Snow Golem


| Health points |
4HP |
|---|---|
| Behavior |
Passive[note 1] |
| Mob type | |
| Attack strength |
3HP (Blaze only) |
| Hitbox size |
In Java Edition: In Bedrock Edition: |
| Speed |
0.2 |
| Spawn |
When created by a player, enderman, or dispenser |
| Usable items |
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"label": "(link to Hitbox article, displayed as Hitbox size)"
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A snow golem is a buildable passive mob that throws snowballs at monsters, which provokes them into attacking it. Depending on the biome temperature it also either produces a trail of snow, or takes heat damage and dies.
Creation
Jack o'lanterns can also be used.
Snow golems are created by stacking two snow blocks vertically, and then placing a carved pumpkin or jack o'lantern on top of the stack. The pumpkin may be placed by the player, a dispenser, or an enderman.[1] Snow golems cannot be made by pistons. The building pattern also works when arranged sideways or upside-down, as long as the pumpkin is the last block placed.
The snow golem spawns at the location of the snow block as its feet when created horizontally.
Drops

On death
| Item | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Snowball | 0–15 | 93.75% | 7.50 | 0–15 | 93.75% | 7.50 | 0–15 | 93.75% | 7.50 | 0–15 | 93.75% | 7.50 | |
| Item | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Snowball | 0–15 | 15⁄16 | 15⁄2 | 0–15 | 15⁄16 | 15⁄2 | 0–15 | 15⁄16 | 15⁄2 | 0–15 | 15⁄16 | 15⁄2 | |
| Item | Amount | Probability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | |||
| Snowball | 0 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | |
| 1 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 2 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 3 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 4 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 5 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 6 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 7 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 8 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 9 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 10 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 11 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 12 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 13 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 14 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 15 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| Average | 15⁄2 (7.50) | 15⁄2 (7.50) | 15⁄2 (7.50) | 15⁄2 (7.50) | ||
| Killed | 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Expected Drop | ||||
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||
| Snowball | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 | |
| Item | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Snowball | 0–15 | 93.75% | 7.50 | 0–15 | 93.75% | 7.50 | 0–15 | 93.75% | 7.50 | 0–15 | 93.75% | 7.50 | |
| Item | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Snowball | 0–15 | 15⁄16 | 15⁄2 | 0–15 | 15⁄16 | 15⁄2 | 0–15 | 15⁄16 | 15⁄2 | 0–15 | 15⁄16 | 15⁄2 | |
| Item | Amount | Probability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | |||
| Snowball | 0 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | |
| 1 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 2 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 3 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 4 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 5 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 6 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 7 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 8 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 9 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 10 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 11 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 12 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 13 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 14 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| 15 | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | 1⁄16 (6.25%) | ||
| Average | 15⁄2 (7.50) | 15⁄2 (7.50) | 15⁄2 (7.50) | 15⁄2 (7.50) | ||
| Killed | 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Expected Drop | ||||
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||
| Snowball | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 | |
Sheared
A snow golem drops 1
carved pumpkin when sheared.
Behavior

A snow golem wanders aimlessly and tries to avoid water, obstacles, and environmental hazards, but is immune to damage from powder snow. They are also immune to fall damage.
Snow golems take 1HP damage per tick when in contact with rain or water and in biomes with a temperature greater than 1.0. Examples include savannas, badlands, deserts, and biomes in the Nether. The Fire Resistance effect allows them to survive in these biomes.

As a snow golem moves, it leaves a trail of snow on the ground if the blocks can support it[2]. In Java Edition, this happens in any biome. In Bedrock Edition, however, the snow trail is not generated in biomes with a high temperature value; examples include jungles, mushroom fields, savannas, stony peaks, deserts, badlands, and biomes in the Nether. If the mobGriefing game rule is false, the snow trail does not appear.

Snow golems move toward all monsters (except ghasts) and throw snowballs at them up to 10 blocks away, provoking them, regardless of whether they attack the player.[3] When captured, they throw snowballs up to 16 blocks away. They throw one snowball per second. Thrown snowballs do not deal damage except to blazes, but they still knock back any mobs that they hit.
