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	To prevent the game from lagging or running out of usable memory {{in\|console}} and {{in\|new3ds}}, most entities have a maximum number of how many can exist in a ~~world~~. If the player attempts to spawn another mob when the maximum number has been reached, a [[Minecraft:chat]] message will appear, explaining that the limit has been reached. Only entities which are in loaded [[Minecraft:chunk]]s are counted.		To prevent the game from lagging or running out of usable memory {{in\|console}} and {{in\|new3ds}}, most entities have a maximum number of how many can exist in a single [[Minecraft:dimension]]. If the player attempts to spawn another mob when the maximum number has been reached, a [[Minecraft:chat]] message will appear, explaining that the limit has been reached. Only entities which are in loaded [[Minecraft:chunk]]s are counted.

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	== In ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ==		== In ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ==
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	Due to the more limited nature of the New Nintendo 3DS hardware, spawn limits are much stricter than Legacy Console Edition and span fewer categories.		Due to the more limited nature of the New Nintendo 3DS hardware, spawn limits are much stricter than Legacy Console Edition and span fewer categories.

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{{About|entities spawn limit in Legacy Console Edition|similar concept in Java Edition|Mob spawning#Java Edition mob cap}}
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To prevent the game from lagging or running out of usable memory {{in|console}} and {{in|new3ds}}, most entities have a maximum number of how many can exist in a world. If the player attempts to spawn another mob when the maximum number has been reached, a [[Minecraft:chat]] message will appear, explaining that the limit has been reached. Only entities which are in loaded [[Minecraft:chunk]]s are counted.

== In Legacy Console Edition ==
{{wip|section=yes|We have just learned that the limits are ''not'' the same on every console. Testing is currently being done by Project LCE.}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Values
|-
! Category !! Maximum amount !! [[Minecraft:Error]] message
|-
| [[Minecraft:Animal]]s || 90 || Can't use Spawn Egg at the moment. The maximum number of animals, excluding Wolves, Bats, Chickens and Mooshrooms, has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Wolves]] || 26 || Can't use Spawn Egg at the moment. The maximum number of Wolves in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Fish]]/[[Minecraft:Squid]] || 28 (38 pre-[[Minecraft:Update Aquatic]]) || The maximum number of Fish and Squid in a world has been reached.<br>Can't use Spawn Egg at the moment. The maximum number of Squid in a world has been reached. (pre-Update Aquatic)
|-
| [[Minecraft:Chicken]]s || 26 || Can't use Spawn Egg at the moment. The maximum number of Chickens in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Mooshroom]]s || 30 || Can't use Spawn Egg at the moment. The maximum number of Mooshrooms has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Bat]]s || 28 || Can't use Spawn Egg at the moment. The maximum number of Bats in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Dolphin]]s || 18 || The maximum number of Dolphins in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Iron golem]]s || 16 || N/A
|-
| [[Minecraft:Snow golem]]s || 16 || N/A
|-
| [[Minecraft:Villager]]s || 50 || Can't use Spawn Egg at the moment. The maximum number of villagers in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Enemies]] || 70 || Can't use Spawn Egg at the moment. The maximum number of enemies in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Phantom]]s || 5 || The maximum number of Phantoms in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Armor stand]]s || 16 || The maximum number of Armor Stands in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Boat]]s || 40 || The maximum number of Boats in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Minecart]]s || 250 || The maximum number of Minecarts in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Ender dragon]]/[[Minecraft:wither]] || 5 || N/A
|-
| [[Minecraft:Paintings]]/[[Minecraft:item frames]] || 400 || The maximum number of Paintings/Item Frames in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:End crystal]]s || 64 || The maximum number of Ender Crystals in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Banner]]s || 400 || The maximum number of Banners in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Beacon]]s || 900 || The maximum number of Beacons in a world has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Falling block]]s || 20 || N/A
|-
| Primed [[Minecraft:TNT]] || 20 || N/A
|-
| [[Minecraft:Experience orb]]s || 50 || N/A
|}

Breedable mobs also have a breeding limit, which is lower.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Breeding limits
|-
! Category !! Maximum amount !! Error message
|-
| [[Minecraft:Animal]]s || 70 || This animal can't enter Love Mode. The maximum number of breeding animals, excluding Wolves, Chickens and Mooshrooms, has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Chicken]] || 16 || This animal can't enter Love Mode. The maximum number of breeding Chickens has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Wolves]] || 16 || This animal can't enter Love Mode. The maximum number of breeding Wolves has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Mooshroom]]s || 22 || This animal can't enter Love Mode. The maximum number of breeding Mooshrooms has been reached.
|-
| [[Minecraft:Villager]]s || 35 || N/A
|}

