How to Make a Zoo in Minecraft

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Choosing Mobs to Inhabit the Zoo

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Building the Zoo

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Adding the Mobs to the Zoo

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If you're bored on Minecraft, one thing you can do is build a zoo. It is possible to make a zoo in Survival Mode, but it's much easier in Creative Mode.

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Choosing Mobs to Inhabit the Zoo

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Decide what mobs you want in your zoo. These can include cows, pigs, chickens, and other peaceful mobs, as well as hostile mobs. You'll need to have an idea before building the zoo, so that you know what sorts of structures are needed to contain them well.

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Build the base. A suggestion to do would be creating a 10 block by 10 block square for each mob's pen. Avoid counting any wall space.
- After all of the pens are done, you could put little stands next to each pen with villagers.
For cows, you could put a plains area with a tree or two and some tall grass and flowers, instructs Minecraft Expert Calven.^{[1]
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You can make them out of any material, but it's preferably at least one row of glass so visitors can see. For hostile mobs, you have to make a roof or covered area inside.
Calven suggests that you can make them out of any material, such as sand or cobblestone.^{[2]
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If you are in Creative Mode, then you can spawn them. In Survival Mode, however, you’ll have to lead them to your zoo, and some will be impossible, like bats(1.4), squids, etc.
You could try to get Testificates to come by using minecarts or spawning them.

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If mobs with name tags won't despawn, can we name hostile mobs?

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Yes, hostile mobs will not despawn if they have a name tag, unless you go into peaceful mode of course.

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Should I put in a gift shop?

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It's up to you, but make sure you have enough space; you don't want to overbuild.

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If I want to have wolves and sheep, how far apart do I need to keep them?

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If you separate them with something like fences, you don't need to keep them very far apart.

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Add signs to point the visitors to any specific animal.

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For animals such as wolves, make dispensers connected to a pressure plate so that you can "feed" them easily.

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For ocelots, make a small stream and lots of ferns and grass, with a rock they can "sunbathe" on.

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Warnings

Don't attack wolves.

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Don't get too close to creepers. They will blow up.

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Be sure to make a roof over zombie and skeleton enclosures. If you don't, they will burn.

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Note that hostile mobs and Endermen will inevitably despawn after some time.

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