Jockey

A spider jockey.

Jockey, by definition, refers to an entity riding another entity.

Classification

It refers to a naturally spawned mob riding another mob. Jockeys are named based on the mob being ridden. They also follow the spawning patterns of the bottom mob. The mob on the top controls the mob on the bottom, overwriting its AI and speed attributes. Jockeys cannot be separated unless one of the mobs are killed.

Jockeys can be spawned manually with the /summon command (also see Tutorials/Summoning jockeys).

List of mobs

Official

These compound mobs are officially named by the developers of Minecraft.

Name	Face	Behavior	Notes	Image
Chicken Jockey		Hostile	A baby Zombie (or baby Zombified Piglin, baby Zombie Villager, baby Drowned, or baby Husk) riding a Chicken.
Skeleton Horseman		Hostile	A Skeleton (or Stray and Wither Skeleton) riding a Skeleton Horse.
Spider Jockey		Hostile	A Skeleton (or Stray and Wither Skeleton) riding a Spider (or Cave Spider‌).

Unofficial

These compound mobs don't have an official name, and were never referred to be official jockeys by Minecraft developers.

• 

  Hoglin Jockey.

• 

  Hoglin Jockey Tower.

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  Ravager Jockey.

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  Strider Jockey (strider).

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  Strider Jockey (zombified piglin).

Trivia

• Skeleton horsemen are considered to be mini-bosses in Minecraft Dungeons.
• Wither skeleton jockeys are currently unused, and can only be spawned in Creative mode.
• In Bedrock Edition, baby zombie variants can ride many different mobs, these include:

• • Adult chickens
  • Adult ocelots and stray cats
  • Adult wild wolves
  • Adult zombie variants
  • Cows
  • Pigs
  • Sheep
  • Horse variants
  • Mooshrooms
  • Spiders
  • Cave spiders
  • Pandas

Gallery

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  A group of skeleton horsemen.

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  A skeleton fighting a spider jockey.