Minecraft World Magazine

SUMMON SECRET MOBS

GIANTS

Giants are an unused form of zombie found in the Java Edition. They’ve been in the game since its earliest development version, but don’t spawn naturally. You can’t put a giant in as pawner because their spawning conditions are that the light level has to be higher than 11 AND lower than eight, which is impossible!

When they spawn, giants have no AIand will simply face south without moving. They don’t burn in sunlight, but can be set on fire.

In one development build – version 18w50a – giants were imbued with normal zombie AI. They burned in sunlight, moved twice as fast as regular zombies, and could attack the players and villagers. There was even a baby variant! These changes were removed from version 19w03a onwards.

GIANT STATS

Giants are 12 blocks high and 3.6 blocks wide, which is six times

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