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Hostile mobs attack on sight. This page lists every hostile mob on the wiki with where it spawns and how to deal with it, from the creeper that ruins your first house to the guardians that defend ocean monuments. Bosses, Nether mobs, and illagers have their own pages linked below.

Hostile mobs

  • Bogged: Learn what the bogged is in Minecraft, where it spawns, how its poison arrows work, how to shear it for mushrooms, and the best ways to beat it.
  • Breeze: Learn where the Breeze spawns in Minecraft, how to beat it in trial chambers, what it drops, and how breeze rods become wind charges and the mace.
  • Cave spider: Learn where cave spiders spawn in Minecraft, how their poison works, how to disable a mineshaft spawner, and how to build a string and XP farm.
  • Creeper: Learn how the creeper works in Minecraft, why it explodes, how to get gunpowder, what a charged creeper does, and how to survive every encounter.
  • Drowned: Learn where the drowned spawns in Minecraft, how zombies convert into them, and how to farm tridents, nautilus shells, and copper.
  • Enderman: How the enderman in Minecraft spawns, why it attacks when you look at it, how to kill one safely, and what its ender pearl drop is used for.
  • Endermite: Learn how the endermite spawns from ender pearls in Minecraft, why endermen attack it, how much damage it deals, and how it fits into XP farms.
  • Guardian: Learn where guardians spawn in Minecraft, how their laser and spikes work, what they drop, and the best way to fight them in monuments.
  • Husk: Learn where husks spawn in Minecraft, why they don't burn in daylight, the Hunger effect they inflict, what they drop, and how to fight them.
  • Phantoms: Learn what triggers phantoms in Minecraft, how to fight them, how to stop the spawns by sleeping, and what phantom membrane is good for.
  • Shulker: Learn where shulkers spawn in Minecraft, how to dodge levitation bullets, raise shulker shell drops, and craft shulker boxes.
  • Silverfish: Learn where silverfish spawn in Minecraft, how infested blocks work, and how to kill them without waking the whole swarm.
  • Skeleton: Learn where skeletons spawn in Minecraft, what they drop, how to beat their bows, and how strays and bogged differ from the regular skeleton.
  • Slime: Learn where slimes spawn in Minecraft, how slime chunks and swamp moon phases work, what slimes drop, and how to build a reliable slime farm.
  • Spider: Learn how the Minecraft spider behaves, when it turns hostile, what it drops, and how to build a spider farm for string and spider eyes.
  • Stray: Learn where the stray spawns in Minecraft, why its slowness arrows sting, what it drops, and the fastest way to farm tipped arrows of slowness.
  • Zombie: Minecraft Zombie Guide: Spawning, Drops, Weaknesses, and Survival Tips

Related mob groups

  • Nether mobs: Blazes, ghasts, piglins, and the rest of the Nether's residents.
  • Bosses: The Ender Dragon, Wither, Warden, and Elder Guardian.
  • All mobs: The full mob index, grouped by behavior.