Minecraft:Bat

A bat is a flying Minecraft:passive mob that spawns in dark areas. It is the only ambient mob in the game, intended to complement the game's atmospheric settings.<ref name="bats">Template:Mcnet</ref>

Spawning

File:Bats.png

A colony of bats

Bats can spawn in groups of 8 in the Minecraft:Overworld at a light level of 3 or less Template:In and a light level of 4 or less Template:In at any Y-level, on blocks of Minecraft:stone, Minecraft:granite, Minecraft:diorite, Minecraft:andesite, Minecraft:tuff, or Minecraft:deepslate that are not directly exposed to the sky. They also need at least 1.5 air blocks (with for instance, a top Minecraft:trapdoor or top Minecraft:slab in the block above foot level). They can spawn in any Minecraft:Overworld biome except the Minecraft:deep dark.

Bat entities do not count toward the passive mob cap, as they are considered ambient creatures in the entity inheritance, and therefore fall into the dedicated ambient category.

Drops

On death

Bats do not drop any Minecraft:items or Minecraft:experience upon death.

Behavior

Bats often fly around aimlessly, squeaking randomly. Their flight pattern tends to favor the eastTemplate:Verify, and sometimes they may fly into Minecraft:lava and catch on Minecraft:fire.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Bats hang upside down on the underside of a Minecraft:solid block when idle, though they cannot hang on transparent or non-solid blocks. During this state, they squeak far less and occasionally turn to face different directions. They remain in this state until they are disturbed; if a player approaches a bat hanging upside down, even if the player is invisible, it flies away. This also happens if the player breaks the block the bat is hanging from.

Bats Minecraft:despawn when over 32 blocks away from the player.

Bats' collision boxes do not interact with the player or Minecraft:redstone components.Template:Only

Bats cannot be transported by conventional means. A Minecraft:lead cannot be attached to a bat, and it cannot be put in a Minecraft:minecart or Minecraft:boat.

Bats can also get caught in and slowed by Minecraft:cobwebs.

Bats cannot Minecraft:breed, and baby bats do not exist.

Sounds

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Data values

ID

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Entity data

Bats have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

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<section begin="entity data" />

• Template:Nbt Entity data
  • Template:Nbt inherit/entity
  • Template:Nbt inherit/mob
  • Template:Nbt: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the bat is hanging upside-down from a block, false if the bat is flying.

<section end="entity data" />

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See Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Achievements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

Advancements

Advancements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

History

Trivia

• According to Minecraft:Jens Bergensten, the bat is an example of an atmospheric/ambient mob, that is, a mob that constantly spawns, similar to the Minecraft:squid, but also constantly despawns because when a player is not around it does not serve any purpose.<ref name="bats" />
• The updated texture of the bat was created in roughly 2 hours. However, the model and animations took longer.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• During Minecraft: The Island, there is a scene where Minecraft:Guy ends up wasting his final Minecraft:arrow when it accidentally hit a bat instead of a Minecraft:creeper during a pivotal moment. According to author Minecraft:Max Brooks, this was something that actually happened to him while playing.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
• Template:IN, bats are the only mob in the "Ambient" mob cap category.

Gallery

Renders

• A still image of a bat
  A still image of a bat
• A hanging bat
  A hanging bat

Mojang screenshots

• "A close-up shot of bats flying around a ruined portal, while Minecraft:Makena hides in a nearby water pool."<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
  "A close-up shot of bats flying around a ruined portal, while Minecraft:Makena hides in a nearby water pool."<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
• Bats gathering around glow berries
  Bats gathering around glow berries

Screenshots

• A bat in a Minecraft:cave
  A bat in a Minecraft:cave
• A bat in the Minecraft:deep dark
  A bat in the Minecraft:deep dark
• A Minecraft:zombie and Minecraft:creeper eyeing a bat
  A Minecraft:zombie and Minecraft:creeper eyeing a bat

Textures

• Bat texture file
  Bat texture file
• Old bat texture file
  Old bat texture file

Other

• A recreation of the unused bat on the hidden pixels of the old bat texture revealed by disabling the alpha channel
  A recreation of the unused bat on the hidden pixels of the old bat texture revealed by disabling the alpha channel

In other media

• An artwork of a bat flying backward
  An artwork of a bat flying backward
• Bat in promotional artwork for the Minecraft:Pretty Scary Update
  Bat in promotional artwork for the Minecraft:Pretty Scary Update
• A bat with Minecraft:Sunny and a Minecraft:zombie on artwork for the 15th anniversary of Minecraft. Note the old design.
  A bat with Minecraft:Sunny and a Minecraft:zombie on artwork for the 15th anniversary of Minecraft. Note the old design.
• Several bats flying by trick or treaters
  Several bats flying by trick or treaters
• A bat in the Minecraft:City Texture Pack
  A bat in the Minecraft:City Texture Pack
• A bat in the Minecraft:Greek Mythology Mash-up
  A bat in the Minecraft:Greek Mythology Mash-up
• A bat in the Minecraft:Natural Texture Pack
  A bat in the Minecraft:Natural Texture Pack
• The Bat Cloak, an item in the Minecraft:character creator
  The Bat Cloak, an item in the Minecraft:character creator
• A Template:MCD as it appears in Template:MCD
  A Template:MCD as it appears in Template:MCD
• Template:MCL particles as they appear in Template:MCL
  Template:MCL particles as they appear in Template:MCL
• A Template:MCE as it appeared in Template:MCE
  A Template:MCE as it appeared in Template:MCE
• A Template:MCSM as it appeared in Template:MCSM
  A Template:MCSM as it appeared in Template:MCSM
• Minecraft:LEGO Minecraft bat
  Minecraft:LEGO Minecraft bat
• Bat plush made by JINX
  Bat plush made by JINX
• The bat plush touching grass
  The bat plush touching grass
• "Bat Trick or Treat," an official Halloween shirt design
  "Bat Trick or Treat," an official Halloween shirt design
• A bat on the cover of Minecraft:Minecraft Labyrinth.
  A bat on the cover of Minecraft:Minecraft Labyrinth.
• 24w14potato Minecraft:batato
  24w14potato Minecraft:batato

External links

• Template:Mcnet