Minecraft/Mobs

In Minecraft, the many creatures both friendly and fierce that populate the world are known as Mobs (short for mobiles) and they come in a range of different sizes and types.

These are categorized in several categories depending on their role, and then listed in alphabetical order.

Playable
These are you!

The Player


This is you. The person you play as. (The only way to encounter one besides yourself is in Multiplayer.) Who are you? Well, that's up to you. The skin of The Player is entirely customisable, and there are many different ways your character can look. On a Multiplayer server, you can help and/or hurt many other Players in their tasks. For more info, see the 'Controls' section.

The player can jump only one block high, and only has ten hearts worth of health which can be easily depleted by a lurking Creeper. However, their ability to build, mine and craft gives them the highest potential of any mob in the game - so it's a good thing you are them!

When they die, they drop their inventory and some of their experience orbs.

Passive
These creatures are, obviously, passive to what you do. No matter how much you hit them, they aren't going to actually run away from you. This category includes farm animals, squids and villageres.

Neutral
These creatures are Neutral, as in they won't attack you... unless you provoke them. For the Enderman, just looking at them will bother them, but the Zombie Pigmen are nice enough to leave you alone until you start beating them up.

Hostile
These guys are angry and mean. If they see you, they will come towards you and attack. Be ready to fight them or find somewhere to run or hide.

Tameable
These creatures may run, or stand around, or attack you if you make them mad, or do many other behaviors, but you can coax them out of that if you do the right sequence of events to tame them - then they can follow you around as pets!

Utility
These creatures are built. You may have to stack some snow or iron blocks in certain manners to build them, and then they will help you if you know what you are doing.

Bosses
The big guys. These creatures will take a while to take down, have their own health bars, and have very special strategies for defeating them.

Unused
Unused mobs are in the game, but they do not spawn naturally - you will have to use external programs to spawn them.

Removed
These creatures used to be in the game, before they were removed. Now their data doesn't exist in Minecraft.

Unimplemented
These mobs will be added in future Minecraft updates.