Game Talk: Minecraft: Know Your Foe (Part 2)

So about two weeks ago I made a post about the most common enemies in Minecraft. This blog is about the lesser known monsters (or mobs as they are known also) in Minecraft, some of which most players may have never even seen before.

Endermen: An Enderman is an unusually tall creature based upon the mythological being the Slenderman. Endermen usually walk around at night picking up blocks and replacing them in different places. Until the player makes eye contact with them. Then an Enderman disappears and teleports behind the player, and when the player turns around to hit the Enderman, he teleports again, making him a very annoying foe. Best strategy to defeat these things: either constantly hit him with a sword, or run towards the nearest water source. Endermen die instantly upon touching water. Upon death, an Endermen will drop an Ender Pearl, which is used for activating the End Portal, the game's only story.

Slimes: A Slime is a square green box of goo that is difficult to find. Out of the entire Minecraft world, only %10 of all chunks of the map can possible spawn a Slime. The Slime will start out as a large Slime and is hostile towards enemies. Once a large slime has been defeated, it splits into two medium-sized Slimes, which are also hostile. Once they are defeated, it splits again into four small Slimes. The small Slimes are hostile but cannot hurt you at all, but can still push you into, say, a pool of lava or a chasm in the ground. When a Slime is finally defeated, it will drop a Slime Ball, which is used to make Sticky Pistons, a very useful craft for the Minecraft engineer. 

Silverfish: A Silverfish is a very small insect that hides out in Strongholds, which is an underground fortresses. When mining a block of stone from the Stronghold, a Silverfish might pop out. Now one Silverfish is nothing to worry about. But when damaged, a Silverfish calls out to all the other Silverfish in the area, and then the player has a sea of annoyance upon him. Best strategy  the player should either kill it rather quickly or don't mine the blocks in the first place. The player can always make the blocks himself. Upon extermination, the Silverfish drops absolutely nothing but some Experience points, which can be gained from everything else in the game.

Spider Jockey: If a Spider and a Skeleton both spawn rather close to each other, there is a %1 chance of the Spider spawning on top of the Skeleton as a Spider Jockey. With a combination of the Skeleton's range and the Spider's speed, this thing is not something to mess around with. The best advice: Run. Just run away. These things will chew you up without remorse. If killed, a Spider Jockey will drop an Arrow, String, Fermented Spider Eye, Bone, and Experience Points from both of the creatures. The author of this blog has never seen a Spider Jockey before, and frankly, doesn't want to see one either. 

That is the end of this blog. The next Minecraft video will be showcasing the enemies from the Nether, the worst place imaginable. So long.