.
		18w11a			Added drowned.
		18w15a			Added dolphins.
1.14		18w43a			Added pandas, pillagers, ravagers and ravager jockeys.
		18w44a			Added cats as a separate mob from ocelots.
		19w05a			Added trader llamas and the wandering trader.
		19w07a			Added foxes.
April 1, 2019					Added nerd creeperss to the april fools update, soon removed.
1.15		19w34a			Added bees.
1.16		20w07a			Added hoglins and piglins.
		20w09a			Zombie pigmen have been replaced with zombified piglins.
		20w13a			Added striders and strider jockeys.
		20w13a
		20w14a			Added zoglins.
1.16.2		20w27a			Added piglin brutes.
1.17		20w51a			Added axolotls.
		21w03a			Added glow squids.
		21w13a			Added goats.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0					Added sheeps, pigs, and zombies.
v0.3.0					Added cows and chickens.
v0.3.3					Added creepers, spiders, and skeletons.
v0.5.0					Added zombie pigmen.
v0.9.0		build 1			Added Mooshrooms, slimes, endermen, silverfish, wolves, and villagers.
v0.11.0		build 1			Added bats, cave spiders, chicken jockeys, spider jockeys, magma cubes, ghasts, and squids.
v0.12.1		build 1			Added ocelots, blazes, zombie villagers, wither skeletons, iron golems, and snow golems.
v0.13.0		build 1			Added rabbits.
v0.14.0		build 1			Added witches.
v0.15.0		build 1			Added husks, strays, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, zombie horses, and horses.
v0.16.0		build 1			Added NPCs, agents, elder guardians and guardians.
		build 2			Removed NPCs and agents.
		build 4			Added withers.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added polar bears, the ender dragon, shulkers, and endermites.
1.1.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Readded NPCs and agents.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Added llamas, vexes, vindicators, and evokers.
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 cats as a separate mob from ocelots and added pandas.
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
1.14.0		beta 1.14.0.1			Added bees.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added piglins, hoglins, and renamed zombie pigmen to zombified piglins.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Added striders and zoglins.
1.16.20		beta 1.16.20.50			Added piglin brutes.
1.16.200		beta 1.16.200.52			Added goats through experimental gameplay.
1.16.200		release			Goats are made unavailable in the full release.
1.16.210		beta 1.16.210.59			Added glow squids through experimental gameplay.
1.16.210		beta 1.16.210.60			Removed glow squids.
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.50			Added glow squids through experimental gameplay.
1.16.220		release			Glow squids are made unavailable in the full release.
1.17.0		beta 1.16.230.52			Added axolotls through experimental gameplay.
1.17.0		beta 1.17.0.52			Axolotls, glow squids, and goats are now available outside the 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, silverfish, and endermen.
TU7					Added mooshrooms, villagers, magma cubes, blazes, and snow golems.
TU9					Added the ender dragon.
TU12					Added ocelots and iron golems.
TU14		1.04			Added zombie villagers.
TU19	CU7	1.12			Added bats, withers, wither skeletons, witches, horses, mules, and donkeys.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added rabbits, endermites, elder guardians, guardians, and chicken jockeys.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		Added polar bears.
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Added skeleton horses, shulkers, strays, and husks.
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added evokers, vindicators, vexes, parrots, zombie horses, and llamas.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added dolphins, phantoms, drowned, turtles, cod, salmon, pufferfish, and tropical fish.
		1.83			Added cats as a separate mob from ocelots and added pandas.
		1.90			Added pillagers.
		1.91			Added ravagers 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 withers, guardians, and elder guardians.
1.7.10					Added the ender dragon, endermites, polar bears, and shulkers.
1.9.19					Added llamas, vindicators, evokers, and vexes.

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.^[6]
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.
↑ http://www.mojang.com/2016/08/sneak-peek-boss-update-is-coming-to-pocket-and-windows-10/
↑ "Hi! For the mobs that don't win we will add them in the future if we think they add lots to the game at that point. So they are not gone forever, but also not promised because we want to make sure we add what we believe adds most value at that time :) Hope that makes sense! ^^" – @_LadyAgnes on Twitter, October 1, 2020
↑ MC-128249 - comment from cojomax99
↑ MC-183764
↑ "@xyZenTV The skin appears only when you name the rabbit Toast using a name tag, it isn't in the random pool:" – @TheMogMiner on Twitter, July 1, 2014

Entities

Environment

[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.

[spider-4] 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.

[monster-5] This mob is subject to advancements by Monster Hunter, Monsters Hunted.‌^{[JE only]}

[enderman-6] In addition to attacking when provoked, endermen become hostile when their head is being looked at.

[goat-7] Randomly attacks the player.

[iron_golem-8] In addition to attacking when provoked, iron golems attack players with low village popularity.

[llamas-9] This mob becomes neutral after attacking the player a single time.

[pandas-10] Most panda personalities attack the player once. Aggressive pandas attack more similarly to a hostile mob when provoked.

[gold_armor-11] Piglins are naturally hostile, but if the player is wearing at least one piece of gold armor, then the piglin becomes neutral. In its neutral state, if one piglin or piglin brute is attacked, or if the player opens or breaks these containers or breaks these golden blocks, all nearby piglins become hostile, even if the player is wearing gold armor.

[polar_bear-12] Like all mobs, adult polar bears are passive on Peaceful difficulty. When the player is near a cub, the parent polar bear becomes hostile toward the player, although it seldom happens in Easy difficulty. When a cub is attacked, nearby polar bears become hostile toward the attacker.

[outside_of_water_during_daytime-13] Becomes passive when not touching water during daytime.

[elder_guardian-14] Considered boss mobs in Bedrock Edition.

[baby-15] If a baby hoglin is attacked by the player, it temporarily becomes neutral, fleeing the player after getting attacked.

[unarmed-16] If a pillager breaks its crossbow, it becomes passive.‌^{[JE only]}

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

[17] ttp://www.mojang.com/2016/08/sneak-peek-boss-update-is-coming-to-pocket-and-windows-10/

[18] "Hi! For the mobs that don't win we will add them in the future if we think they add lots to the game at that point. So they are not gone forever, but also not promised because we want to make sure we add what we believe adds most value at that time :) Hope that makes sense! ^^" – @_LadyAgnes on Twitter, October 1, 2020

[19] MC-128249 - comment from cojomax99

[20] MC-183764

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

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