Bear

Bears are a neutral mob that roams all Forest areas, Tundras, Ice Deserts, and Taigas.

Description
Bears are a medium-sized forest-roaming neutral mob. There are several Bear mobs, placed into different groups.


 * Brown Bears are a group of several different Bears, most of which will flee from any players that they spot, although they will attack the player if they are attacked first. They can be tamed with Raw Fish, and will go into Love Mode when given Cooked Fish. They will regain health upon being given Berries.

- Grizzly Bears generally spawn with a solid medium brown with scattered white tips in fur color, although they can be variations of blonde to almost black in more uncommon circumstances. They have a slight hump on their back.

- Kodiak Bears

- Eurasian Brown Bears

- Kamchatka Brown Bears

- East Siberian Brown Bears

- Atlas Bears

- Himalayan Brown Bears

- Mexican Grizzly Bears

- Tibetan Blue Bears

- Syrian Brown Bears

- Mariscan Brown Bears

Black Bears are the second largest Bear mob, and are a solid black in fur color.

Polar Bears are the largest Bear mob, and are solid white in fur color.

Panda Bears are in-between Grizzly Bears and Black Bears in size. They are black and white, and their patterns vary from Panda to Panda.

Sun Bears are the smallest Bear mob, and they are mostly black with occasional gray and a flame-like pattern on their chest.

Spawning

 * Brown Bears

Grizzly Bears spawn at rarity two and will despawn if untamed after 2000 to 3000 ticks by default. They have five variants: medium brown, medium dark brown, dark brown, and blonde. Medium brown is the most common variant, medium dark brown second, and dark brown the rarest tied with blonde. They spawn one at a time, although they may be seen together if there are any items or mobs that would attract them. They will spawn in the Plains, Ice Plains (Tundra) and Forest biome. If ExtraBiomesXL is installed, they will spawn in the Forested Hills, Woodlands, Pine Forest, Ice Wasteland, Tundra, Greenhills, Savanna, Meadow and Shrubland biomes. If Biomes O' Plenty is installed, they will spawn in the Birch Forest, Woodlands, Redwood Forest, Grove, Origin Valley, Orchard, Chapparal, Field, Grassland, Heathland, Meadow, Prairie, Shrubland, Savanna, and Tundra biomes. If Highlands is installed, they will spawn in Birch Forests, Highlands, Meadows, Pinelands, Redwood Forests, Savannahs, and Tundras.

Behavior
Bears are varying in behavior dependant on type. Most Bear mobs will spawn in caves. They will sleep during the night and hibernate when exposed to cold biomes. Sun Bears are the exception to both of these rules, and Polar Bears will simply not hibernate upon cold-biome exposure. Unfed Bears can be frightened away by sudden movements (pressing Sneak and then sprinting.) This will cause the Bear to sprint away. When Bears are attacked, they become hostile to the player that attacked them, even after the player dies.

Bears can be caught in an Animal Trap. When caught in an Animal Trap, a Bear will steadily take damage, and will cause up to five Raw Bear to be placed in the Animal Trap upon death. Bears will become hostile when caught in an Animal Trap.

Grizzly Bears are more aggressive than Black Bears and are more likely to attack Rabbits or Deer. However, similarly to Black Bears, Grizzly Bears are prone to be attracted to areas with many water mobs. Grizzly Bears may stand on their hind legs more frequently than other Bears do.

Polar Bears are the largest Bear mob and are the most aggressive Bear mob. Unlike Grizzly Bears and Black Bears, Polar Bears instead dig when above water that contains a Seal or Fish. Polar Bears are the only Bear mob to spawn in Taigas, Tundras and Ice Deserts. Polar Bears roar more frequently than other Bear mobs.

Panda Bears are the only Bear mob to spawn in Bamboo Forests. They do not hunt fish or animals of any kind, and will instead eat Bamboo. A Giant Panda variant may also spawn. Both Giant and regular Panda Bears have a chance to spawn with Bamboo Armor. They have a 25% chance at attacking the player.

Black Bears are less aggressive than Grizzly Bears, and are less likely to attack Deer or Rabbits. Like Grizzly Bears, Black Bears are prone to attraction to water mobs. Black Bears are 'calmer' than other Bear varieties.

Sun Bears are the smallest Bear mob. They eat tree leaves, and are the only nocturnal Bear mob. They do not hibernate. Sun Bears are highly aggressive, and will often attack the player without provocation, making them sometimes difficult to tame.

Taming
Bears can be tamed when the Golden Bear Helm is placed on them. If the Bear spawned with one on its head already, it will not be tameable.

After being tamed, the Bear's overall health points will be multiplied by 1.5x, and it will deal 1.5x as much damage. It will attack all hostile mobs.

Bears can be fed Raw or Cooked Fish after being tamed, unless the Bear is a Panda, which must be fed Bamboo, Bamboo Chutes, or Bamboo Planks. When fed Raw Fish, the health of the Bear is restored by three hearts. When fed Cooked Fish, Bears will enter Love Mode. The Panda Bear will have three hearts of health restored when given Bamboo, five when given Bamboo Planks, and enter Love Mode when fed Bamboo Chutes. As an alternative to Raw or Cooked Fish, the Polar Bear may also be given Raw or Cooked Seal, which will have the same effects as Raw or Cooked Fish respectively, although the Raw Seal will restore two more hearts of health.

