Mobs are all the animals and monsters that live in the world of Minecraft with with you. Some of the are nice and you can live peacefully with them, while for others their only goal is to make your life more difficult.
Passive Mobs:
There are 4 main animals in Minecraft; the chicken, cow, sheep, and pig. When killed they each drop different items that help with different aspects of surviving. The chicken, cow, and pig drop food which can be cooked and eaten. The cow can also drop cowhide that can be crafted into armor, and sheep drop wool blocks which can be dyed and use as decoration or to make a bed.
By having these mobs that you depend on, you have to learn to live with them. If there is a group of one type of mob they will respawn, but if you kill them all, it will take a very long time for them to come back to that area and without these mobs you won’t have any food. Of course you could always have a farm but those take time to set up so in the beginning of the game they're essential which teaches you to conserve your resources. Also because these passive mobs each drop different things you have to think about which ones you need and what you will do with what they drop. This can help you refine your decision making process because you have to think about things like if you want to spend the time to cook the meat so that it will fill you up more, or just eat it raw and risk getting poisoned. Also what will you do with the wool/cowhide and do you really need it?
Passive Mobs:
There are 4 main animals in Minecraft; the chicken, cow, sheep, and pig. When killed they each drop different items that help with different aspects of surviving. The chicken, cow, and pig drop food which can be cooked and eaten. The cow can also drop cowhide that can be crafted into armor, and sheep drop wool blocks which can be dyed and use as decoration or to make a bed.
By having these mobs that you depend on, you have to learn to live with them. If there is a group of one type of mob they will respawn, but if you kill them all, it will take a very long time for them to come back to that area and without these mobs you won’t have any food. Of course you could always have a farm but those take time to set up so in the beginning of the game they're essential which teaches you to conserve your resources. Also because these passive mobs each drop different things you have to think about which ones you need and what you will do with what they drop. This can help you refine your decision making process because you have to think about things like if you want to spend the time to cook the meat so that it will fill you up more, or just eat it raw and risk getting poisoned. Also what will you do with the wool/cowhide and do you really need it?
Hostile Mobs:
Hostile mobs work the same as passive mobs but with one major difference, if they see you they will either try to eat you, shoot arrows at you or explode right beside you. Also they only appear at night and will burn when the sun comes up. Like most other mobs if you kill them they will each drop something different, it is much harder to kill hostile mobs though because they are attacking you back and if there is more than one attacking you and you don't have good armor and a sword it is almost impossible to survive.
In a situation like this you have to make a decision, should you just play it safe and stay in your house until morning, or should you go outside in the dark and attack them to get the things that they drop but risk getting killed and losing everything? As we have said before this can teach you to prioritize what's important, and that is an extremely important skill in real life.
Hostile mobs work the same as passive mobs but with one major difference, if they see you they will either try to eat you, shoot arrows at you or explode right beside you. Also they only appear at night and will burn when the sun comes up. Like most other mobs if you kill them they will each drop something different, it is much harder to kill hostile mobs though because they are attacking you back and if there is more than one attacking you and you don't have good armor and a sword it is almost impossible to survive.
In a situation like this you have to make a decision, should you just play it safe and stay in your house until morning, or should you go outside in the dark and attack them to get the things that they drop but risk getting killed and losing everything? As we have said before this can teach you to prioritize what's important, and that is an extremely important skill in real life.
