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Minecraft Mobs list for 1.21: All new and current monstersHere’s the full list of all Minecraft mobs as of 1.21

Here’s the full list of all Minecraft mobs as of 1.21

A composite image of two Minecraft mobs: on the left is a goat in a grassland biome during the day, and on the right is a Piglin Brute in a desert biome at night.

Looking for an up-to-date Minecraft mobs list for 1.21?There’s an astonishing number of mobs inMinecraftas of 1.21, and it’s best to know as much about them as possible to make sure you can deal with each one appropriately.

Minecraft has come a long way since it first began life in the early 2010s. Now there’s a grand total of 87 mobs in Minecraft, and each mob looks and behaves very differently from the rest. Below I’ve listed every single mob in the game, categorised based on whether they are passive, neutral, or hostile towards the player.

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Minecraft passive mobs

A Minecraft screenshot of many dozens of Axolotl of different colours crawling towards the camera.

Breedable mobs

Tameable mobs

Rideable mobs

Minecraft neutral mobs

A Minecraft screenshot of three Goats at varying distances from the player.

Neutral mobs can switch between hostile or passive towards the player depending on the situation. Below I’ve also listed next to each mob how they are provoked into becoming hostile.

Minecraft hostile mobs

A nighttime Minecraft screenshot of a zombie looking at the player, with several more zombies wandering around in the background.

A Minecraft screenshot of a Wither hovering in front of the player.

Minecraft boss mobs

There are currently three “boss mobs” in Minecraft. These are powerful mobs which have their own health bars, and they are currently the most dangerous enemies in Minecraft - except, of course, the players you’ll encounter on PvPMinecraft servers.