=== Behavior ===
[[Minecraft:Spawn egg]]s and [[Minecraft:fish bucket]]s cannot be used if the limit for the corresponding [[Minecraft:mob]] has been reached. [[Minecraft:Player]]s are unable to breed [[Minecraft:animal]]s for which the breeding limit has been reached but may still be able to spawn them using spawn eggs if the spawn limit is not reached yet. Thrown [[Minecraft:egg]]s are unable to spawn more chickens if the breeding limit is reached. [[Minecraft:Mooshroom]]s cannot be [[Minecraft:shear]]ed if the breeding limit for animals has been reached. [[Minecraft:Villagers]] are unable to turn into a [[Minecraft:zombie villager]] if the spawn limit for enemies has been reached and will die regardless of [[Minecraft:difficulty]]. When [[Minecraft:experience orb]]s are spawned while its limit has been reached, the oldest experience orbs will vanish. If TNT is ignited while the limit for primed [[Minecraft:tnt|TNT]] has been reached, the TNT will vanish. If the limit for [[Minecraft:falling block]]s has been reached, gravity affected [[Minecraft:block]]s will not fall until the amount of falling blocks decreases. [[Minecraft:Paintings]] and [[Minecraft:item frame]]s also have a rendering cap of 100 on the screen, which is divided when using split screen. Attempting to build a [[Minecraft:wither]], [[Minecraft:snow golem]] or [[Minecraft:iron golem]] while the limit has been reached, causes the blocks to drop as items. [[Minecraft:Wandering trader]] spawn eggs do not spawn the [[Minecraft:trader llamas]] if the limit for [[Minecraft:animal]]s is reached. Spawn limits also limit the amount of entities that can go through [[Minecraft:portals]] before the chunks on the other side are loaded. This counter is however not saved upon reloading the world. [[Minecraft:Monster spawner]]s play a sound when failing to spawn mobs due to spawn limits. [[Minecraft:Silverfish stone]] does not spawn silverfish when mined while the spawn limit for enemies is reached. [[Minecraft:Wither]]s may spawn less than 3 [[Minecraft:wither skeleton]]s when reaching half health when the enemy spawn limit is almost reached.

=== Bypassing ===
Spawn limits may be bypassed by having [[Minecraft:entities]] in unloaded [[Minecraft:chunk]]s. Spawn limit for villagers can be bypassed by curing [[Minecraft:zombie villager]]s. By spawning 5 [[Minecraft:wither]]s in the End while the [[Minecraft:ender dragon]] is not alive it is possible to have 6 boss mobs after respawning the ender dragon. [[Minecraft:Slime]]s and [[Minecraft:magma cube]]s can still split into smaller ones when killed even if the spawn limit has been reached. Triggering a [[Minecraft:skeleton horse]] trap bypasses the limit. [[Minecraft:Pig]]s and [[Minecraft:villager]]s may be struck by a [[Minecraft:lightning]] and turn into [[Minecraft:zombie pigmen]] or [[Minecraft:witch]]es even if the spawn limit for [[Minecraft:enemies]] has been reached. [[Minecraft:Evoker]]s can spawn [[Minecraft:vex]]es even when the spawn limit for enemies is reached, bypassing the limit. Additionally, [[Minecraft:zombie]]s and its variants can bypass the limit by spawning [[Minecraft:reinforcement]]s. [[Minecraft:Dragon egg]]s still fall even if the limit for [[Minecraft:falling block]]s has been reached (but are counted to the limit when falling), meaning that an infinite amount of dragon eggs can fall at once. [[Minecraft:Ocelot]] spawn eggs used when there are 88 or 89 animals still have a chance to spawn 2 additional baby ocelots, bypassing the limit. [[Minecraft:Ender pearl]]s may still spawn endermites when the enemy spawn limit is reached. [[Minecraft:Zombie siege]]s are still able to spawn when the enemy spawn limit is reached.

== In ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ==

Due to the more limited nature of the New Nintendo 3DS hardware, spawn limits are much stricter than Legacy Console Edition and span fewer categories.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Values
|-
! Category !! Maximum amount
|-
| [[Minecraft:Animal]]s || 24
|-
| [[Minecraft:Squid]] || 16
|-
| [[Minecraft:Villager]]s || 16
|-
| [[Minecraft:Enemies]] || 24
|}

