Mob Menagerie

Mob Menagerie
Author(s)

Duncan Geere

Language

English

Genre(s)

Information

Set in

Minecraft

Publisher

Minecraft.net

Release date

August 29, 2022

Mob Menagerie is a series of articles on Minecraft.net that explores the features and history of mobs in Minecraft.

Articles

Title Banner Subjects Release Author
Mob Menagerie: Goat Goat August 29, 2022 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Fox Fox September 22, 2022 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Frog Frog November 23, 2022 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Strider Strider January 16, 2023 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Polar Bear Polar Bear February 9, 2023 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Horse Horse March 9, 2023 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Allay Allay April 6, 2023 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Silverfish Silverfish May 4, 2023 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Turtle Turtle June 1, 2023 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Camel Camel June 22, 2023 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Sniffer Sniffer July 21, 2023 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Cat Cat August 18, 2023 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Bee Bee September 15, 2023 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Cow Cow October 13, 2023 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Tadpole Tadpole December 7, 2023 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Ghast Ghast January 4, 2024 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Parrot Parrot February 2, 2024 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Glow Squid Glow Squid February 29, 2024 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Warden Warden April 9, 2024 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Salmon Salmon April 22, 2024 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Wolf Wolf July 15, 2024 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Bat Bat August 8, 2024 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Armadillo Armadillo October 17, 2024 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Rabbit Rabbit November 15, 2024 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Chicken Chicken December 13, 2024 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Mooshroom Mooshroom January 11, 2025 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Slime Slime February 6, 2025 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Blaze Blaze March 6, 2025 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Enderman Enderman April 7, 2025 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Axolotl Axolotl May 1, 2025 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Panda Panda June 16, 2025 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagarie: Elder Guardian Elder Guardian June 26, 2025 Duncan Geere
Mob Menagerie: Hoglin Hoglin July 24, 2025 Duncan Geere

Quotes

Normally, slimes spawn in three different sizes – small, medium and large. They hop around aimlessly until they spot a player or iron golem, at which point they hop towards it to try to envelop it within their body – their preferred hunting method.

Duncan Geere in Mob Menagarie: Slime

If you don’t move out of the way in time, you’ll be knocked back a huge distance. Normally that wouldn’t be a problem, but the terrain you’ll tend to encounter goats in is rather precipitous, and there’s every chance you’ll be knocked off the mountain entirely. Which hurts.

Duncan Geere in Mob Menagarie: Goat

If so, those hugs are brutal – wardens have the strongest melee damage of any mob in the game. They also have a sonic boom ability that goes through obstacles and is almost impossible to dodge. Perhaps we can rule out the “hug” theory.

Duncan Geere in Mob Menagarie: Warden

Striders are uncommon among Nether mobs in that they’re perfectly happy outside of the Nether. You’re good to take your new friend through a portal and down to the depths of the Overworld, to skate across the lava lakes found there. Just remember to keep them out of the rain...

Duncan Geere in Mob Menagarie: Strider

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