Monster (entity)

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This article is about the removed hostile mob. For mobs that are mainly hostile to the player, see Monster. For the removed passive mob with an identical appearance, see Mob (entity). For the controllable character, see Player. For AI-driven game entities in general, see Mob.

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This page describes content that has been removed from Java Edition.

This feature was present in earlier versions of Java Edition, but has since been removed.
This feature has never been present in other editions of the game.

Monster

👁 Steve JE3 BE1.png: Infobox image for Minecraft entity 'Monster'

Health points	20HP👁 ❤️ × 10
Behavior	Hostile
Mob type	👁 Image Monster
Attack strength	Easy: 1HP👁 💔 Normal: 2HP👁 ❤️ Hard: 3HP👁 ❤️ 👁 💔
Hitbox size	Height: 1.7 blocks Width: 0.6 blocks

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 "title": "Monster",
 "rows": [
 {
 "field": "20<span class=\"hidden-alt-text\">HP</span><span class=\"nowrap mc-hearts\"><span class=\"iconbar pixel-image nowrap\" style=\"--icon-offset:-1px;\" title=\"1 heart\">(link to File:Heart (icon).png article, displayed as 9px|link=|alt=❤️)</span> × 10</span>",
 "label": "(link to Health article, displayed as Health points)"
 },
 {
 "field": "Hostile",
 "label": "Behavior"
 },
 {
 "field": "<span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:EntitySprite monster.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Monster|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Monster article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Monster</span>)</span>",
 "label": "(link to Mob type article, displayed as Mob type)"
 },
 {
 "field": "Easy: 1<span class=\"hidden-alt-text\">HP</span><span class=\"nowrap mc-hearts\"><span class=\"iconbar pixel-image nowrap\" style=\"--icon-offset:-1px;\" title=\"0.5 hearts\">(link to File:Half Heart (icon).png article, displayed as 9px|link=|alt=💔)</span></span><br>Normal: 2<span class=\"hidden-alt-text\">HP</span><span class=\"nowrap mc-hearts\"><span class=\"iconbar pixel-image nowrap\" style=\"--icon-offset:-1px;\" title=\"1 heart\">(link to File:Heart (icon).png article, displayed as 9px|link=|alt=❤️)</span></span><br>Hard: 3<span class=\"hidden-alt-text\">HP</span><span class=\"nowrap mc-hearts\"><span class=\"iconbar pixel-image nowrap\" style=\"--icon-offset:-1px;\" title=\"1.5 hearts\">(link to File:Heart (icon).png article, displayed as 9px|link=|alt=❤️)(link to File:Half Heart (icon).png article, displayed as 9px|link=|alt=💔)</span></span>",
 "label": "Attack<br/>strength"
 },
 {
 "field": "Height: 1.7 blocks<br>Width: 0.6 blocks",
 "label": "(link to Hitbox article, displayed as Hitbox size)"
 }
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 "invimages": [],
 "images": [
 "Steve JE3 BE1.png"
 ]
}

The monster entity was an unused hostile mob that looks identical to the player with the default "Steve" skin.

Spawning

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Monsters were only spawnable using mods and map editors, but otherwise were not available in vanilla Minecraft.

Monsters despawned when the world was set to Peaceful difficulty.^{[needs testing]}

Drops

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Monsters did not drop anything when they died.

Behavior

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Monsters shared the same AI as zombies and would walk towards and attack the player, dealing the same damage to the player as the player does with their fist. Strangely, they did not use the punching animation that a normal player would use; they would only run into the player like a zombie would. Monsters would retaliate against skeletons when hit by their arrows^{[needs testing]}.

Sounds

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Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
?	?	When a monster is damaged	`random.hurt`	?	1.0	1.0	?

Data values

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ID

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Name	Savegame ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
👁 EntitySprite steve.png: Sprite image for steve in Minecraft Monster	`Monster`	`49`	`entity.Monster.name`

History

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Java Edition Infdev
20100316		Added monsters.
20100607		👁 Image Monsters now use the player model and texture. Before this version, they were invisible.^[1]
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.9		Before this version, the walking animation for the player and the monster was the same; the player and the monster would swing their arms wildly to their sides while walking.^[2]
Java Edition Beta
1.8	Pre-release	The "Removed Herobrine" message has been mentioned again in the Beta 1.8 changelog, where the main code responsible for monster had been removed^[verify], resulting in the ability to hack the monster into the game with spawn commands or monster spawners no longer being available.
Java Edition
1.8	14w06a	The remaining AI of monsters has been removed.
1.11	16w32a	The entity ID `Monster` as well as the corresponding network ID `49` for monsters have been removed.

