Mob

Behavior

A pig emitting smoke upon death.

Mobs are affected by the environment in the same ways as the player: they are subject to physics Physics may refer to: The movement of entities - falling blocks, moving vehicles, and projectiles (including mobs launched into the air). The flow of fluids - lava and water, which can wash out or burn , and they can be hurt See damage in Minecraft. For information on health/hearts, see Health. Damage represents injury from attacks or natural causes. Players and mobs in Minecraft each have a supply of health points, which are by the same things that harm the player (catching on fire, falling, drowning, attacked by weapons, etc.). Some mobs may be resistant or immune to certain hazards, such as Nether mobs which are immune to fire. Mobs can ride minecarts Minecart Type Vehicles Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable No Internal ID PC: 42 PE: 84 Network ID PC: 10 Entity ID minecart Drops Minecart (1) Health points 6 () First appearances See History Data value and other mobs, and can climb up ladders Ladder Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 2 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 65 hex: 41 bin: 1000001 Name ladder “ Sometimes the fans are right, too. Like ladders. I . When mobs are killed, they turn to dust Particles are special graphical effects in Minecraft. Contents 1 Behavior 2 Types of particles 3 History 4 Issues 5 Trivia 6 Gallery Behavior edit | edit source] Particles always seem to face the player and and drop See the items that drop from entities and blocks. For drops as in falls, see Fall Damage. Typical drops from a skeleton: experience orbs, an arrow, and bones. Drops are items that items which may be useful resources.

Each type of mob in Minecraft has a certain AI (Artificial Intelligence) system with different behaviors and mechanics. Mobs will 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 traverse complex mazes to get to a desired object or destination. Passive mobs will flee in random directions after being hurt, while hostile mobs will face and chase/attack the Player The Player Health points 20 () Armor points Varies Attack strength Fist: 1 () Items: Varies Size Height: 1.8 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks While sneaking: Height: 1.65 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks While gliding: Height: 0.6 as soon as they come close. Neutral mobs will remain neutral until a player or mob provokes it (usually by attacking), at which point the neutral mob will turn hostile toward and attack the entity that hit it. Most mobs are aware of players within 16 blocks Blocks may refer to: Block - cubes that make up the Minecraft world as a whole. Blocks music disc This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you of them, but some can see farther. Conversely, most mobs can be heard by players up to 16 blocks away.

Mobs can not see through most solid blocks, including semi-transparent blocks such as ice, glass, or glass panes. Mobs will not attempt to walk on rail Rail Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 3.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 66 hex: 42 bin: 1000010 Name rail See the standard rail. For other uses, tracks, unless pushed on by other mobs.

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Spawning

An excessive amount of ender dragons and withers spawned using the /summon command.

Mobs come to exist by spawning See the natural spawning of players and mobs. For mob spawners, see Monster Spawner. For the player, see The Player. This article needs updating. Description: Rabbits now spawn in deserts with new in various ways. Most will spawn naturally, dependent on the light level Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2 and biome A river bisecting a jungle biome. At the top right is a forest. A river running through a mesa biome with mesa plateaus, with a savanna biome in the bottom right. “ In case you , often times in groups with mobs of the same variety. Most passive mobs also have the ability to breed Two villagers in "love mode", breeding “ If you hold food in your hand, they follow you around. If you feed them, they enter "love mode". Two animals in love mode = babies. „ —Notch , which will spawn baby versions of themselves. Mobs will not naturally spawn on transparent When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with blocks, in water (except for squid and guardians), in lava, or on half blocks (slabs, stairs). The exception is monster spawners, from which they can spawn naturally on any block including air.

Some mobs (like the iron golem Iron Golem Health points 100 ( × 50) Attack strength 7 () to 21 ( × 10.5) To players: Easy: 4 () to 11 () Normal: 7 () to 21 ( × 10.5) Hard: 10 , snow golem Snow Golem Health points 4 () Attack strength 0 () (only pushes mobs back) 3 () to Blaze Size Height: 1.9 Blocks Width: 0.7 Blocks Spawn Where created by the player First appearances See History , and the wither Wither Health points 300 ( × 150) 600 ( × 300) Pocket edition only] Armor points 4 () Attack strength Easy: 5 () Normal: 8 () Hard: 12 () Size Height: 3.5 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Spawn ) require that the player "construct" them before being able to spawn.

