Mob

A render depicting various animals and monsters (collectively known as "mobs") from the game. — Some mobs from *Minecraft*.

Every mob in *Java Edition* as of Mounts of Mayhem.

A mob (short for mobile)^[1] is an AI-driven game entity. All mobs can be attacked or hurt (from falling, attacked by a player or another mob, falling into the void, hit by an arrow, etc. with the exception of natural creakings), 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, while 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, 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, slime, and zombie horse^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]}.

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, monster room, 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 cannot be directly bred by the player, instead randomly breeding depending on the time of day and the number of beds, which allows players to manipulate their likelihood of breeding.

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. A rare occurrence of spawning are the jockey mobs, which is a mob riding another mob.

Players can also spawn mobs easily by using 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 monsters do. In Bedrock Edition, almost all mobs despawn. Mobs can be prevented from despawning if they are named with a name tag, and in Java Edition^[verify], also in a boat.

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, attacks from weapons, the /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 smoke particles 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 (a Euclidian distance) 16 blocks of them, but some can see farther. Conversely, most mobs can be heard by players up to 16 blocks 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, all mobs (except for wardens^[2]) try to avoid walking over rails unless pushed onto the rails by other mobs.

Using specific name tags on mobs can result in unusual behavior or rendering. See Name Tag § Easter eggs for details.

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 that do not attempt to attack players, even when provoked or attacked, though some of them may attack other mobs. Most of them are animals and can be bred or tamed.

Hostile-adjacent: These mobs, although passive animals, are also considered monsters and are involved in mechanics pertaining to hostile mobs.

Camel Husk^[upcoming]

Skeleton Horse

Zombie Horse^[upcoming]

Education mobs

These passive mobs are designed primarily for coding, education, or interactive learning rather than regular gameplay. Both are only accessible with commands in Bedrock Edition.

Agent

NPC

Neutral mobs

Neutral mobs are sometimes passive and sometimes hostile toward the player. These mobs usually require provocation from the player in one way or another to attack or become hostile, while some can be naturally hostile and have a way to be pacified.

Nautilus^[upcoming]

Zombie Nautilus^[upcoming]

Zombified Piglin

Hostile mobs

Hostile mobs are dangerous, aggressive mobs that always attack the player within their respective detection ranges. Undead mounts are associated with hostile mobs, always spawning alongside one of them; they are, however, harmless on their own.

Parched^[upcoming]

Boss mobs

Boss mobs are special hostile mobs that are tougher and more dangerous than other mobs. They do not spawn randomly and are confronted intentionally. All boss mobs have a bossbar featuring their name and health. Boss mobs provide unique challenges and equivalent rewards, such as XP or useful items.

Ender Dragon

Wither

Unused mobs

These mobs cannot spawn without the use of /summon or spawn eggs. Old villagers and old zombie villagers cannot be spawned at all.

Elder Guardian Ghost^{[u 1]}

Giant^{[u 2]}

Illusioner
^{[u 2]}

Old Villager^{[u 1]}

Old Zombie Villager^{[u 1]}

↑ ^a ^b ^c ‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}
↑ ^a ^b ‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Similar entities

These entities are grouped within the “living entities” category in the game code. In Bedrock Edition, they are all under the mob entity family.

Armor Stand

Camera‌^{[BE & edu only]}^{[s 1]}

Mannequin
‌^{[JE only]}

Player

↑ Unused in Bedrock Edition

Removed mobs

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

Builder

MD3 Test Mob

Mob^{[r 1]}

Monster

↑ Removed in Java Edition, but existing with human model in Minecraft Classic (JavaScript remake)

Joke mobs

Mobs that were added as April Fools' Day jokes in Java Edition, and cannot be found in the normal version.

