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Mob Cap

Why have a mob cap?

​Entities are among the most demanding things for a Minecraft server to handle, especially on versions 1.13+. Survival servers with mid-to-high player counts will often deal with thousands of entities. When we have too many entities loaded at once, server lag is inevitable, and the experience is made less enjoyable for everyone. Therefore, we try to limit the number of entities loaded by each player to avoid overloading the server.

How does the mob cap work?

Every 30 seconds, the server checks a 3 chunk range (5x5 area = 25 total chunks) around every player for excess entities.
Range scanned for excess entities
If the server finds too many entities (as defined by the limits below) in an area, it prevents further mob spawning and, in some cases, removes excess mobs.

Spawn Prevention

When an area reaches an entity limit, the server prevents natural (and many other types) mob spawning in that area. However, there are some methods of mob spawning that are not affected by this restriction.

Spawning methods that are not prevented by the entity limit

  • SPAWNER
  • SPAWNER_EGG
  • BREEDING
  • DISPENSE_EGG
  • INFECTION (ZOMBIE VILLAGER)
  • CURED (VILLAGER)
NOTE: Mobs exempted from spawn prevention are not necessarily exempt from removal. For example, the server may remove a blaze shortly after it spawns from a spawner if it exceeds a limit.

Mob Removal

When an area reaches an entity limit, the server removes excess mobs in that area. Only certain types of mobs are subject to removal. Also, certain things are supposed to exempt mobs from being removed, but they currently seem to be buggy and cannot be relied on with confidence.

Characteristics that are supposed to exempt mobs from removal (not reliable)

  • TAMED
  • NAMED
  • SADDLE
  • BABY

What are the limits?

There are two types of limits, one for groups of mobs and one for individual entities. The server may remove a mob or prevent it from spawning if it exceeds either type of limit. There isn't a cap (outside Minecraft's default) for mobs not listed in individual or group limits.

Mob Groups

There are currently two groups of mobs; "Hostile" and "Passive." Both have a limit of 30. If a mob goes over the total amount of a group limit, it will not spawn. If there are excess mobs from the "Hostile" group, the server removes them. The server does not remove excess mobs for hitting the "Passive" group limit. However, it will still remove certain types of mobs listed in the "Passive" group if they exceed an individual limit.

Hostile Group

  • BLAZE
  • CAVE_SPIDER
  • CREEPER
  • DROWNED
  • ENDERMAN
  • GUARDIAN
  • HOGLIN
  • HUSK
  • PHANTOM
  • SILVERFISH
  • SKELETON
  • SPIDER
  • STRAY
  • WITHER_SKELETON
  • ZOMBIE
  • ZOMBIFIED_PIGLIN

Passive

  • BAT
  • BEE
  • CAT
  • CHICKEN
  • COD
  • COW
  • DOLPHIN
  • DONKEY
  • FOX
  • HORSE
  • LLAMA
  • MULE
  • OCELOT
  • PANDA
  • PARROT
  • PIG
  • POLAR_BEAR
  • PUFFERFISH
  • RABBIT
  • SALMON
  • SHEEP
  • SNOWMAN
  • SQUID
  • STRIDER
  • TRADER_LLAMA
  • TROPICAL_FISH
  • WANDERING_TRADER
  • WOLF

Individual Entities

The server will not remove entities for exceeding individual limits unless "Remove Existing?" is "Yes" for them.
Entity
Limit
Remove Existing?
ELDER_GUARDIAN
30
Yes
WITHER_SKELETON
30
Yes
STRAY
30
Yes
PAINTING
60
No
ARROW (Projectile)
30
Yes
SNOWBALL (Projectile)
30
Yes
FIREBALL (Projectile)
30
Yes
SMALL_FIREBALL (Projectile)
30
Yes
ITEM_FRAME
60
No
WITHER_SKULL (Projectile)
30
Yes
HUSK
30
Yes
ZOMBIE_VILLAGER
30
Yes
SKELETON_HORSE
30
Yes
ZOMBIE_HORSE
30
Yes
DONKEY
30
Yes
MULE
30
Yes
EVOKER
30
Yes
VEX
30
Yes
VINDICATOR
30
Yes
ILLUSIONER
30
Yes
BOAT
30
Yes
MINECART
30
No
MINECART_CHEST
30
No
MINECART_TNT
30
No
MINECART_HOPPER
30
No
MINECART_MOB_SPAWNER
30
No
CREEPER
30
Yes
SKELETON
30
Yes
SPIDER
30
Yes
ZOMBIE
30
Yes
ZOMBIFIED_PIGLIN
30
Yes
ENDERMAN
30
Yes
CAVE_SPIDER
30
Yes
SILVERFISH
30
Yes
BLAZE
30
Yes
WITHER
30
Yes
BAT
30
Yes
WITCH
30
Yes
GUARDIAN
30
Yes
PIG
30
Yes
SHEEP
30
No
COW
30
Yes
CHICKEN
30
Yes
WOLF
30
Yes
MUSHROOM_COW
30
Yes
SNOWMAN
30
Yes
OCELOT
30
Yes
IRON_GOLEM
30
Yes
HORSE
30
Yes
RABBIT
30
Yes
POLAR_BEAR
30
Yes
LLAMA
30
Yes
PARROT
30
Yes
VILLAGER
30
No
TURTLE
30
Yes
PHANTOM
30
Yes
COD
30
Yes
SALMON
30
Yes
PUFFERFISH
30
Yes
TROPICAL_FISH
30
Yes
DROWNED
30
Yes
CAT
30
Yes
PANDA
30
Yes
PILLAGER
30
Yes
RAVAGER
30
Yes
TRADER_LLAMA
30
Yes
WANDERING_TRADER
30
Yes
FOX
30
Yes
BEE
30
Yes
HOGLIN
30
Yes
PIGLIN
60
Yes
STRIDER
30
Yes
ZOGLIN
30
Yes
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