Cat

Mobs

Cat — mob.

Spawning

Cats spawn in villages and swamp huts. Village cats are checked on a timed cycle and are limited by nearby beds, while a swamp hut supplies a black cat. A black cat can also appear more often during a full moon.

Drops

A cat drops 0–2 string when defeated. A tamed cat can also bring one weighted morning gift after sleeping near its owner; after a qualifying night, the gift roll has a 70% chance to produce one of the cat-gift entries.

Data: Drops
Defeat drop	0–2 string
Morning gift	One weighted gift item

Breeding

Two tamed cats can breed when each is fed raw cod or salmon. The kitten inherits a collar color from its parents, and the parents observe a five-minute breeding cooldown.

Sounds

Cats use variant-specific ambient, hurt, death, purr and hiss sounds.

CatMob

Behavior

Cats can be tamed with raw cod or salmon. A tamed cat scares creepers and phantoms, can sit on command, and may bring a morning gift after sleeping near its owner. Cats are immune to fall damage; they avoid creepers and phantoms, and a stray cat approaches a player holding its food. Tamed cats sit on chests, the foot of a bed, or an active furnace, and can teleport when they are more than 12 blocks from their owner unless a sitting or blocked-state rule prevents it.

The entity uses the `CAT_FOOD` item tag for temptation and breeding. Its saved data includes a coat variant, sound variant and collar color, while the renderer selects the matching adult or kitten texture and adds a collar layer for tamed cats.

Data: Behavior
Category	passive
Max health	10
Width	0.6
Height	0.7
Summonable	Yes
Fire immune	No
Taming chance per fish	1/3
Creeper avoidance range	6 blocks
Phantom avoidance range	16 blocks
Owner teleport distance	More than 12 blocks

Data values

The mob uses the `minecraft:cat` identifier and belongs to the passive tameable family.

Data: Data values
Identifier	`minecraft:cat`
Version	Minecraft 26.2
Entity ID	minecraft:cat
Max health	10
Family	Passive tameable mob
Natural variants	11 cat variants
Sound variants	Classic and royal

OcelotMob

History

Cats became a separate tameable mob when the older ocelot taming behavior was split into village cats and wild ocelots. Later releases added more variants and separate sound variants for the cat family.

Trivia

Cats use their fall immunity and teleport rules to stay close to owners in vertical bases. The Jellie texture is a community-inspired variant included alongside the standard coats.

Gallery

Cat mob image — All black — All black · Local asset

Cat mob image — Black — Black · Local asset

Cat mob image — British Shorthair — British Shorthair · Local asset

Cat mob image — Calico — Calico · Local asset

Cat mob image — Collar — Collar · Local asset

Cat mob image — Jellie — Jellie · Local asset

Cat mob image — Persian — Persian · Local asset

Cat mob image — Ragdoll — Ragdoll · Local asset

Cat mob image — Siamese — Siamese · Local asset

Cat mob image — Tabby — Tabby · Local asset

Cat mob image — White — White · Local asset

Cat Spawn Egg — Creative summon · Local Minecraft asset

References

Data: References
Local source	Cat`cat`
Entity implementation	net/minecraft/world/entity/animal/feline/Cat.java
Entity renderer	net/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/CatRenderer.java
Defeat loot	data/minecraft/loot_table/entities/cat.json
Morning gift loot	data/minecraft/loot_table/gameplay/cat_morning_gift.json
Spawn egg definition	assets/minecraft/items/cat_spawn_egg.json

Data and provenance

minecraft:cat

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Facts

Category	passive
Max health	10
Width	0.6
Height	0.7
Summonable	Yes
Fire immune	No

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