Unimplemented mobs

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

Alpaca^{[n 1]}

Barnacle
^{[n 2]}^[3]^[4]

Crab^{[n 2]}

Firefly^{[n 3]}

Glare^{[n 2]}

Shade^{[n 2]}

Iceologer^{[n 2]}

Meerkat^{[n 4]}

Moobloom^{[n 2]}

Ostrich^{[n 4]}

Penguin^{[n 2]}

Pigman Bodyguard^{[n 2]}

Rascal^{[n 2]}

Red Dragon^{[n 1]}

Shark^{[n 1]}^{[n 2]}

Termite^{[n 4]}

The Great Hunger^{[n 2]}^[3]^[4]

Tuff Golem^{[n 2]}

Vulture^{[n 4]}

Wildfire^{[n 2]}^[3]^[4]

↑ ^a ^b ^c Status uncertain, whether it has been scrapped or simply shelved is unknown.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Shelved indefinitely, may or may not come in a future update.
↑ Added as a particle effect emitted from firefly bushes, no plans to add it as a mob in any future update.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Planned to be introduced in a currently unknown future update.

Mentioned mobs

Mobs that were briefly mentioned by Mojang Studios on social media and other platforms.

Herobrine^{[n 1]}

↑ always mentioned as "removed Herobrine" in the changelogs of the updates.

Classification

Knockback resistance

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

Mob	Knockback resistance
Agent NPC	100% (are invulnerable)
Drowned Husk Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin	0%–5% (determined on spawn)
Glow Squid Squid	85%
Hoglin Zoglin	60%
Iron Golem Shulker Warden	100%
Ravager	70%‌^{[JE only]} 50%‌^{[BE only]}

Platform availability

The following table also applies to Minecraft Education and the China Edition variants, with the Bedrock Edition corresponding to Minecraft Education.

Mob	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition
Agent	No	Yes
Allay	Yes	Yes
Armadillo	Yes	Yes
Axolotl	Yes	Yes
Bat	Yes	Yes
Bee	Yes	Yes
Blaze	Yes	Yes
Bogged	Yes	Yes
Breeze	Yes	Yes
Camel	Yes	Yes
Camel Husk	Upcoming	Upcoming
Cat	Yes	Yes
Cave Spider	Yes	Yes
Chicken	Yes	Yes
Cod	Yes	Yes
Copper Golem	Yes	Yes
Cow	Yes	Yes
Creaking	Yes	Yes
Creeper	Yes	Yes
Dolphin	Yes	Yes
Donkey	Yes	Yes
Drowned	Yes	Yes
Elder Guardian	Yes	Yes
Elder Guardian Ghost	No	Yes
Ender Dragon	Yes	Yes
Enderman	Yes	Yes
Endermite	Yes	Yes
Evoker	Yes	Yes
Fox	Yes	Yes
Frog	Yes	Yes
Ghast	Yes	Yes
Giant	Yes	No
Glow Squid	Yes	Yes
Goat	Yes	Yes
Guardian	Yes	Yes
Happy Ghast	Yes	Yes
Hoglin	Yes	Yes
Horse	Yes	Yes
Husk	Yes	Yes
Illusioner	Yes	No
Iron Golem	Yes	Yes
Llama	Yes	Yes
Magma Cube	Yes	Yes
Mooshroom	Yes	Yes
Mule	Yes	Yes
Nautilus	Upcoming	Upcoming
NPC	No	Yes
Ocelot	Yes	Yes
Old Villager	No	Unobtainable
Old Zombie Villager	No	Unobtainable
Panda	Yes	Yes
Parched	Upcoming	Upcoming
Parrot	Yes	Yes
Phantom	Yes	Yes
Pig	Yes	Yes
Piglin	Yes	Yes
Piglin Brute	Yes	Yes
Pillager	Yes	Yes
Polar Bear	Yes	Yes
Pufferfish	Yes	Yes
Rabbit	Yes	Yes (except the killer bunny)
Ravager	Yes	Yes
Salmon	Yes	Yes
Sheep	Yes	Yes
Shulker	Yes	Yes
Silverfish	Yes	Yes
Skeleton	Yes	Yes
Skeleton Horse	Yes	Yes
Slime	Yes	Yes
Snow Golem	Yes	Yes
Sniffer	Yes	Yes
Spider	Yes	Yes
Squid	Yes	Yes
Stray	Yes	Yes
Strider	Yes	Yes
Tadpole	Yes	Yes
Trader Llama	Yes	Yes
Tropical Fish	Yes	Yes
Turtle	Yes	Yes
Vex	Yes	Yes
Villager	Yes	Yes
Vindicator	Yes	Yes
Wandering Trader	Yes	Yes
Warden	Yes	Yes
Witch	Yes	Yes
Wither	Yes	Yes
Wither Skeleton	Yes	Yes
Wolf	Yes	Yes
Zoglin	Yes	Yes
Zombie	Yes	Yes
Zombie Horse	Yes	Yes
Zombie Nautilus	Upcoming	Upcoming
Zombie Villager	Yes	Yes
Zombified Piglin	Yes	Yes

