Termites (1.18)

Termites are passive bug mobs that spawn on Termite Nests. Termites regularly work to destroy wood blocks and turn them into rooted dirt and even more termite nests. Termites are the smallest mob in Minecraft.
== Appearance ==
Termites are a simple 1x1 pixel, which means that, without taking entity cramming and mob cap into account, 256 termites could fit in a single block without any z-fighting.
== Spawning ==
Termites spawn in Termite Nests, which are blocks that appear next to Baobab Trees that spawn Termites. Unless there are already 20 or more Termites that live in a nest, it has a 0.4% chance of spawning on a Termite Nests every tick. 
Termite Nest can spawn within 20 Blocks of any Baobab Tree. They can also spawn naturally in an Oasis, but due to the presence of Meerkats, which destroy Termite Nests, these in the Oasis will not last long.
They can also spawn in Massive Termite Mounds, which is an occurrence that appears in the Thickweed Plains subbiome and the Steppe Subbiome.
== Behavior ==
Termites' main purpose is to seek out and destroy Wood, Log, or Knob Blocks. Termites in a Termite Nest will seek out Wood Blocks in a 30x30 radius. If they find one, they will stand on it and start the process of decaying the wood. If 5 or more termites are on the wood block, they will successfully convert it to Decayed Wood after 400 ticks.
If no Wood, Log, or Knob Blocks are nearby, they will seek out Wooden Planks and other wooden products as well and convert them to rooted dirt. They can convert rooted dirt into more termite nests, spreading their empire around. It is very possible for a single termite colony to destroy an entire woodland mansion. However, they cannot destroy waxed wood. They also cannot destroy stem blocks and stem wood types (Crimson, Warped, Honeyspore) as well as Thaumaturgic Wood.
Termites are considerably slower than most other mobs due to their size, which is a simple 1x1 pixel.
Termites are one of three mobs (the other two being the Bullet Ant and the Squirrel) that can enter and stay inside leaf blocks at will, which means the player will have to break the leaf block to get rid of the termite.
Termites can climb walls, albeit very slowly.
Termites cannot be killed by the player due to their size. However, they can be caught inside Bug Nets.
Termites can be eaten by Ostriches or Meerkats.
Termites are not slowed down by Thickweed.
== Data ==
Termites have no health, because they cannot be killed by the player, and are just eaten by Ostriches or Meerkats.
They are a passive mob.
== Trivia ==
* Although Termites are classified as an Arthropod in Minecraft's code, they do not take extra damage from the Bane of Arthropods enchantment due to the fact that the player cannot attack it. 
* Termites are the first realistic bug mob to be added to Minecraft, and the second bug after the Silverfish. 
* Termites are the first passive mob that works to the detriment of the player. 
* Meerkats were given their use because of widespread complaints that Termites were too overpowered. 
* Termites have been voted as Minecraft's most hated mob, even surpassing the Phantom. 
* Termites have been used to create rooted dirt farms. 
* Termites make obtaining Baobab Wood particularly difficult because they will usually destroy any nearby Baobab Trees.
== History ==
1.18: Savannah Update: Added Termites, which spawn on Termite Nests.
1.20: A New World:
* 24w32a: Termites can now convert Knobs into Decayed Knobs.
* 24w34 Snapshots
* 24w34a (Not in the actual snapshot, just in a bugfix): Termites can no longer destroy stem blocks. Decayed and Waxed versions of Crimson and Warped Wood have become unobtainable without accessing the game's files through a third-party engine, though the placed blocks still remain. 
* 24w34b: Added Honeyspore Wood, which cannot be destroyed by Termites. 
* 24w34c: Added Thaumaturgic Wood, which cannot be destroyed by Termites despite it not being a stem block. 
* 24w34d: Massive Termite Mounds can now only generate in the Thickweed Plains and the Steppe. 
* 24w34e: Termite Nests can now spawn in the Shrublands (next to a Baobab Tree) and in the Oasis. Also, Meerkats can now destroy Termite Nests and eat Termites. Baobab Wood now takes a normal amount of time to be eaten by Termites. 
* 24w34f: Massive Termite Mounds have now been logged as an Occurrence. 
* 24w34h: Termites can now be caught in a Net. They have been logged as a bug mob in the game's code, a classification which includes Bullet Ant but not Silverfish. 
* 24w34j: Termites can now walk inside of Leaf Blocks. 
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