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Build, Discover, Survive! Mastering Minecraft, Revised and Expanded eGuide Creatures Big and Small

Animal and Monster Quick List

Creature Aggression Spawn Location Items Health Attack Damage Experience Value Tameable? Rideable? Notes

Bat

Passive

Very low light areas, deep caves

None

6

None

None

No

No

N/A

Blaze

Aggressive

Nether Fortresses

Blaze Rod, Glowstone Dust (not in PC version)

20

5 at range, 6 up close

10

No

No

Can be damaged by Rain, Water, or Snowballs

Cave Spider

Neutral

Abandoned Mine Shafts

String, Spider Eyes

12

1 + Poison

5

No

No

Passive in bright light

Chicken

Passive

Overworld

Feathers, Raw Chicken, Eggs

4

None

1-3

No

No

Produces Eggs over time, and yields Cooked Chicken if slain by fire

Chicken Jockey

Aggressive

Low light areas

Rotten Flesh, Chicken items

20 for Jockey, 4 for Chicken

3-6 depending on Jockey’s health

5 for Jockey, 1-3 for Chicken

No

No

Jockeys do more damage when they get hurt

Cow

Passive

Overworld

Leather, Raw Beef, Milk

10

None

1-3

No

No

Yields Steak if killed by fire, and yields Milk with a Bucket

Creeper

Aggressive

Low light areas

Gunpowder, Music Disc

20

49-97

5

No

No

Deals more damage if charged by lightning, and yields Music Discs if slain by Skeleton

Ender Dragon

Aggressive

The End

The Overworld Portal, Dragon Egg

200

10

12,000

No

No

Is healed by Ender Crystals

Enderman

Neutral

The Overworld or The End

Ender Pearls

40

7

5

No

No

Attacks when damaged or if you make eye contact

Endermite

Aggressive

Anywhere

None

8

2

3

No

No

Have a 5% chance of spawning each time you throw an Ender Pearl

Ghast

Aggressive

The Nether, out in the open

Gunpowder, Ghast Tears

10

17

5

No

No

Their shots cause an area-of-effect explosion of fire

Guardian

Aggressive

Underwater

Prismarine Crystals, Prismarine Shards, Raw Fish

30

6

10

No

No

Have a ranged attack and defensive spikes

Horse

Passive

The Overworld

Leather

15

None

1-3

Yes

Yes

Also can drop any equipped item when killed (including Saddles, Horse Armor, and Chests)

Iron Golem

Passive to villagers

Spawn in villages

Iron Ingot, Poppy

100

7

0

No

No

Attacks players that go after them or their villagers

Magma Cube

Aggressive

The Nether

Magma Cream

16

6

4

No

No

Split into smaller and weaker Magma Cubes as they take damage

Mooshroom

Passive

Mushroom biomes in the Overworld

Red Mushrooms, Leather, Raw Beef, Milk, Mushroom Stew

10

None

1-3

No

No

Very useful creatures, but hard to find

Ocelot

Passive

Jungle biomes of the Overworld

None

10

None

1-3

Yes

No

Creepers are scared of them and will run away if one is nearby

Pig

Passive

The Overworld

Raw Porkchop

10

None

1-3

No

Yes

Can be saddled and ridden; drops Cooked Porkchops if killed by fire

Rabbit

Passive

The Overworld

Rabbit Hide, Raw Rabbit

10

None

1-3

No

No

Can be bred; may appear in an aggressive “Killer Rabbit” variant

Sheep

Passive

The Overworld

Wool

8

None

1-3

No

No

Shearing Sheep yields more Wool than killing them

Silverfish

Aggressive

Spawn inside special blocks or from Monster Spawners

None

8

1

5

No

No

Silverfish blocks take slightly more time to break

Skeleton

Aggressive

Low light areas of Nether Fortresses or the Overworld

Arrow, Bone

20

3 with Bows, 2 with Swords

5

No

No

Sometimes drop their Bows when killed

Slime

Aggressive

Lower areas of the Overworld

Slimeball

16

4

4

No

No

Break into smaller Slimes when damaged

Snow Golem

Passive to players

Created by players

Snowball

4

0 normally

None

No

No

Throws Snowballs that push back targets; these Snowballs can damage Blazes and the Ender Dragon

Spider

Neutral

Low light areas of the Overworld

String, Spider Eye

16

2

5

No

No

Neutral in brighter light; can also climb most blocks

Spider Jockey

Aggressive

Low light areas of the Overworld

Bone, Arrow, String, Spider Eye

20 for Skeleton, 16 for Spider

3 for Skeleton, 2 for Spider

10 total

No

No

These are rare spawns, so you won’t see them often

Squid

Passive

Water blocks in the Overworld

Ink Sac

10

None

1-3

No

No

Can’t swim up waterfalls

Villager

Passive

Villages in the Overworld

None

20

None

None

No

No

Traders with varied inventories

Witch

Aggressive

Low light areas of the Overworld

Glass Bottle, Glowstone Dust, Gunpowder, Redstone, Spider Eye, Stick, Sugar

26

Potions of Poison and Harming

5

No

No

Rarely drops potions when killed

Wither

Aggressive

Summoned by player

Nether Star

300

8

50

No

No

Created with SoulSand and Wither Skeleton Skulls

Wither Skeleton

Aggressive

Nether Fortresses

Coal, Bone

20

7

5

No

No

Can drop Wither Skeleton Skulls and Stone Swords

Wolf

Neutral

In Forest and Taiga biomes of the Overworld

None

8 wild, 20 when tamed

2 wild, 4 when tamed

1-3

Yes

No

Tamed with Bones; healed with food

Zombie

Aggressive

Low light areas of the Overworld

Rotten Flesh

20

3-6

5

No

No

Does more damage when wounded

Zombie Pigman

Neutral

The Nether

Rotten Flesh, Gold Nugget, Gold Ingot

20

9

5

No

No

Can drop Golden Swords; attack in packs when provoked

Zombie Villager

Aggressive

Low light areas of the Overworld

Rotten Flesh

20

3-6

5

No

No

Can be cured with a Splash Potion of Weakness