Damage dealt by mobs

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
		Repopulation	Breed two cows with wheat.	Breed two cows or two mooshrooms.	15	Bronze
		Cow Tipper	Harvest some leather.	Pick up leather from the ground or via fishing.	15	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.	40	Silver
		Leader of the Pack	Befriend five wolves.	Note: This does not have to be in a single game, so multiple games or reloading old saves does count toward this achievement.	20	Bronze
		Have a Shearful Day	Use Shears to obtain wool from a sheep.	—	15	Bronze
		Bee our guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Bottle without aggravating the bees.	—	15	Bronze
		Total Beelocation	Move and place a Bee Nest, with 3 bees inside, using Silk Touch.	—	30	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.	20	Bronze
		Body Guard	Create an Iron Golem	—	20	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).	40	Gold
		Where have you been?	Receive a gift from a tamed cat in the morning.	The gift must be picked up from the ground.	20	Bronze
		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.	20	Silver
		Kill the Beast!	Defeat a Ravager.	—	30	Silver
		I've got a bad feeling about this	Kill a Pillager Captain.	Drink an Ominous Bottle.	20	Bronze
		Star trader	Trade with a villager at the build height limit.	—	20	Silver
		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.	20	Silver
		The Deep End	Defeat an Elder Guardian	—	30	Silver
		Lion Hunter	Gain the trust of an Ocelot.	—	15	Bronze
		Zoologist	Breed two pandas with bamboo.	—	40	Gold
		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 note block nearby.	10	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.	30	Gold
		Archer	Kill a creeper with arrows.	—	10	Bronze
		Sniper Duel	Kill a Skeleton with an arrow from more than 50 meters.	Use a launched arrow to kill a skeleton, wither skeleton, stray, or bogged from 50 or more blocks away, horizontally.	30	Bronze
		The Healing Power of Friendship!	Team up with an axolotl and win a fight	Be near^{[more information needed]} an axolotl when killing a hostile aquatic mob while the axolotl is fighting it (not playing dead).	30	Silver
		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
		Return to Sender	Destroy a Ghast with a fireball.	Kill a ghast using a ghast fireball.	30	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 blocks from the point where the ride starts.	20	Silver
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item^{[more information needed]} while it is aggressive toward the player.	30	Silver
		The Beginning?	Spawn the Wither	Be within a 100.9×100.9×103.5 cuboid centered on the Wither when it is spawned.	20	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.	40	Silver
		The End... Again...	Respawn the Enderdragon [sic]	—	30	Silver
		Great View From Up Here	Levitate up 50 blocks from the attacks of a Shulker	Ascend at least 50 blocks while under the levitation effect from a shulker.	20	Bronze