Additionally, snow golems also attack creepers and never intentionally attack the player. In Bedrock Edition, if a snowball hits the player, it deals knockback and makes tamed wolves and trusting foxes attack the snow golem.
In Bedrock Edition, a snow golem's snowballs can also set other mobs on fire if the shot flies through a lava block or a block that is on fire.
A snow golem is not provoked by another golem (snow or iron) attacking it, although an iron golem that is hit accidentally by a snow golem's snowball attacks the snow golem.
A snow golem wears its carved pumpkin like a helmet. Its actual head is hidden beneath the pumpkin. Shearing a snow golem removes the pumpkin, revealing its derpy face and making it drop the pumpkin. The pumpkin is stored using the Pumpkin tag instead of ArmorItems; a snow golem does not display its HandItems or its ArmorItems. In Java Edition, after shearing the pumpkin, the player can give a snow golem a new pumpkin only by using a command, such as /data.
Provocation by other mobs
| Entity | Snow golem actively attacks the mob? | Actively attacks the snow golem? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | No | Bees retaliate if accidentally attacked. | |
| Yes | No | Blazes retaliate. | |
| Yes | No | ||
| Yes | No | ||
| Yes | No | ||
| Yes | No | Creepers retaliate. | |
| No | No | Dolphins retaliate if accidentally attacked. | |
| Yes | No | ||
| Yes | No | Endermen teleport away when hit by a snowball. | |
| Yes | No | Endermites retaliate. | |
| Yes | Yes No |
||
| Yes | Partial No |
Drowned do not attack any mob that is not touching water during daytime. | |
| No | No | In Bedrock Edition, trusting foxes attack the snow golem if the golem unintentionally attacks the player. | |
| No | No | Ghasts can still unintentionally damage the snow golem. | |
| Yes | No | Giants do not have any AI. | |
| No | Randomly | ||
| Yes | No | ||
| Yes No |
No | Hoglins retaliate. | |
| Yes | Yes No |
||
| Yes | No | Illusioners retaliate. | |
| No | No | Iron golems retaliate if accidentally attacked. | |
| No | No | Killer bunnies retaliate if accidentally attacked. | |
| No | No | Llamas retaliate if accidentally attacked. | |
| Yes | No | ||
| Yes | No | ||
| Yes | No | Piglins retaliate. | |
| Yes | No | Piglin brutes retaliate. | |
| Yes | No | Pillagers retaliate. | |
| No | No | Polar bears retaliate if accidentally attacked. | |
| No | No | Pufferfish can still damage the golem with its defense. | |
| Yes | No | Ravagers retaliate. | |
| Yes | No | Shulkers retaliate. | |
| Yes | Yes No |
||
| Yes | No | Skeletons retaliate. | |
| Yes | Yes No |
Slimes retaliate. | |
| Yes | No | Spiders retaliate. | |
| Yes | Partial | A vex attacks a snow golem immediately when an evoker summons three vexes. | |
| Yes | Yes No/Yes (if named "Johnny") |
||
| No | No | Villagers can accidentally damage the snow golem by setting off a firework. | |
| Yes | Yes | ||
| Yes | Yes No |
||
| Yes | Yes | ||
| No | No | Wild wolves retaliate if accidentally attacked. | |
| No | No | Tamed wolves attack the snow golem if the owner attacks the golem. | |
| Yes | Yes | ||
| Yes | No | Zombified piglins retaliate. | |
| All other mobs | No | No |
Sounds
Java Edition:
Snow golems use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| None | None[sound 1] | None | Unused sound event | entity | None[sound 1] | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 |
| Snow Golem dies | Friendly Mobs | When a snow golem dies | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Snow Golem hurts | Friendly Mobs | When a snow golem is damaged | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Shears click | Players | When a snow golem is sheared | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Snowball flies | Friendly Mobs | When a snow golem shoots a snowball | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1⁄3-0.5 | 16 | |
| Sounds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Friendly Creatures Friendly Mobs | When a snow golem dies | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures Friendly Mobs | When a snow golem is damaged | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures Friendly Mobs | When a snow golem is sheared | mob | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures Friendly Mobs | When a snow golem shoots a snowball | mob | 1.0 | 0.33-0.5 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Entity tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
snow_golem | fall_damage_immunefreeze_immune_entity_types | entity |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
snow_golem | 21 | entity |
Entity data
Snow golems have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
- [Byte] Pumpkin : 1 or 0 (true/false) - whether or not the Snow Golem has a pumpkin on its head.
