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{{Infobox book
| title = ''Minecraft: Mobestiary''
| author = [[Wikipedia:Alex Wiltshire|Alex Wiltshire]]
| cover = [[Wikipedia:Anton Stenvall|Anton Stenvall]]
| country = [[wikipedia:United States|United States]]
| language = English
| genre = Informational fiction
| location = ''[[Minecraft]]''
| publisher = Penguin Random House LLC
| date = October 5, 2017
| media = Print, Digital
| pages = 103
| ISBN = 
* ISBN-10|1524797162
* ISBN-13|978-1-5247-9716-4
| oclc = 4565676603
}}

{{Quote|With insider gaming info and tips, this is the official, definitive, fully illustrated guide to mobs—and how to outsmart them—in Minecraft. Minecraft: Mobestiary reveals the secrets of every mob in the game. You’ll find little-known facts about passive, neutral, hostile, utility, and boss mobs, as well as more general information about their locations, behaviors, threat levels, and drops. Written by Alex Wiltshire, who has made it his life’s work to study Minecraft’s mobs. Illustrated with field sketches throughout by Anton Stenvall.|Product details}}
The '''''Minecraft: Mobestiary''''' is a Minecraft book authored by Alex Wiltshire and illustrated by Anton Stenvall.

== Synopsis ==
{{Quote|This book contains the life's work of a devoted naturalist and Minecraft mob expert. The Naturalist has collected information on the habits, habitats, and hallmarks of every creature descovered thus far, from the humble chicken to the terrifying ender dragon. These findings are illustrated with full-color sketches to ensure that you are fully prepared for what awaits.|Backcover description}}

A character known only as the Naturalist explains how each mob works in detail according to his perspective in the Minecraft world. Most of the writing focuses on the in-game mechanics of each mob, but it occasionally references things from outside the game, such as the [[Rabbit#The Killer Bunny|killer bunny]] being "immortalized in a popular comedic play", [[TNT]] in the anatomy of a [[creeper]], the superstition of the [[chicken]] being a spy, and the origins of [[endermites]] being from between dimensions. There are also dissections of some of the mobs showing organs, bones, gas, magma, gears, and/or [[redstone]] depending on the mob.

== Compendium ==
{{Spoiler Warning|section|''Minecraft: Mobestiary''}}
{{LoadPage|Minecraft: Mobestiary/1SEC|Preface and Passive Mobs|h3}}

== Naturalist ==
{{Quote|As I sit here in my warm study, surrounded by my treasured books, my mind turns to the worlds beyond my windows. Out there, countless adventurers are courageously exploring the Overworld and beyond... ...The time has come for me to retire from my role as explorer, and so I leave you with my life's work — a thorough account of every mob discovered so far in this strange and perilous world.|The Naturalist speaking in the preface from the ''Minecraft: Mobestiary''.}}

The '''Naturalist'''{{Note|A naturalist is someone who studies natural history and practices naturalism in the forms of art and writing.}} is a human scholar in the world of ''Minecraft'' and the in-universe writer of the ''Minecraft: Mobestiary''. They have supposedly made it their life’s work to study Minecraft’s [[mobs]] and write their findings into an encyclopedia about all the creatures that have been discovered.

=== Credibility ===
According to Alex Wiltshire, the Naturalist is somewhat conjectured:

{{Quote|Hello! If you read the Mobestiary carefully, you'll notice that it's written from the point of view of one particular naturalist who tends to put their own theories and ideas among the facts, and maybe doesn't even have personal experience of the creatures they're writing about. So you should decide for yourself if you agree with them :)|Alex Wiltshire on the credibility of the Naturalist.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://imgur.com/eQVpq8u|title=Direct message|author=Alex Wiltshire|website=Imgur|date=July 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815090609/https://imgur.com/eQVpq8u|archive=}}</ref>}}

== Trivia ==
*The sketch showing the anatomy of the creeper was likely based on official Minecraft merchandise created by JINX.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.jinx.com/p/minecraft_creeper_anatomy_premium_tee.html?catid=|title=Minecraft Creeper Anatomy Premium Tee|author=J!NX|website=jinx.com|date=June 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630014033/http://www.jinx.com/p/minecraft_creeper_anatomy_premium_tee.html?catid=}}</ref>
**In [[Minecraft Dungeons]], there is an anatomical model showing the same anatomy.
*The spy-chicken superstition mentioned by the Naturalist originated from a Minecraft Alpha tutorial video made by Paul Soares Jr.<ref>{{YouTube link|I5EC5ymLWHs|Minecraft Tutorials - 14 - How to Survive & Thrive (Death & Compass)|paulsoaresjr|October 8, 2010}}</ref>
**In the beginning of the video, Paul was in a cave along with a chicken that seemed to watch him. Though he never mentioned it being a spy in the video itself, he jokingly stated in several comments on the video that the chicken was a spy sent by Sarumon{{Note|Saruman is a reference to an antagonist within ''The Lord of the Rings''.<ref>http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Saruman</ref>}} and that it had to be executed.

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Pig Mobestiary.jpg|[[Pigs]]
File:Sheep Mobestiary.jpg|[[Sheep]]
File:Creeper Mobestiary.jpg|[[Creeper]]
File:Ghast Mobestiary.jpg|[[Ghast]]
File:Chicken Jockey Mobestiary.jpg|[[Chicken jockey]]
File:Enderman Mobestiary.jpg|[[Enderman]]
File:Magma Cube Mobestiary.jpg|[[Magma cube]]
File:Vindicator Mobestiary.jpg|[[Vindicator]]
File:Elder Guardian Mobestiary.jpg|[[Elder guardian]]
File:Wither boss Mobestiary.jpg|The [[wither]]
File:Ender Dragon Mobestiary.jpg|The [[ender dragon]]
File:Creeper anatomical model.png|[[MCD:Creeper|Creeper]] anatomical model from the house in the camp from [[Minecraft Dungeons]].
File:Creepus Explodus JINX.jpg|A t-shirt design depicting [[creeper]] anatomy.
File:Creeper Anatomy JINX.jpg|A vinyl figure depicting [[creeper]] anatomy.
File:Mobestiary Cover.jpg|Cover art of the book.
File:1524797162.01.S00G.JUMBOXXX.jpg|[[Cow|Cows]] (sketch only)
File:1524797162.01.S00F.JUMBOXXX.jpg|[[Chicken|Chickens]] (sketch only)
File:MobestiaryGuardian.jpg|[[Guardian]]
File:MobestiaryVex.jpg|[[Vex]]
File:MobestiaryEvoker.jpg|[[Evoker]]
File:MobestiarySlime.jpg|[[Slime]]
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[Mob]]

== References ==
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