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	Actual requirements (if different)
Zombie Doctor	Weaken and then cure a Zombie Villager	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.
Return to Sender	Destroy a Ghast with a fireball	Kill a ghast by deflecting a ghast fireball back into it via hitting or shooting a projectile at the fireball.
Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25/27^[upcoming] gold-related items in the `#piglin_loved` item tag: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Deepslate Gold Ore 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 Nautilus Armor^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Spear^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Raw Gold The player must not be wearing any gold armor. Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.
This Boat Has Legs	Ride a Strider with a Warped Fungus on a Stick	Use a warped fungus on a stick while riding a strider, decreasing its durability.
Uneasy Alliance	Rescue a Ghast from the Nether, bring it safely home to the Overworld... and then kill it	Kill a Ghast while being in the Overworld.
Spooky Scary Skeleton	Obtain a Wither Skeleton's skull	Have a wither skeleton skull in the inventory.
Into Fire	Relieve a Blaze of its rod	Have a blaze rod in the inventory.
Withering Heights	Summon the Wither	Be within a 100.9×100.9×103.5 cuboid centered on the wither when it is spawned.
How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 33/34^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Breath of the Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} 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 Wind Charged Wither 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. See also: Tutorial:Advancement guide/Nether tab § How Did We Get Here? 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.
Free the End	Good luck	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.
The End... Again...	Respawn the Ender Dragon	Be within a 192-block radius from the coordinates (0.0, 128, 0.0) when an ender dragon is summoned using End crystals.
You Need a Mint	Collect Dragon's Breath in a Glass Bottle	Have a bottle of dragon's breath in the inventory.
Great View From Up Here	Levitate up 50 blocks from the attacks of a Shulker	Move a distance of 50 blocks vertically with the Levitation effect applied, regardless of direction or whether it is caused by the effect.
Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
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.
What a Deal!	Successfully trade with a Villager	Take an item from a villager or wandering trader's trading output slot.
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.
Hired Help	Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village	Summon an iron golem.
Two Birds, One Arrow	Kill two Phantoms with a piercing Arrow	Use a crossbow enchanted with Piercing to kill two phantoms with a single arrow shot.
Who's the Pillager Now?	Give a Pillager a taste of their own medicine	Kill a pillager with a crossbow shot.
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.
Sniper Duel	Kill a Skeleton from at least 50 meters away	Receive kill credit for a skeleton that is at least 50 blocks away horizontally and is killed by a projectile.
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.
Bee Our Guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Glass Bottle without aggravating the Bees	Use a glass bottle on a beehive or bee nest while not angering the bees inside.
The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Breed a pair of any of these 26/27^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} mobs: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} 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.
Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Tame one of these 8/11^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} tameable mobs: Cat Donkey Horse Llama Mule Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Parrot Trader Llama Wolf Zombie Horse^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Zombie Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Skeleton Horse can be tamed in the same way as a regular horse to gain this advancement with the ride command.
Total Beelocation	Move a Bee Nest, with 3 Bees inside, using Silk Touch	Unlike most other advancements, this advancement is granted upon breaking the nest, rather than it entering your inventory.
Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	Breed a pair of each of these 26/27^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} mobs: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} 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.

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History

Java Edition

Java Edition pre-Classic
rd-132328		Added Mobs.
Java Edition Classic
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST		Added creepers, pigs, skeletons, and zombies.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST		Mobs no longer naturally spawn.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST		Added spiders.
0.28		Added sheep.
0.28		Creepers, pigs, skeletons, and zombies no longer spawn naturally.
Java Edition Indev
0.31	20091223-0040	Removed all mobs except for Mobs due to the introduction of the MD3 format.
	20100131-2156	Removed the new MD3 format. Mobs use the default player model again.
	20100202	Readded creepers, pigs, skeletons, zombies, spiders, and sheep.
	20100202	All mobs are passive.
	20100204-1541	Mobs can now avoid huge cliffs, lava, and etc.
	20100204-1541	All mobs home in on the player if the player gets within 24 tiles of them.
	20100204-2027	Creepers, skeletons, zombies, and spiders are hostile again.
	20100204-2027	Mob pathfinding tweaked.
	20100205-1558	Added giants.
20100213		Zombies and skeletons now burn up in daylight.
20100213		Spiders are now neutral during the daytime.
20100218-0011		Chances of zombies and skeletons catching on fire in daylight have been tweaked.
Java Edition Infdev
20100316		Added Monsters.
		Shot arrows upon hitting blocks can now spawn mobs.
		Mobs have no movement AI.
20100413-1949		Arrows no longer spawn mobs.
20100415		Mobs now spawn naturally again.
20100420		Mob spawn rate has been decreased.
20100607		Spawn rate for hostile mobs has been decreased, making them less common.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.3		Mob pathfinding has been improved on hills, except for spiders.
v1.0.3		Idling behavior of mobs has been made more convincing, mobs now look around at their surroundings.
v1.0.8		Added cows.
v1.0.11		Added slimes.
v1.0.14		Added chickens.
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.
v1.2.1		Reverted hostile mob spawning code back to light level 7 or lower, regardless of height.
v1.2.3_05		Creepers are now the only hostile mob that spawns naturally.
v1.2.4_01		Other hostile mobs spawn once again.
Java Edition Beta
1.2		Added squid.
1.2		Removed Mobs.
1.4		Added wolves.
1.6.2		Removed pigmen texture.
1.7		Added silverfish texture.
1.8	Pre-release	Added cave spiders, endermen, and silverfish.
1.8	Pre-release	Removed Monsters.
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.
	12w04a	Cats were also added, but were a retexture of the ocelot and not an individual mob.
	12w08a	Added iron golems.
1.3.1	12w15a	The appropriate spawn egg is now given when pick blocking a mob while in Creative mode.
1.3.1	12w21a	Passive mobs can now be easily pushed around by simply walking, most likely intended to help the player navigate through animal farms more easily.
1.4.2	12w32a	Added zombie villagers.
	12w34a	Added the wither.
	12w36a	Added wither skeletons.
	12w38a	Added bats and witches.
1.6.1	13w16a	Added horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and zombie horses.
1.8	14w11a	Added endermites.
	14w25a	Added guardians and elder guardians.
	14w27a	Added rabbits.
1.9	15w31a	Added shulkers.
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, and ravagers.
	18w44a	Added cats as a separate mob from ocelots.
	19w05a	Added trader llamas and wandering traders.
	19w07a	Added foxes.
1.15	19w34a	Added bees.
1.16	20w06a	Added hoglins.
	20w07a	Added piglins.
	20w09a	Zombie pigmen have been renamed to “zombified piglins”.
	20w13a	Added striders.
	20w14a	Added zoglins.
1.16.2	20w27a	Added piglin brutes.
1.17	20w51a	Added axolotls.
	21w03a	Added glow squid.
	21w13a	Added goats.
1.19	Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1	Added wardens.
	22w11a	Added frogs and tadpoles.
	22w13a	Added allays.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20	22w42a	Added camels.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20	23w07a	Added sniffers.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21	23w45a	Added breezes.
1.20.5	23w51a	Added armadillos.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21	24w07a	Added bogged.
1.21.2 Experiment Winter Drop	24w40a	Added creakings.
1.21.6	25w15a	Added happy ghasts.
1.21.9	25w31a	Added copper golems.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.21.11	25w41a	Added nautiluses and zombie nautiluses.
1.21.11	25w44a	Added camel husks and parched.

