How to Kill Monsters Effectively in Minecraft

Last Updated: May 15, 2022

You're walking home after a long day of diamond mining, and boom! A Creeper suddenly appears out of nowhere and blows you up. Or a Spider jumps on top of you from the top of your house, attacking you, and you can't get it off. This happens a lot. This article should help you to kill mobs better.

Steps

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The subsections are ordered in the difficulty of monsters, starting with the easiest.

Method 1

Method 1 of 7:

Zombies

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Make sure there are not too many other enemies around.
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Shoot the zombie with a bow or fight them with a stone sword or a stronger weapon.

Method 2

Method 2 of 7:

Spiders

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Spiders can climb objects and jump at you.
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Turn the volume pretty high, but not too loud. You will be able to hear the monster that is outside. If you hear the spider sound, get a weapon, and locate it.
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If you hear the spider on top of your house, sprint far from the door, shoot it with an arrow to agro it, then fight with the bow, or your sword.

Method 3

Method 3 of 7:

Skeletons

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If there are more then one skeletons shooting at you, fall back, or try to make them shoot each other.
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Use a bow, as they will use a bow.
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Charge a bow fully, and peek out of cover just a little bit to shoot, as skeletons have good accuracy. Please also don't be near any TNT, as arrows will activate it when hit.
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If you only have a sword, get to cover quickly, and carefully get closer to the skeleton.

Method 4

Method 4 of 7:

Ghasts

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When a ghast shoots a fireball hit it with something. The bomb will be deflected back, and kill a ghast instantly if it hits.
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Move around a lot, to dodge fireballs.
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The fireballs deal damage in a 3x3 square.
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Charge a bow fully, to ensure accuracy and power. Two hits from a fully charged bow will kill a ghast, also.

Method 5

Method 5 of 7:

Creepers

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Always carry a bow and arrow with you.
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If you see a Creeper, charge up your bow, and let it rip. If a Creeper walks out of nowhere and starts hissing, fall back quickly before it explodes.
- Try shooting snowballs at it. It will fly back and explode.

Method 6

Method 6 of 7:

Endermen

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Do not try to attack Endermen early in the game.
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If you see one, look down and walk away/into your house until it despawns or goes away. You could also wear a pumpkin if you don't mind impaired vision.
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If one agros on you, jump into the nearest body of water and either wait till it goes away, or take a chance on it against your sword.

Method 7

Method 7 of 7:

Ender Dragon

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Destroy all of the end crystals on top on the towers. These heal the dragon.
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When it comes down and lands on the bedrock portal in the center of the end, get out a sword. Hit as many times as possible before it flies away again.
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Bows don't work in the second stage of the fight, but bring snowballs which deal plenty of damage.
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If your skilled, you can even kill the dragon with beds, as they explode in the End.
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Tip! Capture some of the Ender Dragon's breath in a glass bottle to get some Dragon's Breath. This is essential to making lingering potions, and potion tipped arrows, both very useful!.

Community Q&A

Question

Can you get spawn eggs in survival mode?

Vortrexion

Top Answerer

To this date 11/23/18, it is impossible to get spawn eggs in survival without cheats. If you have cheats, go into creative, take your spawn eggs, and go back into survival mode.
Question

Do creepers have TNT inside them?

Community Answer

No, but they will drop gunpowder if you kill them. It takes some sand and gunpowder to make TNT.
Question

Can I kill passive mobs with a command in 1.10?

Community Answer

Yes, if you use /kill @e[type=Mob] in a command block. Warning: this kills all of this type of mob in the world, so if you have any cats or dogs, don't use that command.