Players can also spawn mobs by using spawn eggs Spawn Egg Type Items Durability N/A Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Yes (16) (Console Edition) First appearances See History Data value dec: 383 hex: 17F bin: 101111111 Name spawn_egg “ You know what would be fun? If every in Creative mode Pixel art and other creations made in Creative mode. "Sandbox" redirects here. For a place to test edits to this wiki, see Minecraft Wiki:Sandbox. Creative mode is one of the main game modes in Minecraft. , or the /summon command after enabling cheats. However if the player tries to summon an ender dragon Ender Dragon Health points 200 ( × 100) Attack strength Peaceful: 0 () Easy: 6 () Normal: 10 () Hard: 15 () Breath attack: 6 () after a half-second Exploding fireball attack: 12 () after with the /summon command, it will have a different AI to stay in the same place.

List of mobs

Mobs are listed and classified by their nature below. For more details on a particular mob, click and view their individual page.

Note: The list is categorized according to the PCPersonal Computer edition. May vary between different platforms.

Passive mobs

Bat Bat Health points 6 () Size Height: 0.9 Blocks Width: 0.5 Blocks Spawn Below layer 63 Light level of 3 or less in neighboring blocks Oct. 20 – Nov. 3: light level of 6 or	Chicken Chicken Health points 4 () Size Adult: Height: 0.7 Blocks Width: 0.4 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.35 Blocks Width: 0.2 Blocks Spawn Solid surfaced blocks with a minimum of two block spaces above them A 1/8	Cow Cow Health points 10 () Size Adult: Height: 1.4 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.7 Blocks Width: 0.45 Blocks Spawn Opaque blocks with at least two blocks of space above them. After shearing a	Mooshroom Mooshroom Health points 10 () Size Adult: Height: 1.4 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.7 Blocks Width: 0.45 Blocks Spawn Mushroom Island biomes First appearances See History Common drops See Drops Experience Kill Adult:	Pig Pig Health points 10 () Size Adult: Height: 0.9 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.45 Blocks Width: 0.45 Blocks Spawn Opaque blocks with a (Minimum) two block space above them. First appearances See History	Rabbit Rabbit Health points 3 () Armor points Killer Bunny only: 8 () Attack strength Killer Bunny only: Easy: 5 () Normal: 8 () Hard: 12 () Size Adult: Height: 0.5 Blocks Width: 0.4 Blocks Baby: Height:	Sheep Sheep Health points 8 () Size Adult: Height: 1.3 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.65 Blocks Width: 0.45 Blocks Spawn Opaque blocks with at least two block space above them. First appearances See History	Skeleton Horse Horse Health points 15 () to 30 ( × 15) Armor points See horse armor Size Adult: Height: 1.6 Blocks Width: 1.3965 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.8 Blocks Width: 0.6982 Blocks Spawn Plains and savanna First	Squid Squid Health points 10 () Size Height: 0.8 Blocks Width: 0.8 Blocks Spawn 1 or more blocks of water, any light level, spawning block must be between level 46 (inclusive) and sea level First appearances	Villager Villager Health points 20 () Size Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn Village When a zombie villager is cured First appearances See History Drops None Experience

Neutral mobs

Cave Spider Cave Spider Health points 12 () Attack strength Easy: 2 () Normal: 2 () Hard: 3 () Venom: 1 () per 1.25 sec Hard: for 15 sec () Normal: for 7 sec () Size Height:	Enderman Enderman Health points 40 ( × 20) Attack strength Easy: 4 () Normal: 7 () Hard: 10 () Size Height: 2.9 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn In the Overworld, the Nether or the End in	Polar Bear Polar Bear Health points 30 ( × 15) Attack strength Adults only Peaceful: 0 (but still performs attack animation) Easy: 4 () Normal: 6 () Hard: 9 () Size Adult: Height: 1.4 Blocks Width: 1.3	Spider Spider Health points 16 () Attack strength Easy: 2 () Normal: 2 () Hard: 3 () Size Height: 0.9 Blocks Width: 1.4 Blocks Spawn Light level of 7 or less, 3×3×2 space on solid blocks	Zombie Pigman Zombie Pigman Health points 20 () Armor points 2 () Attack strength Easy: 5 () Normal: 9 () Hard: 13 () Size Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Any 2 block high space in any