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | ||||||
| Overkill | Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit. | Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall. | 30 | Bronze | |||
| Over-Overkill | Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace | Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall. | 20 | Silver | |||
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | A Throwaway Joke | Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea. | Hit a mob with a thrown trident. |
![]() | Adventure | Adventure, exploration and combat | Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity. |
![]() | Arbalistic | Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot | This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed. |
![]() | Over-Overkill | Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace | Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall. |
![]() | Take Aim | Shoot something with an Arrow | Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow. |
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | September 21, 2011 | Snow golems were first showcased by Notch on Twitter as a new mob[4] that is "craftable, is friendly, and throws snowballs at enemies. Also melts in hot biomes."[5] and that it would "spread snow by walking around."[2] | |||||
| They were stated on Reddit to appear in Beta 1.9.[6] | |||||||
| Notch originally planned to call this mob Snowmen. However, soon after revealing the name, Reddit user Cuttleman stated he would call them Snow Golems, a name Notch approved of and made official.[7] | |||||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease | |||||||
| Snow golems flee when attacked. | |||||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 | Snow golems can be bred with wheat and attack other snow golems nearby. They also attack players holding wheat and continue attacking even after the wheat isn't being held anymore. However, they do not attack immediately. | ||||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Reverted the above changes. | ||||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w06a | Snow golems have a new path-finding AI and can form a wall to attack mobs. | |||||
| Snow golems now take damage from rain and water. | |||||||
| 12w07a | Snow golems now take damage in deserts, jungles, the Nether. | ||||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w16a | Added leads, which can be used to leash snow golems. | |||||
| 1.8 | 14w04a | Snow golems can now be created by dispensing the pumpkin from a dispenser atop two snow blocks. | |||||
| 14w05b | Snow golems' pumpkin heads are no longer visible when they have the Invisibility effect. | ||||||
| 14w25a | Snow golems can now be built sideways and upside-down instead of just upright. | ||||||
| 14w26c | Jack o'lanterns can no longer be used to build snow golems. | ||||||
| 14w33a | Snow golems now attack creepers, provoking them. | ||||||
| 1.8.1 | pre1 | Jack o'lanterns can now be used to build snow golems again. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w31c | Snow golems can no longer cause damage to ender dragons. | |||||
| 15w46a | Snow golems no longer create a trail of snow layers, if the game rule mobGriefing is set to false. | ||||||
| 15w49a | |||||||
| 15w50a | Added sounds entity.snowman.ambient, entity.snowman.hurt, and entity.snowman.death. | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 1.16 | 20w07a | Snow golems now drop a pumpkin when sheared.[8] | |||||
| 20w15a | Snow golems can now be sheared by dispensers. | ||||||
| pre1 | Snow golems are now damaged by splash and lingering water bottles.[9] | ||||||
| 1.17 | 21w13a | Snow golems are immune to freezing. | |||||
| 1.18 | pre6 | Snow golems now leave a snow trail in every biome. | |||||
| 1.19.3 | 22w44a | ||||||
| 1.20.5 | 24w06a | Wolves are no longer damaged by snowballs from snow golems.[11] | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | ||||||
| build 2 | |||||||
| build 3 | |||||||
| build 9 | Snow golems can now leave a trail of snow in plains biomes. | ||||||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Snow golems can now be created by dispensing the pumpkin from a dispenser atop two snow blocks. | |||||
| v0.16.0 | build 5 | Added sounds entity.snowman.ambient, entity.snowman.hurt, and entity.snowman.death. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.5 | alpha 1.0.5.0 | Snow golems are no longer able to leave a trail of snow layers if the game rule mobGriefing is set to false. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| ? | The health of snow golems has been reduced from 10 to 4. | ||||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | The snow golem's face can now be seen only after shearing it. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Snow golems now take damage from walking over campfires. | |||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.51 | Snow golems now drop a pumpkin when sheared.[12] | |||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.16.230.54 | Snow golems are now immune to freezing. | |||||
| beta 1.17.0.52 | Snow golems are now damaged by splash water bottles and lingering water bottles. | ||||||
| 1.19.60 | Preview 1.19.60.20 | ||||||
| 1.20.40 | Preview 1.20.40.22 | Snow golems now produce a crumbling particle effect when constructed. | |||||
| 1.21.30 | Preview 1.21.30.21 | Snow golems can no longer be created with un-carved pumpkins. | |||||
| Snow golems no longer take damage in biomes with high temperatures if they have the Fire Resistance effect applied. | |||||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU7 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| TU11 | The limit for snow golems in a world has been increased from 8 to 16. | ||||||
| TU12 | Snow golems have a new path-finding AI and can form a wall to attack mobs. | ||||||
| Snow golems now take damage in deserts, jungles, the Nether, and when in contact with rain and water. | |||||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Snow golems can now be created by dispensing the pumpkin from a dispenser atop two snow blocks. | |
| Snow golems can now be built sideways and upside-down instead of just upright. | |||||||
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Added sounds for snow golems. | |
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | ||
| 1.90 | |||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
-
First screenshot of a snow golem, released by Notch on September 21, 2011.
