Alpha Wolf

The Alpha Wolf is a neutral mob that leads a pack of other Wolves.

Description
The Alpha Wolf is a pack leading Wolf. It looks like most Wolves, but is slightly larger, with more 'bristled' and darker fur.

Behavior
It leads packs of Wolves. There is only one per pack, and they are always followed by the rest of their pack.

Alpha Wolves are sometimes attacked by members of the pack. When this happens, the Alpha Wolf will either defeat the challenger, or be killed, in which case the challenger will become the new Alpha Wolf, and will be slightly stronger than the original Alpha Wolf. Occasionally, the Alpha Wolf will kill the other remaining Wolf after being attacked by it if there are only two Wolves left. In this case, it will attempt to find another pack and attack the Alpha Wolf of that pack. If it wins, it will take over the pack and get slightly stronger.

If an Alpha Wolf attacks a Sheep or other mob, all Wolves in the pack will attack it. They will eat any meat dropped by mobs.

Alpha Wolves can be tamed after being given a random amount of Rotten Flesh.

Alpha Wolves breed freely with regular Wolves, and are usually male.

Combat
Alpha Wolves have ten hearts of health, and deal three and a half hearts of damage per attack. It is best to tame Alpha Wolves rather than kill them, since they drop nothing and are difficult to defeat. However, if you wish to fight them, it's best to bring Armor and shoot Arrows at it from afar. It should be noted that Alpha Wolves are very useful once tamed, because they deal four and a half hearts of damage, and have fifteen hearts of health standardly. However, if the player attacks the Alpha Wolf, whether it is tame or not, the Alpha Wolf will become hostile to the player and continuously attack them, even after the player dies. They must be killed to be forced to stop.

Trivia
• If several untamed Alpha Wolves are placed in a room together, they will kill each other until only one remains. This can be a good way to boost strength in an Alpha Wolf, though risky.