Minecraft:Giant

Template:ExclusiveTemplate:Infobox entity A giant is an unused over-sized monster mob Template:In that resembles a Minecraft:zombie.

Drops

A giant drops Template:Xp Minecraft:experience points when killed and has a chance of dropping some of its equipment if it has any.

Spawning

No biome includes giants on their spawn lists, so they can never spawn naturally. Giants also have no Minecraft:spawn egg.

Commands

Giants can be spawned using Minecraft:commands such as Template:Cmd.

Behavior

Giants are close to 12 Minecraft:blocks tall, and they use a six-times-enlarged Minecraft:zombie model. Giants are not undead mobs.

Because giants are not actually undead, they do not burn in sunlight and they are damaged by Minecraft:potions of Harming and healed by Minecraft:potions of Healing, are attacked by the Minecraft:wither, immune to Minecraft:Smite, affected by Minecraft:Regeneration and Minecraft:Poison, and do not scare Minecraft:armadillos. Minecraft:Iron golems and Minecraft:snow golems attack giants as they attack other Minecraft:monster Minecraft:mobs. Giants do not convert into drowned when submerged in water; instead, they slowly suffocate and die.

Giants currently have no AI. The consequence of this is that they always face south when summoned, and they always stay that way, never wandering. They cannot turn their head, chase the player, or respond to damage. A giant's viewing direction can be changed only with commands or by shoving it into a Minecraft:minecart that faces a different direction.

Giants can move if ridden by another mob using NBT tags.

Data values

Entity data

Template:See also Giants have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

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Advancements

Advancements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

History

Issues

Giants are an unsupported mob and as such issues relating to them may not be fixed.

Trivia

• Changes made to the zombie model (for example, using a Minecraft:resource pack) change the giant's model as well.
• Minecraft:Notch removed the giants spawning capabilities because "they are too overpowered". He did not remove them entirely because "they are just too cool to remove".Template:Citation needed
• Players are unable to attack a giant's head and torso unless they are positioned near the bottom of the giant. Projectiles such as arrows can hit these areas as normal.
• Killing a giant cannot give the Minecraft:player the "Monster Hunter" Minecraft:advancement.
• In the April Fools' snapshot Minecraft:24w14potato, giants were overhauled. They have AI and can spawn naturally (during the battle with Minecraft:mega spud boss). If spawned in the Minecraft:Potato dimension, giants have the skin of Mojang Studios developer Minecraft:Jay Wells.

Gallery

Screenshots

• A giant next to a normal size Minecraft:zombie. Note how the zombie burns in daylight but the giant doesn't.
  A giant next to a normal size Minecraft:zombie. Note how the zombie burns in daylight but the giant doesn't.
• A giant "riding" a Minecraft:minecart in the older versions.
  A giant "riding" a Minecraft:minecart in the older versions.
• A giant in a Minecraft:cave.
  A giant in a Minecraft:cave.
• Two giants summoned one of them wearing equipment.
  Two giants summoned one of them wearing equipment.
• A giant burning in a pool of Minecraft:lava.
  A giant burning in a pool of Minecraft:lava.
• A giant getting damaged by a Minecraft:splash potion of Harming.
  A giant getting damaged by a Minecraft:splash potion of Harming.
• A giant in the middle of a Minecraft:plains biome.
  A giant in the middle of a Minecraft:plains biome.
• A giant Minecraft:monster spawner.
  A giant Minecraft:monster spawner.
• In Minecraft:18w50a, a giant using the Minecraft:zombie AI.
  In Minecraft:18w50a, a giant using the Minecraft:zombie AI.
• In 18w50a, a giant chicken jockey
  In 18w50a, a giant chicken jockey
• A giant that spawned with a Minecraft:chainmail helmet and an iron shovel spawned in 18w50a.
  A giant that spawned with a Minecraft:chainmail helmet and an iron shovel spawned in 18w50a.
• A giant from a player’s eye view.
  A giant from a player’s eye view.

Mojang screenshots

• A giant and an iron golem.
  A giant and an iron golem.

Textures

• Giant texture file similar to zombie.
  Giant texture file similar to zombie.

In other media

• The poisonous potato giant from 24w14potato.
  The poisonous potato giant from 24w14potato.
• Potato giant texture file from 24w14potato.
  Potato giant texture file from 24w14potato.