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

Bats can spawn in groups of 8Template:Only or 2Template:Only in the Minecraft:Overworld at a light level of 3 or less 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). Template:IN, they can spawn in any Minecraft:Overworld biome except the Minecraft:deep dark. Template:IN, there are also other specific biomes they cannot spawn in.Template:Info needed

Bat entities do not count toward the passive mob cap, as they are considered ambient creatures in the Minecraft: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 east, 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 componentsTemplate: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

• File:Bat JE4 BE3.png
• File:Bat (Hang) JE4 BE3.png

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 colony of bats.
  A colony of bats.
• 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

• File:Minecoin-Bat.png
• 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 as it appears in the City texture pack
  A bat as it appears in the City texture pack
• A bat as it appears in the Greek Mythology mash-up pack
  A bat as it appears in the Greek Mythology mash-up pack
• A bat as it appears in the Natural texture pack
  A bat as it appears in the 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.

External links

• Template:Mcnet