Minecraft: The Beginner's Field Survival Guide: Tameable Mobs And Bosses

If you are reading this, you are close to beating the game, or you want a pet.

     Everyone has wanted a pet at one point in their lifetime, and now you can have one in Minecraft. Your loyal cat or dog will follow you anywhere, even when you go to fight the bosses of Minecraft, the all powerful Ender Dragon and the fearsome Wither.

Tameable Mobs: Ocelots/Cats 

       Many people love cats, which is why you can have one in survival mode. They are spawned in the Jungle biome, as ocelots. Ocelots are untamed wild cats that are very timid and skittish around players. They often run upon sight of you. However, there is a way to tame them. Stand very still while holding a raw fish in your hand. 

                                          

The ocelot will slowly creep up and sit about two blocks away. It may take a few, but feed the ocelot the fish to tame it. Cats are the player's best defence against creepers, as the hostile mob will run if it sees the cat. The furry feline will also sit if you tell it to. 

Tameable Mobs: Wolves/Dogs

        Man's best friend? What about a digital man's best friend. Wolves spawn in taiga and deciduous forest biomes. They can be found alone, or in packs. If a wolf is attacked by something, all it's brethren in the vicinity will attack the intruder without mercy. They remain hostile for about five minutes before calming down. To tame a wolf, you need bones. 

On average, it takes from 1-6, but it can take up to twenty sometimes. When tamed, the wolf/dog will have a red collar. It will sit when you tell it, attack what you attack, and defend you from danger. However, they need to be fed. Unlike the cats, the wolf indicates lost health by the drooping of it's tail. If it is nearly between it's legs, it is nearly dead. Heal it by using beef, bones or rotten flesh. 

                                                                                                                                                                         

Boss Mobs: The Wither

         My advice to you is this. Don't spawn a Wither unless you have already beaten the Ender Dragon, and built an enclosure it can't break around it. The Wither is the most aggressive mob in Minecraft. It will attack any other mob it sees (excluding undead mobs) by shooting a flaming Wither skull at it, which explodes and has the Wither affect. The Wither affect is like poison, only twice as deadly. You lose health, and your health bar goes black making it hard to tell how much health you have left.

To spawn a Wither, place three soul sands in the same configuration as the Iron Golem's main body. Then place three Wither skeleton heads across the top. You have a short time to run from it, as it emits a massive explosion after about twenty seconds. The Wither cannot be contained by most blocks in the game, excluding obsidian. Make an obsidian prison that is at least twenty blocks by twenty blocks. 

Boss Mobs: the Ender Dragon

      When you come face to face with the Ender Dragon for the first time, you will probably not survive. It is the most powerfull mob in the game. Capable of breaking any kind of block besides obsidian or End Stone, it would destroy the surface world if it spawned in it. Thankfully, it only spawns in the End, a shadowy realm filled with black. It is only inhabited by the dragon and Endermen.

 When you spawn in the End, you should have enchanted diamond armour, an enchanted diamond sword and an enchanted bow. The dragon will swoop at you and hit you, dealing a good five hearts of damage. It's health is the highest in the game, with a whopping 100 hearts of health. To kill him, destroy the large crystals on the obsidian towers. They heal him whenever he is damaged. When you kill him, a portal to the overworld will spawn, and you will get 13,000 experience points.

This is the end of the Mobs chapter. Hope you enjoyed it!

Coming Soon:

Minecraft: The Beginner's Field Survival Guide: Weapons and Armour