Monster

The term Monster refers to a category of mobs that are mainly hostile to the player.

Common properties

Mobs mentioned on this page share the following properties:

• They are classified as Monster or Enemy in the game code and spawning mechanics.
• Most of them are attacked by Iron Golems and Snow Golems.
• Most of them don't spawn naturally in Peaceful difficulty.
• Most of them prevent the player from sleeping.
• They are attacked by conduits.
• Most of them trigger the "Monster Hunter" advancement and "Monsters Hunted" challenge.

List of monsters

Additionally, in Bedrock Edition, the ID of the undead horses are part of the undead category, which is a subclass of the monster category.

• Skeleton Horse
• Zombie Horse

Related mobs

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

• Killer Bunny‌

These mobs are monsters in the game code, but are not treated as such in game:

• Strider^[1]
• Ocelot‌^[2]

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 a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: an enderman, a piglin, a zombified piglin, a spider, or a cave spider.	15	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Kill one of these 37 mobs: Blaze Bogged Breeze Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie 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 37 mobs: Blaze Bogged Breeze Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.

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Trivia

• The warden is the only monster 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.

Gallery

Renders

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  A blaze.
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  A bogged.
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  A breeze.
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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.
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  An elder guardian.
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  An ender dragon.
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  An enderman.
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  An endermite.
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  An evoker.
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  A ghast.
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  A giant.
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  A guardian
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  A hoglin.
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  A husk.
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  An illusioner.
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  A magma cube.
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  A phantom.
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  A piglin.
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  A piglin brute.
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  A pillager.
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  A ravager.
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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 vex.
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  A vindicator.
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  A warden.
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  A witch.
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  A wither.
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  A wither skeleton.
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  A zoglin.
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  A zombie.
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  A zombie horse.
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  A zombie villager.
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  A zombified piglin.

Screenshots

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  Mobs that are classified as monsters in the game code as of Java Edition 1.21 apart from the bogged.
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  A creeper in a stronghold.
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  A zombie breaking a door.
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  Some 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 her 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 a wither skeleton in a Nether fortress.

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