When attacked by the player, even after being tamed, the Bear will become hostile. Even after the player dies and respawns, the Bear will still be hostile and attack the player. It will not come out of this state. The Bear will not become hostile if attacked by a player that did not tame it.

Bear Armor can be crafted for the Bear, and it can be Saddled and ridden. Chain Bear Armor, Wood Bear Armor, Leather Bear Armor, Bamboo Bear Armor, Stone Bear Armor, Iron Bear Armor, Gold Bear Armor and Diamond Bear Armor can be crafted for Bears. When Gold Bear Armor is placed on a Polar Bear, they will do 1.5x more damage. When Bamboo Bear Armor is placed on a Panda Bear, they will run at 1.5x more speed.

Breeding
Bears randomly enter Love Mode in the wild. They will search for a mate; however, they may not find one, since Bears spawn alone.

Bears produce one to four Bear cubs after breeding. The percentage of how frequently cubs will be born varies from species to species. The percentages of the frequencies of a Bear entering Love Mode and how many cubs are produced can be viewed in the following chart.

Bear cubs follow their parents until they reach adulthood. It takes five Minecraft days for Bear cubs to grow completely.

Combat
The difficulty of fighting Bears depends upon the variety of Bear being fought. They have two main methods of attack, scratching and biting. Scratching will be used when the Bear is a small distance from the player and biting when they are directly in front, behind or next to the player.

Black Bears have four hearts of health. Black Bears do one and a half hearts of damage when scratching on Easy, two on Medium, and three on Hard. Upon a Critical Hit, Black Bears do two hearts of damage on Easy, three of damage on Medium, and four hearts of damage on Hard. Black Bears do two and a half hearts of damage when biting on Easy, four hearts of damage when biting on Normal, and five hearts of damage when biting on Hard. Upon a Critical Hit, Bears do three and a half hearts of damage when biting on Easy, five hearts of damage on Medium, and six of damage on Hard.

Grizzly Bears have five hearts of health. Grizzly Bears do three and a half hearts of damage when scratching on Easy, four and a half on Normal, and six on Hard. With a Critical Hit, they do four and a half hearts of damage when scratching on Easy, six on Normal, and seven on Hard. Grizzly Bears do five hearts of damage when biting on Easy, six on Medium, and seven and a half on Hard. Upon Critical Hits, Grizzly Bears do six and a half hearts of damage on Easy, seven and a half on Normal, and nine on Hard.

Polar Bears have seven hearts of health. Polar Bears do four hearts of damage when scratching on Easy, five hearts of damage on Normal, and six and a half hearts of damage on Hard. Upon a Critical Hit, a Polar Bear does five of damage on Easy, six and a half hearts of damage on Normal, and eight hearts of damage on Hard. Polar Bears do six hearts of damage when biting on Easy, eight hearts of damage on Normal, and nine hearts of damage on Hard. Polar Bears may rarely spawn with Golden Bear Armor, in which case they may do more damage (up to two hearts more) and be harder to kill.

Panda Bears have six and a half hearts of health. Panda Bears do three and a half hearts of damage when scratching on Easy, four and a half on Normal, and six on Hard. With a Critical Hit, they do four and a half hearts of damage when scratching on Easy, six on Normal, and seven on Hard. Panda Bears do five hearts of damage when biting on Easy, six on Medium, and seven and a half on Hard. Upon Critical Hits, Panda Bears do six and a half hearts of damage on Easy, seven and a half on Normal, and nine on Hard. The Giant Panda variation's attacks will do one heart more in damage than the standard Panda. Panda Bears, Giant or regular, may occasionally spawn with Bamboo Bear Armor, in which case they may do more damage (up to one and a half hearts more) and be harder to kill.

Sun Bears have ten hearts of health. Sun Bears do six hearts of damage when scratching on Easy, eight hearts when scratching on Normal, and nine when scratching on Hard. Upon a Critical Hit, Sun Bears do eight hearts of damage when scratching on Easy, ten hearts of damage on Normal, and thirteen hearts of damage on Hard. Sun Bears do eight hearts of damage when biting on Easy, ten hearts of damage when biting on Normal, and twelve hearts of damage when biting on Hard. Upon a Critical Hit, Sun Bears do ten hearts of damage when biting on Easy, twelve hearts of damage when biting on Normal, and sixteen hearts of damage when biting on Hard.

Bears drop Teeth, which can be crafted into Spear Heads, however, it is inefficient to fight Bears for these particular drops, since many other easier to fight mobs drop the same drops. However, Bears will also drop Raw Bear, which will heal the player three hungar bars, and six and a half hunger bars when cooked. Pandas drop Bamboo, which can be used to craft Bamboo Planks and Bamboo Shoots.

It is recommended they be fought at a distance with a Crossbow, due to their inability to defend themselves from attacks at long range.

SMP Death Message
 was eaten by a bear!