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There are more than 75 mobs in Minecraft, and the useful way to think about them is by behavior: what attacks you, what you can farm or tame, what counts as a boss, and what only lives in the Nether. This index lists every mob guide on the wiki under those groups. Each guide covers spawning, drops, and the practical stuff like taming, breeding, or how to win the fight.

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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

Passive and tameable mobs

  • Allay: Learn how to find the allay in Minecraft, give it items to collect, use note blocks for drop-off, and duplicate it with amethyst shards.
  • Armadillo: Learn where the armadillo spawns in Minecraft, how to get armadillo scutes with a brush, breed them with spider eyes, and craft wolf armor.
  • Axolotls: Learn how to find axolotls in Minecraft, catch them in a bucket, breed all five colors, and use their Regeneration buff to clear ocean monuments.
  • Bats: Learn how bats spawn in Minecraft, why they fly so erratically, whether they drop anything, and how to keep them out of your base.
  • Bees: Learn how bees work in Minecraft: where to find them, how to breed them, harvest honey and honeycomb safely, and avoid getting stung.
  • Camel: Learn how to find a camel in Minecraft, saddle and ride it with a friend, use the dash to cross gaps, and breed camels with cactus.
  • Cats: Learn how to tame cats in Minecraft with raw fish, where stray and black cats spawn, how they scare off creepers, and how to breed kittens.
  • Chickens: Learn how chickens work in Minecraft: where they spawn, how to breed and farm them, what they drop, and how eggs and chicken jockeys work.
  • Cod: Learn where cod spawn in Minecraft, how to catch them with a bucket, what they drop, and how to cook cod and feed it to cats and dolphins.
  • Cow: Learn where cows spawn in Minecraft, how to get beef and leather, milk a cow, breed calves with wheat, and build a simple cow farm.
  • Dolphins: Learn how to find dolphins in Minecraft, get Dolphin's Grace for faster swimming, and feed them raw cod to lead you to buried treasure.
  • Donkey: Learn how to find and tame a donkey in Minecraft, give it a chest and saddle, feed it, and breed two donkeys or make a mule.
  • Foxes: Learn where foxes spawn in Minecraft, what they eat, how to breed them so the babies trust you, and how to take the items they carry.
  • Frog: Learn how frogs work in Minecraft: the three variants, breeding them with slimeballs, raising tadpoles, and farming every froglight.
  • Glow squid: Learn where glow squid spawn in Minecraft, how to farm glow ink sacs, and what glow ink does for signs and item frames.
  • Goats: Learn where goats spawn in Minecraft, how to milk them, get goat horns when they ram blocks, and breed them with wheat.
  • Horses: Learn how to tame a horse in Minecraft, saddle and ride it, equip horse armor, and breed two horses for a faster, stronger foal.
  • Mooshroom: Learn where to find mooshrooms in Minecraft, how to milk them for stew, turn red ones brown with lightning, and shear them back into cows.
  • Mule: Learn how to get a mule in Minecraft by breeding a horse and a donkey, how to tame and saddle it, and how to use its chest for storage.
  • Ocelot: Learn how to find ocelots in Minecraft, gain their trust with raw cod or salmon, breed them, and use them to scare off creepers.
  • Pandas: Learn where to find pandas in Minecraft, how to breed them with bamboo, and how the seven panda personalities and rare brown gene work.
  • Parrots: Learn how to tame a parrot in Minecraft with seeds, put one on your shoulder, use it to spot mobs, and why you should never feed it a cookie.
  • Pigs: Learn where pigs spawn in Minecraft, how to breed them with carrots, saddle and ride one with a carrot on a stick, and farm porkchops.
  • Pufferfish: Learn where pufferfish spawn in Minecraft, how to catch one, why it poisons you, and how to brew Water Breathing potions with it.
  • Rabbits: Learn where rabbits spawn in Minecraft, how to breed them with carrots, what they drop, and how to use the rabbit's foot and rabbit stew.
  • Salmon: Learn where salmon spawn in Minecraft, how to catch them, cook raw salmon for more hunger, and use raw salmon to tame cats and bucket fish.
  • Sheep: Learn how sheep work in Minecraft: where they spawn, how to shear and breed them, dye wool any color, and build a simple automatic wool farm.
  • Skeleton horse: Learn how skeleton horses spawn from thunderstorm traps in Minecraft, how to claim and ride one, and why they make the best underwater mount.
  • Sniffer: Learn how to find sniffer eggs in warm ocean ruins, hatch them faster on moss, breed sniffers, and grow torchflowers and pitcher plants in Minecraft.
  • Snow golem: Learn how to build a snow golem in Minecraft with two snow blocks and a carved pumpkin, what its snowballs actually do, and why rain kills it.
  • Squid: Learn where squid spawn in Minecraft, what ink sacs do, how to build a squid farm, and how squid differ from glow squid.
  • Tadpole: Learn where tadpoles come from in Minecraft, how to grow them into frogs, and how biome temperature decides the frog's color.
  • Turtles: Learn how to breed turtles in Minecraft, protect their eggs, get scutes from babies, and craft a turtle shell for water breathing.
  • Wolves: Learn how to tame wolves in Minecraft with bones, heal them with meat, breed puppies, dye their collars, and fit them with wolf armor.

