Jockey

A spider jockey.

Jockey 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 often controls the mob on the bottom in Java Edition, but sometimes do not control it in Bedrock Edition. See Riding for detail behavior about riding.

List of jockeys

Official

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

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

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  Hoglin Jockey.

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  Hoglin Jockey Tower.

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  Ravager Jockey.

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  Strider Jockey (strider).

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  Strider Jockey (zombified piglin).

Jockey of baby zombie

In Bedrock Edition, 15% naturally spawned baby zombies, baby husks, and baby zombie villagers try to find a mount when it tries attacking a villager, player, or iron golem, which can ride:

• Adult chickens
• Untamed ocelots
• Untamed cats
• Untamed wolves
• Adult zombies
• Adult husks
• Adult zombie villagers
• Adult zombified piglins
• Cows
• Adult unsaddled pigs
• Sheep
• Adult untamed horses
• Adult untamed donkeys
• Adult untamed mules
• Adult skeleton horses
• Adult zombie horses
• Mooshrooms
• Spiders that was not spawned as a jockey mount
• Cave spiders that was not spawned as a jockey mount
• Pandas

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.

Gallery

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  A group of skeleton horsemen.

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  A skeleton fighting a spider jockey.