List of all Minecraft mobs (2024)

Minecraft is an ever-expanding game, and that applies to Minecraft mobs just as it does to its blocks, items, and more. Compared to the game's early days, it's veritably packed with unique and varied Minecraft mobs across the Overworld, the Nether, and the End. This is to say nothing of the various mobs that were implemented or in development but ultimately ended up discarded or unused.

When including all the mobs that are physically encounterable in the game without the use of commands, there are approximately 85 mobs in Minecraft, including combined mobs, mob variants, and bosses. However, if players need a full list of mobs to pore over, it doesn't hurt to create one based on each mob's nature relative to how it interacts with players.

All Minecraft mobs in 2024

Passive Mobs

Cows are one of many passive Minecraft mobs. (Image via Mojang)

Passive Minecraft Mobs are classified because they present little to no danger to players. They won't attack players regardless of conditions (though pufferfish will puff up to protect themselves, and their spines can inflict the Poison status effect on contact). Most breedable and tameable animals are part of the passive mob category as well.

The full list of passive mobs is as follows:

Allay
Armadillo
Axolotl
Bat
Camel
Cat
Chicken
Cod
Cow
Donkey
Frog
Glow Squid
Horse
Mooshroom
Mule
Ocelot
Parrot
Pig
Pufferfish
Rabbit
Salmon
Sheep
Skeleton Horse
Sniffer
Snow Golem
Squid
Strider
Strider Jockey (Strider is passive, Zombified Piglin riding it is neutral)
Tadpole
Tropical Fish
Turtle
Villager
Wandering Trader

Neutral Mobs

Neutral mobs often sit on the fence between passivity and aggression in Minecraft. They can be passive and non-threatening but occasionally become hostile to players when certain conditions are met.

Each mob has a somewhat different set of requirements before attacking players, but fans shouldn't completely ignore these mobs when encountered and should stay aware of their temperament.

The full list of neutral Minecraft mobs is as follows:

Bee
Cave Spider
Chicken Rider (When the rider is a Zombified Piglin)
Dolphin
Drowned
Enderman
Fox
Goat
Iron Golem (When spawned naturally)
Llama
Panda
Piglin
Polar Bear
Spider
Spider Jockey (Spider is non-hostile when the light level >12)
Trader Llama
Wolf
Zombified Piglin

Hostile Mobs

The creeper is undoubtedly Minecraft's most visible hostile mob. (Image via Mojang)

Compared to Neutral and Passive Mobs, Minecraft's Hostile Mobs are outwardly aggressive towards players whenever/wherever they find them. As long as a player enters its respective detection range, a hostile mob will begin to pursue and attack them until they are killed or the player manages to flee.

The list of hostile mobs that can be found in-game can be found below:

Blaze
Bogged
Breeze
Chicken Jockey (When the rider is a Zombie)
Creeper
Endermite
Evoker
Ghast
Guardian
Hoglin
Hoglin Jockey (Hoglin is hostile, Piglin riding it is neutral)
Husk
Magma Cube
Phantom
Piglin Brute
Pillager
Ravager
Ravager Rider/Jockey
Shulker
Silverfish
Skeleton
Skeleton Horseman
Slime
Spider Jockey (Spider is non-hostile when the light level <12)
Stray
Vex
Vindicator
Warden
Witch
Wither Skeleton
Zoglin
Zombie
Zombie Villager

Bosses

Hostile Mobs that are much more difficult to defeat in battle, Bosses are typically the toughest opponents found in the game. Currently, the game only classifies three Minecraft mobs as bosses: the Ender Dragon, the Wither, and the Elder Guardian.

While the Elder Guardian isn't often considered a boss compared to its counterparts, it is still addressed as such since it isn't a random spawn and is intended to be the strongest encounter in the ocean monuments where it is found. All in all, Bosses are mobs that are supposed to be sought out and battled, but not with the regularity of Hostile Mobs.

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