Bosses

  • Elder guardian: Learn what the elder guardian does in Minecraft, how to survive its laser and Mining Fatigue, where to find it, and what it drops when you win.
  • Ender Dragon: Learn how to find the Ender Dragon in Minecraft, destroy the End crystals, beat the final boss, and what she drops when she dies.
  • Warden: Learn how the Warden works in Minecraft, where it spawns in the deep dark, how it tracks you by sound, and how to escape its deadly sonic boom.
  • Wither: Learn how to summon the wither in Minecraft, what it drops, how its two phases work, and the gear and tactics you need to beat the boss.

Nether mobs

  • Blaze: Learn where the blaze spawns in Minecraft, how to beat it, and how to farm blaze rods for blaze powder, brewing, and eyes of ender.
  • Ghast: Learn where the ghast spawns in Minecraft, how to kill it by deflecting its fireballs, what it drops, and what ghast tears are used for.
  • Hoglin: Learn how to find hoglins in Minecraft, what they drop, how to breed them, and why they turn into zoglins in the Overworld.
  • Magma cube: Learn where magma cubes spawn in Minecraft, how they split when hit, what magma cream they drop, and how to build a simple magma cube farm.
  • Piglin brute: What a piglin brute is in Minecraft, where it spawns in bastions, why gold won't calm it, and how to beat one without losing your loot.
  • Piglins: Learn how piglins work in Minecraft, how to barter with gold, why gold armor keeps you safe, and what turns them hostile or zombifies them.
  • Strider: Learn how the strider works in Minecraft, how to saddle and ride one across lava, breed them with warped fungus, and why they shiver on land.
  • Wither skeleton: Learn where wither skeletons spawn in Minecraft, what the wither effect does, their drops, and how to farm skulls to summon the Wither boss.
  • Zoglin: Learn what a zoglin is in Minecraft, how a hoglin turns into one outside the Nether, what it attacks, and the raw porkchops it drops when killed.
  • Zombified piglin: Learn where zombified piglins spawn in Minecraft, why hitting one angers the whole group, what they drop, and how to build a gold farm.

Villagers, illagers, and trading

  • Evoker: Learn what the evoker does in Minecraft, where it spawns, the spells it casts, the totem of undying it drops, and how to beat it fast.
  • Iron golem: Learn how to build an iron golem in Minecraft, heal it with iron ingots, how village golems spawn, and what it drops when it dies.
  • Pillager: Learn what pillagers do in Minecraft, where they spawn, how raids and Bad Omen work, what they drop, and the best ways to fight them.
  • Ravager: Learn what the Minecraft ravager is, how it spawns in raids, its health and attacks, what it drops, and the best tactics to beat one.
  • Vex: Learn what a vex is in Minecraft, how evokers summon them, why they fly through walls, how much health they have, and the best way to beat them.
  • Villager: Learn how villagers work in Minecraft: professions, job site blocks, trading levels, breeding, and curing zombie villagers for cheap trades.
  • Vindicator: What the Minecraft vindicator is, where it spawns, how much damage its axe deals, the Johnny easter egg, and how to beat one in a fight.
  • Wandering trader: Learn how the wandering trader works in Minecraft, where it spawns, what its two llamas do, and which trades are worth your emeralds.
  • Witch: Learn how the Minecraft witch spawns, which splash potions it throws, what it drops, and the fastest way to beat one in a fight.
  • Zombie villager: Learn how zombie villagers spawn in Minecraft, how to cure one with a splash potion of weakness and a golden apple, and why curing gives cheap trades.