Hostile mobs

Blaze Blaze Health points 20 () Attack strength Fireball: 5 () Contact: Easy: 4 () Normal: 6 () Hard: 9 () Size Height: 1.8 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Nether Fortresses, light level of 11 or	Chicken Jockey Chicken Jockey Health points Baby Zombie: 20 () Chicken: 4 () Armor points Baby Zombie: 2 () Attack strength Chicken Jockey: Easy: 2 () Normal: 3 () Hard: 4 () Pigman Chicken Jockey: Easy: 5 ()	Creeper Creeper Health points 20 () Attack strength Varies by proximity and difficulty. Maximum damage: Normal: 49 ( × 24.5) Charged: 97 ( × 48.5) Size Height: 1.7 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Light level of	Elder Guardian Elder Guardian Health points 80 ( × 40) Attack strength Easy: 5 () Normal: 8 () Hard: 12 () When attacked (with spikes extended): 2 () Size Height: 1.9975 Blocks Width: 1.9975 Blocks First appearances	Endermite Endermite Health points 8 () Attack strength Easy: 2 () Normal: 2 () Hard: 3 () Size Height: 0.3 Blocks Width: 0.4 Blocks Spawn Occasionally when an ender pearl lands First appearances See history Drops	Evoker Evoker Health points 24 ( × 12) Attack strength 6 () Size Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Woodland Mansion Drops Totem of Undying Emerald (0–1) Experience 10 Internal ID PC: 34 PE: 104	Ghast Ghast Health points 10 () Attack strength Impact: 6 () Explosion: varies by proximity, maximum: Easy: 9 () Normal: 17 () Hard: 25 ( × 12.5) Size Height: 4.0 Blocks Width: 4.0 Blocks Spawn The	Guardian Guardian Health points 30 ( × 15) Attack strength Easy: 4 () Normal: 6 () Hard: 9 () When attacked (if spikes are out): 2 () Size Height: 0.85 Blocks Width: 0.85 Blocks First appearances	Husk Zombie Health points 20 () Armor points 2 () Attack strength Easy: 2 () Normal: 3 () Hard: 4 () Size Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn	Magma Cube	Shulker

Silverfish	Skeleton	Skeleton Horseman	Slime	Spider Jockey	Stray	Vex	Vindicator	Witch	Wither Skeleton	Zombie	Zombie Villager

Tameable mobs

Donkey	Horse	Llama	Mule	Ocelot	Parrot	Wolf
						(Neutral when untamed.)

Utility mobs

Utility mobs are meant to serve as supplementary ways of protection against hostile mobs.

(Neutral if natural-generated)
Iron Golem	Snow Golem

Boss mobs

Boss mobs are extremely durable and destructive hostile mobs specifically designed for longer, riskier, and larger-scale battles for players. They are generally immune to most status effects, and are capable of seeing mobs affected by Invisibility.

Ender Dragon	Wither	Elder Guardian Elder Guardian Health points 80 ( × 40) Attack strength Easy: 5 () Normal: 8 () Hard: 12 () When attacked (with spikes extended): 2 () Size Height: 1.9975 Blocks Width: 1.9975 Blocks First appearances a boss in Pocket Edition only

Unused mobs

See also: Unused features

Unused mobs are found in the source code and can be spawned using /summon, but are unavailable in normal gameplay.

