Monster

For the removed entity, see Monster (entity). For other uses, see Monster (disambiguation).

The term monster refers to a category of mobs that are mostly hostile to the player.

Common properties

Mobs mentioned on this page share the following properties to be classified as monsters:

• They are either classified as enemies in the entity format or in spawning mechanics, such as the mob cap.

Although this doesn't affect their classification, most of them share the following properties, but with exceptions:

• They despawn or don't spawn naturally in Peaceful difficulty.
• Prevent the player from sleeping.
• Drop more than 1-3 experience orbs.
• Use the "Hostile Mobs" sound category.
• Trigger the "Monster Hunter" advancement and "Monsters Hunted" challenge.‌^{[JE only]}
• Trigger the "Monster Hunter" achievement.‌^{[BE only]}
• Iron golems and snow golems will target them.
• Parrots will imitate their sounds.
• An active conduit will damage them.
• Worried pandas‌^{[JE only]} and rabbits will avoid them.
• They can’t be leashed.
• They are part of the monster family‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}.

List of monsters

Related mobs

This mob is hostile, but is not treated as a monster in the game code - rather as an animal.

• Killer Bunny‌^{[JE only]}

Related blocks

Though they are not mobs, these blocks have direct connections to monsters.

• Creeper Head
• Dragon Head
• Monster Spawner
• Piglin Head
• Skeleton Skull
• Trial Spawner
• Wither Skeleton Skull
• Zombie Head
• Creaking Heart

Unimplemented

These mob vote options are based on monsters, but have not been added to the game.

• Barnacle
• Great Hunger
• Iceologer
• Wildfire

April Fools'

These mobs are monsters, but have only appeared in April Fools' versions.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.	Kill one of these 41 monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this achievement.	15	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Kill one of these 41​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/42​[upcoming] monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Frostbite​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026] Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Kill each of these 41​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]/42​[upcoming] monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Frostbite​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026] Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Classic
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							Added creepers, skeletons, and zombies.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST							Added spiders.
Java Edition Indev
0.31			20100205-1558				Added giants.
Java Edition Infdev
20100316							Added monsters.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.11							Added slimes.
v1.2.0							Added ghasts and zombie pigmen.
Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Added cave spiders, endermen, and silverfish.
							Removed monsters.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				Added blazes and magma cubes.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Added the ender dragon.
1.4.2			12w32a				Added zombie villagers.
			12w34a				Added the wither.
			12w36a				Added wither skeletons.
			12w38a				Added witches.
1.6.1			13w16a				Added zombie horses and skeleton horses.
1.8			14w11a				Added endermites.
			14w25a				Added guardians and elder guardians.
1.9			15w31a				Added shulkers.
1.10			16w20a				Added husks, strays, and polar bears.
1.11			16w39a				Added vindicators, evokers, and vexes.
1.12			17w16a				Added illusioners.
1.13			18w07a				Added phantoms.
			18w11a				Added drowned.
1.14			18w43a				Added pillagers and illager beasts.
			19w14a				Polar bears are no longer considered monsters.
1.16			20w06a				Added hoglins.
			20w07a				Added piglins.
			20w14a				Added zoglins.
1.16.2			20w27a				Added piglin brutes.
1.19			Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1				Added wardens.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Added breezes.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w07a				Added bogged.
1.21.2 Experiment Winter Drop			24w40a				Added creakings.
1.21.11			25w41a				Added zombie nautiluses.
			25w44a				Added camel husks and parched.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.4			snap3				Added frostbites.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							Added zombies.
v0.3.3							Added creepers, skeletons, and spiders.
v0.5.0							Added zombie pigmen.
v0.9.0			build 1				Added endermen and silverfish.
v0.11.0			build 1				Added cave spiders, ghasts, and magma cubes.
v0.12.1			build 1				Added blazes, wither skeletons and zombie villagers.
v0.14.0			build 1				Added witches.
v0.15.0			build 1				Added husks, strays, skeleton horses, and zombie horses.
v0.16.0			build 1				Added guardians and elder guardians.
			build 4				Added the wither.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Added endermites, shulkers, and the ender dragon.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Added evokers, vexes, and vindicators.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.13			beta 1.2.13.8				Added drowned.
1.6.0			beta 1.6.0.1				Added phantoms.
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Added pillagers.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Added illager beasts.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.4				Added the elder guardian ghost.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added hoglins and piglins.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Added zoglins.
1.16.20			beta 1.16.20.50				Added piglin brutes.
1.18.30 Experiment Wild Update			beta 1.18.30.32				Added wardens.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Added breezes.
1.20.70 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.70.24				Added bogged.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Added creakings.
1.21.130			Preview 1.21.130.20				Added zombie nautiluses.
			Preview 1.21.130.24				Added camel husks and parched.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.60 Experiment Drop 4 of 2026			Preview 26.60.29				Added frostbites.

