| 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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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