The best mobs in Minecraft Legends explained

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Deciding on the best mobs in Minecraft Legends will vary depending on what you're trying to do, as they are each geared towards a particular type of process or enemy. With a selection of golems, monsters, and more at your disposal once you've worked out how to control mobs in Minecraft Legends, it can be tricky to determine which is the right choice for your particular circumstances. With that in mind I'm here to help, so here's an explanation of how they work and which are the best mobs in Minecraft Legends.

Best Mobs in Minecraft Legends

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The best mobs in Minecraft Legends depend on what you're fighting, but we've found that the classic enemies of Minecraft are better than the standard Golem minions, and the Creepers in particular are some of the best mobs to have around, as while they destroy themselves, they can do huge damage to opponents and their bases. We also have to appreciate the Mossy Golems, as these little healers can do a lot to ensure your team doesn't get quickly wiped out.

It's worth keeping in mind that while the classic enemies are better, Golems are also much cheaper to make and spawn, so they should be most of your fighting force across the game. Creepers, Zombies, and Skeletons might be more powerful, but they're expensive, and you can't spawn them forever without running out of resources.

All Mobs in Minecraft Legends explained

Here's all the mobs in Minecraft Legends we've found so far, as well as how best to use them, and what they cost from a Spawner.

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Mob	Cost from mob spawner	Unit type	Best at...
Plank Golem	Wood x1, Lapis x1	Standard ranged combat unit	Fighting hordes of weak enemies from a distance.
Cobblestone Golem	Stone x1, Lapis x1	Standard melee combat unit	Destroying structures.
Grindstone Golem	Iron x1, Lapis x1	Fast moving melee combat unit that stuns enemies	Fighting ranged enemies.
Mossy Golem	Iron x1, Lapis x1	Non-combat support unit that heals and clears debuffs on nearby allies	Supporting nearby groups of melee allies.
Zombie	Redstone x2, Lapis x2	Melee combat unit with very high health and debuff resistance, as well as disrupting melee attack	Frontline fighting.
Skeleton	Diamond x2, Lapis x2	Ranged combat unit that can shoot over walls and hit opponents at long range	Sniping distant bosses or hordes.
Creeper	Coal x2, Lapis x2	Exploding mobs that do very high damage to both enemies and structures, causing survivors to flee in fear	Breaking through clumps of foes or sturdy walls.

There are other mobs wandering around the world that can be hired, such as animals, but they tend to have pretty limited usage, and these are the staple mobs that we've encountered so far and which can be generated from spawners.

It's worth mentioning that there are other mobs that can be accessed later that mark the "final tier" of superiority, including the warrior villagers and the full-sized golems, but because these aren't obtained until much later in the story, and just are the best version, there's little point in explaining them - they're like all the starting golems, but much better.

Joel Franey is a writer, journalist, podcaster and Very Tired Man with a BA from Brunel University, a Masters from Sussex University and a decade working in games journalism, often focused on guides coverage but also in reviews, features and news. His love of games is strongest when it comes to groundbreaking narratives like Disco Elysium, UnderTale and Baldur's Gate 3, as well as innovative or refined gameplay experiences like XCOM, Sifu, Arkham Asylum or Slay the Spire. He is a firm believer that the vast majority of games would be improved by adding a grappling hook, and if they already have one, they should probably add another just to be safe. You can find old work of his at Eurogamer, Gfinity, USgamer, SFX Magazine, RPS, Dicebreaker, VG247, and more.