There are a number of neutral mobs or "animals" in Minecraft who are not hostile and can be tamed. Aside from basic farm animals like pigs, cows and sheep, players can have more exotic choices like ocelots, axolotls and squid, and even fictional animals like mooshrooms or glow squids.
However, all animals do not look the same. They vary in appearance and some variants are much rarer than the others. In this article, Gurugamer is going to showcase the 5 rarest animal variants in Minecraft 26.1.
1. Blue axolotls
The Axolotl is an actual real-life amphibian that lives in caves. They are incredibly rare and are actually critically endangered. The whole species are native to the Valley of Mexico. In Minecraft, Axolotls come in 5 different colors, with the baby axolotl inheriting the color from one of its two parents, at random. Unlike sheep, its color cannot be mixed.
Amongst the variants, the blue axolotl is the rarest. They cannot spawn naturally and can only be obtained via breeding. This is super difficult, as the chance to get a blue axolotl is only 1/1200 (0.083%). You would need a massive Axolotl breeding farm to get this variant.
Trivia
- The 1 in 1200 breeding probability mirrors the approximate number of axolotls left in the wild in real life.
- In Minecraft 26.1, baby axolotls (including blue ones) have updated models, new textures, and a "play dead" animation.
2. Skeleton Horse
A skeleton horse in Minecraft is an undead variant of the horse that is made from bones and is one of the fastest methods of travel in the game. However, acquiring them is fairly tricky and is completely luck-based.
They can only spawn from a "skeleton trap horse" that is generated naturally by a thunderstorm (0.75–1.5% chance on Easy, 1.5–4% on Normal, and 2.25–6.75% on Hard, depending on regional difficulty). After triggering one, 4 skeleton horse riders would appear. The only way for players to get the skeleton horse is to kill the riders without killing their rides. Note: In 26.1, baby skeleton horses can only be spawned in Creative mode or with commands.
Trivia
- Skeleton horses can be ridden underwater without the player drowning.
- They have a constant base speed of 0.2 blocks per tick, twice the player's walking speed, and don't burn in sunlight.
3. Brown Mooshroom
Mooshrooms are mushroom-covered variants of cows exclusive to the rare mushroom fields biome. A red mooshroom transforms into a brown mooshroom (and vice versa) when it is struck by lightning. Brown mooshrooms never spawn naturally.
The rarity of this mob is entirely attributed to the hard to find mushroom field biome. As soon as players locate one, creating a brown mooshroom is not that hard. Just wait for rain and place a lightning rod or use a channeling trident to summon lightning. Alternatively, breeding two red mooshrooms has a 1/1024 chance of producing a brown baby.
Trivia
- Only brown mooshrooms can be fed flowers to produce suspicious stew with random effects like Fire Resistance or Saturation.
- A precursor to mooshrooms, the flower-covered "moobloom," was a candidate in the 2020 mob vote but didn't make it into the game.
4. Pink Sheep
Pink Sheep is one of the earliest rare animal variants added to the game. Unlike previous entries on this list that require a specific biome or weather, Pink sheep are just rare spawns. There is only a 0.164% chance that any adult sheep that spawns will spawn as a pink sheep. The second less common variant, brown, is around 3-5% depending on the biome.
Furthermore, there is also the baby pink sheep, which is even rarer, at only 0.0082% of naturally spawning (5% baby chance × 0.164%). However, there is a way to skip all these - players can just craft pink dye and recolor the sheep they want with it.
Trivia
- Naming a sheep "jeb_" (after developer Jens Bergensten) makes its wool cycle through all dye colors continuously.
- In Minecraft 26.1, baby sheep have updated models and textures.
5. Brown Panda
Brown pandas are one of the rarest naturally spawning animal variants in Minecraft, found only in bamboo jungle biomes. Pandas have various personalities and appearances based on genetics, with the brown variant being recessive and requiring specific gene combinations.
The chance for a naturally spawning panda to be brown is approximately 2% (around 1/49), making it the rarest panda appearance. Baby brown pandas are even rarer due to the 5% baby spawn chance. They can be bred, but obtaining specific variants requires careful genetics management similar to real-life breeding.
Trivia
- Baby pandas sneeze to drop slimeballs (more often for weak variants), and playful pandas may roll off cliffs.
- Pandas have unique personalities like "lazy" (slowest mob) or "aggressive" (attacks repeatedly if provoked).
>>> Read more: Top 5 Mobs With Highest Damage In Minecraft
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