Bedrock Edition

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, ghasts, and magma cubes.
v0.12.1	build 1	Added blazes, iron golems, ocelots, snow golems, wither skeletons, and zombie villagers.
v0.12.1	build 1	Cats were also added but not as an 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, 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.
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Added evokers, llamas, vexes, and vindicators.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0	beta 1.2.0.2	Added parrots.
1.2.13	beta 1.2.13.8	Added drowned.
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Added cod, salmon, pufferfish, and tropical fish.
1.4.0	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.
1.8.0	beta 1.8.0.8	Added cats as 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.
1.13.0	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.
	beta 1.16.0.51	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 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.200.52	Added goats.
1.16.210 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.210.59	Added glow squid.
1.16.210 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.210.60	Removed glow squid.
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.220.50	Re-added glow squid.
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.230.52	Added axolotls.
1.18.10 Experiment Wild Update	beta 1.18.10.24	Added frogs and tadpoles.
1.18.30 Experiment Wild Update	beta 1.18.30.22	Added allays.
1.18.30 Experiment Wild Update	beta 1.18.30.32	Added wardens.
1.19.50 Experiment Next Major Update	Preview 1.19.50.21	Added camels.
1.19.70 Experiment Sniffer	Preview 1.19.70.23	Added sniffers.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21	Preview 1.20.60.20	Added breezes.
1.20.60 Experiment Armadillo and Wolf Armor	Preview 1.20.60.23	Added armadillos.
1.20.70 Experiment Update 1.21	Preview 1.20.70.24	Added bogged.
1.21.50	Preview 1.21.50.20	Added creakings.
1.21.80 Experiment Drop 2 2025	Preview 1.21.80.25	Added happy ghasts.
1.21.100 Experiment Drop 3 2025	Preview 1.21.100.23	Added copper golems.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.21.130	Preview 1.21.130.20	Added nautiluses and zombie nautiluses.
1.21.130	Preview 1.21.130.24	Added camel husks and parched.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added all mobs from and prior to Java Edition Beta 1.4.
TU5							Added cave spiders, endermen, and silverfish.
TU5							Passive mobs will now flee when hit.
TU7							Added blazes, magma cubes, mooshrooms, and snow golems.
TU7							In creative mode, hostile mobs don't go after the player, unless attacked.
TU9							Added the ender dragon.
TU12							Added ocelots and iron golems.
TU12							Tamed ocelots become cats.
TU14		1.04					Added zombie villagers.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Added bats, horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and zombie horses. Skeleton and zombie horses can only be summoned by world editing, etc.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added endermites, rabbits, guardians, and elder guardians.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Added polar bears.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Added shulkers, strays, and husks. Skeleton horses are now available without world editing etc. due to the addition of skeleton trap horses.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added evokers, llamas, parrots, vexes, vindicators and illusioners. Zombie horses are now available without world editing, etc. due to the addition of the spawn egg. Illusioners are can only be summened by world editing, etc.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added cod, dolphins, drowned, phantoms, pufferfish, salmon, and tropical fish.
			1.83				Added pandas.
			1.83				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

