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Wolf

Mobs & entity

The wolf is a passive animal that spawns naturally in nine biomes, including Forest, Grove, Old Growth Pine Taiga, Old Growth Spruce Taiga, and Savanna Plateau.

Players who want a wolf without searching for one can use a spawn egg to summon it directly.

Contents (9)
  1. Animations
  2. Gallery
  3. Sounds
  4. Stats
  5. Advancements
  6. History
  7. Registry entry
  8. Related items
  9. See also

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.

Wolf, walking
WalkingDownload
Wolf, running
RunningDownload
Wolf, idle
IdleDownload
Wolf, baby
BabyDownload
Wolf, taking damage
Taking damageDownload
Wolf, death
DeathDownload
Wolf, armored
ArmoredDownload
Wolf, variant: ashen
Variant: AshenDownload
Wolf, variant: black
Variant: BlackDownload
Wolf, variant: chestnut
Variant: ChestnutDownload
Wolf, variant: rusty
Variant: RustyDownload
Wolf, variant: snowy
Variant: SnowyDownload
Wolf, variant: spotted
Variant: SpottedDownload
Wolf, variant: striped
Variant: StripedDownload
Wolf, variant: woods
Variant: WoodsDownload
Wolf, sitting
SittingDownload

47 variants of this mob, each animated. Rendered here from the game’s own model and textures.

Wolf, angry
Angry
Wolf, angry baby
Angry baby
Wolf, ashen
Ashen
Wolf, ashen angry
Ashen angry
Wolf, ashen angry baby
Ashen angry baby
Wolf, ashen baby
Ashen baby
Wolf, ashen tame
Ashen tame
Wolf, ashen tame baby
Ashen tame baby
Wolf, baby
Baby
Wolf, black
Black
Wolf, black angry
Black angry
Wolf, black angry baby
Black angry baby
Wolf, black baby
Black baby
Wolf, black tame
Black tame
Wolf, black tame baby
Black tame baby
Wolf, rusty
Rusty
Wolf, rusty angry
Rusty angry
Wolf, rusty angry baby
Rusty angry baby
Wolf, rusty baby
Rusty baby
Wolf, rusty tame
Rusty tame
Wolf, rusty tame baby
Rusty tame baby
Wolf, snowy
Snowy
Wolf, snowy angry
Snowy angry
Wolf, snowy angry baby
Snowy angry baby
Wolf, snowy baby
Snowy baby
Wolf, snowy tame
Snowy tame
Wolf, snowy tame baby
Snowy tame baby
Wolf, spotted
Spotted
Wolf, spotted angry
Spotted angry
Wolf, spotted angry baby
Spotted angry baby
Wolf, spotted baby
Spotted baby
Wolf, spotted tame
Spotted tame
Wolf, spotted tame baby
Spotted tame baby
Wolf, striped
Striped
Wolf, striped angry
Striped angry
Wolf, striped angry baby
Striped angry baby
Wolf, striped baby
Striped baby
Wolf, striped tame
Striped tame
Wolf, striped tame baby
Striped tame baby
Wolf, tame
Tame
Wolf, tame baby
Tame baby
Wolf, woods
Woods
Wolf, woods angry
Woods angry
Wolf, woods angry baby
Woods angry baby
Wolf, woods baby
Woods baby
Wolf, woods tame
Woods tame
Wolf, woods tame baby
Woods tame baby

Sounds

8 sound events for this mob, 18 files in all. Where an event lists more than one file the game picks one at random.

EventSoundClosed captionIdentifierTranslation key
ambientWolf barksentity.wolf.ambientsubtitles.entity.wolf.bark
deathWolf diesentity.wolf.deathsubtitles.entity.wolf.death
growlWolf growlsentity.wolf.growlsubtitles.entity.wolf.growl
hurtWolf hurtsentity.wolf.hurtsubtitles.entity.wolf.hurt
pantWolf pantsentity.wolf.pantsubtitles.entity.wolf.pant
shakeWolf shakesentity.wolf.shakesubtitles.entity.wolf.shake
stepFootstepsentity.wolf.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps
whineWolf whinesentity.wolf.whinesubtitles.entity.wolf.whine

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.

Health points8
Attack strength3
Movement speed0.3
Hitbox size0.6 blocks wide, 0.8 blocks tall
Mob typewolf, mob

Advancements

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

History

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

VersionDateWhat 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

Identifierminecraft:wolf
Registryminecraft:entity_type

See also