Trivia

• The warden is the only fully hostile monster (as skeleton horses are passive when not mounted) that spawns naturally that does not count towards the Monster Hunter advancement or Monsters Hunted challenge.
  • The reason for this is because the warden is not intended to be slain, and is instead meant to be evaded.
• Polar bears were once classified as monsters valid for advancements. This property was removed in snapshot 19w14a.
• Striders are internally referred to as monsters,^[1] however this does not affect gameplay, as the strider does not share the same traits as actual in-game monsters, being considered an animal instead.

Gallery

Renders

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  A blaze‌^{[JE only]}
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  A blaze‌^{[BE only]}
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  A bogged
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  A breeze
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  A camel husk
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  A cave spider
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  A creaking
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  A creeper
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  A drowned‌^{[JE only]}
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  A drowned‌^{[BE only]}
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  An elder guardian
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  An ender dragon
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  An enderman‌^{[JE only]}
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  An enderman‌^{[BE only]}
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  An endermite
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  An evoker‌^{[JE only]}
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  An evoker‌^{[BE only]}
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  A frostbite ​^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]}
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  A ghast
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  A guardian
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  A hoglin‌^{[JE only]}
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  A hoglin‌^{[BE only]}
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  A husk
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  A magma cube
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  A parched‌^{[JE only]}
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  A parched‌^{[BE only]}
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  A phantom‌^{[JE only]}
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  A phantom‌^{[BE only]}
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  A piglin‌^{[JE only]}
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  A piglin‌^{[BE only]}
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  A piglin brute‌^{[JE only]}
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  A piglin brute‌^{[BE only]}
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  A pillager‌^{[JE only]}
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  A pillager‌^{[BE only]}
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  A ravager‌^{[JE only]}
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  A ravager‌^{[BE only]}
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  A shulker
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  A silverfish
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  A skeleton
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  A skeleton horse
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  A slime
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  A spider
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  A stray
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  A sulfur cube
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  A vex
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  A vindicator
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  A warden
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  A witch‌^{[JE only]}
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  A witch‌^{[BE only]}
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  A wither
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  A wither skeleton
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  A zoglin‌^{[JE only]}
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  A zoglin‌^{[BE only]}
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  A zombie
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  A zombie horse‌^{[JE only]}
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  A zombie horse‌^{[BE only]}
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  A zombie nautilus
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  A zombie villager
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  A zombified piglin‌^{[JE only]}
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  A zombified piglin‌^{[BE only]}

Unused

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  A giant‌^{[JE only]}
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  An illusioner‌^{[JE only]}
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  An old zombie villager‌^{[BE only]}

Screenshots

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  A creeper in a stronghold
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  A ghast in the Nether
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  A zombie breaking a wooden door
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  A group of skeletons in a soul sand valley
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  A spider retaliating against a skeleton
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  Two witches in a swamp
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  A witch in its swamp hut
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  A haunting of endermen in the End
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  Slimes inside a cave
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  A blaze and wither skeleton in a Nether fortress
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  A piglin brute in a bastion
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  A creaking in a pale garden
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  A warden in an ancient city
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  A zombie riding a zombie horse
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  Several zombie horses near Alex
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  A drowned riding a zombie nautilus
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  A parched in a desert

See also

• Mob
• Animal
• Aquatic
• Arthropod
• Illager
• Jockey
• Undead

References