Grizzly Bear

*(Not to be confused with Sea Bear)*

**Grizzly Bears** are defensive mobs that can be found in Forest and Taiga biomes.

## Behavior

**Grizzly Bears** are defensive and will only attack if either they or their babies are closely approached or the player attacks them from afar.

**Grizzly Bears** will attack by rearing up and using their claws to swipe their target.

**Grizzly Bears** can often be seen with one or two cubs following them.

## Honey Feeding

**Grizzly Bears** will tear through Bee Nests or Beehives filled with honey to obtain the honeycombs inside.

**Grizzly Bears** can eat the following items to make honey appear on their mouth:

* Honeycombs
* Honeycomb Blocks
* Honey Blocks
* Honey Bottles (**Grizzly Bears** will drop a Glass Bottle upon finishing)

**Grizzly Bears** that have eaten honey will become neutral towards the player and no longer attack when approached.

### Taming

When a **Grizzly Bear** has eaten honey, some Raw Salmon can be fed to it to tame the bear.

Tamed **Grizzly Bears** can be set to three modes:

* *Follow*: Makes the **Grizzly Bear** follow its owner.
* *Stay*: Makes the **Grizzly Bear** stay in place.
* *Wander*: Makes the **Grizzly Bear** walk around aimlessly.

Tamed **Grizzly Bears** can be ridden by the player. Any mobs that try to attack the player will fail due to the **Grizzly Bear's** height.

If a mob attacks the owner or the owner attacks a mob while the tamed **Grizzly Bear** is nearby and in follow or wander mode, the **Grizzly Bear** will attack the offending mob. This also happens if a mob attacks the **Grizzly Bear**.

A **Grizzly Bear** can also attack while a player is riding one although they only attack if the rider gets them close to the offending mob.

### Breeding

Tamed **Grizzly Bears** can be bred with Raw Salmon.

Feeding two tamed **Grizzly Bears** some Raw Salmon causes them to enter love mode and eventually one of the **Grizzly Bears** will spawn a baby **Grizzly Bear**.

### Snowy Pelt

If a **Grizzly Bear** ends up in snowy weather, its pelt will become coated with snow. Alternatively, this can be manually done by using a Snow Layer on a **Grizzly Bear**.

The snow can be removed by using a Shovel on a **Grizzly Bear**, or if a **Grizzly Bear** ends up in Water, rain, or a hot biome.

## Related Advancements

 Arcturus! | Tame a **Grizzly Bear** by feeding it Honey and Salmon

## Trivia

* The **Grizzly Bear** was the first mob to ever be added to the mod.
* **Grizzly Bears** eating honey and becoming pacified is a reference to Winnie the Pooh from Disney.

### Freddy Fazbear Easter Egg

If the computer time is set to April 1st, or if the Super Secret Settings are enabled, then **Grizzly Bears** that get near the player for the first time when loading the world will transform into Freddy Fazbear from Five Nights at Freddy's horror game, before giving the player the Power Outage effect. If there is a group of **Grizzly Bears** then only one **Grizzly Bear** can transform.

Freddy will then play his Toreador March before jump scaring the player and instantly killing them which can make a static screen appear, (similar to the texture inside Farseer portals) before the death screen pops up. The death message will be: "Was that the bite of 87?". When they respawn, the static screen will still remain until it disappears a few seconds after.

Once the player dies, the **Grizzly Bear** that killed the player will not act like this again.

If the player leaves the game after the death, then they may get a rickroll title screen, this is caused by Citadel in versions before 2.1.3, which was removed on April 3, 2023, and replaced with a falling blocks mini-game following backlash, due to Citadel downloading the file without user permission, requiring internet connection to do so, and messing with custom main menus.

A lot of people have additionally criticized this Easter Egg due to how annoying it can be on April 1st.

## Gallery

A **Grizzly Bear** that has transformed into Freddy Fazbear.A **Grizzly Bear** transforming into Freddy Fazbear during April Fool's Day.A **Grizzly Bear** jumpscaring the player during April Fool's Day.A **Grizzly Bear** with two cubs following it.A **Grizzly Bear** eating a Honey Block.A **Grizzly Bear** that has just eaten honey.A **Grizzly Bear** with snow on its pelt.A group of **Grizzly Bears** in a Forest.A **Grizzly Bear** mother protecting its cubs.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/feedthebeast/comments/12apy3r/on\_april\_fools/