Trivia

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Monsters, when spawned, may head to the left for half a second, before turning around to attack the player. Zombified piglins may also do this on occasion.^[verify]
If a monster spawner with monster is placed in Java Edition Beta 1.8 or later, it appears blank and no monsters spawn.
Coding for monsters was still present until Java Edition 1.8. Only the monster model was removed in Beta 1.8.
It is unknown if monsters existed in Xbox 360 Edition (in versions before TU5, that were based on Java Edition Beta 1.7.3 and earlier).
Monsters use the old player model, so they are actually slightly taller than the player.
Despite being taller than the player, monsters looked up at the player when chasing them. This is because their actual hit-box and eye height were shorter than the player's hit-box and eye height.
Notch also used the name "monster" for the green moboids in his unfinished game: Legend of the Chambered.

Gallery

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Screenshots

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👁 Monsters chasing the player.

Monsters chasing the player.
👁 Dying monster.

Dying monster.

References

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↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=4yTocwdK6NE
↑ Can be seen in the "Zombie Town" by Notch, which features the mobs.

Navigation

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Entities

👁 Image
Mobs

Passive

BE & Edu only	👁 Image Agent 👁 Image NPC

Neutral

Hostile

Bosses	👁 Image Ender Dragon 👁 Image Wither

Mob types

Other

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Other entities

Player

Blocks

BE & Edu only	Falling Blocks 👁 Image Deprecated Anvil 👁 Image Snow 👁 Image Primed Underwater TNT

Vehicles

Java Edition only	👁 Image Minecart with Furnace 👁 Image with Monster Spawner

Projectiles

Java Edition only	👁 Image Shot Spectral Arrow
BE & Edu only	👁 Image Thrown Ice Bomb

Stationary
objects

Java Edition only	👁 Image Item Frame 👁 Image Glow

Miscellaneous

JE only	👁 Image Mannequin
BE & Edu only	👁 Image Balloon 👁 Image Camera

Technical
objects

JE only	👁 Image Display Block Item Text 👁 Image Interaction 👁 Image Marker
Editor only	Location Pointer Idle Location Pointer Selected 👁 Image Map Marker Ruler Idle

Unimplemented

Unused

JE only	👁 Image Giant 👁 Image Illusioner
BE & Edu only	👁 Image Elder Guardian Ghost 👁 Image Old Villager 👁 Image Old Zombie Villager

Removed

Mobs

👁 Image
Nerd Creeper

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April Fools 2024

April Fools 2025

Pet variants	👁 Image Pet Armadillo 👁 Image Pet Axolotl 👁 Image Pet Bee 👁 Image Pet Cat 👁 Image Pet Chicken 👁 Image Pet Cow 👁 Image Pet Creeper 👁 Image Pet Fox 👁 Image Pet Frog 👁 Image Pet Mooshroom 👁 Image Pet Polar Bear 👁 Image Pet Slime 👁 Image Pet Turtle 👁 Image Pet Wolf

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Living Block

Other entities

April Fools 2013	👁 Image 👁 Image Pink Wither Skull
April Fools 2015	👁 Image Obsidian Boat 👁 Image 👁 Image Friendly Wither Skull
April Fools 2023	👁 Image Stencil Display
April Fools 2024	Falling Block 👁 Image Gravtater 👁 Image Potato Eye
April Fools 2026	👁 Image Crafting Grid 👁 Image Hovering Item Living Block Command

Removed features

Java Edition

Blocks	👁 Image Cloth 👁 Image Gear 👁 Image Rose 👁 Image Lava Spawner 👁 Image Water Spawner 👁 Image Locked chest 👁 Image Shrub
Items	👁 Image Horse Saddle 👁 Image Quiver 👁 Image Studded Armor 👁 Image Reverted Potion
Entities	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Mob
Structures	👁 Image Brick Pyramid 👁 Image 👁 Image Starting House 👁 Image Glass Pillars
Other	👁 Image Far Lands 👁 Image Monolith 👁 Image Obsidian Wall 👁 Image Clay Blob Animation placeholder texture Procedural animated texture generation Stretch Lands Super Secret Settings

Bedrock Edition

Blocks	👁 Image grass_carried 👁 Image leaves_carried 👁 Image mysterious_frame_slot 👁 Image Smooth Stone Bricks 👁 Image Structure Air
Items	👁 Image Copper Horn
Structures	👁 Image Nether Reactor 👁 Image Nether spire
Other	👁 Image Far Lands

MinecraftEdu

Blocks	👁 Image Information block 👁 Image Spawn Block 👁 Image Border block 👁 Image Build allow block 👁 Image Build disallow block 👁 Image Big Sign 👁 Image Information Sign 👁 Image Foundation block 👁 Image Teleport Block 👁 Image Home Block 👁 Image Number Block
Items	👁 Image Block Inspector

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Monster (entity)

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Spawning

Drops

Behavior

Sounds

Data values

ID

History

Trivia

Gallery

Screenshots

See also

References

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