My Least Favourite Minecraft Enemies
I’ve been playing Minecraft more and more recently, which means there’s lots of zombies to slay. However, since I took a break from Minecraft, there’s a lot of newer features that I’m only vaguely aware of. But despite that, Minecraft is still a very familiar game that’s filled with hostile mobs that want to kill you. Some of these enemies though do annoy me, and I’d be quite happy if they didn’t exist.
Drowned
While I do appreciate oceans being much more lively now, there is one massive thing that bothers me: Drowned. Drowned are basically underwater zombies. They can swim about as fast as you and are just generally very zombie-y.
Most Drowned though are actually fine. Sure, they ruin the safety of oceans, and they can be a pain in the ass to fight. But they’re not the problem. It’s those damn Drowned that have Tridents. Not only do those fuckers do TONS of damage, but they’ll ruin your boat and kill you with ease. Even on Easy mode.
To add insult to injury, Drowned with Tridents pretty much never drop their Tridents. So not only do you have to fight those bastards, but you generally only ever get standard zombie loot from them.
Ghasts and Phantoms
I’ve mentioned both of these before, which is why Ghasts and Phantoms are thrown in together. Ghasts are horrible, screaming monsters. Phantoms punish you for not sleeping on the regular. I wrote about why I hate both in their own separate articles, but there’s probably going to be no changes to these two any time soon.
And my original issue with both still stands. What the fuck even ARE these creatures? Phantoms are bat-like, but we have actual bats in Minecraft already. They’re also Ender Dragon-like but have nothing to do with those either. Ghasts are just… horrible screaming giant jellyfish or something.
Vex
I’m not a fan of small, hard to hit enemies. Minecraft in particular isn’t really known for its accuracy. So having small, flying critters that pass through all blocks and ignore collisions is somewhat annoying. These little bastards kinda do whatever they want, and are very annoying to hit.
Thankfully, Vex don’t spawn naturally. And they can only be summoned by Evokers. Which themselves are rare on easier difficulties. They also apparently die on their own after a while, which isn’t so bad.
Strays and Husks
Strays and Husks are only really on this list for one reason: they’re reskinned skeletons and zombies. Except they don’t burn. Sure, they have their own little custom traits, but they’re still just basically zombies and skeletons.
The Wither Skeleton doesn’t get a pass either. It’s a skeleton with a sword that’s bigger. And, just like Strays, it gives you an annoying debuff. Unfortunately, it’s the debuffs that make these guys unique. If they didn’t apply annoying debuffs, then these mobs would all be complete reskins, made slightly taller for some reason.
Although, to be fair, Drowned are reskinned zombies as well. They just produce extra annoyances due to Tridents.
Cave Spiders
You know those black Headcrabs in Half-Life 2? The ones that, when they hit you, drop your health to 1? Well, Minecraft has them as well. Except Cave Spiders can climb walls and spawn infinitely from spawners as long as it’s dark enough. Cave Spiders are also coincidentally the same size as black headcrabs, about 1m by 1m, and will happily slip through 1 block spaces. This means a Cave Spider will sneak up on you quite easily. Although Cave Spiders do make a hissing sound, that sound is identical to normal spiders, and they’ll often inhabit the same spaces.
Thankfully, a bucket of milk will cure you of their poison. But not everyone carries a bucket of milk around. And that doesn’t stop you from being immediately poisoned again.
If all these mobs disappeared one day from Minecraft, I’d be quite happy. But that’s very unlikely. In the mean time, I’ll just shoot them with a bow, because I don’t want any of these mobs near me.