TOP rarest mob variants in Minecraft 1.18 Caves and Cliffs

Besides basic animals like pigs, cows and sheep, players have more exotic options like Ocelot, Axolotl and Squid, or even fictional animals like Mooshroom, Glow Squid.

However, all animals are not the same. They differ in appearance and some variants will be a lot rarer than the original mobs. In this article, let's explore the 5 rarest mob variants in Minecraft 1.18 Caves and Cliffs.

Blue Axolotl

The Axolotl is a real-life amphibian that lives in a cave. They are extremely rare and their numbers are actually critically endangered. The entire species is native to the Valley of Mexico. In Minecraft, Axolotl has 5 different colors, in which Axolotl child inherits random colors from its parent. Unlike sheep, its color cannot be changed.

Of the variants, Blue Axolotl is the rarest. They cannot breed naturally and can only be obtained through crossbreeding. This is extremely difficult, as the chance of getting Blue Axolotl is only 0.083%. Players will need a large Axolotl farm to get this variant.

Skeleton Horse

The Skeleton Horse is a non-dead variant of the horse made from bones and is one of the fastest methods of movement in the game. However, getting them is quite difficult and completely depends on luck.

They can only spawn from Skeleton trap horses, either naturally generated by thunderstorms or randomly (0.75–1.5% chance for easy, 1.5–4% for normal, and 2 .25–6.75% chance at difficulty, depending on region difficulty).

After activating a Skeleton trap horse, 4 Skeleton Horse riders will appear. The only way for the player to get the variant is to kill the riders without killing the horse.

Brown Mooshroom

Mooshrooms are mushroom-covered variations on cows exclusive to the rare Mushroom field biome. A red mooshroom turns into a brown mooshroom (and vice versa) when it is struck by lightning. Brown cows never appear spontaneously.

The rarity of this mob is purely due to the hard to find Mushroom biome. As soon as the player locates it, creating a brown mooshroom is not too difficult. Just wait for the rain and place the lightning rod or use the trident to summon lightning to hit the bull.

Pink Sheep

The Pink Sheep is one of the earliest rare animal variants added to the game. Unlike the mobs above, which require a specific biome or weather, the Pink Sheep itself is rare.

There is only a 0.1558% chance of any adult sheep producing a pink lamb. The second less common variant is the brown sheep, which is also quite low, only 2.85% chance.

Furthermore, there are pink lambs, which are even rarer, only 0.0082% naturally born. However, there is a way to solve this problem, the player can simply create pink dye and re-color the sheep he wants with it.

Polar Bear

These animals are only found in the icy biomes of Minecraft. While they are not rare in themselves, their spawn biomes are uncommon and players rarely get there.

Gamers can see both polar bears and adult bears in the wild and they are all tame. However, polar bears with cubs can be very aggressive - the easiest way to tame them is to target lone bears that are alone.