Monsters Hunted: How to Kill Every Hostile Mob in Minecraft

Monsters Hunted requires you to kill at least one of every type of hostile mob in the game. As of 1.21, that is around 34 different mob types. Some are everywhere, but others spawn only in specific structures or dimensions. This guide lists every mob you need to defeat, where to find them and combat strategies for the trickier ones.

Complete hostile mob kill list

Common Overworld mobs

• Zombie - Spawns everywhere at night and in caves.
• Skeleton - Spawns at night and in caves. Ranged attacker.
• Creeper - Spawns at night. Explodes on approach.
• Spider - Spawns at night. Neutral during daytime.
• Enderman - Spawns at night in low light. Also common in the End.
• Witch - Spawns in swamp huts and rarely at night.
• Slime - Spawns below y=40 in specific chunks and in Swamp biomes at night.
• Phantom - Spawns when you have not slept for 3+ in-game days.
• Drowned - Spawns in ocean and river biomes underwater.
• Husk - Desert variant of zombie. Spawns only in Desert biomes.
• Stray - Cold variant of skeleton. Spawns in snowy biomes.
• Cave Spider - Spawns from spawners in Mineshafts only.
• Silverfish - Found in Strongholds and in infested stone blocks in mountain biomes.

Structure-specific mobs

• Guardian - Ocean Monument only.
• Elder Guardian - Ocean Monument only (3 per monument, do not respawn).
• Evoker - Woodland Mansion and raids.
• Vindicator - Woodland Mansion and raids.
• Ravager - Raids only.
• Pillager - Pillager Outposts and raids.
• Vex - Summoned by Evokers.
• Warden - Spawns in Deep Dark when sculk shriekers activate. (Note: in some versions the Warden may not be required. Check your version.)

Nether mobs

• Zombified Piglin - Nether Wastes. Neutral until attacked.
• Blaze - Nether Fortress only.
• Wither Skeleton - Nether Fortress only.
• Ghast - Nether Wastes, Soul Sand Valley, Basalt Deltas.
• Magma Cube - Nether, especially Basalt Deltas.
• Hoglin - Crimson Forest biome.
• Piglin - Nether Wastes and Crimson Forest.
• Piglin Brute - Bastion Remnants only (do not respawn).

End mobs

• Endermite - Small chance to spawn when throwing an Ender Pearl. Keep throwing until one appears.
• Shulker - End Cities only.

Strategies for rare mobs

Elder Guardian

There are exactly three Elder Guardians per Ocean Monument and they do not respawn. Equip Depth Strider III boots, bring Water Breathing potions and a trident or sword with Sharpness V. Clear the regular Guardians first, then hunt each Elder Guardian in the monument's three wings.

Piglin Brute

Found only inside Bastion Remnants and they do not respawn. They are extremely aggressive and deal massive damage. Approach with full netherite armor and hit-and-retreat. Do not try to trade or negotiate, they attack on sight regardless of gold armor.

Endermite

Endermites have a 5% chance to spawn when you throw an Ender Pearl. Stand in one spot and throw pearls repeatedly. Name tag the Endermite immediately when one spawns so it does not despawn after 2 minutes, then kill it.

Evoker

Evokers spawn on specific floors of Woodland Mansions and also appear in Wave 5 and Wave 7 of raids. If you cannot find a Mansion, trigger a raid by getting Bad Omen and entering a village. The Evoker will come to you.

Common mistakes

• Forgetting Endermites. They are easy to overlook because they spawn randomly from Ender Pearls and despawn quickly.
• Not visiting a Bastion for Piglin Brutes. Regular Piglins are common but Brutes only appear in Bastions.
• Confusing Zombie variants. Zombie, Husk and Drowned are all separate entries. Kill one of each.
• Skipping Phantoms. If you sleep regularly, Phantoms never spawn. Go three nights without sleeping to force them.

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