Minecraft:Mob conversion

File:Villager becoming Witch.gif

Villagers converting to witches is an example of mob conversion.

Mob conversion is a game mechanic where under specific circumstances certain Minecraft:mobs can convert to mobs of a different type, or to a different variant of the same mob.

List of mob conversions

Mob type conversions

In these instances, a mob converts to a different Minecraft:mob, with a different identifier. Template:IN, data is transferred according to Template:Slink.

From	To	Method
Template:EntityLink	Template:EntityLink	Drowning in Minecraft:water
Template:EntityLink	Template:EntityLink
Template:EntityLink	Template:EntityLink	Minecraft:Shearing
Template:EntityLink	Template:EntityLink	Fed Minecraft:golden apple while afflicted by Minecraft:Weakness
Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only		Automatically converted when the world is updated
Template:EntityLinkTemplate:Only	Template:EntityLink
Template:EntityLink		Killed by either Minecraft:zombies, Minecraft:zombie villagers, Minecraft:husks, Minecraft:drowned, or Minecraft:zombified piglinsTemplate:OnlyTemplate:Note
	Template:EntityLink	Minecraft:Lightning strike
Template:EntityLink	Template:EntityLink
Template:EntityLink		Being outside the Minecraft:Nether for 300 game ticks (15 seconds)
Template:EntityLink
Template:EntityLink	Template:EntityLink
Template:EntityLink	Template:EntityLink	Freezing in Minecraft:powder snow
Template:EntityLink	Template:EntityLink	Aging naturally (20 minutes)

Mob variant conversions

In these instances, a mob converts to a different variant of the same type of mob. Only one top-level data field is modified.

Mob type	Converts to	Method	Notes
Template:EntityLink (32)	An adult	Aging naturally
Template:EntityLink	A sheared bogged	Minecraft:Shearing
Template:EntityLink	A more Minecraft:oxidized variant	Minecraft:Oxidation
	A less Minecraft:oxidized variant	Scraping with an Minecraft:axe
Template:EntityLink	A charged creeper	Minecraft:Lightning strike
Template:EntityLink	A goat with one fewer horn	Ramming certain blocks (Template:Tag link). See Template:Slink
Template:EntityLink	A more cracked variant	Taking damage
	A less cracked variant	Being healed, including being repaired by a player using Minecraft:iron ingots
Template:EntityLink	The other variant (red or brown)	Minecraft:Lightning strike
Template:EntityLink	One of their skins	Changing their skins in their menu
Template:EntityLink	The sheared variant	Minecraft:Shearing	Although canonically a simple change of equipment, this "conversion" is included here because sheared and unsheared snow golems are considered different variants by the game.<ref group="note">See also Template:Bug</ref>
Template:EntityLink	A different color of sheep	Dyeing or an evoker's conversion spell
	A rainbow sheep, or a fixed-color sheep	Naming the sheep "jeb_", or renaming "jeb_" to something else, respectively
	A sheared sheep	Minecraft:Shearing
	A woolly sheep	Eating grass
Template:EntityLink	A different-colored shulker	Minecraft:DyeingTemplate:Only	They can only be dyed in Minecraft:Creative mode.
Template:EntityLink	A villager with a different profession	See Template:Slink	Not relevant to Minecraft:zombie villagers, as they cannot change professions without first converting to a villager.
Template:EntityLink	A toast rabbit, or a regular rabbit	Minecraft:Naming the rabbit "Toast", or renaming from "Toast" to something else, respectively

Data transfer

Template:Exclusive A mob which converts to another mob retains the following entity data, provided that the new mob is able to make use of said data:Template:Note

• AbsorptionAmount
• active_effects
• Age
• angry_at
• anger_end_time
• Brain.memories.minecraft:angry_at.ttlTemplate:Needs testing
• Brain.memories.minecraft:angry_at.valueTemplate:Needs testing
• CanBreakDoors
• CanPickUpLoot
• CustomName
• CustomNameVisible
• drop_chances
• fall_distance
• FallFlying
• Fire
• ForcedAge
• HurtByTimestamp
• HurtTime
• Invulnerable
• IsBaby
• Leash
• LeftHanded
• Motion
• NoAI
• NoGravity
• OnGround
• Passengers
• PersistenceRequired
• PortalCooldown
• Position
• RootVehicle
• Rotation
• Silent
• sleeping_pos
• Tags
• Team

Notably, the following fields are not retained:

• attributes
• Brain, except for the sub-fields mentioned aboveTemplate:Needs testing
• Gossips
• Health<ref group=note>The health of the converted mob is set to the same percentage of max health as the original mob had before conversion.</ref>
• Loot tables
• UUID
• VillagerData
• Xp

Additionally, equipment.saddle is not retained when a saddled pig converts to a zombified piglin.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Mobs that split into several upon death (Minecraft:slimes and Minecraft:magma cubes) are treated as a conversion in game. The following fields are not transferred:

• drop_chances
• equipment
• fall_distance
• FallFlying
• HurtByTimestamp
• HurtTime
• Leash
• Motion
• OnGround
• Passengers
• Position
• Rotation
• sleeping_pos

See also

• Minecraft:Mob type
• Minecraft:Mob variant
• Minecraft:Block conversion