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.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
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.
1.9	1.8.0	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 squid, and axolotls.
1.17.30	1.17.30.2	Zombie pigmen have been renamed to zombified piglin.
1.19.52	1.19.50.0	Added frogs, tadpoles, allay and warden.
1.20.12	1.20.10.0	Added camels and sniffers.
1.21.03	Preview 1.21.01.0	Added armadillos, breeze and bogged.

Issues

For issues unique to specific mobs, see that mob's issues section.

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

Trivia

In Java Edition, the rarest mob is a zombie villager chicken jockey wearing full enchanted diamond armor and holding an enchanted iron sword in its left hand.
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.
- Mobs mistake some blocks for air, such as carpets, snow, and string.
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.”
In Bedrock Edition, due to the lack of a "living entity" class of entities, armor stands, cameras, and even players are internally represented as "mobs". This has no direct effect on how these entities behave. However, in Java Edition, the advancements and statistics classify them as mobs.

Gallery

Screenshots

An overview image of all mobs in Bedrock Edition as of 1.21.114. The mobs cannot be summoned with no AI, so they start interacting with each other.^{[note 1]}

In other media

Official T-shirt artwork "Animal Totem" made by JINX.
Official T-shirt artwork "Creatures" made by JINX.
Official T-shirt artwork "Lineup" featuring hostile mobs as well as a chicken. Made by JINX.
Official T-shirt artwork featuring Steve and mobs. Made by Capy.
Official T-shirt artwork "Party" featuring Steve and mobs. Made by JINX.
Official T-shirt artwork "Tight Spot" featuring Steve and hostile mobs. Made by JINX.
An image of a mysterious mob posted on twitter to promote the first mob vote.
A slightly more detailed version of the previous image, posted later.
Concept art of mob gargoyles for A Minecraft Movie.
Artwork featuring various mobs, as well as players.

Notes

↑ An armor stand is here because they are internally mobs in Bedrock Edition.

References

↑ Mob (video games) or a single entity in a group when referring to Minecraft.
↑ MC-249642 — Wardens can't pass over rails — resolved as "Fixed".
↑ ^a ^b ^c https://bsky.app/profile/jebox.bsky.social/post/3lklivpvwus2j
↑ ^a ^b ^c https://bsky.app/profile/jebox.bsky.social/post/3lklkycfmx22b

External links

Everything you need to know about Minecraft mobs – Minecraft.net on September 22, 2023

Navigation

[unused-beee-3] ‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}

[unused-je-4] ‌^{[Java Edition only]}

[bedrock-unused-5] Unused in Bedrock Edition

[6] Removed in Java Edition, but existing with human model in Minecraft Classic (JavaScript remake)

[unknown-7] Status uncertain, whether it has been scrapped or simply shelved is unknown.

[shelved-8] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Shelved indefinitely, may or may not come in a future update.

[11] Added as a particle effect emitted from firefly bushes, no plans to add it as a mob in any future update.

[upcoming-12] Planned to be introduced in a currently unknown future update.

[13] ways mentioned as "removed Herobrine" in the changelogs of the updates.

[14] An armor stand is here because they are internally mobs in Bedrock Edition.

[1] Mob (video games) or a single entity in a group when referring to Minecraft.

[2] MC-249642 — Wardens can't pass over rails — resolved as "Fixed".

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