Mob

A mob (short for mobile, mobile entity, or mobile object)^[1] is a game entity controlled by its own mob AI. 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

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, food (carrots, potatoes, and other crops), and the number of beds, which allows players to manipulate their likelihood of breeding.

Most mobs never spawn on transparent blocks, in water (except 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, also in a boat. Mobs such as tamed wolves, tamed cats/ocealots, tamed parrots will not despawn

Behavior

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 never deliberately 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.

Camel Husk^{[p 1]}

Chicken

Cod

Copper Golem

Cow

Donkey

Skeleton Horse^{[p 1]}

Sniffer

Snow Golem^{[note 1]}

Squid

Strider

Sulfur Cube
^{[note 2]}

Villager^{[note 3]}

Zombie Horse^{[p 1]}

↑ ^a ^b ^c These mobs, although passive, are considered monsters and are involved in mechanics pertaining to hostile mobs.

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.

Hostile mobs

Hostile mobs are dangerous, aggressive monsters that always attack the player within their respective detection ranges. Monsters in general, whether passive or neutral, are involved in mechanics pertaining to hostile mobs regardless of behavior.

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

Creators or education mobs

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

These passive mobs are designed primarily for Adventure maps and add-on creating, rather than regular gameplay. They are used in Minecraft Education for coding, education, or interactive learning. Both are only accessible with commands in Bedrock Edition.

Agent

NPC

China Edition exclusive mobs

This feature is exclusive to China Edition.

This passive mob is only exclusive to China Edition.

Pet

Unused mobs

These mobs cannot spawn without the use of /summon or spawn eggs. Old villagers and old zombie villagers cannot be spawned with /summon, making them inaccessible in vanilla.

Elder Guardian Ghost‌^{[BE & edu only]}

Giant‌^{[JE only]}

Illusioner‌^{[JE only]}

Old Villager‌^{[BE & edu only]}

Old Zombie Villager‌^{[BE & edu 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 class in the entity format. Mannequins and cameras are creative-only entities.

Armor Stand

Camera‌^{[BE & edu only]}

Mannequin
‌^{[JE only]}

Player

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.

Pet mobs

These mobs, although similar to their non-joke counterparts, are their own mobs.

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]}

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]}

Shade^{[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 Status uncertain, whether it has been scrapped or simply shelved is unknown.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l 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.^[verify]

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]}

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 41 monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus 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	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 achievement.	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
		Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear.	Armor stands and players also count for this achievement as they are technically mobs.	10	Bronze

Advancements

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
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 41 monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus 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 41 monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
Mob Kabob	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.
The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Breed a pair of any of these 27 animals: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus 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 11 tameable animals: Cat Donkey Horse Llama Mule Nautilus Parrot Trader Llama Wolf Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Skeleton Horse can be tamed in the same way as a regular horse to gain this advancement with the ride command.
Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	Breed a pair of each of these 26 animals: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus 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.

Videos

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, 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.
20100413-1951		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.
	22w11a	Removed wardens.
	22w12a	Re-added wardens.
	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.
1.21.11	25w41a	Added nautiluses and zombie nautiluses.
1.21.11	25w44a	Added camel husks and parched.
26.2	snap1	Added sulfur cubes.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0		Added pigs, sheep, 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, slimes, villagers, and wolves.
v0.11.0	build 1	Added bats, cave spiders, ghasts, magma cubes, and squid.
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 Experiment Experimental Gameplay	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 Experiment Experimental Gameplay	beta 1.9.0.0	Added pillagers.
1.10.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay	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.
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.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026	Preview 26.20.23	Added sulfur cubes.
26.30	Preview 26.30.20	Sulfur cubes are now available without enabling the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment.

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.
1.21.91	Preview 1.21.50.1	Added creakings.
1.21.91	Preview 1.21.90.1	Added happy ghasts.
1.21.132	Preview 1.21.110.1	Added copper golems.
1.21.132	Preview 1.21.131.1	Added camel husks, parched, nautiluses and zombie nautiluses.

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.
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 4]}

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.
Art of players and mobs against a sunset.

Notes

↑ Snowballs thrown from snow golems can unintentionally hit the player, dealing knockback in Bedrock Edition.
↑ Sulfur cubes can hurt the player if having absorbed a magma block or TNT.
↑ Villagers can unintentionally hurt the player with a firework rocket after a raid is defeated.
↑ 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

[hostile_adjacent-3] These mobs, although passive, are considered monsters and are involved in mechanics pertaining to hostile mobs.

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

[unknown-8] Status uncertain, whether it has been scrapped or simply shelved is unknown.

[shelved-9] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Shelved indefinitely, may or may not come in a future update.

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

[upcoming-13] Planned to be introduced in a currently unknown future update.^[verify]

[14] Always mentioned as "removed Herobrine" in the changelogs of the updates.

[4] Snowballs thrown from snow golems can unintentionally hit the player, dealing knockback in Bedrock Edition.

[5] Sulfur cubes can hurt the player if having absorbed a magma block or TNT.

[6] Villagers can unintentionally hurt the player with a firework rocket after a raid is defeated.

[15] 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".

[NewInfo-10] ttps://bsky.app/profile/jebox.bsky.social/post/3lklivpvwus2j

[NewInfoTwo-11] ttps://bsky.app/profile/jebox.bsky.social/post/3lklkycfmx22b

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