Cat

Animations

6 of these were recorded inside the running game, so the movement is the animation Mojang shipped rather than an imitation of it. Transparent background, free to download.

Cat, taking damage — Taking damageDownload

Cat, variant: all black — Variant: All blackDownload

Cat, variant: black — Variant: BlackDownload

Cat, variant: british shorthair — Variant: British shorthairDownload

Cat, variant: calico — Variant: CalicoDownload

Cat, variant: jellie — Variant: JellieDownload

Cat, variant: persian — Variant: PersianDownload

Cat, variant: ragdoll — Variant: RagdollDownload

Cat, variant: red — Variant: RedDownload

Cat, variant: siamese — Variant: SiameseDownload

Cat, variant: white — Variant: WhiteDownload

Sounds

9 sound events for this mob, 27 files in all. Where an event lists more than one file the game picks one at random. Volume, pitch and attenuation are the values the game declares in its own sounds.json.

Event	Closed caption	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation
ambient	Cat meows	`entity.cat.ambient`	`subtitles.entity.cat.ambient`	0.5–0.6	1	16
beg for food	Cat begs	`entity.cat.beg_for_food`	`subtitles.entity.cat.beg_for_food`	0.7	1	16
death	Cat dies	`entity.cat.death`	`subtitles.entity.cat.death`	0.75	0.9	16
eat	Cat eats	`entity.cat.eat`	`subtitles.entity.cat.eat`	1	1	16
hiss	Cat hisses	`entity.cat.hiss`	`subtitles.entity.cat.hiss`	0.4	1	16
hurt	Cat hurts	`entity.cat.hurt`	`subtitles.entity.cat.hurt`	0.65	1	16
purr	Cat purrs	`entity.cat.purr`	`subtitles.entity.cat.purr`	0.7	1	16
purreow	Cat meows	`entity.cat.purreow`	`subtitles.entity.cat.ambient`	0.5	1	16
stray ambient	Cat meows	`entity.cat.stray_ambient`	`subtitles.entity.cat.ambient`	0.35	1	16

Stats

Mojang publishes these numbers in the Bedrock behaviour pack (bedrock-samples); the Java edition keeps them in code, not in any data file. Most values match across editions, but not all — treat them as the Bedrock figures.

Movement speed	0.3
Hitbox size	0.6 blocks wide, 0.7 blocks tall
Mob type	cat, mob

Advancements

Advancements whose own criteria name this entry. Recipe-unlock entries are left out — they never appear on the player’s Advancements screen.

Two by Two

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

Version	Date	What the files show
before 18w50a	—	Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w50a (12 December 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

Registry entry

Identifier	`minecraft:cat`
Registry	`minecraft:entity_type`

Cat Spawn Egg Music Disc Sculk Catalyst Vindicator Spawn Egg