Giant	Killer Bunny	Zombie Horse available in Pocket Edition	Illusioner

Removed mobs

See also: Removed features

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

Beast Boy	Black Steve	Human	Rana	Steve

Education Edition mobs

Agent	NPC

Platform availability

Mob	Computer Edition	Console Edition	Pocket Edition	Education Edition
Agent	No	No	No	Yes
Bat Bat Health points 6 () Size Height: 0.9 Blocks Width: 0.5 Blocks Spawn Below layer 63 Light level of 3 or less in neighboring blocks Oct. 20 – Nov. 3: light level of 6 or	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Blaze Blaze Health points 20 () Attack strength Fireball: 5 () Contact: Easy: 4 () Normal: 6 () Hard: 9 () Size Height: 1.8 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Nether Fortresses, light level of 11 or	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cave Spider Cave Spider Health points 12 () Attack strength Easy: 2 () Normal: 2 () Hard: 3 () Venom: 1 () per 1.25 sec Hard: for 15 sec () Normal: for 7 sec () Size Height:	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chicken Chicken Health points 4 () Size Adult: Height: 0.7 Blocks Width: 0.4 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.35 Blocks Width: 0.2 Blocks Spawn Solid surfaced blocks with a minimum of two block spaces above them A 1/8	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chicken Jockey Chicken Jockey Health points Baby Zombie: 20 () Chicken: 4 () Armor points Baby Zombie: 2 () Attack strength Chicken Jockey: Easy: 2 () Normal: 3 () Hard: 4 () Pigman Chicken Jockey: Easy: 5 ()	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cow Cow Health points 10 () Size Adult: Height: 1.4 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.7 Blocks Width: 0.45 Blocks Spawn Opaque blocks with at least two blocks of space above them. After shearing a	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Creeper Creeper Health points 20 () Attack strength Varies by proximity and difficulty. Maximum damage: Normal: 49 ( × 24.5) Charged: 97 ( × 48.5) Size Height: 1.7 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Light level of	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Donkey	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Elder Guardian Elder Guardian Health points 80 ( × 40) Attack strength Easy: 5 () Normal: 8 () Hard: 12 () When attacked (with spikes extended): 2 () Size Height: 1.9975 Blocks Width: 1.9975 Blocks First appearances	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ender Dragon	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Enderman Enderman Health points 40 ( × 20) Attack strength Easy: 4 () Normal: 7 () Hard: 10 () Size Height: 2.9 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn In the Overworld, the Nether or the End in	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Endermite Endermite Health points 8 () Attack strength Easy: 2 () Normal: 2 () Hard: 3 () Size Height: 0.3 Blocks Width: 0.4 Blocks Spawn Occasionally when an ender pearl lands First appearances See history Drops	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Evoker Evoker Health points 24 ( × 12) Attack strength 6 () Size Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Woodland Mansion Drops Totem of Undying Emerald (0–1) Experience 10 Internal ID PC: 34 PE: 104	Yes	No	Yes	No
Ghast Ghast Health points 10 () Attack strength Impact: 6 () Explosion: varies by proximity, maximum: Easy: 9 () Normal: 17 () Hard: 25 ( × 12.5) Size Height: 4.0 Blocks Width: 4.0 Blocks Spawn The	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Giant	Yes	No	No	No
Guardian Guardian Health points 30 ( × 15) Attack strength Easy: 4 () Normal: 6 () Hard: 9 () When attacked (if spikes are out): 2 () Size Height: 0.85 Blocks Width: 0.85 Blocks First appearances	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Horse	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Husk Zombie Health points 20 () Armor points 2 () Attack strength Easy: 2 () Normal: 3 () Hard: 4 () Size Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Illusioner	Yes	No	No	No
Iron Golem	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Killer Bunny	Yes	No	No	No
Llama	Yes	No	Yes	No
Magma Cube	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mooshroom Mooshroom Health points 10 () Size Adult: Height: 1.4 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.7 Blocks Width: 0.45 Blocks Spawn Mushroom Island biomes First appearances See History Common drops See Drops Experience Kill Adult:	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mule	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
NPC	No	No	No	Yes
Ocelot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Parrot	Yes	No	No	No
Pig Pig Health points 10 () Size Adult: Height: 0.9 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.45 Blocks Width: 0.45 Blocks Spawn Opaque blocks with a (Minimum) two block space above them. First appearances See History	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Polar Bear Polar Bear Health points 30 ( × 15) Attack strength Adults only Peaceful: 0 (but still performs attack animation) Easy: 4 () Normal: 6 () Hard: 9 () Size Adult: Height: 1.4 Blocks Width: 1.3	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rabbit Rabbit Health points 3 () Armor points Killer Bunny only: 8 () Attack strength Killer Bunny only: Easy: 5 () Normal: 8 () Hard: 12 () Size Adult: Height: 0.5 Blocks Width: 0.4 Blocks Baby: Height:	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sheep Sheep Health points 8 () Size Adult: Height: 1.3 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.65 Blocks Width: 0.45 Blocks Spawn Opaque blocks with at least two block space above them. First appearances See History	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shulker	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Silverfish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Skeleton	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Skeleton Horse Horse Health points 15 () to 30 ( × 15) Armor points See horse armor Size Adult: Height: 1.6 Blocks Width: 1.3965 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.8 Blocks Width: 0.6982 Blocks Spawn Plains and savanna First	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Skeleton Horseman	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Slime	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Snow Golem	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spider Spider Health points 16 () Attack strength Easy: 2 () Normal: 2 () Hard: 3 () Size Height: 0.9 Blocks Width: 1.4 Blocks Spawn Light level of 7 or less, 3×3×2 space on solid blocks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spider Jockey	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Squid Squid Health points 10 () Size Height: 0.8 Blocks Width: 0.8 Blocks Spawn 1 or more blocks of water, any light level, spawning block must be between level 46 (inclusive) and sea level First appearances	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stray	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vex	Yes	No	Yes	No
Vindicator	Yes	No	Yes	No
Villager Villager Health points 20 () Size Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn Village When a zombie villager is cured First appearances See History Drops None Experience	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Witch	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wither	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wither Skeleton	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wolf	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zombie	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zombie Horse	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Zombie Pigman Zombie Pigman Health points 20 () Armor points 2 () Attack strength Easy: 5 () Normal: 9 () Hard: 13 () Size Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Any 2 block high space in any	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zombie Villager	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Common NBT data

Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Pocket	Wii U
	Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster	Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: enderman, zombie pigman, spider, cave spider.	Xbox 360	Yes	Alt	Yes	20G	Bronze
				Xbox One	Alt	Yes	Alt	15G
	Cow Tipper	Harvest some leather	Pick up leather from the ground.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	15G	Bronze
	When Pigs Fly	Fly a pig off a cliff	Be riding a pig (e.g. using a saddle) when it hits the ground with a fall distance greater than 5.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	40G	Gold
	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.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	30G	Silver
	Return to Sender	Destroy a Ghast Ghast Health points 10 () Attack strength Impact: 6 () Explosion: varies by proximity, maximum: Easy: 9 () Normal: 17 () Hard: 25 ( × 12.5) Size Height: 4.0 Blocks Width: 4.0 Blocks Spawn The with a fireball	Kill a ghast using a ghast fireball.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	30G	Gold
	The Beginning?	Spawn the Wither	Be within a 100.9⃗100.9⃗103.5 cuboid centered on the Wither when it is spawned.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	20G	Bronze
	The Beginning.	Kill the Wither	Be within a 100.9⃗100.9⃗203.5 cuboid centered on the Wither when it drops the nether star.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	40G	Silver
	Repopulation	Breed two cows with wheat	Breed two cows or two mooshrooms.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	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.	Xbox 360	Yes	Alt	Yes	30G	Silver
				Xbox One	Alt	Yes		20G	—
	Have a Shearful Day	Use Shears to obtain wool from a sheep.		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	15G	Bronze
	Body Guard	Create an Iron Golem.		Yes

Contents

Overview

Most mobs are useful in some way to the player: Hostile and Boss Mobs often drop useful items, along with Experience Points when killed; Utility Mobs can protect players and villagers from Hostile Mobs, with the exception of Creepers (The downside being that they will sometimes attack Passive or Neutral Mobs too); Neutral and Passive Mobs can sometimes be tamed, other Passive Mobs can give beneficial items to players, given that they have the right tool (For example, Wool or Milk), and like utility mobs, Tamable mobs can protect the player from hostile mobs.

Utility

Utility Mobs are Mobs that are created by players and will attack other mobs. Utility mobs usually attack Hostile mobs, but can sometimes also attack Neutral Mobs, Passive Mobs, or the player if provoked. A notable exception is the Wither, which attacks all mobs except for undead mobs.

Passive

Passive Mobs are Mobs that are harmless to players, and will run away if attacked. (Except for small slimes which will attempt to attack the player, but will deal no damage)