Minecon 2018 New Entity Sample

This article is about the add-on sample. For other uses of ducks, see Duck.

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Minecon 2018 New Entity Sample

Developer(s)	Mojang Studios
Price	Free
Release date	November 19, 2018
Article	"Pillagers and more great features now in beta!" – Minecraft.net.

Minecon 2018 New Entity Sample is an official add-on sample to show the capabilities of adding custom entities without replacing the existing ones. This add-on was showcased on MINECON Earth 2018.

Additions

Items

• Duck Spawn Egg
  • Spawns a duck when used.
• Scorpion Spawn Egg
  • Spawns a scorpion when used.
• Skeletaur Spawn Egg
  • Spawns a skeletaur when used.
• Spider Illager Spawn Egg
  • Spawns a spider illager when used.
• Vile Spider Spawn Egg
  • Spawns a vile spider when used.

Mobs

• Duck
  • A passive mob similar to chickens but with two textures, one for its baby form and another for adult.
  • Instead of being fed and bred with seeds, it uses bread.
• Scorpion
  • A mob that lives in deserts.
  • It can have different sizes.
  • It is neutral.
• Skeletaur
  • A faster variant of skeletons.
  • When the player is far the skeletaur shoots arrows like a regular skeleton. When the player gets close, it kicks the player.
• Spider Illager
  • An illager similar to the evoker but instead of summoning vexes or evoker fangs, it summons vile spiders.
  • Affected by the Bane of Arthropods.
• Vile Spider
  • A smaller variant of spiders that can only be spawned by the spider illager,
  • It inflicts Poison when it attacks.
  • It makes a unique particle effect when walking.

Videos

History

Trivia

• Ducks were later added to Minecraft Dungeons as a cosmetic pet.
• Skeletaurs seem to have a bug that occasionally made their bow glow or simply not render properly.
• Scorpions would later reappear in an unreleased adventure map, demonstrated at Minecraft Live 2020.^[1]

Gallery

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  Pack Icon

Renders

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  Duck
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  Baby Duck
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  Scorpion
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  Skeletaur
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  Skeletaur attacking animation
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  Spider Illager
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  Spider Illager casting animation
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  Vile Spider

Official screenshots

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  A duck with pandas
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  A small scorpion
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  A skeletaur on the forest. Notice the glitch with the bow
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  A spider illager with pandas in the background
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  A vile spider with pandas

Textures

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  Duck texture
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  Baby Duck texture
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  Scorpion texture
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  Skeletaur texture
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  Spider Illager texture
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  Vile Spider texture

See also

• Minecraft Live 2022 Sample Pack

References

External links

• Minecraft.net November 19, 2018
• Resource pack
• Behavior pack