Mob votes have been a popular (but now disliked) tradition in the Minecraft community that lets players take part in choosing the next mob coming to the game. However, only the winning mob is added to Minecraft, and the rejected ones are forgotten. With Minecraft now doing away with Mob Votes, I think it’s time the Mojang team digs into those old files of forgotten mobs and adds them to the game. Here are five of my favorite ‘Mob Vote’ rejected mobs that I wish to see in Minecraft.
Note: We are not including mobs that are confirmed to never be added to the game, as well as biome vote mobs as they are planned to arrive at some point.
1. Copper Golem
- Mob Vote 2021
Copper Golem is one of the most unique mobs ever presented to the community in the Mob Votes, and it would’ve had two different functionalities. They could oxidize over time and eventually turn into statues for decoration. While they are still able to move, they would press copper buttons randomly and randomize any redstone machine.
Moreover, players could craft this mob themselves with some copper ingots. Copper Golem is quite a cute and interesting mob and hopefully, it’ll be added to the game one day. It lost the vote to Allay, and I’m not mad about it.
2. Moobloom
- Mob Vote 2020
Moobloom would have been a completely aesthetic cow variant that has some beautiful flowers growing on its back. This mob would’ve spawned in the flower forest biome and provided some movement to this wonderful place.
Even though this mob doesn’t offer practical uses, I’m in love with Moobloom and would want to see it in the game soon.
3. Iceologer
- Mob Vote 2020
Iceologer is possibly the coolest (pun intended) mob that was rejected in Minecraft’s Mob Vote in 2020. It would have been a hostile illager that spawned on mountain tops. It would’ve attacked players with clouds of flying ice that would offer even more challenges in addition to powder snow.
This could’ve been a great mob addition, as it would be very fun to use in mini-games and player-made adventure maps and challenges. However, it lost to the useless Glow Squid.
4. Tuff Golem
- Mob Vote 2022
Losing to the Sniffer, Tuff Golem is another golem variant that didn’t get added to Minecraft, at least not yet. It was a mob that stayed still and looked like a statue, but it could also move around and hold an item. They would have been perfect in player art exhibitions and provided subtle and occasional movement to any build.
5. Crab
- Mob Vote 2023
The Crab is the most recent rejected mob that lost to the Armadillo in the 2023 Minecraft Mob Vote, and it would have been pretty useful for builders. It would have spawned in mangrove swamps and had one large claw. Players could’ve obtained this claw in a certain way that allowed them to place blocks from further away, extending the player’s reach.
This concept was later added to the game in the form of an attribute command, so the crab may never be added to the game after all.
That said, those were five of my favorite rejected Mob Vote mobs in Minecraft. If I didn’t include your favorite Mob Vote mob, then make sure to leave it in a comment below.