== History ==
===Legacy Console Edition===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=?|xbone=?|ps3=?|psvita=?|ps4=?|wiiu=?|switch=?|Added spawn limits.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added animal [[Minecraft:breeding]] with its limits.|Added snow golems, which have a spawn limit of 8.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU9|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added spawn eggs with chat messages when reaching the spawn limits.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU10|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Reaching the maximum number of [[Minecraft:item frame]]s/[[Minecraft:painting]]s in a world now prevents the player from placing more of them instead of removing existing ones.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU11|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|A [[Minecraft:chat]] message is now displayed when trying to [[Minecraft:Mob spawning|spawn]] a mob for which the spawn limit has been reached.|A [[Minecraft:chat]] message is now displayed when trying to [[Minecraft:breed]] animals for which the breeding limit has been reached.|A [[Minecraft:chat]] message is now displayed when the maximum amount of [[Minecraft:item frame]] or [[Minecraft:painting]]s has been reached.|[[Minecraft:Mooshroom]]s can no longer be [[Minecraft:shear]]ed if the spawn limit for animals is reached.|Increased the limit for [[Minecraft:painting]]s/[[Minecraft:item frame]]s, [[Minecraft:villager]]s and [[Minecraft:snow golem]]s in a world.{{info needed|The numbers how high the limits were before TU11 and after the change.}}|The message for attempting to spawn something when the spawn limit is reached now only shows up for the player attempting to spawn something.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU12|The maximum number of [[Minecraft:boat]]s in a world has been increased from 20 to 40.|Added [[Minecraft:iron golem]]s, which have a new spawn limit category.|Added [[Minecraft:zombie siege]]s, which can bypass the enemy spawn limit.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU13|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|A limit to the number of [[Minecraft:villager]]s spawned by [[Minecraft:breeding]] has been added.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps3=1.12|psvita=1.12|ps4=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added [[Minecraft:wither]]s, which have a spawn limit of 1.|With the addition of the ability for zombies to spawn [[Minecraft:reinforcement]]s, there is another way to bypass the spawn limit.{{check version}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU21|xbone=CU9|ps3=1.14|psvita=1.14|ps4=1.14|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Increased [[Minecraft:minecart]] limit.{{info needed|From which number to which?}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|switch=1.0.1|Added [[Minecraft:armor stand]]s, which have a spawn limit.|[[Minecraft:Ender pearl]]s can now spawn endermites, which can bypass the enemy limit.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=?|xbone=?|ps3=?|psvita=?|ps4=?|wiiu=?|switch=?|Added a maximum number of beacons in a world.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU34|xbone=CU22|ps3=1.25|psvita=1.25|ps4=1.25|wiiu=Patch 4|switch=1.0.1|[[Minecraft:Mooshroom]]s now have separate spawn limits.{{verify|Was this ever not the case? In CU1 they already had seperate spawn limits.}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU41|xbone=CU30|ps3=1.33|psvita=1.33|ps4=1.33|wiiu=Patch 11|switch=1.0.1|Only up to 100 [[Minecraft:item frame]]s and [[Minecraft:painting]]s can now be rendered on the screen at once.{{verify|Is the version number correct?}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps3=1.36|psvita=1.36|ps4=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|switch=1.0.1|Added a maximum number of [[Minecraft:banner]]s in a world.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU46|xbone=CU36|ps3=1.38|psvita=1.38|ps4=1.38|wiiu=Patch 15|switch=1.0.1|Added [[Minecraft:End crystal]]s, which have a new spawn limit category.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU48|xbone=CU38|ps3=1.41|psvita=1.41|ps4=1.41|wiiu=Patch 17|Added a particle effect and sound effect when a [[Minecraft:monster spawner]] fails to spawn due to spawn limits.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU54|xbone=CU44|ps3=1.52|psvita=1.52|ps4=1.52|wiiu=Patch 24|switch=1.0.4|The spawn limit for [[Minecraft:wither]]s/[[Minecraft:ender dragon]]s has been increased from 1 to 5.|The spawn limit of [[Minecraft:squid]] has been increased from 13{{verify|Was it 10 or 13?}} to 38.{{check version}}|Added [[Minecraft:evoker]]s, which can bypass the limit by spawning [[Minecraft:vex]]es.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU60|xbone=CU51|ps3=1.64|psvita=1.64|ps4=1.64|wiiu=Patch 30|switch=1.0.11|Changed the wither to spawn 3 wither skeletons when reaching half health on normal or hard difficulty and made sure that this never bypasses the enemy spawn limit..}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU63|xbone=CU53|ps3=1.67|psvita=1.67|ps4=1.67|wiiu=Patch 32|switch=1.0.13|A [[Minecraft:chat]] message is now displayed when the maximum number of [[Minecraft:End crystal]]s has been reached.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps3=1.76|psvita=1.76|ps4=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|Added [[Minecraft:dolphin]]s, which have a separate spawn limit from other animals.|Added [[Minecraft:phantom]]s, which have a separate spawn limit from other enemies.|[[Minecraft:Squid]] and [[Minecraft:fish]] now share the same spawn limit category.|The message for attempting to spawn something when the spawn limit is reached now shows up for all players again.{{verify|Verify for other consoles than PS4.}}|Added [[Minecraft:fish bucket]]s, which cannot be used if the limit for fish and squid mobs is reached.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.91|wiiu=none|switch=none|Added [[Minecraft:wandering trader]]s, which do not spawn their [[Minecraft:llama]]s when spawned from their spawn egg, while the limit for [[Minecraft:animal]]s is reached.}}
}}

===''New Nintendo 3DS Edition''===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|new3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|Added spawn limits.}}
}}

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