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.11 | 16w32a | Snow golems now use a byte data tag Pumpkin to determine whether they have a pumpkin head, allowing sheared snow golems to save and reload in their sheared state.
| |||||
The entity ID has been changed from SnowMan to snowman. | |||||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Numeric IDs for entities were presumably deprecated in this version. | |||||
| pre5 | The entity ID has been changed from snowman to snow_golem. | ||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | The entity ID has been changed from snowgolem to snow_golem. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Snow Golem" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Screenshots
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Creation of a snow golem. -
A snow golem attacks a spider. -
A large group of snow golems in a lake. -
Three snow golems that were built by endermen. -
The view from inside a snow golem's head. Its real face can be seen. -
A snow golem riding in a minecart. -
A sheared snow golem. -
A snow golem at night.
Textures
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Snow golem texture file. -

In other media
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The Icy Golem, a unique variation of a snow golem featured in Minecraft Story Mode. -
Melon Golem, another unique version featured in Minecraft Earth. -
Lego Minecraft snow Golem. -
A snow golem as it appears in the City texture pack. -
A snow golem as it appears in the Greek Mythology mash-up pack -
A snow golem as it appears in the Halloween mash-up pack. -
Party Snow Golem, a skin featured in the first Birthday skin pack. -
Official artwork of a snow golem under attack. -
Pixel art animation of a snow golem melting to death. -
Pixel art animation of an unmasked snow golem throwing a snowball. -
Icon of a snow golem used on the Minecraft Marketplace. -
Sunny and several snow golems marveling at a Minecraft brand gingerbread house.
Notes
- ↑ Can unintentionally throw a snowball at the player, dealing knockback in Bedrock Edition.
References
- ↑ Endermen can make snow golems. – Reddit, u/CHLGV, September 23, 2011
- ↑ a b "Also, they spread snow by walking around. Nice." – @notch (Markus Persson) on X (formerly Twitter), September 21, 2011
- ↑ "What is a snow golem's range?" by Ullallulloo – Arqade, March 8, 2012. "I tested this by making a hall in creative mode and blocking a zombie in a small chamber on one end and letting a snow golem go on the other. He ran forward until he was 10 blocks away and started pelting the zombie with snowballs until I quit the game."
- ↑ " Got frustrated with AWS, so I made a new mob! :D" – @notch (Markus Persson) on X (formerly Twitter), September 21, 2011
- ↑ "It will be craftable, is friendly, and throws snowballs at enemies. Also melts in hot biomes." – @notch (Markus Persson) on X (formerly Twitter), September 22, 2011
- ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/kmro7/mojang_potentially_releasing_something_tomorrow/c2li04x
- ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/kml6r/notchs_new_snowman_mob_is_craftable_and_throws/
- ↑ MC-94094
- ↑ MC-106968
- ↑ MC-189872 — resolved as "Fixed".
- ↑ MC-72151 — Snow Golem's snowballs damage wolves instead of pushing them — resolved as "Fixed".
- ↑ MCPE-66967
External link
- Snowman article on Wikipedia
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