The Nether
Mobs
From friendly lava-walking Striders to the deadly Piglin Brute. Know your enemies before you step through the portal.
Nether mob roster
Zombified Piglin
Neutral
Health: 20 ♥
Damage: 5–13 ♥
Drops: Rotten flesh, gold nuggets, rare gold ingot
Becomes hostile in a pack if you hit one. They never forget.
Piglin
Neutral
Health: 16 ♥
Damage: 3–8 ♥
Drops: Crossbow, gold-tier loot
Hostile unless you wear at least 1 piece of gold armour. Trade with gold ingots.
Hoglin
Hostile
Health: 40 ♥
Damage: 3–18 ♥
Drops: Raw porkchop, leather
Charges at the player. Repelled by warped fungi and respawn anchors.
Ghast
Hostile
Health: 10 ♥
Damage: 3–17 ♥ (fireball)
Drops: Gunpowder, ghast tear
Shoots fireballs you can deflect with a punch or arrow. Tears are needed for End Crystals.
Blaze
Hostile
Health: 20 ♥
Damage: 3–9 ♥
Drops: Blaze rod
Spawns at Blaze Spawners in fortresses. Rods are mandatory for the End.
Wither Skeleton
Hostile
Health: 20 ♥
Damage: 5–12 ♥ + wither
Drops: Coal, bones, rare skull
3 skulls = summon the Wither. Inflicts Wither effect.
Magma Cube
Hostile
Health: 4 / 8 / 16 ♥
Damage: 3–6 ♥
Drops: Magma cream
Splits into smaller cubes on death, like a Slime.
Piglin Brute
Hostile
Health: 50 ♥
Damage: 7–13 ♥
Drops: Golden axe
Guard bastions. Cannot be distracted by gold. Always hostile.
Strider
Passive
Health: 20 ♥
Damage: None
Drops: String
Walks on lava. Saddle one and steer with a warped fungus on a stick.
Wear gold around Piglins
Just 1 piece of gold armour stops Piglins from attacking on sight. But don't mine gold in front of them — they will become hostile regardless of what you're wearing.