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I am making an aesthetic piece and I am wondering what mobs can me made persistent?
I think I vaguely remember something with zombies equipping items?
Are witches transformed from villagers persistent? Zombie pigmen from pigs etc?

Any mob that has the ability to pick up items won't despawn if it's holding something it picked up. (I once had a zombie holding wool trapped in a pool by my base for many a minecraft week before I accidentally fell in and it killed me.) I'm not sure whether just having the ability to pick up items is enough, or if it has to actually be holding something.

Witches found in witch huts seem to be fairly permanent. I've had my 'pet' for over a year now.

All entities can be made persistent if you're willing to edit the nbt tags

Ancilangeli wrote:All entities can be made persistent if you're willing to edit the nbt tags

I'm on a server so that is not an option.

gaga654 wrote:Any mob that has the ability to pick up items won't despawn if it's holding something it picked up

Thanks for that. I suspected it was something like that, so I should be able to do zombie and pigman.

EtherealWrath wrote:Witches found in witch huts seem to be fairly permanent

I don't have a hut witch nearby so that wont be an option. I'm hoping a village turned witch will be persistent but have not had the opportunity to test that.

Can skellys pick up items?

Only zombies and zombie pigmen can pick up items, and they have to have picked up an item to be persistent. Not sure about the other cases.

dawnraider wrote:Only zombies and zombie pigmen can pick up items, and they have to have picked up an item to be persistent. Not sure about the other cases.

I have certainly seen some skeletons with swords and heads equipped in my mob trap, as well as some wearing my gear after killing me. But yeah, they only persist after they pick up some item.

witches from villagers are persistent. also skellies, zombies and wither skellies can be made persistent. be sure that they receive a helmet so they don't burn in the morning.
zombie pigmen can be persistent too