Endermite

Endermite
Health points	8HP
Behavior	Hostile
Mob type	Monster • Arthropod
Attack; strength	Easy: 2HP; Normal: 2HP; Hard: 3HP
Hitbox size	Height: 0.3 blocks; Width: 0.4 blocks
Spawn	5% chance when an ender pearl lands

Endermites are small arthropodan hostile mobs that sometimes spawn when a player throws an ender pearl, and attack by biting. Endermen are hostile toward endermites.

Spawning

Endermites have a 5% chance to spawn when a player-thrown ender pearl lands. They spawn at the player's original position when the pearl lands‌^{[Java Edition only]}, or at the pearl's landing site‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}.

An endermite despawns within 2 minutes, regardless of the player's distance, unless it has been named with a name tag. This applies even when it is in a minecart, boat, or boat with chest.

Drops

On death

Endermites drop 3XP experience orbs when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Behavior

Endermites attack players within 16 blocks.

In Java Edition, endermites become hostile towards any mob that attacks another endermite. Endermites in Bedrock Edition on the other hand do not become hostile towards any mob that attacks it.

Endermen attack endermites in line of sight within 64 blocks. Endermites attack endermen in Bedrock Edition.

As arthropods, endermites are affected by the Bane of Arthropods enchantment.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Endermite scuttles	Hostile Mobs	Randomly	`entity.endermite.ambient`	`subtitles.entity.endermite.ambient`	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Endermite dies	Hostile Mobs	When an endermite dies	`entity.endermite.death`	`subtitles.entity.endermite.death`	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Endermite hurts	Hostile Mobs	When an endermite is damaged	`entity.endermite.hurt`	`subtitles.entity.endermite.hurt`	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Footsteps	Hostile Mobs	Unused sound event^{[sound 1]}	`entity.endermite.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ MC-117609 — Silverfish and Endermites don't make footstep sounds or subtitles

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Hostile Mobs	Randomly	`mob.endermite.say`	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Hostile Mobs	When an endermite dies	`mob.endermite.kill`	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Hostile Mobs	When an endermite is damaged	`mob.endermite.hit`	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Hostile Mobs	While an endermite is walking	`mob.endermite.step`	0.15	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Endermite	`endermite`	`arthropod` `powder_snow_walkable_mobs` `sensitive_to_bane_of_arthropods`	`entity.minecraft.endermite`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Endermite	`endermite`	`55`	`entity.endermite.name`

Entity data

Endermites have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Java Edition:

[NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
- [Int] Lifetime: How long the endermite has existed in ticks. Disappears when this reaches around 2400.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.	Kill one of these 37/41^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} hostile monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Zombie Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this achievement.	15	Bronze
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	—	10	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver

Advancements

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Kill one of these 37/41^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} mobs: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Zombie Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.
Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Kill each of these 37/41^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} mobs: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Zombie Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
Mob Kabob^{[upcoming JE 1.21.11]}	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear.	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.
Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count 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.
Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.8	14w11a	Added endermites.
		Endermen are hostile to endermites.
		Endermites have a 15% chance of spawning when an enderman teleports (with that chance decreasing by 1 percentage point per endermite spawn) and a 5% chance to spawn when a player uses an ender pearl.
		Endermites have a silverfish model, but they have a unique purple texture.
	14w11b	Endermites no longer despawn when named with a name tag.
	14w17a	Endermites now have a unique model.
	14w17a	Endermen are no longer hostile to non-pearl-spawned endermites.
	14w28a	Endermites no longer spawn from endermen.
1.15	19w34a	Endermites now take damage on magma blocks.
1.15	Pre-Release 3	Endermites no longer suffocate in soul sand.
1.17	20w46a	Endermen are now again hostile to non-pearl-spawned endermites.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Added endermites.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added endermites.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10							Added endermites.

Data history

Java Edition
1.11			16w32a				The endermite's entity ID has been changed from `Endermite` to `endermite`.
1.13			17w47a				Numeric IDs for entities were presumably deprecated in this version.^{[more information needed]}

Issues

Issues relating to "Endermite" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

Endermites are the smallest hostile mob by hitbox size.
Endermites are said to come from an "in-between" dimension, and are left behind by endermen as they teleport through.^[1]
- In a 2025 minecraft.net article, the dimension that endermites come from was referred to as a terrifying and "scary in-betweeny dimension". It is explained that endermites attack players and endermen because they don’t like "being dragged between dimensions".^[2]
According to the same article, endermites are "Lil fuzzy wuzzy killers".^[2]
Dinnerbone once mentioned an "ultimate plan" for endermites involving the dragon egg, though this never came to fruition.^[3]
- In response to a question asking if the ultimate plan was an evil plan,^[4] Dinnerbone stated that "everything is an evil plan to somebody".^[5]
  - When the person who asked the initial question stated they liked evil plans,^[6] Dinnerbone cryptically stated that he liked "evil plants".^[7]

Gallery

Screenshots

A haunting of endermen losing to a horde of endermites.
Endermites being killed by endermen.

Textures

Endermite texture file.

References

↑ "MINECON Earth - Java Team Panel" – Minecraft on YouTube, November 18, 2017
↑ ^a ^b "Mob Menagerie: Endermite" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, September 22, 2025.
↑ "I do have an Ultimate Plan™ with endermites, but it will wait. May also include dragon egg but I haven't discussed this with the team yet." – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), March 13, 2014
↑ "@Dinnerbone ooh is it an evil plan?" – @TheEvilOlives on X (formerly Twitter), March 13, 2014
↑ "@TheEvilOlives Everything is an evil plan to somebody" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), March 13, 2014
↑ "@Dinnerbone I like evil plans ^_^" – @TheEvilOlives on X (formerly Twitter), March 13, 2014
↑ "@TheEvilOlives I like evil plants." – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), March 13, 2014

External links

"Mob Menagerie: Endermite" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, September 22, 2025.

Navigation

[1] MC-117609 — Silverfish and Endermites don't make footstep sounds or subtitles

[2] "MINECON Earth - Java Team Panel" – Minecraft on YouTube, November 18, 2017

[mcnet-3] "Mob Menagerie: Endermite" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, September 22, 2025.

[4] "I do have an Ultimate Plan™ with endermites, but it will wait. May also include dragon egg but I haven't discussed this with the team yet." – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), March 13, 2014

[5] "@Dinnerbone ooh is it an evil plan?" – @TheEvilOlives on X (formerly Twitter), March 13, 2014

[6] "@TheEvilOlives Everything is an evil plan to somebody" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), March 13, 2014

[7] "@Dinnerbone I like evil plans ^_^" – @TheEvilOlives on X (formerly Twitter), March 13, 2014

[8] "@TheEvilOlives I like evil plants." – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), March 13, 2014

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Endermite

Spawning

Drops

On death

Behavior

Sounds

Data values

ID

Entity data

Achievements

Advancements

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Data history

Issues

Trivia

Gallery

Screenshots

Textures

See also

References

External links

Navigation