Miner

The Miner as he appears in Snapshot 3C

Hard: 19

### Spawning criteria

Instead of Spiders and Witches (at y level 60- unless in any of the Badlands biomes); instead of Zombies in Strongholds and Mineshafts.

### Natural equipment

1 Iron Pickaxe (main hand; 37.5% chance to be enchanted from 8 to 39 levels);4 Torches (offhand)

### Drops

(75%) 4 Torches;(0.85%) Held item (Iron Pickaxe by default, with a 37.5% chance of being enchanted from 8 to 39 levels);

1-3 Iron Ore or 1-4 Gold Ore (affected by Looting; Ingots it died while being on fire)

## Behavior and properties

### Hostility

Towards Players, Iron Golems, Villagers, Wandering Traders and in response to being attacked

## Miscellaneous

### Sounds

3 idle sounds3 hurt sounds

1 death sound

The Miner is an illager type mob that spawns underground, presumably looking for some sweet diamonds.

## Spawning

Miners replace Spiders and Witches at y=60 and below. They will also spawn in Mineshafts and Strongholds instead of Zombies, and be replaced by Cave Spiders in the Mineshaft and by Prisoner Ghosts in the Stronghold. In all Badlands biome variants Miners spawn ignoring regular height requirements completely replacing the Witches and Spiders in those biomes. You can learn more about the spawning system in "More Mobs" here. You can learn how Spiders and Witches spawn on the official Minecraft Wiki.

Miners have a chance to spawn with a randomly enchanted Iron Pickaxe with a 37.5% chance. The Pickaxe would be enchanted from 8 to 39 levels.

You can also summon a Miner using this command: /function imm:summon/imm/miner. You can obtain a Miner Spawn Frame with this command: /function imm:spawn\_frame/imm/miner. Make sure to replace the 'imm' portion with whatever version you're playing on if your version is older than Snapshot 3C (example: Snapshot 2A = imm2a).

## Behavior

### General

Miners behave exactly like Vindicators in most situations. Click here to learn more.

### Pickaxe switching

If the Miner is within reach of a Diamond Pickaxe (must be lying on the ground) he will pick it up and drop his previous main hand held item on the floor. In that case the tool/weapon he dropped will be fully fixed, unlike upon death. The chances of him dropping the main hand held item upon death are very low, but using this behavior there's a chance to get an incredibly powerful enchanted Iron Pickaxe in exchange for any Diamond Pickaxe, even if it's in the absolute worst condition.

### Raids

Since Witches are replaced by Miners if they meet some specific criteria, if those Witches were part of a raid the Miners they brought will join the raid replacing the Witch. As a raid participant the Miner will start behaving accordingly.

## Drops

Miners drop the following items:

* 1-3 Gold/Iron Ore (Ingots if died while on fire)
* Main hand held item (Iron Pickaxe by default)
* 4 Torches
* 5 experience

## Data values

Most of data values unique to the Miner are related to technical aspects of the pack, but there are a few notable ones. Still, they share most of their stats with vindicators (which you can check out here). Here's the list:

* HandItems: [{id:"minecraft:iron\_pickaxe",Count:1b},{id:"minecraft:torch",Count:4b}]
* HandDropChances: [0.085f,0.75f]
* Tags: iMM, iMMOverworld, iMM\_Sound, iMM\_Miner
* Silent: 1b
* CustomName: §2Miner
* CustomNameVisible: 0
* DeathLootTable: imm:entities/imm/miner

## Advancements

The Miner can be required (as the Vindicator) for the following advancements (all of which are form vanilla Minecraft):

* Adventure
* Monster Hunter
* Monsters Hunted

The Miner is also required to be killed for the following "More Mobs" advancements:

* Monster Fighter
* Mob Fighter

## History

 Snapshot 1B | 1. Fixed the Vindicator texture being replaced by the Miner texture;
 Snapshot 2A | 1. Fixed the Miner texture asymmetry;
2. Changed Miner's eye color to brown;
3. Added sounds for the Miner mob (3 idle queues, 3 hurt queues and 1 death queue);
4. Replaced Miners with Cave Spiders and Zombies with Miners in Mineshafts;
 Snapshot 3A | 1. Miners now spawn in Badlands no matter the Y level;
2. Miners no longer make sounds if tagged "Silent";
 Snapshot 3B | 1. Fixed Miner spawning in Badlands biomes;
2. Updated the Miner texture to match 1.14;
3. Fixed Miners tagged 'Silent' still playing death sounds;
4. Torch drop rate nerfed;
 Snapshot 3C | 1. Miners now have a chance to spawn with an enchanted pickaxe (around 35%, 8-39 levels);
2. Miners will now drop their Iron Pickaxe in exchange for a Diamond Pickaxe;
3. Iron/Gold Ore drop rate nerfed (now 0-1 instead of 1-3/4);
4. Miners will now drop Ingots instead of Ores if they died while being on fire;
5. Miners that spawned from Witches will now be able to join raids in case the Witch itself was a raid participant.

## Known issues

There are no known issues with this mob in the latest release.

## See also

Cavecreep

Miner Spawn Frame