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Some of the many animals from Minecraft.

Animal refers to a category of mobs that are mainly based on real-life animals. Many other mobs and even some blocks are also based on real life animals, but are not treated as such in Minecraft. Most of these mobs are also called animals in many advancements.

Animals are usually either passive (fleeing) or neutral (fighting), with the only exceptions being the undead mounts while ridden, hoglins and killer bunnies[JE only], which are hostile mobs.

Properties

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Mobs mentioned on this page share the following properties:

  • They are classified as Animal or Water Animal in the game code.
  • Most of them can breed.
  • Most follow the player if they are holding the item used to breed them.
  • Most of them trigger the "The Parrots and The Bats" and "Two By Two" advancement when bred.

Several animal mobs can be leashed although this doesn't affect their classification. Animal mobs can also spawn in the Peaceful difficulty, with the exception of the undead mounts.

List of animals

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Some mobs like allays,[note 1] copper golems, iron golems, and snow golems are internally referred to as animals,[1] although this does not affect the entity format, as these mobs do not share all of the same traits as actual in-game animals.

Related mobs

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These mobs are based on real life animals, but are not treated as such in the game code - rather as Ambient or Monster only.

Despite being classified as only monsters in-game, guardians and elder guardians were referred to as "animals of the deep" in a Minecraft video about them.[2]

Related blocks

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These blocks are based on real life/fantasy animals, but are not treated as such in the game code, due to being blocks.

Unimplemented

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

Advancements

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IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
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The Parrots and the BatsBreed two animals together A mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs are ignored for this advancement.
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Best Friends ForeverTame an animalTame one of these 11 tameable : 👁 Image
Skeleton Horse
can be tamed in the same way as a regular horse to gain this advancement with the ride command.
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Two by TwoBreed all the animals! A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition Classic
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Added pigs.
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Added sheep.
Java Edition Alpha
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Added cows.
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Added chickens.
Java Edition Beta
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Added squid.
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Added wolves.
Java Edition
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Added mooshrooms.
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Added ocelots.
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Cats were also added but were not an individual mob.
1.6.113w16a👁 Image
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Added horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses and zombie horses.
1.814w27a👁 Image
Added rabbits.
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Added polar bears.
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Added llamas.
1.1217w13a👁 Image
Added parrots.
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Added turtles.
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Added cod, salmon, and pufferfish.
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Added tropical fish.
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Added dolphins.
1.1418w43a👁 Image
Added pandas.
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Added cats as a separate mob from ocelots.
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Added trader llamas.
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Added foxes.
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Added bees.
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Added hoglins.
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Added striders.
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Added axolotls.
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Added glow squid.
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Added goats.
1.1922w11a👁 Image
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Added frogs and tadpoles.
1.19.3
Experiment
Update 1.20
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Added camels.
1.19.4
Experiment
Update 1.20
23w07a👁 Image
Added sniffers.
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Added armadillos.
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Added happy ghasts.
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Added nautiluses and zombie nautiluses.
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Added camel husks.
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Added sulfur cubes.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0Added sheep and pigs.
v0.3.0Added chickens and cows.
v0.9.0build 1Added mooshrooms.
v0.12.1build 1Added ocelots.
Cats were also added but were not an individual mob.
v0.13.0build 1Added rabbits.
v0.15.0build 1Added horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and zombie horses.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Added polar bears.
alpha 1.1.0.0Added llamas.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Added parrots.
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2Added cod, salmon, pufferfish, and tropical fish.
beta 1.2.20.1Added dolphins.
1.5.0beta 1.5.0.4Added turtles.
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.8Added pandas.
Cats are now a separate mob from ocelots.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Added trader llamas.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.1Added foxes.
1.14.0beta 1.14.0.1Added bees.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51Added hoglins.
beta 1.16.0.57Added striders.
1.16.200
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.200.52Added goats.
1.16.210
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.210.59Added the glow squid through experimental gameplay.
beta 1.16.210.60Removed glow squid.
1.16.220
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.220.50Readded the glow squid through experimental gameplay.
1.17.0
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.230.52Added axolotls.
1.18.10
Experiment
Wild Update
beta 1.18.10.24Added frogs and tadpoles.
1.19.50
Experiment
Next Major Update
Preview 1.19.50.21Added camels.
1.19.70
Experiment
Sniffer
Preview 1.19.70.23Added sniffers.
1.20.60
Experiment
Armadillo and Wolf Armor
Preview 1.20.60.23Added armadillos.
1.21.80
Experiment
Drop 2 2025
Preview 1.21.80.25Added happy ghasts.
1.21.100Preview 1.21.100.20The ambient sound interval for all animals has been adjusted to 6 seconds, matching Java Edition.
1.21.130Preview 1.21.130.20Added nautiluses and zombie nautiluses.
Preview 1.21.130.24Added camel husks.
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026
Preview 26.20.23Added sulfur cubes.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU0CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added all animals from and prior to Java Edition Beta 1.4.
TU5Animals no longer despawn, which makes it possible to capture them.
Animals will now flee when hit.
TU7Added mooshrooms.
TU12Added ocelots.
Cats were also added but were not an individual mob.
TU19CU71.121.121.12Added horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and zombie horses.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3Added rabbits.
TU43CU331.361.361.36Patch 13Added polar bears.
TU54CU441.521.521.52Patch 241.0.4Added llamas and parrots.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Added cod, dolphins, pufferfish, salmon, and tropical fish.
1.83 Added pandas.
Cats are added as a separate mob from ocelots.
1.91Added trader llamas.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Added all animals from and prior to Pocket Edition Alpha 0.15.0.
1.7.10Added polar bears.
1.9.19Added llamas.

Minecraft Education

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Minecraft Education
1.0.0Added all animals from and prior to Pocket Edition Alpha 0.16.0.
1.0.1Added polar bears and llamas.
1.0.2Added parrots.
1.4Added dolphins, cod, pufferfish, salmon, and tropical fish.
1.7Added turtles.
1.91.8.0Added pandas.
Cats are now a separate mob from ocelots.
1.14.311.14.30Added foxes, brown mooshrooms, and bees.
1.17.301.17.30.2Added hoglins, striders, goats, glow squid, and axolotls.
1.19.521.19.50.0Added frogs and tadpoles.
1.20.121.20.10.0Added camels and sniffers.
1.21.03Preview 1.21.01.0Added armadillos.
1.21.91Preview 1.21.90.1Added happy ghasts.
1.21.132Preview 1.21.131.1Added nautiluses, zombie nautiluses and camel husks.

Trivia

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  • In its Mob Menagerie, shulkers were implied to be molluscs, a group of real-life invertebrate animals that include squid, glow squid, and nautiluses, given the nature of their shells.[3]
  • In its Mob Menagerie, phantoms real-world parallel was stated to be bats, as well as mentions of the extinct pterosaur, quetzalcoatlus.[4]

Gallery

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Renders

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Screenshots

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Notes

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  1. Allays are referred to as animals in achievements ("Zoology" category), as well as advancements ("Husbandry" category).
  2. Bats are under the wild animals section in the spawn eggs tab in the creative inventory. The name of the advancement, "The Parrots and the Bats," ironically points out that these two mobs are among the only animals that do not breed.

References

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  1. net/minecraft/world/entity/animal
  2. "Why are their eyes so big? | The Story Of The Elder Guardian" – Minecraft on YouTube, August 24, 2025
  3. Mob Menagerie: Shulker
  4. Mob Menagerie: Phantom

See also

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